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Fear and scare of mutilated bodies
Ludhiana, March 11
The city is witnessing a shocking modus operandi of some criminals who are gaining notoriety in dumping the body of a victim after mutilating it beyond recognition.

Uniform syllabi for agricultural engineering students
Ludhiana, March 11
For undergraduate agricultural engineering students across the country, there will be common syllabi for the first three years. Students will be offered “cafeteria courses” in the fourth year and will undergo mandatory “plant training” in an industry in the final year. During the course of completing their BSc degree, all colleges will provide in-house “exponential” learning experience to the students.

Though the temperatures are rising and falling, summer fruit watermelon is being sold at the Ferozepore road, Ludhiana. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

2 proclaimed offenders held
Jagraon, March 11
Two proclaimed offenders have been nabbed by the Sadar police. Hardev Singh, son of Ajit Singh of Mallah ,was arrested from a religious place by Mr Dharam Pal, SHO Sadar.

COMMUNITY

Housefed flat owners approach govt on slums
Ludhiana, March 11
The issue of presence of slums in Block-E of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar fails to die down with residents of super deluxe flats of Housefed taking up the matter with the state government.

Rain, rain go away, farmers say

Mandi Ahmedgarh, March11 Scared by rain lashing the region yesterday, farmers of the area pray that it should not be followed by hailstorm and winds. Though intermittent rain, accompanied with winds, has already caused a massive loss to the standing wheat crops, some farmers claimed that the scrubbing would improve the yield. A farmer prays to the weather god following some damage to his wheat crop by rain which lashed the region on Friday. — Tribune photo by Mahesh Sharma

Don’t ape West, says expert
Ludhiana, March 11
Instead of blindly aping the West in technological developments, the need is to analyse our own strengths and weaknesses and identify the threats and opportunities.

Body decries uprooting of PCMS doctors
Ludhiana, March 11
The Punjab Civil Medical Services (PCMS) Association has condemned the decision of the state government to hand over 1,310 health dispensaries in Punjab to panchayats after forcibly replacing regular PCMS doctors posted at these institutions with doctors on contract basis.

Booking of farmers flayed

Steel chamber for global competition
Mandi Gobindgarh, March 11
The Mandi Gobindgarh Steel Chamber of Commerce and Industry organised a seminar on trade promotion, marketing and financial schemes of the Centre for the small-scale sector last night.

Teachers’ body lauds acceptance of demand
Ludhiana, March 11
Punjab Government College Teachers’ Association (GCTA) president Prof Jaspal Singh has thanked Deputy Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and officials of the Higher Education Department for conceding to their demand of relaxation of participation in refresher courses up to December 31, 2005.

Dr Aulakh to lead delegation to Pak
Ludhiana, March 11
PAU Vice-Chancellor Dr. K. S. Aulakh will lead a delegation of eminent agricultural scientists to University of Agriculture, Faislabad, Pakistan ,on Monday. These scientists will participate in the international seminar on “Agriculture in 21st Century-Strategies and Challenges” to be held there from March 14-16.

Degrees conferred on 415 students Ludhiana, March 11 The annual convocation of Arya College, Ludhiana, was held in the college auditorium here today. Uttaranchal Governor Sudarshan Aggarwal conferred graduate and postgraduate degrees on 415 students of science, humanities, commerce and computer faculties. In his address, he exhorted the students to prepare themselves for tougher challenges in life. He advised them to work towards creating a compassionate society. He also advised them to help the underprivileged attain higher education. Students of Arya College with their degrees at their annual convocation in Ludhiana on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Lecturer invited to present paper
Ludhiana, March 11
Dr Sukhdev Singh, a senior faculty member of the PG Department of Commerce of Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College, has been invited to present a research paper on “Management of profitability in commercial banking sectors in India during post-liberalization period” at an international conference on business and information to be organised by the Department of Marketing, Hong Kong Baptist University, Singapore, from July 12 to 14.

SPORTS

Hockey tourney from today
Ludhiana, March 11
Namdhari XI will take on BSF, Jalandhar, in the opening match of the first All-India Guru Gobind Singh Gold Cup Hockey Tournament to be sponsored by the Namdhari Seeds and organised jointly by the Ludhiana Sportsmen Welfare Association (LSWA) and the PAU Hockey Players Association here at the Prithipal Singh astro-turf stadium of Punjab Agricultural University from March 12 to 16.