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Backing SBI staff, PSU banks threaten stir

Ludhiana, April 7 Employees of public sector banks today threatened to go on strike if State Bank of India employees were victimised. The strike by SBI employees entered the fifth day.

Employees of public sector banks observe a dharna in support of State Bank of India employees in Ludhiana on Friday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

PAU to set up 6 centres of excellence
Ludhiana, April 7
PAU has submitted a roadmap on “Basic and Strategic Research in Agriculture” to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research which gives details on how Rs 100 crore special grant to the university is to be spent.

Gupta takes over as DC

Wedding exhibition displays grandeur Ludhiana, April 7 To infuse the latest style and grandeur to conventional weddings of Ludhiana, Sunstar Expositions Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi started a mega wedding exhibition under the name of ‘Wedding in Style 2006’ at Hotel Maharaja Regency today. The four-day exhibition will conclude on April 10. Mr Anil Bali, one of the organisers, talking to Ludhiana Tribune, said the exhibition would change the definition of grand weddings in Ludhiana. A visitor looks at precious necklaces at Wedding Style 2006 in Ludhiana on Friday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

A havan is performed at the BCM School in Ludhiana on Friday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Work at dry ports computerised
Ludhiana, April 7
In furtherance of the department’s speeding up computerisation of the work linked with import and export of cargo from Punjab, the container freight station, concor, Ludhiana, has been brought under the Indian Customs EDI system.

Install waste treatment plants or close, 100 units told
Ludhiana, April 7
The Punjab Pollution Control Board has issued notices of closure to about a 100 wire drawing and bright bar drawing industrial units in Ludhiana if they fail to install effluent treatment plants within 15 days of the issue of the notification.

COMMUNITY

No action on list of bribed officials
Ludhiana, April 7
The police has booked a man for allegedly attempting to grab the property of his physically challenged aunt, a resident of Ayali Kalan village.

Habibs’ hair salon opens in city
Ludhiana, April 7
Jawed Habib, the hairstylist who finds a place in the Limca Book of Records for 410 haircuts in 24 hours, refuses to acknowledge that hairstylists can improve your hair. “Stylists can only give you a good cut, the quality of hair depends of your lifestyle, diet and your maintenance,” he says.

Chikankari exhibition on Ludhiana, April 7 Chikankari designer wear is on display at the Sutluj Club, Ludhiana. The gossamer thin designs on ethnic voils and other cool cottons are very eye-catching. Ms Alka, who is holding the exhibition, told Ludhiana Tribune that Sonu, whose creations she was displaying was a well-known designer of chikankari and had displayed her works all over India.
Chikankari works on display at an exhibition held in Ludhiana on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

From Colleges
LCET students excel in Techkriti 2006
Ludhiana, April 7
Students of the Ludhiana College of Engineering and Technology, Katani Kalan, won a number of prizes at Techkriti 2006, a national-level technical festival organised at DAVIET, Jalandhar, recently.

Lily brings honours to RG College
Ludhiana, April 7
Lily Sharma of M.Sc (IT) I, a student of the Department of Computer Science and Applications, Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana, has won a silver medal in a letter-writing competition held last month by the Society for Upliftment of Masses, an NGO in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

Financial schemes for needy students
Ludhiana, April 7
The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions of Government of India has called upon education institutions, NGOs and other organisations of civil society engaged in the field of education to avail the benefits of schemes of HRD and Ministry of Social Justice to help the students belonging to the minority communities and educationally backward sections of society.

Students motivated to donate organs
Ludhiana, April 7
Organ donation is still considered a taboo by society. Human organs can save or give a new life to many patients suffering from terminal heart, lung, liver and kidney diseases. Kidney can also be donated by the living.

COURTS

Man convicted for theft
Ludhiana, April 7
The Judicial Magistrate, Mr Tarsem Mangla has convicted Harjinder Singh, alias Jinda, of Tilak Nagar, Jalandhar, in a theft case. He has been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for six months. A fine of Rs 1000 was also imposed upon him.

Doctors focus on thalassaemia Ludhiana, April 7 The Department of Transfusion Medicine at the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital observed World Health Day here today, with focus on problems associated with thalassaemia and the manner in which problems associated with such a genetic disorder could be tackled. Dr J.G. Jolly (right) and Dr Amarjit Kaur address a press conference in Ludhiana on Friday. — Tribune photo by Inderjit Verma

World Health Day observed
Ludhiana, April 7
The primary section of the Kundan Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines, observed World Health Day here today to make children aware of the importance of health.

Changes in lifestyle stressed
Ludhiana, April 7
The Trained Nurses Association of India (TNAI) unit in the Christian Medical College and Hospital today observed World Health Day with a focus on the theme ‘Human health resources — working together for health.’