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Earn or leave city, beggars told
250 go away from city after ultimatum by police

Ludhiana, June 22 Nearly 250 beggars here are learnt to have left the city following an ultimatum by the city police to them to either forsake begging and earn a living honourably or leave the city immediately or face jail term. Beggars line up in a police station in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Residents, traders sweat it out as power crisis worsens
No improvement in sight: PSEB
Ludhiana, June 22
Prolonged power cuts have made the sultry summer unbearable for residents and traders. Till 4 pm today, the city had already faced a cut of more than seven hours. Owing to this, the water supply has also been affected. And in the coming days, there will be no respite and the duration of cuts may be longer, said PSEB officials.

Birmi’s ouster to check indiscipline in Cong
Ludhiana, June 22
The dropping of Mr Malkiat Singh Birmi, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, from the Punjab Cabinet by the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, has sent a forthright signal that henceforth no dissidence or indiscipline would be tolerated at any level.

Duped by agent, Punjabi youths stuck in Kuwait

Ludhiana, June 22 The search for greener pastures has landed another group of 16 Punjabi youths in trouble in Kuwait. Duped by an agent, the youths have been stuck in the foreign land without food or water for the past two days. The youths have, in a communication to the Lok Bhalai Party, sought its intervention in the matter. The youths have, in a signed letter to Mr Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, claimed that they were taken illegally to Kuwait and promised salary from the day of arrival in that country. Avtar Singh Mullanpuri, working president of Lok Bhilai Party,shows the fax received from 16 youths from Kuwait in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Photo by IV

COMMUNITY

Probe against ex-sarpanch completed
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 22
The police has completed investigations into a case registered against Akram Khan, former sarpanch of Dehliz village, for allegedly intimidating Fatima Begum, mother of Sowar Mushtaq Ahmed Khan of the 82 Armoured Regiment who had died during the Operation Rakshak in Jammu and Kashmir on April 24, 2000. Claim was made after reported intervention of Congress president Sonia Gandhi through the Army headquarters.

Urban Estate residents seek civic amenities
Ludhiana, June 22
Residents of Urban Estate Dugri Phase-I are ruing pitiable civic conditions in their area. In yet another memorandum to the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, the residents have urged the MC officials to give some attention to their area also.

PSEB employees hold protest
Ludhiana, June 22
Protesting against the‘‘anti-employee policies’’ and contractual system, employees of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), southern zone, held a gate rally near Fountain Chowk here today.

Dharna by Forest Dept staff
Panchkula, June 22
To press their pending demands, members of the Forest Department Labourers Union, Haryana, staged a dharna in front of the building of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Haryana, in Sector 6 here.

Street paving work inaugurated

Ludhiana, June 22 Residents of Bhagwan Dass Colony today heaved a sigh of relief when the Municipal Councillor inaugurated the street paving work , that was pending for quite some time. Mr Madan Lal Bagha, Municipal Councillor, Ward No. 4, inaugurates the street paving work in his area in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Former BSNL DGM dead
Ludhiana, June 22
Mr H.K. Lal, former Deputy General Manager of Ludhiana Telecom district, died today at a Jalandhar hospital after a brief illness. He is survived by his widow, two sons and two daughters.

Singla’s remarks upset small-scale industry
Ludhiana, June 22
The Finance Minister, Mr Surinder Singla's recent statement that the government had no plans for any special policy to encourage the small- scale industry has upset SSI units here.

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AGRICULTURE

PAU’s warning to farmers
Ludhiana, June 21
PAU scientists today warned Punjab farmers against the application of un-recommended farm practices. This warning comes in the wake of reports reaching the plant clinic at Farmers’ Service Centre in the Directorate of Extension Education here.

EDUCATION

Subharjit Misra declared best cadet
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 22
Subharjit Misra, the best cadet of the combined annual NCC training camp organised under the aegis of senior officials of 19 Punjab Battalion Ludhiana at Anand Isher Senior Secondary School recently unlike a majority of youth prefers serving the nation on border by joining the Army to enjoy facilities available to top posts in the civil.

From Schools and Colleges
G.N. College students shine in B.Com exam results
Ludhiana, June 22
The students of Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women (GNW), Gujarkhan Campus, Model Town have shown excellent results in all the years of B.Com examinations conducted by Punjab University recently.

City faces threat of water-borne diseases
Ludhiana, June 22
With heat wave like conditions prevailing in the region and the rainy season just round the corner, the industrial hub of the state is facing a grave threat of water-borne diseases and in the absence of remedial measures, the outbreak simply appears to be a matter of time.

SPORTS

Punjab girls handball squad leaves for Chennai

Ludhiana, June 22 Harshdeep Kaur of Ludhiana has been selected as captain of the Punjab girls team for the forthcoming Junior National Handball Championship to be held at Chennai from June 25 to 30. The team left here today for Chennai. Punjab girl’s squad at the Ludhiana railway station on Thursday before leaving for Chennai to take part in the Junior National Handball Championship to be held from June 25 to 30. — A Tribune photograph

Cricket tourney for boys u-14 from June 25
Ludhiana, June 22
The Ludhiana District Cricket Association (LDCA) will organise the 10th edition of the Chaman Lal Malhotra Cricket Tournament for boys u-14 at the Arya College for boys ground from June 25 to July 1, according to Mr Vinod Chitkara, honorary general secretary of the association.