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Dalit child beaten up by chhabil organiser, dies
Lehal (Ahmedgarh), June 29
A Dalit child Gurpreet (12) of this village died on Tuesday after he was beaten up by an organiser of chhabil, organised near a religious place of the village on Monday. Negligence on part of doctors attending the child was also suspected to be reason behind the death.

Paramjit Kaur, mother of deceased Gurpreet, lies unconscious at her house in Lehal village near Ahmedgarh. — Photo by Mahesh Sharma

2 women die after surgery
Mob fury leads to probe 
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 29
Mr S.R. Ladhar, Deputy Commissioner, Sangrur, constituted a special team to probe the cause of death of two women whose kin had accused a private doctor of showing negligence in performing an operation on them.

A man carries household goods on his two-wheeler along with three persons on a hot and humid day in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Fourth centenary of Akal Takht a low-key affair
Ludhiana, June 29
After the quadri-centenary of martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev , the quadri-centenary of establishment of Akal Takht by Guru Hargobind comes on the heels. It is to be celebrated on July 2, 2006. Since Akal Takht is the central point of the Sikhs and is supposed to symbolise the concept of sovereignty in Sikhism and all the Sikhs are expected to abide by the edicts issued from it, the Akali as well as SGPC leadership wants to keep it a low key affair.

Youth may have eloped, says police
Ludhiana, June 29
Three days after a local youth was allegedly kidnapped from the Sarabha Nagar market in the city, the police continued to be in the dark about his whereabouts even though officials disclosed that they were not working on the abduction theory alone.

COMMUNITY

CM to get bullet-proof bus for state tour 
Ludhiana, June 29
The Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh will soon ride a bullet-proof bus to have contact with the mass of the state and tell them about the achievements of his government .Two buses are being readied—one will be used by the Chief Minister and his colleagues and the other for the mediapersons—for the tour of the Chief Minister.

Anti-bribery campaign under RTI from tomorrow
Ludhiana, June 29
A group of citizens and non- government organisations has come together to launch an anti bribery campaign using the Right to Information (RTI) Act from July 1 to 15 in Ludhiana.

Razia doles out Rs 58 lakh; seeks proper use 

Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 29 Ms Razia Sultana, Parliamentary Secretary and Chairperson, Wakf Board, Punjab, has urged residents of the town to ensure optimum use of the grant of Rs 58 lakh for various construction projects. The said buildings would be raised by the Municipal Council using grant of Rs 58 lakh distributed by Ms Sultana under the Punjab Nirman Yojna yesterday.

Ms Razia Sultana, Parliamentary Secretary, presents grant documents, for the constrution of Jassa Singh Ramgarhia Bhavan, to the management committee at Vishwakarma Bhavan, Ahmedgarh, on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Information panel summons MC officer
Ludhiana, June 29
The Punjab State Information Commission (PSIC) has summoned the Public Information Officer (PIO) of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation for not providing information on the upkeep of public parks under the Right to Information Act.

ATTENTION MC : Even as residents suffer prolonged power cuts due to electricity shortage, these street lights in Model Town Extension were on during the day on Thursday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Want a demand draft, forget it!
Jagraon, June 29
The common man is facing a problem here in getting a draft made from nationalised as well as private banks. When a local advocate approached the State Bank of Patiala at Tehsil Road, Jagraon, for issuance of a draft for Rs 50 in favour of Nagar Council, Jagraon, the officials of the bank pleaded that the machine was out of order and advised him to contact some other bank.

Abolition of octroi duty hailed
Khanna, June 29
The decision of the Punjab Government to abolish water and sewerage charges in respect of residential houses up to five marlas in the municipal areas would benefit the urban poor, said Mr Bhalinder Singh, president, District Congress Committee (Rural) Ludhiana, in a press release issued here today. Praising the Congress government, he said the Punjab Government had allocated funds to the tune of Rs 1,154 crore in the Budget for the year 2006-07, which was about Rs 28.85 of the state plan outlay. To help the 11 lakh old, aged, widows, orphans, handicapped beneficiaries, a special corpus fund of Rs 450 crore has been created, the release added.

CRIME

One booked for cheating

Bank takes possession of mortgaged house
Ludhiana, June 29
The State Bank of India, Brahampuri branch, Ludhiana, officials took the physical possession of the residential house mortgaged in the account of M/s N. S. Traders in Master Colony, New Shivpuri, Road, Ludhiana.

Tubular battery launched
Ludhiana, June 29
Mr Gautam Chatterjee, director, Exide Industries Limited, inaugurated Exide Power Centre here today. He also launched invagold tubular battery on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Chatterjee said, “We are focussing on increasing our presence in all markets of the country with a special emphasis on small towns.

AGRICULTURE

Testing essential for soil health
Ludhiana, June 29
Punjab Agricultural University and Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) today jointly organized a seminar on opportunities and challenges before scientists and farmers at Sangrur.

EDUCATION

Tanushree Dutta to visit Ludhiana
Ludhiana, June 29
Flying Cats, an air hostess training school, would soon open a centre here under the stewardship of Aditi Srivastava, who is the founder vice-president of INIFD, a design institute with a network of 180 centres in India and abroad.

Techno Minds quiz
Ludhiana, June 29
the IT Gladiators, a forum of IT people at GGNIVS, organised Techno Minds (IT quiz), for budding IT professionals at the campus here yesterday.

136-kg patient operated upon for 9-kg hernia
Ludhiana, June 29
Mr Nishan Ram Sharma, a resident of Dakha in this district, weighing 158 kg, had developed a hernia at umbilicus. He underwent an operation at Chandigarh, but the hernia not only recurred, but went on to grow to a mammoth proportion, causing disturbance in day to day life of the patient.

SPS Apollo slashes prices of cardiac procedures

Ludhiana, June 29 Having completed one year of its operation in the city, the SPS Apollo Hospitals has initiated many steps to provide world-class healthcare facilities and services to people in this part of the country. Mr Jugdiep Singh (left), Director of the SPS Apollo Hospitals, addresses a news conference in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Talk on prevention of heart attack on July 1
Ludhiana, June 29
The Ludhiana Management Association (LMA) will conduct a talk on “How to prevent heart attack before it happens” in the city on July 1. Mr M.C. Munjal, president, said in a press note issued here that a team of eminent doctors, including Dr R.K. Mathur, Director, Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre, New Delhi, Dr S.S. Bakhshi, Delta Heart Center, Ludhiana, and Dr Gaurav Minocha, D.M. (cardiology) Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center, New Delhi, will share their experiences and thoughts on the subject.

SPORTS

Saraswati Modern School lads win by 4 wkts
Ludhiana, June 29
Thanks to fine batting by Manik ( 82 n.o) and Tejas (41), Saraswati Modern School beat Mahajan Juniors XI by four wickets in the 10th Chaman Lal Malhotra Cricket Cup Tournament (u-14) being organised by the Ludhiana District Cricket Association at Arya College for boys ground here today. This was Mahajan Juniors’ second consecutive defeat and they made an exit from the tournament.

LIC table tennis tourney results

Ludhiana, June 29 T.P.S. Nanda of unit IV branch in the men's section and Narpinder Kaur of divisional office in the women's section came out triumphant in the Life Insurance Corporation of India Table Tennis Tournament-2006 organised by the LIC Employees' Sports and Recreation Club at its Dugri office.

Mr S.C. Dhinra,Senior Divisional Manager, LIC, Ludhiana Division, hands over a prize to Narpinder Kaur, winner of the Life Insurance Corporation of India Table Tennis Tournament-2006 organised in Ludhiana on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

GNIPS students excel in martial arts meet

Ludhiana, June 29 Students of Guru Nanak International Public School, Gujarkhan Campus, excelled in the seventh Full Contact Chinese Martial Arts Championship held here at the Tagore Public School, Aggar Nagar, recently. Students of Guru Nanak International Public School who won positions in the 7th Full Contact Chinese Martial Arts Championship held recently. — A Tribune photograph