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Rain catches city unawares
MC fails again as streets, drains flooded in 1 hour
Ludhiana, August 3
Putting a question mark on stormwater sewerage in the city, just an hour of rain caused flooding of low lying areas bringing life to a screeching halt today.

(Left) Residents caught unawares in the rain near Damoria Bridge. (Right) Railway line provides shelter to two rats from the rain in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Tribune photos by Sayeed Ahmed and Inderjeet Verma Manholes claim 2 lives

Upkeep of Rose Garden goes to private co.
To get new benches, fountains, toilets
Ludhiana, August 3
The historical Rose Garden will soon wear a new look with the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation finally passing on its upkeep garden to a private company. The company has been asked to submit the maintenance plan of the sprawling 15-acre garden and the MC would release the work order after seeing it.

SAD, BJP complain against Dawer, Sharma

Ludhiana, August 3 Members of the Shiromani Akali Dal and its alliance partner, the Bhartiya Janata Party have complained to the police and sought action against the Ludhiana East legislator and Parliamentary Secretary, Mr Surinder Dawer and the District Congress Committee president, Ludhiana (urban), Mr Jagmohan Sharma, for allegedly demolishing the stage set up for a Dalit rally to be organised by the two parties.

Leaders of the SAD and BJP after submitting their complaint against DCC president Jagmohan Sharma and Parliamentary Secretary Surinder Dawer, in Ludhiana on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Effigy of Chief Minister burnt 
Ludhiana, August 3
Activists of the Sangharsh Morcha today held a demonstration and burnt effigies of the Congress government and the Chief Minister at Clock Tower Chowk here against scrapping of 12.5 per cent reservation quota for Valmiki Community.

COMMUNITY

Man locked in bank for 2 hours
Mullanpur Dakha, August 3
A Class IV employee of Punjab National Bank, Raikot Road branch, here had a harrowing time for two hours yesterday as he got trapped after being locked in the bank by mistake.

Disparity in power theft penalties opposed
Ludhiana, August 3
Apex Chamber of Commerce and Industry today said that penalties imposed on power theft on different kinds of consumers should be on a par with each other. In a press note, president of the chamber Mr P.D. Sharma said the PSEB had notified regulations under which industrial consumers, both small and medium scale, would be penalised at Rs 10,000 per kilo-watt or Rs 10,000 per kva of contract demand, whichever is higher.

CBI probe sought into murder in Manila
Ludhiana, August 3
The killing of a Punjabi youth in Manila last month and the “inaction” of the Indian embassy and the Philippines government brought a large number of organisations on the streets of Ludhiana today, demanding investigation by the CBI or the Interpol.

Rift in brick-kiln owners’ body grows deeper
Ludhiana, August 3
The rift between the brick-kiln owners in Ludhiana grew deeper as the faction opposing the Walia group announced its office-bearers here today. With this, two separate groups of brick kiln owners have emerged.

Airtel contest

AGRICULTURE

Use modern techniques in farming: experts
Amloh, August 3
It is necessary to make proper use of fertilisers, pesticides and to manage seed of high yielding verities to cut down cultivation costs for profitable farming. These views were expressed by experts of Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) to the media today after their visit of different plots of paddy of progressive farmer Balbir Singh Jaria at Dharamgarh village, near here.

EDUCATION

Students develop home security system
Ludhiana, August 3
To make residents aware about their home security system, students of Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College here have prepared a system through which the user can be informed about anybody making an attempt to enter the house.

Shalini wins poster-making contest
Ludhiana, August 3
Shalini, a post graduate student of the Nursing College of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), won the first prize in a poster-making competition organised for nursing students by the Inner Wheel Club of Ludhiana. The contest was held to mark the World Breast Feeding Week at Dumra Auditorium here today.

From Schools
KVM team enters final round of quiz

Ludhiana, August 3 The dynamic duo of Kundan Vidya Mandir — Vibushit Kaul and Lokesh Anand — brought laurels to the school by reaching the finals of the HT Pace in Quizitive Quiz Contest by winning the first prize at the district level and by winning the first prize at regional level in Chandigarh yesterday. Students take part in a painting competition held at Everest Public Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

OCT big help in diagnosis of eye disorders
Ludhiana, August 3
The Ludhiana Ophthalmological Society (LOS) organised a CME programme here last evening which focused on the application of ‘optical coherence tomography’ (OCT) in the early diagnosis of retinal disorders and detection of prognosis of glaucoma.

SPORTS

Saraswati school kickboxers excel in national meet 

Ludhiana, August 3 Students of Saraswati Modren School, Rajpura road, here gave a fine performance winning two medals while three of them secured ranking positions in the 18th National Kickboxing Championship held at Kanyakumari last week. Students of Saraswati Modern School who won medals in the National Kickboxing Championship in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Hockey trials on August 5, 7
Ludhiana, August 3
Ludhiana District Hockey Association will conduct trials to select the Ludhiana teams (u-14 and u-19 years) here on the Punjab Agricultural University campus grounds on August 5 and 7, according to Mr H.S. Bhullar, honorary secretary of the association.