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City submerged
Ludhiana, September 2

The continuous rain that has been lashing the city for past two days has started giving sleepless nights to residents living alongside the Budda Nullah, especially on the weaker banks of the nullah.

A car driver negotiates way through a waterlogged road in Ludhiana on Saturday. —Photo by IV

Road caves in, car driver hurt
Ludhiana, September 2
A car driver was injured when a part of road near BCM School in Model Town here caved in suddenly due to the continuous rain and leaking sewerage today.

A crater that was formed in the Model Town area near BCM School In Ludhiana after a part of road caved in on Saturday. —Photo by Inderjit Verma

Another Sikh youth alleges hair cut

Ludhiana, September 2 Tension gripped Rarhi Mohalla today when a city youth returned from Delhi alleging that his hair and beard were cut by some miscreants who attacked his Tilak Nagar residence in Delhi last evening. Harpreet Singh (in red T-shirt), a resident of the local Rarhi Mohalla, whose hair were allegedly cut by some miscreants in Delhi, being brought to Gurdwara Kalgidhar in Ludhiana on Saturday. —Tribune photo by Inderjit Verma

Beant Singh Wala still a dream
Kotli ( Payal), September 2
Various death anniversaries of late Chief Minister Beant Singh have come and gone, but even four years after the Punjab Government had announced the re-naming of his native village after him, the residents are still awaiting the implementation of the orders.

COMMUNITY

Panel meets Raninder over special road tax
Ludhiana, September 2
A deputation of the members of the Association of the Punjab School Education Board Affiliated Schools, Punjab, met Mr Raninder Singh, general secretary, PPCC, and Mr Sushil Malhotra, coordinator, Bathinda, under the presidentship of Mr Rajinder Sharma. They gave a memorandum to Mr Raninder Singh regarding the special road tax imposed on the buses of affiliated schools.

Labour Lok Adalat settled 78 cases
Ludhiana, September 2
The District Legal Services Authority held a lok adalat to settle the cases pending between labourers and their employers, which was presided over by Mr A . K. Singla, Additional District Judge-cum-Presiding Officer, Labour Court.

Kirtan Darbar at gurdwara
Ludhiana, September 2
The eve of tercentenary celebration on completion of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and first parkash day of Sri Guru Granth Sahib was celebrated yesterday at Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Model Town Extension, here.

Award an honour for Punjabis: PPCC
Ludhiana, September 2
PPCC vice-president Tej Parkash Singh and MLA Malkiat Singh Dakha have said it was a matter of great honour for all Punjabis that the state has secured the number one position in the country in an independent survey conducted by the India Today group.

Senior citizens seek place for home
Samrala, September 2
At a meeting of senior citizens here yesterday, more than 200 persons participated. They decided to meet Mr K.B.S. Sidhu, Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayats, on September 4 for the allotment of a proper place for a senior citizens’ home.

BSNL officials given farewell
Ludhiana, September 2
Mr T.R. Narang, Subdivisional Engineer and Luxmi Dutt, phone mechanic in Mata Rani Telephone Exchange of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), were accorded a warm send-off on their retirement. They put in 40 and 35 years of distinguished services, respectively, here today.

Recitation of National Song must, says BJP
Ludhiana, September 2
To commemorate the centenary of the composition of the National Song, Vande Mataram, on September 7, the state unit of the BJP has demanded its compulsory recitation in all schools and educational institutions all across Punjab on that day.

Postal delay costs nursing aspirant dear
Ludhiana, September 2
In ordinate delay in delivery of a letter posted from Ludhiana to Faridkot has cost a nursing aspirant dearly. The victim will now have to wait for another year to take the entrance examination to B.Sc (nursing) degree course, or she will opt for another career.

Bus stand in deep waters
Mandi Ahmedgarh, September 2
With all amenities lacking for passengers, the local bus stand proved a place sans buses after showers that lashed the area for three days.

Husband, in-laws convicted in dowry death case
Ludhiana, September 2
The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr A.K. Mehta, has convicted Gulshan Kumar (husband), his father, Sher Singh (68), mother, Mayawanti(53), brothers, Surinder Kumar (31) and Dinesh Kumar(38) of New Shivaji Nagar, in a dowry death case. The accused were sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for eight years each.

Woman, paramour remanded
Jagraon, September 2
Manjit Kaur and her paramour Daljit Singh were remanded in police custody till September 4, by Ms Jitender Walia, SDJM, Jagraon, in a murder case under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC registered at the local police station as both of them murdered Mandeep Singh, husband of Manjit Kaur.

Traders welcome abolition of octroi
Ludhiana, September 2
Mr Tulsidas Jaitwani, president, Punjab Beopar Mandal, has welcomed the abolition of octroi by the Punjab Government and described it as a bold step.

Nahar group restructuring gets nod
Ludhiana, September 2
The Nahar group of companies, which announced restructuring of its textile and investment businesses, has received the nod of the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange for it.

Kundanites visit science city
Ludhiana, September 2
In order to broaden the mental horizons and to give students a wider exposure, a trip was arranged yesterday to Pushpa Gujral Science City, Jalandhar for the primary students of the Kundan Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines, Ludhiana.

From Colleges
Ramgarhia girls present dazzling freshers’ night

Ludhiana, September 2 The hostel of Ramgarhia Girls College organised a Freshers’ Night in the college auditorium here last evening. The function was inaugurated by the Principal of the college, Ms Harmit Kaur, by lighting the ceremonial lamp. Various items like dances, songs, skit and games were presented by the students and it also included Miss Fresher Contest.

The three winners of Miss Fresher Contest at Ramgarhia Girls College here Friday evening. —A Tribune photograph.

Philatelic numismatic exhibition organised
Ludhiana, September 2
The Philatelic Club, Ludhiana, organised an exhibition in Sat Paul Mittal School here today to create awareness among students and parents about the importance of stamps and coins collection in education.

ICFAI scholarships for four students
Ludhiana, September 2
The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI), Hyderabad, awarded scholarships to four students of the ICFAI National College, Ludhiana, yesterday for their meritorious performance in the second semester of the two-year regular postgraduate programme in business administration.

RIMT holds induction programme
Mandi Gobindgarh, September 2
The RIMT Institute of Management and Computer Technology, Mandi Gobindgarh, organised an induction programme for 180 freshers of MBA and MCA courses.

A creation of small hands Ludhiana, September 2 Two young students Aanchal Kailey of UKG and Gurpreet Kailey of Class I of DAV Centenary Public School, Phillaur, have made a ship made out of different chart papers with photographs of the Principal and other students mounted on it. The paper ship that speaks volumes of Aanchal and Gurpreet’s efforts, both students of DAV Centenary Public School. —A Tribune photograph

Arthritis camp at SPS Apollo on Sept 3
Ludhiana, September 2
The Department of Orthopaedics at SPS Apollo Hospitals here will organise a day-long camp for arthritis patients on Sept 3, 2006.

Yoga camp concludes
Amloh, September 2
A week-long yoga camp organised by Balbir Singh Chandi, a disciple of Swami Ram Dev, concluded here on Thursday. The camp was held in double shifts at the Government Secondary School playground from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. and from 6 p.m. 7.30 p.m.

National Nutrition Week begins
Ludhiana, September 2
Various events will be held during the course of the National Nutrition Week being celebrated by the Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) from September 1-7 to make the youth and children aware about the effect of nutrition on their health.

120 tested for piles in Doraha
Doraha, September 2
A two-day free check-up camp on piles at Sidhu Hospital, Doraha, concluded. As many as 120 patients were examined.

Doctor expresses concern over growing AIDS menace
Mandi Ahmedgarh, September 2
Showing concern over disquieting revelations made at the XVI International AIDS Conference held at Toronto, Canada recently about India having the largest number of AIDS and HIV positive patients in the world, Dr Sita Ram Shahi, a local Ayurvedic doctor has called upon leaders of various social and medical organisations of the area to join hands with him in fight against the dreaded decease.

SPORTS

Green Land school paddlers annex three titles

Ludhiana, September 2 Hosts, Green Land Senior Secondary School, won three out of the four titles which were decided in the two-day Ludhiana Sahodaya Schools Complex Table Tennis Tournament (u-17 and u-19 years boys and girls) which concluded at the Green Land Senior Secondary School campus here today. The fourth title was bagged by Alpine International Public School.

Students at Green Land Senior Secondary School, who won titles in the Ludhiana Sahodya Schools Complex Table Tennis Tournament are seen with Mr Rajesh Rudra and Ms Bladeep Pandher, Chairman and Principal of the school, respectively, in Ludhiana on Saturday. Photo by Inderjit Verma

Khamano girls win gold medals in fencing
Khamano, September 2
Komalpreet Shukla, a class XI girl student and two other girls of Khamano won laurals for the town when they won 4 gold medals in the third. Catel National Fencing Championship held at Guwahati (Assam ) from August 24 to 28.