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Date for submitting VAT returns unlikely to be extended
Ludhiana, November 1
Even as the industry continues to raise hue and cry over difficulty in procuring forms “C” from other states, the Department of Excise and Taxation seems to be in no mood to extend the last date for submitting annual return for the Value Added Tax.

‘Gandhigiri’ at PUDA office
Ludhiana, November 1
In a repeat of ‘Gandhigiri’ in Bollywood blockbuster ‘ Lage Raho Munna Bhai’ style, some farmers, led by Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Suraksha Samiti office-bearers, today organised a protest on the premises of the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority’s office by presenting bouquets to the officials so that they shunned their lackadaisical approach towards their work and allotted plots to farmers in lieu of the land acquired from them 32 years ago.

SAD rally leads to traffic chaos

Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 1 Vehicular traffic on Ahmedgarh-Ludhiana link road via Jodhan remained interrupted for a major part of the day today as hundreds of vehicles carrying activists of SAD from the Kilaraipur constituency to the much-talked about City Centre plied between various villages in the constituency and the city. Hundreds of vehicles stranded on the Ahmedgarh-Ludhiana link road on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

MLA mobilises massive support for SAD

Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 1 The SAD held a rally against the Ludhiana City Centre scam today. Mr Jagdish Singh Garcha, a senior SAD leader and legislator from the Kilaraipur constituency, mobilised thousands of workers for the rally. Mr Jagdish Singh Garcha, Kilaraipur MLA, leads a jatha of SAD workers near Ahmedgarh on Wednesday. — Photo by Mahesh Sharma

No complaint under Domestic Violence Act in city yet
Ludhiana, November 1
All seems to be hunky dory on domestic front in the city as almost a week after the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 came into force, the local police has not received any complaint for invoking the new law and it has not applied the law on its own in the pending complaints of marital disputes.

PFC official held on graft charge
Ludhiana, November 1
The Ludhiana Vigilance Bureau has arrested a Deputy Manager of the Punjab Financial Corporation (PFC) on the charge of taking bribe from a local industrialist for helping him to clear his debt.

COMMUNITY

Congress pins hopes on rally
Ludhiana November 1
Mr Lal Singh, Development, Food and Civil Supply and Jails Minister, Punjab, has asserted that the Congress rally to be held in Ludhiana on November 14 would be a historic one with record gathering and it would decide the trend of the voters for the coming Vidhan Sabha elections.

CPM, CPI, LBP to jointly contest 40 seats
Ludhiana, November 1
The two Left parties — Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India (CPI) — along with the Lok Bhalai Party (LBP) will contest 40 Assembly segments seats in Punjab.

At The Crossroads
The compulsions of a creative writer
Mere wishful thinking cannot help a person to be a creative writer. There is something ingrained in the psychic texture that compels a person to take the pen in his hand. It is not a happy situation for most of the teenagers who find themselves in the throes of creative writing.

Tribune Impact
Trust launches cleanliness drive in SBS Nagar
Ludhiana, November 1
The sanitation wing of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) today launched a massive cleanliness drive in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar here. However, residents themselves disposed off the carcasses of dogs lying in a park yesterday.

Saraswati school team for state contest
Doraha, November 1
The bhangra team of Saraswati Model Senior Secondary School, after winning commendable positions at the district and regional level under the guidance of coach Aneesh Bhanot, has now been selected for the state-level competitions to be held from November 14 to 16.

Cong jan sampark conference today
Ludhiana, November 1
Water Supply and Sanitation Minister Harnam Das Johar has said a jan sampark conference in the Ludhiana West constituency will be held at Midha Chowk, Model Town, near Jawahar Nagar, tomorrow at 4 pm.

Govt yet to fulfil promises made to BSNL: trade union

Ludhiana, November 1 The Union Government had failed to fulfill the commitment made to the public sector Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) at the time of its conversion into a corporation and issues like the reimbursement of licence fee, ADO, USO fund were hanging fire for a long time.
Mr V.A.N. Namboodiri, all-India general secretary of the BSNL Employees Union, speaks at a seminar in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

AGRICULTURE

Farmers asked to adopt net-house cultivation of vegetables

Ludhiana November 1 More production from less land with higher profits is the primary aim of the Punjab State Farmers Commission. One way to achieve this is to go in for net-house cultivation of vegetables. The Chairman of the Punjab State Farmers Commission, Dr G.S. Kalkat, and the PAU Vice-Chancellor, Dr K.S. Aulakh, at a field day at Nawan Jatpur village (Hoshiarpur) on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

EDUCATION

From Schools and Colleges
Students told to follow Gurus’ teachings
Ludhiana, November 1
Spring Dale Senior Secondary Public School today celebrated the “birth anniversary week” of Sri Guru Nanak Dev by holding various festivities and competitions. Activities such as poetry recitation, turban-tying, slogan writing and shabad singing were organised.


Students of Spring Dale Senior Secondary Public School tie turbans during the “birth anniversary week” celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Bengal delegation visits PAU
Ludhiana November 1
West Bengal is much impressed with the Green Revolution in Punjab and is keen to develop its agriculture by borrowing the model of Punjab’s success. For this, the West Bengal Government has sent an eight-member delegation to Punjab to learn the secrets of success of its agriculture.

Three honoured at school function Amloh, November 1 Joint efforts by teachers and parents are necessary to prepare students to face competition, this was stated by national awardee Principal Roshan Lal Sood who is now DEO, Ropar. Staff of Global Public School, Kaullgarh, after a felicitation function on Wednesday.

Cal-C streamlines form acceptance process
Ludhiana, November 1
Cal-C, Ghumar Mandi, Ludhiana, an agency which is accepting forms on behalf of the government for the appointment of teachers in schools, today said it had streamlined the form-submission process and had also introduced token system for the candidates on first-come-first- serve basis so that their time was not wasted.

COURTS

Consumer Forum’s office inaugurated
Ludhiana, November 1
The office of the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum was today shifted from a congested part of the city to the Judicial Complex, Mini-Secretariat, after a wait of over six years.

Justice R.S. Mongia, president of the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Punjab, inaugurates the office of the Consumer Forum on the Judicial Complex in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Cinema being refurbished for ‘Umrao Jaan’
Ludhiana, November 1
The Mini Shingar cinema here is being refurbished for the screening of the ‘‘Umrao Jaan’’ starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai.

City doctor honoured at world meet
Ludhiana, November 1
The chief of gynaecological oncology at the local Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, Dr Veena Jain, has done the city proud by getting travelling scholarship from the International Gynaecology Cancer Society at the 11th biennial conference of the society at Santa Monica, California, in the USA for her contribution in the field of gynae-oncology.

Dr Veena Jain makes a presentation at the 11th Biennial Conference of the International Gynaecology Cancer Society at Santa Monica, California, USA.

5-kg tumour removed from woman's abdomen Ludhiana, November 1 Doctors at S.A.S. Grewal Superspeciality Hospital here have removed a 5-kg tumour from the abdomen of a woman. The marathon surgery on the woman was conducted by Dr Sarbjit Kaur Grewal, Chief Gynaecologist in the hospital. The patient is recovering and may soon be discharged. Dr Sarbjit Kaur Grewal with the patient at SAS Grewal Hospital in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Pulse Polio drive on Nov 12
Ludhiana, November 1
The field staff and senior officials of the Health department here are all set for the Pulse Polio drive which is to be held in the district on November 12. More than 5.39 lakh children between the age group of 0-5 years will be vaccinated against the crippling disease.

SPORTS

Inter-school hockey meet from November 10
Doraha, November 1
The eighth Inter-School Divali Hockey Tournament will begin at the Guru Nanak Stadium of Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, from November 10. The tournament is organised in memory of late founder president of the college, Dr Ishwar Singh.

Cricket tourney starts today
Ludhiana, November 1
Teams from five zones will take part in the sixth All-India United India Insurance Company Limited Cricket Tournament to be held at Punjab Agricultural University ground here from November 2 to 7.