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Train movement halted for 4 hrs
Miscreants cut signal wires; copper theft suspected

Ludhiana, November 15 All movement of trains from the city railway station remained suspended for nearly four hours early this morning following a major security breach when some miscreants managed to sneak into locked relay room near Lakkar bridge and cut several metres of wires that controlled signals.
Railway employees repair wires that control signals near the Lakkar bridge in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — Photo by I.V.

Busy in Vikas Yatra, govt forgets martyr

Ludhiana, November 15 Diversion of manpower and resources towards the Congress rally in the city made the local government machinery and political leadership forget the installation of martyr Kartar Singh Sarabha's statue on Pakhowal Road that was to be done by November 15. Martyr Kartar Singh Sarabha’s statue that is yet to be shifted and installed on Pakhowal Road, Ludhiana. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Farmers asked to apply for CM’s award
Ludhiana, November 15
The Punjab Agricultural University has invited applications from farmers of the state for the Chief Minister’s Award in agriculture and horticulture. These awards were started in 2005.

• Four hurt in road mishap

Unite to protect workers’ rights: MP

Ludhiana November 15 A state-level employees’ convention was held at the Pal Auditorium in Punjab Agricultural University here today. It was jointly organised by the Punjab Subordinate Services Federation, the Punjab and UT Employees Joint Action Committee and the PAU Employees Union. The CPI leader and MP, Mr Gurudas Dasgupta, at an employees’ convention in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

All set for today’s SAD (B) rally
Khamano, November 15
All arrangements have been completed for the Shiromani Akali Dal (B) rally to be organised tomorrow at Dana Mandi here. This was stated by SGPC member Jathedar Kirpal Singh Khirnia and senior Akali Dal leader Lakhvir Singh Kalal Majra.

Allotment of ration depots: scrutiny schedule
Ludhiana, November 15
The District Food and Civil Supplies Controller, Ms Gurmit Kaur, has announced that the scrutiny of papers pertaining to the persons who had applied for the allotment of ration depots would be held from November 21 to December 1, this year.

Rs 500 honorarium for Namberdars
Khamano, November 15
The Punjab Government has released Rs 20 crore to pay honourarium of Rs 500 per month to every Namberdar. Out of this grant about Rs 18 lakh has been released in Khamano subdivision.

Tricycles, sewing machines given to needy
Mandi Gobindgarh, November 15 SSP Shiv Kumar Verma inaugurated the new office of the Nishkam Kirtan Sewa Society at a function here today. He also distributed tricycles to four physically challenged persons and sewing machines to six needy women of the area. SSP Shiv Kumar Verma distributes tricycles to needy people at Mandi Gobindgarh on Wednesday. — Photo by Bhushan Sood

Net fraud: South African in police snare

Ludhiana, November 15 In a first-ever breakthrough against cyber criminals, the city police has nabbed a South African national from Chandigarh who had been operating from his country and had pocketed millions of rupees by offering profitable investment worth lakhs of dollars through fraudulent schemes on the Internet. David, a South African national, in police custody in a cyber fraud case. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Proclaimed offender held
Khamano, November 15
The Khamano police has arrested a proclaimed offender, who was absconding since 1999 in a case of forgery. He is a proclaimed offender in some other cases also. The DSP, Khamano, Mr Satinder Pal Singh, gave information that the proclaimed offender, Kuldip Singh, of Khamano Khurd was nabbed by ASI Harminder Singh from the local bus stand on a tip-off.

Spice Telecom to add 350 more sites
Ludhiana, November 15
With a view to cater to the expanding customer base, Spice Telecom will add 350 more sites in the coming three months. The Chief Operating Officer of the company, Mr Man Mohan Nandwani, while talking to the Ludhiana Tribune today said the company had set a target of adding one lakh customers every month to its existing base of 16.5 lakh in Punjab.

Children remember their Chacha
Ludhiana, November 15
Amrit-Indo Canadian Academy celebrated Children's Day here today by organising a fancy dress competition. Students came dressed up in various costumes to remember their Chacha Nehru.

Students of Green Land School perform a dance and (right) tiny-tots of Small Wonders Nursery School take part in Children's Day celebrations in Ludhiana on Tuesday. — Tribune photographs

PCTE to organise “Ehsaas” in Pak
Ludhiana, November 15
The Punjab College of Technical Education is organising its 8th international literary-cum-cultural festival “Ehsaas” in Lahore. The PCTE has been organising the “Ehsaas” festival since year 2000. From 2004 onward teams from Pakistan and other countries have been participating in the festival on the PCTE campus.

From Colleges
‘Manojigyasa’ creates psychological awareness
Ludhiana, November 15
‘Manojigyasa’, a society of psychology students of Government College for Women, organised a lecture on “Psychological development among students” in college auditorium here yesterday.

Students get trauma care training
Ludhiana, November 15
SPS Apollo Hospitals today conducted an advance cardiac and trauma life-support training course at Khalsa College for Women here. Students were apprised of basics of emergency life support procedures by Dr Pramod Sood, consultant who heads the emergency services at the hospital.

Bhutta College students shine
Doraha, November 15
A contingent of 35 students from Bhutta College of Engineering and Technology, Bhutta, Ludhiana, participated in the PTU Zonal Youth Festival hosted by Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, on behalf of the PTU on November 7 and 8.

DAV lays hands on declamation trophy
Ludhiana, November 15
DAV Public School clinched the Reena Simmi Declamation Trophy at Kundan Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines, yesterday. The trophy was instituted in the memory of two students of the KVM.

Toddlers get acquainted with pets
Ludhiana, November 15 A pet show was organised by Pumpkins Kindergarten and Vets for Pets Veterinary Clinic in Sarabha Nagar on the school premises here yesterday. The show was attended by over 100 students and their parents. Students of Pumpkins Kindergarten get their first lessons in pet care in Ludhiana on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

• School in “Ecstasy”
• 108 students for youth fest

Kavi darbar organised
Ludhiana, November 15
The Sugam Sangeet Diara held its First Memorial (Toni) Kavi darbar at Raghubir Park, Haibowal, here yesterday. Poets of three languages participated in the kavi darbar. Prof Rajesh Mohan impressed the audience with his melodious rendering of songs.

HEALTH

First dental operating microscope installed
Ludhiana, November 15
Venturing into micro-dentistry, a city dental surgeon has initiated the use of surgical dental operating microscope and the equipment, claimed to be the first of its kind in the northern states, was installed here today.

“Gynaecological advancement a boon for mankind”

Ludhiana, November 15 A local gynaecologist, Dr Davinder Kaur, who recently attended an international conference on gynaecology at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, is impressed by advances in the field, which according to her, will be of immense value to mankind. Dr Davinder Kaur, a gynaecologist of Mullanpur, at the international conference FIGO 2006 in Kuala Lumpur. The conference was attended by gynaecologists from all over the world.

'Adopt a healthy lifestyle to keep lung diseases at bay'
Ludhiana, November 15
At least 10 to 15 per cent of the world’s adults, over the age of 40, may have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In India, the prevalence of COPD is assessed as 5 per cent for male and 2.7 per cent for female subjects of over 30 years of age.

Over 1000 examined at eye camp Ludhiana, November 15 More than 1000 patients were examined for eye ailments and sight defects at a free eye check-up camp organised by SNS Pahwa Charitable Hospital here today. A doctor examines the eyes of a patient at a camp organised by SNS Pahwa Charitable Hospital in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Doc re-elected chief of surgeons’ body

Ludhiana, November 15 Dr Gurinderjit Singh, chief dermatologist at Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, was re-elected president of the North Zone of the Association of Cutaneous Surgeons of India at the seventh national biennial conference of the body held in New Delhi on November 11. Dr Gurinderjit Singh, chief dermatologist at Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, being felicitated at the national conference of the Association of Cutaneous Surgeons in New Delhi.

SPORTS

Surjit Academy lads stun Pak club Ludhiana, November 15 Excelling in pace and power, the Surjit Academy of Jalandhar edged past their experienced opponents Javed Club of Pakistan 4-3 to secure a berth in the semifinals on the second day of the 5th All-India Jagtar Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament being played at the Prithipal Astro-turf Stadium of Punjab Agricultural University here today.
Players of the Javed Club of Pakistan try a shot against the Surjit Academy, Jalandhar, in the 5th All-India Jagtar Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Second leg of basketball league from Nov 25
Ludhiana, November 15
The second leg of the Mepal Leaf Gymkhana Ludhiana Basketball League for the rural and urban school teams, sponsored by the NRIs, Mr Lakhbir Singh and Mr Surinder Pal Singh Chahal, will start on November 25 here at the Guru Nanak Stadium. Matches will be played on Saturday and Sunday.

School honours medal winners
Mandi Gobindgarh, November 15
Students of CS International School organised a function yesterday to honour its students for winning four gold, four silver and four bronze medals in the national table soccer championship.