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High tension at rly station
Leaking water pipe puts passengers’ lives on the line

Ludhiana, November 26 Posing grave danger to the lives of passengers visiting the local railway station, a water pipe along one of the railway tracks developed a leak today as a result of which water gushed out of it and started touching the overhead high-tension cables that run electric trains.

HEIGHTS OF CALLOUSNESS: Water gushing out of a leaking pipe touches high-tension overhead cables, putting the lives of passengers at risk, at the Ludhiana Railway Station on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

SAD-BJP to hold joint rallies across state
Ludhiana November 26
The Shiromani Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party alliance will hold joint rallies across the state. The alliance will also mobilise public opinions against the Congress government after working out a joint strategy.

'Harassed' by cops, man approaches PHRC
Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 26
"Harassed" at the hands of certain policemen, a resident of Sihar village, near here, who has since been declared innocent by senior police officials in a case registered against him at the Dehlon police station, has approached apex authorities in various departments to protect his human rights.

Panchayat cremates body found in Sirhind Canal Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 26 The body of an unidentified person was spotted last evening in the Sirhind Canal near Dehliz village near here. The police, with the help of volunteers, took out the body from the canal. Later, the village panchayat cremated the body after getting the post- mortem examination conducted at the civil hospital, Malerkotla. The body of an unidentified person being taken out from Sirhind Canal near Ahmedgarh on Sunday. — Photo by Mahesh Sharma

NRIs vow to improve education, health facilities in state
Ludhiana, November 26
At a religious congregation on the second day of the World Gurmat Samelan yesterday, being organised at Gurdwara Nanaksar Samrala Chowk under the guidance of Sant Baba Jaswant Singh, Sikh organisations and Non-Resident Indian devotees from all over the world decided to launch a movement for the improvement of education and health care facilities in Punjab.

Virasat Award for Canadian MP
Ludhiana, November 26
Mr Sukh Dhaliwal, Member Parliament from Surrey, Delta Newton North, Canada, was honoured with Virasat Award by the Punjab Cultural Promotion Council for his contribution to community development in British Columbia.

LUDHIANA CALLING Police role under scanner The city police seems to be expecting the public to don the cap of a Sherlock Homes to combat crime. While the detection expertise of the cops is already under a scanner owing to the non-cracking of several cases, the police is now telling many complainants to trace the crime on their own.

Season of kite-flying is back and so are string-makers. A man strengthens strings used in flying kites in Ludhiana on Sunday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Ex-servicemen deprived of health scheme benefit
Ludhiana, November 26
Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) was launched to provide comprehensive and quality medical care (covering all possible diseases) to pensioners and their dependents, as well as to widows and family pensioners. This is the only health scheme which, in addition to the hospitalization, also covers OPD, diagnostics and investigations.

Unparalled response to yatra, claims Bawa
Ludhiana, November 26
'If the response of the masses to the Punjab Vikas Yatra, being undertaken by Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is any indication, the Congress will once again score a landslide victory in the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state.'

RSS volunteers hold march Ludhiana November 26 Volunteers of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh today held a march to mark the birth centenary celebrations of Madhav Sadashiv Golwarkar, popularly known as Guruji in the Sangh Parivar. Ludhiana RSS volunteers hold a march to mark the birth centenary celebrations of Guru Golwarkar in Ludhiana on Sunday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Guru’s martyrdom day observed
Ludhiana, November 26
The 331st martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur was observed at Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib here on Friday. Devotees visited the gurdwara to pay their obeisance to the Guru.

100 widows get ration
Ludhiana, November 26
The 10th widow ration distribution ceremony was held today at Yogidham 3K Road Swami Narayan temple under the guidance of Shri Anand Swami.

Lecturers' union oppose selection of new heads
Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 26
Resenting government's move to make fresh appointments of heads in state-run schools before settling pending promotion cases, hundreds of school teachers and lecturers have urged the Chief Minister and the Education Minister to consider their cases before releasing lists of direct appointees.

Changes in business environment highlighted
Doraha, November 26
A seminar on 'Changing environment of Business' was organised yesterday by the Department of Business Management of Bhutta College of Engineering and Technology (BCET), Bhutta, Ludhiana.

2 GNPS students excel in world meet
Ludhiana, November 26
Aastha Wadhwa and Annapoorna Virdi of the local Guru Nanak Public School (GNPS) won two second prizes in the International Youth Fuel Cell Competition held at Hawaii from November 9 to 14.

Students’ skills to fore at celebrations Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 26 The golden jubilee celebrations of the local GHG Khalsa Senior Secondary School turned into a mega festivals for residents of the area yesterday. A team of teachers inspect simulation of a kitchen during the golden jubilee celebrations of GHG Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Mandi Ahmedgarh. — Photo by Mahesh Sharma

Meritorious students awarded at Doraha school
Doraha, November 26
Guru Nanak Model Senior Secondary School organised its annual prize distribution function today in the college premises.

Students of Guru Nanak Model Senior Secondary School present Rajasthani dance and ancient medley at their annual function in Doraha on Sunday. — Tribune photographs

859 students take part in ‘Kanth Baani’ contest
Ludhiana, November 26
Fervour marked the celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev’s Aagman Purav, which was celebrated at Guru Nanak Public School, Sarabha Nagar, here today.

Threats of HIV, TB underlined Ludhiana, November 26 The local branch of the National Integrated Medical Association (NIMA) organised a seminar and a CME on “HIV/AIDS and other Infectious Diseases” here last evening. Guest speakers Dr Mona Goyal and Dr Gautam Ahluwalia with functionaries of NIMA at a CME on infectious diseases in Ludhiana on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

World has more obese than hungry persons
Doraha, November 26
Sidhu Hospital here has organised a two-day free comprehensive body mass composition analysis (BCA) and dietary guidance camp to mark World Obesity Day that falls today.

Left main angioplasty — a substitute for bypass surgery
Ludhiana, November 26
Left main angioplasty is the procedure to remove the blockage in the left main coronary artery (the first part of the larger of two coronary arteries normally found in humans). Earlier, the only solution to treating such blockages was bypass surgery. Only a few hospitals in the world, as also in India, are practising it, as the procedure is considered to be an expensive one.