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Three sambars rescued

Ludhiana, December 18 With the weather getting colder, wild animals are straying into urban areas in search for food. Three sambars have been rescued from Bilga village and the Doraha forest range with the help of villagers and activists of Care of Animals and Protection of Environment-India (CAPE).

An injured sambar being nursed in Doraha on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Dhandari flyover to be ready by January
Ludhiana, December 18
The much-delayed Dhandari flyover project, a major facility for the Industrial Area, is all set to be opened in January.

Miss World Punjaban pageant generates row
Ludhiana, December 18
The Miss World Punjaban 2006 contest is in the thick of a controversy with some of the participants levelling allegations against organisers for declaring "biased results".

Winners of the Miss World Punjaban-2006 contest at a press conference in Ludhiana on Monday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Molestation: Villagers lock school
Ludhiana, December 18
People from about seven villages in Payal subdivision today locked Government Senior Secondary School, Sihora, to protest against the alleged molestation of a girl student by the acting principal, Bahadur Singh Madnipur. Madnipur, who is also the vice president of the Punjab Pradesh Teachers Union, affiliated to the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, is reported to be absconding. The villagers formed a 21-member committee to chalk out the further course of action.

Callous authorities, wake up please
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 18
Four months after six persons, including four children, died in an accident at Karamsar village after a truck in which they were travelling on a narrow road fell into a canal, a dozen eucalyptus trees which caused narrowing of the road that caused the accident still stand tall posing threat to lives of more travellers, while the authorities concerned continue to sleep over it.                             A view of the killer stretch

COMMUNITY

Dawer may find it difficult in Ludhiana East
Ludhiana, December 18
Despite having earned a good reputation of remaining accessible to his electorate all these years, the Parliamentary Secretary and the MLA from Ludhiana East, Mr Surinder Dawer, may find the going tough this time in the elections.

Land to panchayats: farmers smell rat
Ludhiana, December 18
Various organisations of farmers have questioned the motive of the government in providing control of the common village land to the panchayats. The farmers apprehend this might be a step towards facilitating the acquisition of land for private companies in these villages.

SDM, four others felicitated
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 18
The Help Line Youth Club felicitated five personalities of the area at a function organised at the grain market here yesterday.

Dr Indu, SDM, Ludhiana (West), receives a memento at a function organised by the Help Line Youth Club, Mandi Ahmedgarh, on Sunday.
— A Tribune photograph

BSNL staff union poll today
Ludhiana, December 18
The process to decide the majority representative union in the BSNL has been set in motion and about 2.66 lakh group C and D employees will cast their vote all over the country tomorrow in this regard.

MC to hold lok suvidha camp
Ludhiana, December 18
The Municipal Corporation (MC) will hold a lok suvidha camp for residents of Zone D localities at the zonal office in Sarabha Nagar here on December 26 for an on-the spot settlement of all matters pertaining to sewerage, water supply and house tax for commercial and residential properties.

Punjabi Lekhak Manch holds function
Samrala, December 18
A literary function was organised by the Punjabi Lekhak Manch, Samrala. In the first session Prof Baldeep Singh, president of the manch, delivered a talk on his recent visit to England. He was all praise for the efficiency and behaviour of the British police, judiciary and observance of law in the United Kingdom. Professor Baldeep also elaborated on the inter-cultural tension in the country and the efforts being made to solve them.

3 booked for forgery, cheating
Samrala, December 18
The officiating president of the Malwa Education Council Bondli, Samrala, Mr Jasmel Singh, the secretary, Mr Harpal Singh, and a lecturer, Mr Baljit Singh, have been booked by the Samrala police under Sections 420,467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC for forgery, cheating and hatching a conspiracy to oust the duly elected president of the council from the office.

Industry pins hope on PM's visit
Ludhiana, December 18
The local industry is hoping a lot from the Prime Minister’s forthcoming visit to Halwara. Unhappy with the state government for turning a deaf ear to its problems, the industry feels that a meeting with the Prime Minister, if happens, will have a positive outcome.

Hand-painted suits on display
Ludhiana, December 18
Bugle's Creations from Delhi is holding an exhibition of hand-painted suits at the Sutlej Club on December 20. Bugle has held more than 100 exhibitions of hand-painted suits in different parts of the country. The speciality is that the suits are unstitched and sequins have been added to enhance their look.

Pension, gratuity issue: Teachers call on Dullo
Ludhiana December 18
Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo, president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC), is hopeful that the state government will consider the demands of pension and gratuity to teachers of private colleges and aided-school at the earliest.

Book release function at GNIMT
Ludhiana, December 18
The ISTE chapter of the Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (GNIMT), Gujarkhan Campus, organised a book release function here.

From Schools
Fancy dress contest impresses audience
Ludhiana, December 18
A fancy dress competition was organised at Shree Ji School for Little Kids , Hargobind Nagar, Ludhiana. Students came dressed in different outfits and presented themselves on the stage with great elan. The Dr Naresh Bassi and Dr Madhu Bassi ,Directors of Bassi Hospital, were the chief guests on the occasion.

Students of Shree Ji School For Little Kids dressed up for fancy dress competition held in Ludhiana on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Christmas festivity in school
Ludhiana, December 18
St Thomas Senior Secondary School organised a three-day talent search programme along with Christmas celebrations to provide a platform to students to express themselves and mark the festivity of Christmas. The programme concluded today.

COURTS

Canvassing in full swing for Bar poll
Ludhiana, December 18
As canvassing reaches a crescendo, the contestants of the District Bar Association(DBA) annual elections are seen wooing potential voters, where each and every vote counts to write the destiny of a candidate.

DC gives Rs 1.5 lakh for thalassaemic kids
Ludhiana, December 18
Deputy Commissioner, Satluj Club, Ashok Kumar Gupta has exhorted NGOs and philanthropists to come forward to donate liberally for the treatment of children suffering from thalassaemia since they require regular transfusion of blood and costly medicines.

Mr Ashok Kumar Gupta, Deputy Commissioner, Mr Brij Mohan Lal Munjal, president of the DMCH Managing Society, along with other dignitaries at the annual day of the Punjab Thalassaemics Welfare Society in Ludhiana on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Hepatitis-C patients more prone to liver cancer
Ludhiana, December 18
Cases of hepatocellular carcinoma has been increasing in the world mainly because of the rising incidence of Hepatitis-C. Currently, some 3 to 4 million persons are infected with Hepatitis-C and it is estimated that 5 to 30 percent of these patients will develop chronic liver disease and of these, 30 per cent will progress to cirrhosis.

Exercise for healthy heart
Ludhiana, December 18
More than 700 persons were examined in two free medical camps organised by Hero DMC Heart Institute (HDHI) at Jalalabad and Rampura Phul yesterday.

SPORTS

GND varsity thrash Lucknow in hockey
Ludhiana, December 18
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, thrashed Lucknow University, 13-1, to enter the league phase of the 44th North Zone Inter-Varsity Hockey Tournament being played at Prithipal Singh Astro Turf Stadium of Punjab Agricultural University campus here today.

A match in progress at the North Zone Inter-Varsity Hockey Tournament being played at Prithipal Singh Astro Turf Stadium on the Punjab Agricultural University campus in Ludhiana on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Ludhiana basketball players honoured
Ludhiana, December 18
Players of Ludhiana basketball teams which secured positions in the 4th Punjab State Parminder Memorial Basketball Championship held at Malout recently were honoured here today.

Ludhiana basketball teams which came first and second in the Punjab State Parminder Memorial Basketball Tournament.