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School vacated after bomb hoax
Ludhiana, January 7
Threat of a bomb blast led the police to evacuate students and staff in the Lal Bahadur Shastri Senior Secondary School,
Millergunj, and thorough search of BCM School Model Town school this morning.
Hundreds of panic-stricken students and staff of Shastri School rushed out after
an unidentified caller phoned at 9:30 pm to a school clerk that a bomb has been
planted in the school building.
An anti-sabotage team of the Ludhiana police searches a classroom of Lal Bahadur Shastry School at Milar Ganj in Ludhiana.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed
Anganwari workers take
to streets
Ludhiana, January 7
Hundreds of factory and anganwari workers held a protest march demanding withdrawal of cases lodged against workers here today.
A RISKY JOB: A beggar asks a city resident for arms while endangering her life on a busy traffic chowk in Ludhiana
on Monday. — Photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
Man burnt to death by auto driver
Ludhiana, January 7
A man was allegedly set on fire by a pan seller near the local bus stand at about mid night last following a minor argument.
Man robbed of Rs 65,000
Mandi Gobindgarh, January 7
Three motorcycle-borne miscreants robbed a local resident of Rs 65,000 by throwing chilly powder in his eyes.
DM gets tough on noise level
Ludhiana, January 7
The office of the local district magistrate has ordered that noise level at the boundary of the public places will not exceed 10
Db(A) above the ambient noise standards. No one will beat a drum or any instrument or blow a trumpet between 10 pm and 6 am, except in public emergencies.
Cops thwart SAD(A) plan to stop buses
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 7
The observance of road safety week served a dual purpose today, when a few police parties successfully kept activists of SAD (A) from stopping buses, owned by the
Badals. A few teams of policemen from police stations at Dehlon, Payal, Raikot,
Sudhar, Jagraon and the local town had been deployed at various places on
highways, where public transport was plying.
Paramjit Singh Gorayan, DSP, Dakha, supervises a naka at Jagera Bridge near Ahmedgarh on Monday.
— Photo by Mahesh Sharma
‘Revival of terrorism to affect NRIs’
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 7
Terming revival of terrorism in the border state as perilous for strengthening of bonds of Punjabi NRIs with their roots, Dr Ruby
Dhalla, Member of Parliament for Brampton Springdale in Canada’s Parliament, claimed that she would impress upon the Canadian Government to help the Indian and Punjab governments to deal with extremism with an iron hand.
Office-bearers of a few organisations flank Dr Ruby Dhalla, Canadian MP, after her felicitation at Pohir village near Ahmedgarh on Monday.
— Photo by writer
HUDDLED TOGETHER: Mynas sit in a queue on a cold Monday morning in Ludhiana.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
Minhas appointed PAU Director (Research)
Ludhiana, January 7
Dr R.K.Mahey, Registrar, PAU, in its 233rd Board of Management meeting held today at Mohali, said appointments to key posts of director (Research), dean (College of Agriculture), dean (College of Home Science) and seven heads of departments were approved.
Tight security outside girls colleges
Killing of Jalandhar principal
Ludhiana, January 7
The police has tightened the security outside all girls colleges in the city following brutal killing of principal of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya (KMV), Jalandhar, Rita Bawa yesterday.
Aganwari workers burns CM’s effigy
Jagraon, January 7
Members of the Aganwari Mulazam Union Punjab Jagraon branch today burnt the effigy of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal at Tehsil Road,
Jagraon, in protest against their long-pending demands which have not been yet met with by the state.
They demanded ICDS Scheme to be converted into government department. Workers
and helpers should be given the grade of third and fourth grade employees and
till this is not met, the minimum Rs 3,000 to workers and Rs 2,000 to helpers be
given.
Anganwari workers burning CM’s effigy at Tehsil Road
Jagraon. — Tribune photo by Vijay Bansal
Dairy owner dumps dung on street
Ludhiana, January7
Residents of Aman Nagar are up in arms against a dairy farmer who has been dumping dung on the streets in their area.
Players of Baba Lodhiana Academy during a practice sestion at Guru Nanak Statium in Ludhiana.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
58 pc population suffers from bone disorders: Doc
Ludhiana, January 7
A free bone and bone mineral density check-up camp was organised at an ortho clinic here in collaboration with Shri Sai Sewa Trust and Kindex Company on Sunday. Test for bone calcium evaluation was conducted on latest bone scanning machine and more than 100 patients were examined by orthopaedic surgeon Dr Jagdip Madaan and his team.
208 donate blood at camps
Ludhiana, January 7
The department of transfusion medicine at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital here organised two voluntary blood donation camps with the help of Krantikari Shaheed Bhagat Singh Sewa Dal at Haibowal Kalan here and Sant Baba Visakha Singh Sports Club, Kishanpura, at Moga in which 208 units of blood were collected.
Jeweller to pay Rs 12.88 lakh as tax, penalty
Ludhiana, January 7
The excise and taxation department here has asked a local jeweller to pay Rs 12.88 lakh as tax liability plus penalty.
Team India should call off tour: Cricket fans
Ludhiana, January 7
Resentment prevails among cricket lovers over the gross umpiring errors during the Sydney Test which India lost by 122 runs.
The Tribune office here was flooded with calls from the cricket fans who wanted
to express their anguish over the issue.
The agitated cricket fans burn an effigy of umpire Steve Bucknor.
— Tribune photo by Inderjeet Verma
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