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Child thieves decamp with Rs 1.5 lakh
Khanna, January 24
The district police has registered a case against two unidentified children on the charge of stealing Rs 1.5 lakh in cash from a wedding party.

School Timings
Pvt schools loath to follow orders
Ludhiana, January 24
Private schools refuse to comply with the district magistrate's orders on school timings, saying they have not been sent the orders.

Drastic power cuts disrupt life
Ludhiana, January 24
With the power situation in the industrial hub of the state going from bad to worse, the normal life of the people from all walks of life has been thrown out of gear. The continuous cold wave, gripping the entire region, has further added to the woes of the residents who have to brave it out in the freezing cold weather without power for most part of the day.

DIVINE DANCE: Students of Spring Dale School rehearse a classical dance for Republic Day at Government College in Ludhiana. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Traders resist removal of goods
Ludhiana, January 24
A team of the tehbazaari department of municipal corporation today removed temporary encroachments from the Tyre market near the railway station where the shopkeepers offered them stiff resistance.

Banks on strike today
Ludhiana, January 24
On a call given by the United Forum of Bank Unions, bank employees will observe a full-day strike tomorrow. Naresh Gaur, secretary, Punjab Bank Employees Federation, said today that they would hold a rally near Bharat Nagar Chowk in support of their demands, including stoppage of mergers of banks. — TNS

COMMUNITY

Security on high alert for R-Day Mandi Ahmedgarh/ Jagraon, January 24

With Ludhiana district remaining the epicentre of terrorist activities during last year and especially one of the allegedly absconding terrorist Harminder Singh still at large, the police is not taking any chances in ensuring security in view of the Republic Day celebrations. Punjab Home Guard jawans rehearse for the Republic Day parade at Government College in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

City residents to get better public services
Ludhiana, January 24

Hundreds of people, who had to make rounds of different government departments to get their work done, will heave a sigh of relief once the newly constructed Suvidha Complex near Bachat Bhawan starts functioning. Newly costructed Suvidha Complex will provide a common platform to people. It will start functioning in February. — A Tribune photograph

Cracks surface in Guru Nanak Stadium Ludhiana, January 24 Cracks have started appearing in Guru Nanak Dev Stadium and this has left the sports fraternity worried. A deep crack appeared on the VIP arena near the entrance of the stadium. While associations of various games have expressed their concern, this does not seem to move the authorities concerned. Cracks that have appeared in Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana. — Tribune photo by Inderjeet Verma

Three books on agriculture released
Ludhiana, January 24
To keep pace with advancements in research methodologies and techniques in agricultural sciences, proper compilations in the form of book are the need of the hour. This was stated by the PAU vice-chancellor Dr Manjit Singh Kang. He released three books on agriculture in a special function held today.

Suicide bid by couple
Ludhiana, January 24
A couple residing in the Field Ganj area, Kucha No.15, reportedly tried to commit suicide after the woman alleged her husband of demanding dowry today.

Flying hammer injures woman
Ludhiana, January 24
A 50-year-old resident of Gyaspura alleges that she was injured on her left foot when a railway employee flung a hammer from a train at the Dhandari Kalan railway station.

Tribune agent dead
Ludhiana, January 24
Ram Mohindera, agent of The Tribune group for distribution of daily newspapers, died last night after a brief illness. He was 55. His funeral was largely attended today. — OC

7 booked for harassing girl
Jagraon, January 24
A 16-year-old girl has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court for directing the police for registering a sexual harassment case. Finally, the Sudhar police had to register a case under Sections 354,376 and 149 of the IPC against seven persons, including her aunt and uncle and two mediapersons last night.

VAT Returns: Tax lawyers oppose e-filing
Ludhiana, January 24
The Excise and Taxation Department, which plans to launch e-filing of its electronic VAT returns soon, has started testing it by inviting at least 5,000 dealers from across the state to file their returns.

IT detects Rs 2.36 cr in surveys
Ludhiana, January 24
The Income Tax department today detected Rs 2.36 crore after surveys. According to sources, the department detected Rs 75 lakh from Selection Marble and Rs 26 lakh from Raj Kamal Marble, both on the Pakhowal road, Rs 50 lakh was detected from Ganpati Timber, Rs 55 lakh from Aggarwal Timber and Rs 15 lakh from Sandhu Carrier. Further, Rs 15 lakh was detected in case of another unit also named Aggarwal Timber.

AGRICULTURE

PAU agri-growth to be 5 pc: Kang
Ludhiana, January 24
Punjab Agricultural University plans to have 5 per cent growth rate in agriculture during the 11th five year plan. The University also envisages revitalizing the economic conditions of the farmers through enhanced agricultural growth rate in the state. Disclosing this in an exclusive interview with Ludhiana Tribune Dr Manjit Singh Kang, vice-chancellor, PAU, said the thrust areas would be emphasis on biotechnology, organic farming and precision agriculture, peri-urban agriculture for meeting the needs of urban people, initiation of research on development of micro-nutrient intense crops through their bio-fortification with enhanced level of iron, zinc, carotene and protein.

EDUCATION

From Schools & Colleges
Sports meet begins at GCW
Ludhiana, January 24

A large number of students took part in the annual sports meet of the Government College for Women, Ludhiana, which started today. Heats and preliminary rounds were conducted in different athletic events besides fun games like chatti race, three-legged race and cycle race. Students of GCW depicting their skills in Gatka (Khalsa marshal art) during a practise session in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Hotel management fast-growing field: Expert
Ludhiana, January 24
The placement cell of Invasions, regional centre of Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, under distance education programme organised an extension lecture on ‘Careers in Hotel Management’ here today.

Chhavi, Smarth best story-tellers
Ludhiana, January 24
Story telling competition was organised in the KG section of Kundan Vidva Mandir here today. The children took active part in the competition2.

COURTS

Man gets 7 yrs for abduction, rape of minor
Ludhiana, January 24
A fast-track court has sentenced Raju of Ferozeshahpur, Behrich district, UP, to undergo seven years’ imprisonment on the charges of abducting and raping a minor girl of his landlord.

Early detection of cancer must: Doc
Ludhiana, January 24
The department of medical oncology of Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) organised a lecture on cancer at Guru Nanak Girls College here today. A large number of students and faculty members attended it.

SPORTS

Manvir helps Punjab clinch silver medal Ludhiana, January 24 Local girl Manvir Kaur Gill gave a good account of herself to guide Punjab team to bag silver medal in the 53rd National Schools Basketball Championship held at Davangere in Karnataka, recently. Manvir (13), a student of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Punjab Agricultural University campus, Ludhiana, started playing the game only five months back and instantly made her presence felt when she helped her zone team to emerge champion in the inter-zonal sports meet organised by the education department. Manvir Kaur with her coach J.S. Bhandari. — Tribune photo by Inderjeet Verma

Badminton: Local shuttlers excel
Ludhiana, January 24
Antarpreet Singh Sandhu and Puneetinder Singh Grewal made the city proud as they fashioned Punjab’s title win in the boys u-14 years section of the National School Games Badminton Championship held at Panchkula from January 15 to 20. It is after a gap of 15 years that Punjab have won the title in the national school games.

ADMINISTRATION

44 MC staff served notices
Ludhiana, January 24
At least 44 employees of the municipal corporation zone-A office were issued show cause notices by the zonal commissioner for being absent from duty yesterday.

 

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