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Steel Hike
Industrialists meet Prime Minister
Pin hopes on coming Budget
Ludhiana, February 18
Dissatisfied with the "minor" reduction in steel rates despite struggling for 11 days, industry representatives from the city met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue today in New Delhi.
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It was much too easy, say beaming pupils
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Ludhiana, February 18
Approximately 1 lakh students across the district, who appeared for the Class V board examinations, came out smiling as the Punjab School Education Board issued a relatively easies paper, which could be solved even by students of first standard without any difficulty.
It’s party time: Students of class V in a joyous mood after appearing for their first board exam in Ludhiana on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed
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Indifferent Babudom
In public offices, wheelchairs are scrap
Ludhiana, February 18
Wheelchairs donated by several voluntary organisations for the challenged are now part of office
scrap. The damaged wheelchairs are found in compounds of various offices.
A wheelchair donated by the Bharat Vikas Parishad has found a way into scrap in Punjab State Electricity Board office in Ludhiana
on Monday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma
PSEB can’t reclaim charges: Forum
Ludhiana, February 18
In an important decision, the permanent lok adalat has restrained the PSEB from recovering Rs 37,214 from a consumer on theft charges terming the same to be unjustified.
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SEA OF LEAVES:
Young cyclists wade through dry leaves that indicate the arrival of the spring season
in Ludhiana. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
3 run over by trains
Ludhiana, February 18
As many as three persons were crushed under different trains in separate parts of the city wihting last 24 hours.
According to ASI Avtar Singh, the identity of the two deceased persons was still to be ascertained while the third was identified.
Tewari is AICC spokesman
Ludhiana, February 18
All-India Congress Committee secretary Manish Tewari has been appointed as spokesman of the
AICC. The appointment has been made by Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Yoga to bust cops stress
Payal, February 18
To bust the stress of crime busters, the Khanna police has started yoga classes. The
exercise will help in improving the personality of the cops, authorities hoped.
At least 100 policemen from Samrala, Machhiwara, Koom Kalan, Khanna Sadar and Khanna city police stations besides the local police, attended the yoga classes on the first day of the week-long camp being organised by the Khanna unit of the Bharatiya Yog Sansthan today.
10-year old needs help
Ludhiana, February 18
After fighting with thalassaemia for long now, 10-year-old Chunnu Sidharth Kapoor is going to have a bone marrow transplant at Christian Medical College,
Vellore. The operation will at least Rs 10 lakh. The family has sought finacial
support from the public. Anyone desiring to help can donate money in patient’s
name and number 053071-D via a demand draft or a cheque in favour of 'The
Treasurer, Christian Medical College, Vellore'. |
Chunnu Sidharth Kapoor
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At The Crossroads
Poet of nature’s varying moods
It was a memorable day for me when I met Shakti Singh Chandel in the company of Dr Som P. Ranchan at Fair Lawns
(Mashobra). He was director of institute of public administration and at that time IAS and HAS officers had assembled there for the refresher course.
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