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Insurance co told to pay mediclaim
Ludhiana, February 27
Finding the rejection of mediclaim of an old woman to be unjustified, the permanent lok adalat has directed an insurance company to pay her Rs 1.20 lakh, spent by her on treatment during hospitalisation.
‘88 flood victims wait in vain for houses
Ludhiana, February 27
Twenty years after floods wiped out houses of 40 residents of Salempur village in 1988, these people are waiting in vain for houses promised by the government.
Residents of Salempur village, rendered homeless by the 1988 floods, at a relief camp.
— A Tribune photograph
Runaway wife booked for fraud
Ludhiana, February 27
The Sarabha Nagar police has booked Parwinder Kaur, a resident of BRS Nagar, for allegedly duping her NRI husband of Rs 70 lakh.
Saskia Rao de-Haas from the Netherlands plays bass violin at BCM School in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Tribune
photo by Sayeed Ahmed
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Killer Crossings
Truck drivers take safety pledge
Ludhiana, February 27
In the wake of alarming rise in the number of accidents at unmanned railway crossings in the region, the Northern Railway has launched an awareness campaign for drivers, especially truck drivers.
Drug Peddling
Youth, sister get 10-year jail
Ludhiana, February 27
The court of the additional sessions judge, A.K. Mehta, has convicted Jatinder Pal (20) of Jalandhar, his sister Kamaljit Kaur and cousin Budhu Kumar of Hoshiarpur on the charges of possessing narcotics.
4 held for attacking fire brigade staff
Ludhiana, February 27
The police arrested four residents, Shakeel, Naresh, Vinod and Arjun, all residents of slum areas, on a complaint of Bacchint Singh, driver with the Fire Brigade. He said he and two of his
colleagues, Ricky and Harbans Lal, was injured as the four threw stones at them.
Sanction funds for pensioners: PAU panel to CM
Ludhiana, February 27
The joint action committee of the Punjab Agricultural University employees and teachers has urged the Chief Minister sanction funds so that vice-chancellor Dr M.S.Kang could disburse pension among retired employees, who have not been paid their salaries since November 2007.
Flower show begins at PAU
Ludhiana, February 27
The annual flower show of Punjab Agricultural University, dedicated to Dr
M.S.Randhawa, was inaugurated here today by vice-chancellor Dr M.S.Kang. The two -day flower show has jointly been organised by the department of floriculture and landscaping and the department of family resource and management.
In his inaugural address, Dr Kang said the flower business worth $ 45 million had taken the shape of an industry. Efforts were being made to expand the floriculture in Punjab as well. He informed India was already exporting dry flowers worth Rs 120 crore annually to various countries.
A European catches the beauty of a flower at a flower show held at the PAU in Ludhiana on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Sayeed Ahmed
Mobile phone’s ring costs him Rs 500
Ludhiana, February 27
Carrying a mobile phone in the court and that too without putting the same on silent mode proved costly to a person. Irked by the frequent ringing of mobile phone being carried by the man, the Judge imposed a fine of Rs 500 on him.
Gagandeep is district BJYM chief
Mandi Gobindgarh, February 27
Gagandeep Jain of Mandi Gobindgarh has been appointed president of the Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha
(BJYM), Fatehgarh Sahib, at a meeting of the BJP here yesterday. The meeting was presided over by district BJP president Lal Chand Jindal.
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From Colleges
Ludhiana, February 27
