NATURE’S BOUNTY: An Amaltas tree in full bloom on the Punjab Agricultural University campus
in Ludhiana on Saturday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma |
For common man, going gets tougher
Ludhiana, March 29
Household budgets are going haywire as prices of items of daily use refuse to stabilise. With inflation at all-time high, rates of products right from the milk and pulses, to flour, sugar and vegetables have recorded a hike of 10 per cent to 25 per cent within past one month itself.
376 students get roll nos.
after undertaking
Ludhiana, March 29
The 376 students who had been denied roll numbers by the Arya College authorities for not meeting the requisite minimum lectures to appear in the university examination finally got their roll numbers after the authorities took an undertaking from their parents.
MC to get Rs 120 cr
Ludhiana, March 29
While the municipal corporation is yet to roll back free water supply and sewage facilities for residents living in 125 sq yd houses, the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission has already sanctioned an amount of Rs 120 crore for the city.
Row between council, scribes intensifies
Doraha, March 29
The recent incident of stone pelting by a few members of the local municipal council on houses of two scribes apart from burning their effigies,has not only caused physical and mental harassment to them and their families, but the issue got intensified further yesterday afternoon.
VB Action
MC staff to go on mass leave tomorrow
Ludhiana, March 29
Employees of the drawing branch of the municipal corporation, Ludhiana, yesterday decided to go on mass leave from Monday to protest against the Vigilance Bureau’s action against their colleagues. The employees applied for the leave to the MC commissioner.
Sutlej Club poll today
Entry of outsiders barred
Ludhiana, March 29
The stage is set for the elections to the Sutlej Club, one of the most coveted clubs of the city, tomorrow. With the deputy commissioner who also holds the post of its president in the ex-officio capacity, the post of the general secretary, in a triangular contest, is witnessing most animated last minute parlance.
Tanker overturns, causes snarl-up
Ludhiana, March 29
A major tragedy was averted as a tanker containing LPG overturned near Amaltas restaurant here this evening.
A snarl-up followed on the Ludhiana-Jalandhar national highway-1 (NH-1).
A gas tanker that flipped on the national highway in Ludhiana on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed
Player deserted by trucker; club comes to rescue
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 29
The R.S.Football Club came to the rescue of Pankaj Sharma of Arya Samaj Government School, Kotki village in Chandarpur district of
Maharashtra, who after getting isolated from his teachers and classmates was deserted by a truck driver near here today.
Office-bearers of the R.S. Football Club along with the player at the
Ahmedgarh police station on Saturday. — Photo by Mahesh Sharma
Pensioners seek release of DA
Ludhiana, March 29
Members of the Retirees Welfare Association today urged upon the state government to release dearness allowance/dearness relief to in-service employees as well as pensioners and family pensioners at 6 per cent from January 1, 2008.
Members of the Retirees Welfare Association at a meeting in Ludhiana on Saturday.
— Photo by I.V.
House tax on hotels to be revised
Ludhiana, March 29
The house tax committee of zone D today decided to reassess the house tax collection of restaurants, hotels and marriage palaces.
Congress councillor Sushil Raju Thapar addresses a press conference in Ludhiana on Saturday.
— Photo: I.V.
Book in Punjabi released
Ludhiana, March 29
Former vice-chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University Prof Prithi Pal Singh Kapoor released a book “Gurmati Atey Sufi Punjabi Kavi Vich Manukhh Da Sankalp” by Dr Inderjit Singh Vasu here today.
Five-Month Wait
Body arrives from S. Arabia, cremated
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 29
Residents of Gobindgarh village, near here, heaved a sigh of relief after the body of Mohinder Singh (55), who had died of heart attack in Saudi Arabia five months ago, arrived here yesterday.
SHO suspended for illegal detention
Ludhiana, March 29
SSP R.K.Jiaswal yesterday suspended SHO Division No. 7 Pawanjit for allegedly detaining and manhandling a few residents of Mundian village, who had come to report about a street brawl. The SSP said after an inquiry report submitted by a
DSP, the complaint was found to be genuine and immediate action was taken. The new SHO would be posted tomorrow.
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| STROKES OF GENIUS: Paintings displayed in an exhibition in Ludhiana on Saturday. — Tribune photographs |
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