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Jagraon girl tops Class V exams
2 village students bag second, third slots
Ludhiana, March 30
Girls have bagged the top two ranks in the Class V board exams in the district with Gurpinder Kaur of Swami Roop Chand Jain Senior Secondary School, Jagraon, has stood first and Lovepreet Kaur of NPTS School, Bhundri village attaining the second position.

Marriage annulled a day before due to dowry
Ludhiana, March 30
Demand for dowry allegedly by an NRI groom just a day before marriage made a local family snap their daughter's alliance with him. Not only this, the family has filed a complaint with the local police chief demanding a dowry case against the groom’s family.

PRTC goes soft on erring staff
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 30
Even after three years of conducting a survey about violation of norms by conductors and drivers of the PRTC, the Punjab Roadways and certain private transporters, the state and district transport authorities have failed to initiate action against erring employees of these organisations.

In Basta
3 years on, body yet to be traced
Falling of boy into manhole
Ludhiana, March 30
About two-and-a-half years after a 7-year-old son of a Nepalese couple fell into an open hole near Dhandari, there is no trace of his body. To cap it all, no MC official has been booked for negligence in leaving the manhole open. The police, too, has, coolly forgotten the incident.

SOULFUL: Karnail Rana, a well-known Himachali folk artiste performs at Himachal Bhawan in Ludhiana on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Syeed Ahmed

	Incest behind death of two cousins: Cops March 30, 2008
	Boy found strangled March 29, 2008
	Another power tariff hike likely March 28, 2008
	IT counters to open for more hours March 27, 2008
	Town planner, 2 draftsmen nabbed March 26, 2008
	Sealing put off by a month March 25, 2008
	Friend held for killing SAD leader’s son March 24, 2008
	Elevated road or death knell March 22, 2008
	MC okays Rs 467 cr budget March 21, 2008
	Buildings violating parking norms to be sealed March 20, 2008

Dutch movie anti-Muslims: Shahi Imam
Ludhiana, March 30
The All-India Majlis Ahrar Islam has criticised the Dutch movie ‘‘Fitna’’ stating that it was against the tenets of Islam and holy Kuran.

Rickshaw pullers enjoy their afternoon siesta under the shadow of trees in Ludhiana. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

A squirrel jumps off a branch as Tribune lensman Sayeed Ahmed captures the action at PAU in Ludhiana on Sunday.

COMMUNITY

Prof Prithipal Singh Kapoor releases a book by Dr Inderjeet Singh Vasu in Ludhiana on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Health insurance for BPL families soon
Ludhiana, March 30
Keeping in view the increasing costs of medicare, the state government plans to introduce a special health insurance scheme for the “below poverty line (BPL) families”, so that the poor people could also avail the advanced facilities in private hospitals.

28 years on, town still awaits educational institutes
CM, Beant Singh had laid stones in 1979, 1992
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 30
When it comes to the laying of foundation stones and forgetting them, SAD leaders are on a par with those of the Congress.

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal being honoured by representatives of the hotel association in Ludhiana. — A Tribune photograph

Seminar throws light on stock market investments
Ludhiana, March 30
In a bid to create awareness among investors at the Ludhiana stock exchange, a seminar was organised by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, here last evening.

Stray dog menace in Malerkotla
Ludhiana, March 30
Stray dog menace in Malerkotla has left residents an angered lot. They claim that there are at least 100 dogs in the area and the civic body has done nothing about it.

Five marriages solemnised
Ludhiana, March 30
The Maa Bhagwati Club got five underprivileged girls married at Pindi Dyal Dharamshala here today. The club also gifted household goods to the newly married couples.

Plan to smuggle mobile, inmate arrested
Ludhiana, March 30
Alert staff of the local Central jail yesterday thwarted an undertrial’s plan to smuggle a mobile phone inside the jail. Undertrial, Kuldip Singh, alias Baba, had allegedly taken the mobile phone from someone while he had gone to appear in the court yesterday.

Seminar on deep vein thrombosis
Ludhiana, March 30
The Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) yesterday organised a seminar to mark the end of the DVT (deep vein thrombosis) awareness month (it is celebrated globally in March). It is major cause of mortality and morbidity among hospitalised patients.

NIMA holds camp for chest diseases
Ludhiana, March 30
Under its community service project, National Integrated Medical Association (NIMA) organised a free camp for chest diseases in Bal Singh Nagar, here today. Patients attending the camp were given free spirometry test to evaluate lung functioning and those afflicted with respiratory diseases were provided inhaler-based devices like rotahalers and spacers, along with free rotacaps.

1,500 patients examined at two camps
Ludhiana, March 30
At least 1,000 patients were examined at a medical check-up camp organised by Sardar Nihal Singh Pahwa Charitable Hospital here today. A team of doctors led by Dr Surinder Singh examined the patients and vaccinations for DPT, polio, measles and Hepatitis-B were administered to children visiting the camp.

An eye specialist examines patients at a camp organised by Nihal Singh Pahwa Charitable Hospital in Ludhiana on Sunday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

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