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Private teachers in Catch-22 situation
Ludhiana, April 14
Hundreds of teachers, who have applied for the post of master cadre with the Punjab government, are caught in a Catch-22 situation as they have been asked to resign from their respective private schools. 

Poppy stains khaki
DIG orders probe into missing part of seizure 
Ludhiana, April 14
The Dehlon police is in the dock for allegedly siphoning off a large quantity of poppy plants seized from two persons, including a woman, in Khera village on April 9.

Examiners split over OMR sheets
Ludhiana, April 14
The newly introduced Optical Mark Recorder (OMR) sheets by Panjab University, Chandigarh, seem to be causing a lot of trouble to examiners at SCD Government College here.

CM gave Dhindsa powers to acquire land
Move to built memorial where Abdali had killed 
35,000 Sikhs in 1762
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 14
A pennant erected on a mound amidst ruins of a site where 35,000 Sikh were massacred by Ahmed Shah Abdali’s army on February 5, 1762, is what the successive governments and Sikh religious organisations could be proud off.
A pennant stands alone at mound where 35,000 Sikhs were massacred by forces of Ahmed Shah Abdali’s on February 5, 1762. Photo: A Tribune photograph

Devotees take a dip in Alamgir Gurdwara on the occasion of Baisakhi in Ludhiana on Monday. Tribune photo: Inderjeet Verma

	Child dies in stampede April 14, 2008
	Residents forced to buy set-top box April 13, 2008
	Car falls into canal April 12, 2008
	Humiliated, student hangs himself April 11, 2008
	MC staff honour ‘tainted’ officials April 10, 2008
	Rs 458 crore for power revamp April 9, 2008
	2,000 queue up to seek red cards April 8, 2008
	Verka consumers go without milk April 7, 2008
	Newly-wed woman’ murder case April 6, 2008
	400 claimants were fake, claims Admn April 5, 2008

Akali leader's son held for betting
Ludhiana, April 14
The police has busted a gang of bookies and arrested their leader, who was betting on India-South Africa match yesterday.

 

COMMUNITY

Rich tributes paid to Dr B.R. Ambedkar
Ludhiana/Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 14
Rich tributes were paid to father of the constitution Dr B.R. Ambedkar on his 117th birthday at a function organised by the Bhartiya Valmiki Dharam Samaj (BVDS) in Daresi Grounds here today.

Road to inconvenience
Ludhiana, April 14
Residents of Haibowal have complained that the Jassian Road from Haibowal was dug up last year to lay sewerage but was not recarpeted. The work of laying of sewerage line was completed in August last year but the municipal corporation was delaying the work of recarpeting, causing inconvenience to hundreds of commuters on the road.



Jassian Road in Haibowal that awaits recarpeting. Tribune photo: Inderjeet Verma

Road recarpeting begins
Ludhiana, April 14
Councillor of ward number 74 Jaspal Singh Gyaspura inaugurated road recarpeting project in Satguru Nagar here yesterday.

Traffic chaos on at Ghumar Mandi
Ludhiana, April 14
The implementation of one-way traffic in Ghumar Mandi has failed to avert the traffic chaos, thanks to the encroachment by shopkeepers and haphazard parking by commuters.

Traffic chaos at Ghumar Mandi in Ludhiana: Tribune photo: Inderjeet Verma

Kanjaks keep residents waiting
Ludhiana, April 14
It was a tough time for a large number of city residents who had to wait in the scorching sun for more than two-hours for worshipping “kanjaks” on Durga Aashtami yeterday. As residents were finding difficulty in searching for little girls, many residents had to send the “prasad” of “puri”, “chane” and “halwa” to their homes whereas a few others were seen waiting for “kanjaks” outside Durga Mata temple, Jagraon Bridge.

Hunt on to nab looters
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 14
The police has launched massive hunt for two suspects, who had been involved in robbing residents at gunpoint after entering their premises on pretext of employees of electricity board.

Sketches of the accused, who looted residents, displayed at police station, Ahmedgarh. Tribune photo: Mahesh Sharma

Jannat in NGO team
Ludhiana, April 14
Child artist from city, Jannatpreet Kaur, became the member of ‘Aadhar- The Foundation’ today. The NGO is working to make the masses aware about the prevalent menace of female foeticide in the society.

Release all prisoners: Atwal
Khamano, April 14
Prisoners, who have been languishing in both Pakistani and Indian jails for the past 30 to 40 years, including Sarabjit Singh, should immediately be released. This was stated by Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker Charanjeet Singh Atwal while addressing mediapersons at the residence of Surinder Kumar at Grain Market, Khamano. He said the Lok Sabha was united on the release of Sarabjit Singh. — OC

PAU campus soft target of burglars
2 major thefts reported in last two weeks 
Ludhiana, April 14
After a gap of over an year, the Punjab Agriculture University campus is in grip of burglars’ fear again. Two major thefts apart from some minor incidents have been reported in last two weeks only.

City on Lohia’s radar
Ludhiana, April 14
Moradabad-based Rs 500 crore Lohia Group has forayed into automobile business and will come out with electric bikes and three wheelers within three months.

AGRICULTURE

Farmers yet to reap their harvest
Reason: Early sowing, inclement weather & low water table
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 14
Gap between paddy being sown by a large number of farmers and that advised by experts from the state agriculture department will be minimised if not bridged this year.

Bird flu training given to vets
Ludhiana, April 14
"It is gravest warning to India since bird flu first broke out in Maharashtra in 2006, the United Nations has said the highly pathogenic H5 N1 Avian influenza virus may have gut entrenched in the IndoGenetic plains of India and Bangladesh and fear of human pandemic remained high", Dr Paramjeet Singh, deputy director, Animal Husbandry, Ludhiana, said this on the concluding day of the three-day training for field veterinary doctors of district here.

EDUCATION

Seminar on organisational excellence
Ludhiana, April 14
The Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (GNIMT), Gujarkhan Campus, organised a one-day national seminar on "Organisational excellence through talent management", sponsored and approved by the AICTE, here.

Free computer training for poor students
Ludhiana, April 14
The present century has no place for the computer-illiterate people and every citizen of the country must try to learn computer and IT technology to live honorably in IT world.

Jadgev Singh Jassowal, chairman of Professor Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation, releases Ravinder Grewal’s new cassettee ‘Aanvi Baba Nanaka’ in Ludhiana on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Schools alarmed over eloping incident
Orientation programmes, counselling sessions held
Ludhiana, April 14
The eloping of students from their school in Sarabha Nagar has left city schools alarmed. While many feel that efforts to build cordial relationship among students, parents and teachers will go a long way towards checking such problem, others blame increased ‘materialism’ as the root cause of such issues.

PMT, CET classes for poor 
Chandigarh, April 13
Dr Ambedkar Study Circle, Sector 37, Chandigarh, has announced the introduction of PMT and CET coaching classes at very nominal fee, today.

School celebrates Baisakhi, founder’s day
Ludhiana, April 14
Green Land Senior Secondary School celebrated Baisakhi and 17th Founder’s Day in the school premises here today.

Gurdas Mann enthralls audience
Ludhiana, April 14
Gurdas Mann enthralled audience in Satluj Club at a function organised to celebrate Baisakhi here last evening.

DIL DA MAMLA HAI: Gurdas Mann performs during the Baisakhi celebrations at Satluj Club in Ludhiana on Suinday. Photo: Inderjeet Varma

Polio surgery camp on April 18
Ludhiana, April 14
A polio surgery and eye operation camp will be organised by USPC Jain Charitable Hospital here on April 18 to mark “Mahavir Jayanti” and its 10th anniversary. Medical superintendent of the hospital Dr Archan Garg said today that the polio victims would be thoroughly examined and given follow-up medicines, prosthetic devices and calipers at the camp. Similarly, those needing eye surgery would be operated upon.

200 diabetic patients examined
Ludhiana, April 14
At least 200 patients were examined for the blood-sugar level and 124 of them found to be suffering from diabetes at the 54th diabetes detection camp organised by the National Integrated Medical Association (NIMA) to celebrate its foundation day at Shivpuri here yesterday.

SPORTS

Second win for Mahajan Club
Ludhiana, April 14
Davinder scored 45 runs while Mrinal scalped three wickets as Mahajan Club defeated National Club by 31 runs to register second win in the cricket tournament being organised by the Ludhiana District Cricket Association to prepare the district team (u-16) for the forthcoming Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournament for the M.L. Markan Trophy on the Satish Chander Dhawan Government College ground here today.
A match between National Club and Mahajan Club in progress at Government College in Ludhiana on Monday. A Tribune photograph

100 take part in karate camp
Ludhiana, April 14
About one hundred aspirants of different weight categories attended a karate training camp organised by the Punjab Ashihara Karate Federation at GMT Public School, Jalandhar, here today.

Winners pose with the instructors after a karate training camp at GMT Public School in Ludhiana on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Bench Press Teja wins gold
Ludhiana, April 14
Fifty-five boys took part in bench press competition held at Land of Muscles and Fitness Point, Civil City, Chander Nagar, Ludhiana, today.

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