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Music band owner alleges police torture
Inquiry marked to SP
Ludhiana, May 5
The SSP, R.K. Jaiswal, today marked an inquiry into the allegations of a Chandigarh-based sound system provider who had alleged that he was tortured by the police at the bus stand police post last night.

Summer vacation is here, but no books yet
Ludhiana, May 5
Students studying in Punjab School Education Board affiliated schools are finding it hard to study without books. They are trying hard to get hold of books before summer vacation.

NGO to look into boiler blast case
Ludhiana, May 5
The Association for Democratic Rights, an NGO, would look into the boiler blast case that took place at Veer Garments here a few days ago.





EARLIER STORIES


Two held with 105 stolen wheat bags
Ludhiana, May 5
The Haibowal police has arrested Pawan Kumar, a resident of Doraha, and Om Prakash, and recovered 105 stolen bags of wheat. They were arrested while they were allegedly unloading the bags from their vehicle this morning.

Residents go without water for 3 days
Ludhiana, May 5
Residents of Chander Nagar, Preet Vihar and Anand Nagar are facing water shortage thanks to a snag in a tubewell supplying water to these areas. Residents have been going without water for the past three days and complaints to the MC have fallen on deaf ears.

Women fill water from a roadside tap in Ludhiana on Monday.Residents of Chander Nagar protest against water scarcity.
Water Woes: Women fill water from a roadside tap in Ludhiana on Monday; and (right) residents of Chander Nagar protest against water scarcity. — Photos by Inderjeet Verma


COMMUNITY

Display of Snakes
PFA writes to forest minister, ManekaA python being exhibited by wildlife officials in association with an NGO.
Ludhiana, May 5
The controversy over holding of python and snake shows by the wildlife department, Punjab, with the help of an NGO, Wildlife Conservation Society, Nawan Shahr, has further deepened as the People For Animals, Ropar, has complained to forest minister Tikshan Sood, activist Maneka Gandhi and other officials of the department in this regard.

A python being exhibited by wildlife officials in association with an NGO. — A file photo

Cong councillors resent case registrationCongress councillors during a meeting in Ludhiana on Monday.
Ludhiana, May 5
Congress councillors in the city today decided to give a memorandum to the deputy commissioner and senior superintendent of police against the registration of cases against two councillors during the past few days.

Congress councillors during a meeting in Ludhiana on Monday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Race to get poll duty cancelled
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 5
A large number of employees of various departments, mainly private and government school teachers, have been visiting SAD and BJP leaders to get their election duty cancelled or changed to more suitable places.

Panchayat Poll
SAD (Panch Pardhani) for consensus
Ludhiana, May 5
The SAD (Panch Pardhani), led by Daljit Singh Bittu, today resolved to motivate the rural population to go for unanimous panchayat elections.

Teachers’ Union
New chief keen on resolving pending issues
Sahnewal, May 5
Newly elected district president of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union Gumeet Singh Hundal is upbeat about the early implementation and resolution of outstanding demands of the non-govt colleges of the states.

Rageshwari and her dance troupe perform at Sutlej Club in Ludhiana on Sunday. Rageshwari delights audience
Ludhiana, May 5
Ludhianvis had a memorable experience at Sutlej club here last evening when singer Rageshwari enthralled them for more than two hours. The mesmerising performance left the audience spellbound.


Rageshwari and her dance troupe perform at Sutlej Club in Ludhiana on Sunday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma 

Green Park Sabha
Ludhiana, May 5
Darshan Dawar was elected president of the Green Park Sabha at a meeting of the sabha, according to a press note here today. Surjit Singh Nota was the presiding officer.

Jhuggi dwellers at the site of the demolition in Ludhiana on Monday. Success eludes tehbazaari team
Ludhiana, May 5
The tehbazaari team of the MC today failed to achieve success when it had gone to demolish jhuggis in the Focal Point area. The team removed only three-four jhuggis and confiscated some goods. It left after giving jhuggi dwellers a warning to vacate the place themselves.

Jhuggi dwellers at the site of the demolition in Ludhiana on Monday. — A Tribune photograph 

Don’t be rubber stamps: ZP candidate
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 5
Knowing that contesting election on the ticket of a party in opposition is like swimming against the tide, Sunita Rani Sharma of Sihar village, a Congress candidate for the zila parishad elections from Dehlon, aspires to bring about development in the area if she is inducted into the district development body.

PSIEC blamed for wire rod shortage
Ludhiana, May 5
The North India Wire Drawing Association has blamed the PSIEC for shortage of wire rod in the market.

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CRIME

2 get 12-yr RI for possessing narcotics
Ludhiana, May 5
The court of additional sessions judge M.S. Virdi has sentenced Kuldeep Singh, alias Bhinda, of Payal and Jeewan Singh of Sohia village, Jagraon, to 12-year rigorous imprisonment each on charges of possessing narcotics.

 

BUSINESS

Electroplating units want cluster started soonJoginder Kumar, president of the Ludhiana Electroplaters Association, addresses a press conference in Ludhiana on Monday.
Ludhiana, May 5
Keen on kickstarting the functioning of the electroplating cluster, the Ludhiana Electroplaters Association is planning to forge tie-ups with banks and financial institutions to provide finance facilities to members keen on joining the cluster.



Joginder Kumar, president of the Ludhiana Electroplaters Association, addresses a press conference in Ludhiana on Monday. — A Tribune photograph


 
AGRICULTURE

Paddy Sowing
Agriculture department warns farmers
Ludhiana, May 5
The district agriculture department has asked farmers to stick to the ordinance issued by state government regarding early sowing of paddy in the region.

EDUCATION

Testing time for PAU students
Semester examination from May 9
Ludhiana, May 5
Students pursuing various degree and diploma courses at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) here are all set to appear for their semester examinations, which are scheduled from May 9.


Students during the inaguration function of a school at Bal Bhawan, Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana.
Students during the inaguration function of a school at Bal Bhawan, Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

From Schools
Seminar on naturopathy
Ludhiana, May 5
KVM in association with HBO group, a nongovernmental organisation, organised a seminar for students on natural ways of handling problems related to stress.

Sacred Heart honours student
Ludhiana, May 5
Eemaan Thind, a student of class XI, Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, BRS Nagar, has brought laurels to the institution by qualifying as “state winner” from Punjab in the annual environmental examination “The Green Olympiad” organised by TERI. She is also the recipient of scholarship worth Rs 3,000 from the ministry of environment and forests, Government of India.


 

HEALTH

World Asthma Day Today
80 pc asthma deaths in poor countries: Doctor
Ludhiana, May 5
Numerous events in countries spanning the globe will mark World Asthma Day today. These activities, whether held in schools or hospitals, will have in common the positive theme — “You Can Control Your Asthma”.

CME
Experts for medication to keep asthma at bay
Ludhiana, May 5
Dr Neeraj Gupta, additional professor of pulmonary and critical care at PGI, Chandigarh, has said that although important discoveries in diagnosis and treatment of allergic disorders have been made over the years, lot many Indians still suffer from asthma, rhinitis, sinusitis and other allergic and immunological disorders and the prevalence continues to rise.

100 examined at check-up camp
Ludhiana, May 5
To mark the “World Asthma Day” falling on May 6, a free asthma check-up camp for adults and children was held at the OPD block of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital here yesterday.

British doctor for awareness on epilepsy
Ludhiana, May 5
Dr John S. Duncan, chairman, department of clinical and experimental epilepsy at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, and medical director, National Society for Epilepsy, UK, visited Dayanand Medical College and Hospital here yesterday.


 
SPORTS

TT academy for budding playersBudding paddlers at the newly set up tennis academy in Ludhiana on Monday.
Ludhiana, May 5
A table tennis academy with modern facilities to train budding players has come up in the city. Jawahar Bhandari, currently ranked No. 3 in the veterans’ category in India, has started Ping Pong Table Tennis Academy in the Block G of Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar locality to train young aspiring boys and girls.
Budding paddlers at the newly set up tennis academy in Ludhiana on Monday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma






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