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Gujjar stir hits export worth
Rs 125 cr
Ludhiana, May 30
Business activity in the region has significantly slowed down due to the Gujjar violence in Rajasthan. Export-import business to the tune of Rs 100-125 crore is getting affected on a daily basis, as per rough estimates.
Respiratory
disorders among kids rise : Study
Ludhiana, May 30
The problem of respiratory diseases is so prevalent among the children of this mega city that almost every other child, visiting a paediatrician or a general practitioner, displays symptoms related to respiratory diseases. This shocking fact surfaced during a study on "prevalence of respiratory diseases among children in
Ludhiana", conducted by Dr Deepinder Singh, associate professor in a local hospital here.
50 accidents in 30 days at Khanna
Lack of coordination between police, MC
Khanna, May 30
Lack of infrastructure, manpower and coordination between the police force and MC authorities has led to a rise in the number of accidents in the town. As many as 50 accidents have been reported from various busy sections of the city during the past just 30 days wherein two persons have lost their lives.
Scholars pay tributes to Sekhon
Ludhiana, May 30
Scholars, belonging to various parts of India and abroad, paid tributes to the late Sant Singh Sekhon on his birth anniversary. “Principal Sant Sigh Sekhon Janam Shatabdi Samaroh” was organised by the Punjabi Sahit Akademi at Punjabi Bhawan today.
J.S. Grewal delivers Principal Sant Singh Sekhon memorial lecture at Punjabi Bhawan, Ludhiana, on Friday.
— Tribune photograph
Scientist turns saviour for dying migrant youth
Ludhiana, May 30
Suffering from multiple complications and a reduced to a virtual skeleton of bones, Atma Ram (19), a migrant youth was lying naked on the last step of stairs leading into Sidhwan Branch canal near the Pakhowal Road bridge in the city.
Atma Ram under treatment at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital in
Ludhiana; (inset) Dr Naurang Singh Mangat. — A Tribune photograph
 No Tobacco Day
300 jail inmates vow against using tobacco
Ludhiana, May 30
Around 300 inmates in the Central Jail here took a pledge against the use of tobacco in the form of cigarettes, beedis and zarda during a seminar on "World No Tobacco Day", organised jointly by Dr Kotnis Acupuncture Hospital and local branch of the National Integrated Medical Association (NIMA) today.
Letters
Ban polythene bags
Dentist booked for rape;
aborting twice
Khanna, May 30
The local police has booked a dentist for raping and forced abortion of an 18-year- old girl.
Biz Word
HDFC branch
Ludhiana, May 30
HDFC Bank today inaugurated its 14th branch here.
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