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Sudesh awaits financial push for Everest
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 13
Dejected by callous attitude of government authorities towards his requests for sponsoring mission to become the first Punjabi to scale the Mount Everest, Sudesh Kumar, a trainee of the Directorate of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, Himachal Pradesh, has now sought help from financial help from sports-loving NRIs and industrialists to enable him transform his dream into reality before Sir Edmond Hillary’s birthday (January 10).
Musclemen break into three shops
Owners booked for trespass
Ludhiana, July 13
A dispute between an owner of three shops and tenant shopkeepers in the Chaura Bazar area took an ugly turn in the wee hours today when more than 20 alleged musclemen of the owner allegedly broke into the three shops from the roof tops.
The complainant shopkeepers rushed to the shops at 3.30 am when the night watchman informed them the persons were breaking the shops’ rooftop.
Roof of a shop that was broken in the Chauira Bazar area in Ludhiana on Sunday.
—Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed
Trust Vote
SAD likely to oppose UPA govt: Capt Kanwaljit
 Khamano, July 13
The SAD will take its final decision on supporting the UPA government on the N-Deal issue at its PAC meeting on July 15 but it is likely to stand by the NDA and vote against the Congress government.
This was stated by cooperatives minister Capt Kanwaljit Singh while talking to mediapersons at Jatana Ucha village near here today.
Capt Kanwaljit Singh talks to mediapersons at Jatana Ucha village, near Khamano, on Sunday. Samrala MLA Jagjiwan Singh Khirnian is also seen in the
picture.
Of monsoon and city’s woes
 Ludhiana, July 13
With monsoon at its zenith, the worries of Ludhianvis too are mounting, owing to the failure of the municipal corporation in providing adequate drainage and sewerage systems along with sanitation.
The city perhaps has the worst drainage system in the state. The old city in particular is the worst hit, with a brief shower turning it into a pool.
Unhygienic conditions prevail along one of the Ludhiana roads.
—Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed
IMA decries booking of doctor
Ludhiana, July 13
The district unit of the Indian Medical Association
(IMA) has condemned the registration of a case against a Sangrur-based doctor, Dr
K.G. Singla, and his wife under Section 302, IPC.
Children participate in a summer camp organised by Happy Beat’n’Tones
in Ludhiana. — A Tribune photograph |
New Rotary Club team takes charge
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 13
Office-bearers and activists of the local unit of Rotary Club have vowed to serve the society in the ensuing year.
Systematic greening must, say ecologists
Ludhiana, July 13
Those trying to save environment from degradation have welcomed the government’s move to greening the surroundings in coming days but they feel that the success of such drive was dismal. In the absence of proper upkeep by authorities concerned not more than 50 per cent sapling would survive, they feel.
Green Project
5 lakh saplings to be planted in city
Ludhiana, July 13
As many as 5 lakh saplings of various trees would be planted in different parts of the city under the green project of the state government.
Letter
Promote afforestation
18 booked in assault cases
Jagraon, July 13
The local police has booked 18 persons in two incidents of assault. In the first case, Jarnail Singh, alias Jally, of Akhara and Rupinder Singh of Kamalpura along with four others allegedly trespassed on the house of Kamaljit Kaur of Kamalpura and assaulted Tejinder Singh and Bhupinder Singh with sharp-edged weapons on Friday evening.
Traders gambling on steel, says ACCI chief
Ludhiana, July 13
All efforts by the ministry of steel to check the rise in steel prices are proving futile, as there is no let up in the same. The steel prices have taken the shape of gambling, says P.D. Sharma, president, Apex Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Punjab, in a letter written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and minister for steel Ramvilas Paswan. Sharma holds the secondary steel plans responsible for the present hike in steel prices.
PAU gets grant worth Rs 7 cr
Ludhiana, July 13
The Punjab government has sanctioned development projects of the Punjab Agricultural University worth Rs 7 crore. The university will undertake research projects with this amount. The state government has received a grant of Rs 100 crore under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna for the development of agriculture in the state.
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Ludhiana, July 13
