Players in action during the Ludhiana District Twenty20 Tournament at Polytechnic College in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
— A Tribune photograph |
Officers want Braille Bhawan
in order before CM’s visit
Ludhiana, July 16
In the wake of the CM’s visit to Braille Press Bhawan tomorrow, officials of the social welfare department are in a hurry to fill vacant posts.
Ranjit Singh, secretary of the social welfare department, Punjab, and Rakhi
Gupta Bhandri, director, social welfare, visited Braille Press Bhawan at
Jamallpur and instructed the department to fill the vacant posts of teacher and
administrator of Braille school before the CM’s visit.
Wait at babu’s office lands 2 in hospital
Ludhiana, July 16
Two persons, an elderly man and a woman, who had come to the sub-registrar’s office to get their property related documents registered, fainted while waiting for their turn in a queue here today.
An octogenarian was trying to get his will registered while a woman was there for a power of attorney. They both were shifted to a nearby hospital.
College expansion casts shadow on school
Ludhiana, July 16
The management of Master Tara Singh College for Women here had recently requested the state government to transfer its 1,500 square yards land “lying vacant” near campus to the college. During their annual convocation, the MTS management maintained that due to limited space, the campus could not be expanded.
The dilapidated building of Government Elementary School near Master Tara Singh College.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma
No clue yet to missing boy
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 16
The police is still clueless to the mysterious disappearance of 14-year-old Davinder Rikhi, alias Happy, of Kanganwal village who had gone missing 11 days ago.
4-yr-old girl run over by school bus
Ludhiana, July 16
A four-year-old girl was crushed under a school bus in Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar, while her six-year- old brother fractured
his hand in an attempt
to save her.
Man, sons booked for assault
Khanna, July 16
The Khanna police has booked a man, along with his two sons, for beating up his son-in-law over a minor issue.
Nuclear Deal
Youth Congress march to garner support
Ludhiana, July 16
The Punjab Pradesh Youth Congress today began efforts to garner support for the Indo-US nuclear deal by holding a march through the city. Party workers carried placards bearing slogans in favour of the deal.
“The opposition is misleading the masses over the issue,” said Youth Congress president Vijay Inder Singla. “We have started a mass awareness programme on the benefits of the deal.”
Activists of the Punjab Pradesh Youth Congress hold a march in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
— A Tribune photograph
Power Crisis
Inverter makers make hay
Khanna, July 16
With unscheduled power cuts having hit the common man hard, the local inverter industry has started to look up.
Wedding exhibition from July 19
Ludhiana, July 16
“Celebrating Vivaha 2008”, a three-day wedding exhibition, will open at a city hotel on July 19.
Corporation evading info under RTI, says exporter
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 16
A local exporter has urged the higher authorities to impress upon officials of the Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India to provide him information under the RTI Act.
Dog-bite cases on the rise in city
Ludhiana, July 16
The growing population of stray dogs has become a problem for city residents, as it has resulted in a gradual increase in the number of dog bites cases.
Against 334 cases of dog bites in the district in 2006, the number rose to 469 cases in 2007.
In spite of having convened repeated meetings to initiate ABC (animal birth control) programme in past three years, the administration has failed to pursue the project.
Letters
Check piracy
With the increase in the number of music lovers, selling of pirated CDs (compact disc) or DVDs (digital video disc) is booming at large scale in the city. Pirated CD hawkers are seen openly selling audio and video CDs on the footpath near to Ghanta Ghar market,
Janakpuri, Chaura Bazar, Sabji Mandi in Sector 32 and many such areas. Costly softwares are easily available through pirated CDs in the market at much less rates.
Biz Word
Store opened
Ludhiana
: Reliance Retail launched its first ‘iStore’ in the industrial capital of the state at West End Mall on Ferozepur Road here today. After the success of iStores in
Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Jaipur, this is the fifth iStore in India and first in Punjab. This format is an offering from Reliance Digital, the consumer durable information technology arm of Reliance Retail.
Toxicology lab a blessing
for researchers
Ludhiana, July 16
The state-of-the-art toxicology laboratory in the department of entomology of Punjab Agriculture University had all sophisticated equipment and instruments required for toxicological studies, said head of the department Dr
N.S. Butter. He said the laboratory was considered a landmark facility in view of the excessive use of pesticides in the state.
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Ludhiana, July 16
