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Most police stations guilty of power theft
Ludhiana, August 11
The suspension of a police station munshi on charges of power theft at the Shimla Puri police station is not really a big thing for police personnel as 15 of the 20 police stations and a majority of the 30-odd police posts are running on kundi connections.
After spending lakhs on project,
GLADA wants it scrapped
Ludhiana, August 11
For five years, the authorities went through the rigmarole of laying a 7 km stretch of southern bypass and spent lakhs of rupees on fighting litigations against acquisition in various courts. Now, the Greater Ludhiana Arbitrary Development Authority (GLADA) has refused to construct a 1 km connecting link of road, stating that the project was not viable.
Wrong Vibes
Factory causes cracks in houses
Mandi Gobindgarh, August 11
Vibrations from a hammering unit in ward No. 14 here has been causing irreparable damage to houses in near vicinity for the past many years. A number of complaints and representations to various government functionaries have fallen on deaf ears.
Tribune Special Part-III
Traffic surveys
yield nothing
Ludhiana, August 11
Cars, buses and trucks travelling at high speed, changing lanes at leisure; helmetless two-wheeler riders zooming through traffic; buses stopping at slip roads instead of specified halts; and pedestrians crossing intersections when light turns green for vehicles. Welcome to the chaotic city roads.
Junk food takes toll on city kids
Ludhiana, August 11
That the premier health institution of the region — Christian Medical College and Hospital — mooted the idea of setting up a juvenile diabetic club is an indicator to the sedentary lifestyle that youngsters in the city are following and falling ill.
Addicted to fast food like burgers, pizza, candies and colas, and with little or no physical activity, children and adolescents are falling easy prey to lifestyle diseases.
Schoolchildren face tough time paddling their bicycles after the rainfall in Ludhiana
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Toxic waste finds way into forest land
Mandi Ahmedgarh, August 11
The observance of vanamahotsava fortnight has lost its meanings in this part of Malwa where owners of certain manufacturing and processing units continue to discharge toxic industrial wastes in forest department land along the Bathinda branch of Sirhind canal.
Power Theft
Cases against cops gather dust
Ludhiana, August 11
Even as police stations in the district have been directed to obtain power connections forthwith, the fate of numerous cases of power theft registered against policemen with different police stations remains the same — these continue to gather dust and are never pursued in order to take them to their logical conclusion.
Shiv Sena activists block traffic
Ludhiana, August 11
Activists of Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray) youth wing today held a demonstration and blocked vehicular traffic near Jalandhar bypass on
G.T. Road here to press their demand for restoration of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board in
Srinagar.
Activists of Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray) block vehicular traffic near Jalandhar bypass on G.T. Road, demanding restoration of land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board,
in Ludhiana, on Monday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma
It’s wait ‘n’ watch for Congmen 
The recent changes in the top leadership of Congress in Punjab have, for a change, not led to the race among the rank and file to take sides and fall over each other to pledge their support to the new leaders. Known to change their loyalties faster than the party workers change their “khadi” dresses, at least for the time being, the Congress workers here have adopted the policy of “wait and watch” before making it known as to which camp they belong. The dilemma among the ranks is understandable because in the prevailing state of affairs, it is tough to say as to who among former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh, leader of the Congress legislature party Rajinder Kaur
Bhattal, or for that matter Mohinder Singh Kaypee, the new party chief, has emerged stronger in the new setup.
At The Crossroads
The forgotten freedom fighter
Kamagata Maru incident is again in the news as Indo-Canadians have rejected the apology of the Canadian Prime Minister tendered in public as they want it in the Parliament. As is well-known, Kamagata Maru was a Japanese ship hired by Malaysia-based wealthy Sikh Gurdit Singh to bring 376 Indians, mostly Sikhs, from Hong Kong to Canada on May 23, 1914 to challenge the racist laws. The dominion government did not permit passengers to disembark and the vessel remained docked at Vancouver harbour for two months.
Won’t allow political interference: Commissioner
Ludhiana, August
11 G.S. Ghuman, newly appointed municipal corporation commissioner, today said he would not tolerate political interference in the functioning of the local body.
G.S. Ghuman
Jobless BEd teachers seek appointment
Ludhiana, August 11
Activists of the Berojgar BEd Teachers Front (Punjab), led by Ajit Singh
Jassowal, handed over a memorandum to MP Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, chief parliamentary secretary Harish Rai Dhanda and cabinet minister Hira Singh Gabhria and zila parishad chairman Manpreet Singh
Ayali.
One injured in brawl
Ludhiana, August 11
A teenager, Happy Singh, was injured in a minor brawl between him and security staff at the Waves Cinemas in the West End Mall this evening. The boy was admitted to Gurdev Hospital. Police sources said the teenager and his friends had clicked some pictures of the mall, which were objected to by security men.
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Letters
Lack of quality education
Government schools besides having poor infrastructure also lack in providing better standards of education. The buildings of government schools are in such bad state that students are forced to attend classes in the open. Scarcity of furniture, water, and laboratory equipments are some of the necessary items, which are neglected in the government run schools.
Bakers rue hike in costs
Ludhiana, August 11
Bakery items may record a fresh hike if a cost of raw material used by bakers continues to rise. Local bakers rue that costs have increased by roughly 20 per cent within the last one month itself.
UCO Bank upgraded to CBS
Sahnewal, August 11
The Jugiana branch of UCO Bank has been rolled over to core banking system (CBS) or anywhere banking from today to provide state of the art services to its customers.
Shimlapuri industry forms assn
Ludhiana, August 11
Industrialists in Shimlapuri have formed an association named Shimlapuri Industrial Manufacturers Association here today.
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Shift to crops with good industrial potential, says Dr Minhas
Ludhiana, August 11
A two-day research and extension specialists’ workshop for rabi crops was inaugurated at PAU by vice-chancellor Dr Manjit Singh Kang today.
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