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Illegal Mall
Officials, not work remain suspended
 A few masons were seen repairing damaged portion of the building
Ludhiana, October 16
It’s ironical, the illegal construction of a mall at the Humbran road that had led to the suspension of three building branch officials, has restarted with labourers found fixing shuttering in the midnight.
Masons work on the mall that was stopped for building violations in Ludhiana on Thursday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Town planner suspended
Ludhiana, October 16
Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, G.S. Ghuman today recommended the suspension of Area Town Planner, Zone-A for disobeying his orders to speed up the work of the building branch.
Rs 40-crore grant released by CM is a loan to MC
Ludhiana, October 16
The Rs 40-crore grant released by the Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal to Municipal Corporation during a sangat darshan programme was nothing more than a loan to the civic body.
Jet Layoff
Hopes grounded
Students of aviation institutes face uncertain future
Ludhiana, October 16
Scores of institutes for training flight attendants and cabin crews here are disappointed with the Jet Airways decision to lay off 1,000 employees but many of them expressed the hope that this would be only a temporary phase. The students, too, are having anxious moments as they are facing an uncertain future.
The students of one of the aviation institutes in the city engrossed in their books but they know little about
their future. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Animal husbandry fair begins
Mullanpur Dakha, October 16
The animal husbandry fair began at Baddowal yesterday. Chief parliamentary secretary Harish Rai Dhanda at Baddowal Sports Stadium inaugurated the three-day fair.
Baldev Dhir is Jagraon MC chief
Jagraon, October 16
The suspense over the presidentship of the local municipal council ended with Baldev Krishan Dhir, alias Telu, being elected as its new chief. Baldev Krishan will serve as the civic body chief for the second term. He was, earlier, elected as its president in 1998.
Endoscopic surgery a boon for patients
Ludhiana, October 16
For 10-month-old Harshpreet from Mukerian, five-month-old Meenu from Jalandhar and 15-year-old Ashu from Sirsa, it was timely surgical intervention using endoscopic modality at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital
(DMCH), which gave them a new lease to life. All of them had a huge swelling at the back of their tongue, which was blocking the entrance to the windpipe, making it difficult for them to breathe.
Conference on toxicology begins
Former GADVASU professors honoured
Ludhiana, October 16
The 28th annual conference of the Society of Toxicology (STOX), India and International Symposium on "Monitoring and Modulating Global Resources of Environmental and Food Contaminant: Nature versus Chemicals" being organised by the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, was inaugurated today at Pal Auditorium.
Hardyal Singh, former Director, Research and Medical Education, Punjab, addresses delegates during GADVASU’s conference on toxicology at PAU here on Thursday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Rail
Reservation
Shortage of clerical staff hits work
Ludhiana, October 16
Shortage of clerical staff at the railway reservation complex here has badly hit the ticketing services as a large number of city residents, willing to undertake long-route travel, are forced to wait for hours together for their turn everyday. Only four to five counters out of nine remain functional at a given time.
DC allocates site to
cracker dealers
Ludhiana, October 16
Crackers worth several crores are burnt ever year during the Diwali
festival. With only 11 days to go wholesale crackers’ market has come
up on the Jalandhar bypass road in the grain market’s compound. The
deputy commissioner has allocated this site to wholesalers to do their
business.
Father of classic homoeopathy
in city
Ludhiana, October 16
“Homoeopathy works on ‘genetic code’ and it is important for homeopaths to practice it in the right manner for best results as it is more than mixtures and compounds”, said Prafull Vijaykar, father of classic homoeopathy.
No dearth of DAP,
says chief secy
Ludhiana, October 16
Punjab chief secretary Ramesh Inder Singh has assured farmers in the region that there will be no shortage of DAP as four railway rakes of about 10,000 tonnes of fertilizer were reaching Punjab daily.
Licences of 11 commission agents cancelled
Khamano, October 16
Dr Rakesh Kumar Singla, DFSC, Fatehgarh Sahib, while inspecting grain markets of
Khamano, Sanghol, Barwali, Majri and some other stations in the district today early in the morning, cancelled licences of 11 commission agents for not conducting proper arrangements of paddy at the time of raining. He ordered the concerned officials not to purchase paddy through these firms.
Shiv Sainiks burn Harbhajan, Mona’s effigies
Ludhiana, October 16
Irked at showing disrespect to Hindu gods by cricketer Harbhajan Singh and TV actress Mona Singh in a reality show, activists of the Shiv Sena Hindustan yesterday staged a protest march from Metro Road Vishwanath Mandir to Giaspura Chowk on the G.T. Road, where their effigies were burnt.
NRI gets Baba Banda Bahadur award
Ludhiana, October 16
Bahadur Singh Sidhu, a US-based NRI, was presented with the Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Yadgari award at a function organised by the Bairagi Mahan Mandal, Punjab, at Punjabi Bhawan here today.
Krishan Kumar Bawa, president, All-India Bairagi Mahan Mandal, addresses a function in Ludhiana on Thursday. Tribune photo
Playschools go hi-tech
Ludhiana, October 16
In order to keep pace with the fast changing trends in education, the play schools in the city are going hi-tech.
From Schools
Food distributed among slum dwellers
Ludhiana, October 16
BCM School, Basant Avenue, Dugri, celebrated the World Food Day here today. The main aim of the day was to increase the awareness among public about the world food problem and strengthen the solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition and poverty.
Newly elected members of BCM Arya Model Sr Sec School, Ludhiana.
Tribune photo
SIFT’s talent hunt contest
Ludhiana, October 16
The Sportking Institute of Fashion Technology (SIFT) hosted its second talent hunt competition here on its premises today. Students of various schools participated in it. The contest has become a regular annual function which recognizes talent of +2 students of the region.
Hair transplant clinic opens
Ludhiana, October 16
AK Clinics has set up the first centre in the city that will offer hair transplant by a stitchless technique - follicular extraction technique (FUE).
A service to society even after death
Mandi Ahmedgarh,
October 16
Members of various social, political and religious organisations paid tributes to ex-serviceman Jagdish Singh, a social worker and office-bearer of the Lions Club, who died eight years back.
World Anaesthesia Day observed
Doraha, October 16
The Sidhu School of Nursing celebrated the World Anaesthesia Day at Sidhu hospital here today.
Film actress alleges rape
Ludhiana, October 16
A Punjabi film actress has alleged that she was raped by two youths in a moving car yesterday night. The victim, a resident of Batala, said after raping her, the accused threw her in an unconscious state in front of her office at the Cheema Chowk.
Fresher's party at Doraha institute
Doraha, October 16
A fresher’s party was held at Doraha Institute of Management & Technology here today.
The programme began with “shabad kirtan”. Senior students of MBA, BBA and BCA welcomed the guests and freshers. Kanika of MBA-III welcomed the freshers on behalf of the senior students and assured them of full co-operation.
CME on female infertility
Ludhiana, October
16
Charak Pharma, Mumbai, conducted its second continuous medical education
‘Sa re ga ma’ auditions tomorrow
Ludhiana, October 16
The Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa Academy will hold auditions in the city on October 18 at Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College for contestants from Punjab, Haryana and adjoining areas.
Lecture on innovation
Ludhiana, October 16
“Innovation is necessary for the social and economical growth of the nation. We live and die through relative innovation. The world has changed because of innovation only. Science is responsible for all innovations we come across,” remarked Srinivasan K. Swamy, president, All-India Management Association, New Delhi, while delivering a lecture on “Innovation” to the members of the Ludhiana Management Association here yesterday.
Pleasure trip for students
Doraha, October 16
The students of Green Grove Public School, Mohanpur, set off for an excursion to Thunder Zone, Rock Garden and Shimla on Wednesday.
Domestic help drugs Cong leader’s nephew; 3 held
Ludhiana, October 16
Former chief parliamentary secretary and Congress leader Surinder Dawar’s nephew, his wife and daughter were allegedly drugged by their domestic help here today.
Postal Athletics
Sandeep wins first gold for Punjab
Ludhiana, October 16
Sandeep Kumar of Punjab circle hogged limelight in the men's section on the opening day of the 23rd All-India Postal Athletics and Cycling Tournament being held on the Punjab Agricultural University ground here on Tuesday.
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With the total number of positive dengue cases increasing to 1,011 followed by 277 suspected cases in the district, the health department has confirmed the incidence of the disease as the worst for the past 10 years.
