A sniffer dog waits with a bouquet for chief guest during the passing out parade at the Punjab Police Academy in Phillaur on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
H1N1-affected girl out of danger
Ludhiana, September 30
Palak (9), a resident of Sant Nagar, Ludhiana, having been tested positive for
swine flu, has been shifted to Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH).
Fire in Taalab Bazaar godown
Materials worth lakhs gutted
Ludhiana, September 30
A fire broke out at a godown in Taalab Bazaar of the old city area here today, reducing material worth lakhs into ashes. However, no loss of life is reported.It took around four hours for seven fire tenders to douse the flames and bring the situation under control.
Mud-slinging, boycott mark LSE poll
Ludhiana, September 30
Unruly scenes with mud-slinging on each other marked the elections for the posts of three directors of the Ludhiana Stock Exchange here late last evening.
Farmer to get dues tomorrow
Ludhiana, September 30
The district administration will clear the dues of farmers of Barwala village, whose land was acquired for laying Ludhiana-Chandigarh railway line, on October 2.SDM (E) Manpreet Singh Chhatwal said 80 per cent dues of farmers were cleared earlier and the remaining 20 per cent would be cleared on October 2 at 10 am at Circuit House here.
Vikas Raikhy blames cops for inaction
Ludhiana, September 30
The dispute of the Raikhy family is getting intense with each passing day, as Vikas Raikhy, the elder son of Romila Raikhy, today fired a fresh salvo, alleging the police was not taking any action against his relatives for forcibly throwing him out of his ancestral house.
Less profits from fruit exports: Kachru
Ludhiana, September 30
The Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology
(CIPHET) inaugurated a winter school on theme of "Quality Assurance and Shelf Life Enhancements of Fruits and Vegetables Through Novel Packaging Technologies" here at
CIPHET, Ludhiana campus.
Follow path shown by Bhagat Singh, students told
Sahnewal, September 30
The management, principal, staff and students of Bhutta College of Engineering and Technology celebrated the birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh with enthusiasm on the college campus today.
‘Globalisation influencing human behaviour’
Ludhiana , September 30
The Gurbani Research and Study Centre of the Guru Gobind Singh study circle organised a special lecture on the "message of Gurbani in the context of globalisation and changing human behaviour".
 Hindi
Divas celebrations end
Ludhiana, September 30
The Hindi Diwas celebrations, organised by the Food Corporation of India (FCI),
concluded here tdoay.The day started with Saraswati vandana by FCI staff
members, who later mesmerised the audienecs with a welcome song and other
popular numbers.
Chief guest Pramod Kumar Sharma addresses the gathering during the Hindi Diwas celebrations in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Blood Donors Day
Honour for NGO today
Ludhiana, September 30
Having donated 2,224 units of blood for the help of thalassaemic children
for the past 20 months, the Salaam Zindagi Foundation in less than two years has come a long way in promotion of the cause of voluntary blood donation in the state.
Powerful CM of ‘powerless’ state
 The
other day when Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was in town, he had
to face embarrassing moments when mediapersons questioned him on the
issue of acute power shortage and 8 to 10-hour cuts being imposed all
over the state. On being asked as to what the government was doing to
tide over the power crisis, Badal said: “Electricity is not like
sweetmeat which one can go to any sweatmeat shop and purchase. Power
generation projects are both capital intensive and take time to
complete.
Power Cuts: Relief, but not for industry
Ludhiana, September 30
With the gap between demand and availability of power in the state going down after reduction in electricity supply to the agricultural sector and the state being able to procure some power from West Bengal under power banking agreement, the duration of power cuts on mixed feeders in the urban areas has been substantially cut down during the past two days.
Signboards on Footpaths
Rights panel asks MC to submit report
Ludhiana, September 30
Failure of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) to stop installation of signboards on footpaths seems to bring more trouble for the civic body, as the Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) has taken cognizance of the matter.
Tuition Fee Hike
Education dept told to frame rules
Ludhiana, September 30
The Education Department has been asked to frame rules for the reasonable enhancement of the tuition fees to be charged by the private public schools affiliated to the CBSE.
Leprosy patients not untouchables: PAU don
Ludhiana, September 30
 A
three-day training course on the socio-economic rehabilitation for those who
once suffered from leprosy but have now been cured, is going on at Kairon Kisan
Ghar.The programme is being organised in collaboration with a Pune-based
International Leprosy Union-Health Alliance and the World Health Organisation.
A social worker addresses the participants during the socio-economic rehabilitation workshop in Ludhiana
on Wednesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
 NSS
camp at govt college
Ludhiana, September 30
An NSS camp for boys and girls was organised at Satish Chander Dhawan Government
College here today.The camp was inaugurated by principal Jasbir Kaur Makkar. She
stressed upon extra-curricular activities and appealed to volunteers to make the
environment pollution free.
Students perform dance during the NSS camp in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
A Tribune photograph
492 trainees passout from police academy
Phillaur (Ludhiana), September 30
DGP-cum-director, Punjab Police Academy (PPA), RS Gill today exhorted passouts of the academy to work sincerely and truthfully towards rendering their services to public and improve the image of the police.Gill was addressing the passing-out parade of PPA, Phillaur, after taking salute from 492 trainees, who passed out from the academy.
 PSEB
complaint centre closed for hrs
Khanna, September 30
A section of residents today complained that the complaint centre of the Punjab
State Electricity Board (PSEB) remained closed for hours together during day and
night hours.Complainants were forced to wait for employees to get their complaints registered
at the PSEB complaint centre in the city.
The PSEB complaint centre remained closed throughout the day thereby causing inconvenience to residents. Photo by writer
Teachers stage dharna
Ludhiana, September 30
The Democratic Teachers’ Front staged a dharna in front of the DEO office in
protest against the dictatorial attitude of the Director General School
Education, Punjab, today. Mahinder Singh Kamalpura, front’s president, alleged
that the Director General School Education was bringing about new policies that
were impracticable and was meant for harassing the teachers. The post of the
Director General School Education, Punjab, should be abolished, the teachers’
front demanded.— TNS
SSP transferred
Jagraon, September 30
SSP Ludhiana (Rural) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar was transferred to his hometown Mohali yesterday. Harinder Singh Chahal, IPS, who had served as Jagraon SSP from January 1993 to June 1994 earlier also, has replaced him.
Man booked for seeking dowry
Mullanpur Dakha, September 30
The Dakha police on the instructions of the SSP Ludhiana (Rural) has booked a man for seeking dowry.Jagdip Kaur, a resident of Hassanpur village near here, had lodged a complaint against five members of her in-laws family for harassing her for bringing insufficient dowry.
1 held with 14 wine boxes
Ludhiana, September 30
The local police arrested a man identified as Charanjit Singh and seized 14 boxes of wine from him.
2 sisters commit suicide
Jagraon, September 30
Two teenaged sisters reportedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance last night. Renu (17) and Meena (16), daughters of a migrant gardener Vinod Kumar, who owns a nursery at Sadarpura village on the Sidhwan Bet Road.
Scooterist hurt in mishap
Samrala, September 30
A resident of Gharkharan village sustained injuries in a road accident. Surinder Singh, the victim, was on his way from Samrala to his village on a scooter when an unidentified vehicle hit him near the Punjab National Bank branch at around 8.30 pm. A vehicle of the police control room reached the scene and took him to the local civil hospital. The victim was operated upon for leg fracture and referred to a hospital in Ludhiana for further treatment. The police has registered a case against an unidentified vehicle.
Gully Cricket
Ludhiana A outperform Ludhiana B
Ludhiana, September 30
Fine batting by Chinton Sehgal (33), Sunny Kumar (27) and an equally valuable contribution with the ball by Varun Verma (two for 12) steered Ludhiana A to a comfortable 32-run victory over Ludhiana B in the second edition of the T-10 Gully
Cricket played here at Satish Chander Dhawan Government College
yesterday.
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The two-member team of the Delhi Metro Rail Project (DMRC) that carried out a feasibility study of the metro rail project in the city stated today that it was possible provided the Punjab government
and the PIDB were ready to spend more than Rs 10,516 crore on it.
