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Girls perform a Rajasthani dance at the concluding function of the CBSE Cluster Table Tennis Tournament in Dugri. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
Shopkeepers protest
Ludhiana, October 26
The “settlement” of shopkeepers rendered homeless following the demolition of the Lakkar bridge near the railway station market irked those already placed there.As a result, the New Market and Super Market shopkeepers’ association today staged a dharna at the railway station and blocked the GT Road.
GLADA Draw: Will speculators benefit?
Ludhiana, October 26
While GLADA has announced the schedule for conducting a draw for the allotment of 158 residential plots in Sector 39-A on the Chandigarh road here on November 12, there is apprehension among applicants, especially those who really need land for the construction of houses, that speculators or property dealers would benefit from the allotment due to the sheer number of multiple applications submitted by them to resell the plots and earn a handsome premium on short-term investment.
4 of family get life term for murder
Ludhiana, October 26
Additional Sessions Judge Manjinder Singh has convicted Sardara Singh, his sons Surinder Singh and Baljinder Singh and grandson Amarjit Singh, residents of Jammu Colony, Model Town, of murder.
Chhat Puja Fallout
Banks littered with offerings
Ludhiana, October 26
The Sutlej and Sidhwan Canal bore the burnt of Chhat Puja as polythene bags and leftovers were thrown in the waters; polluting the resources that irrigate million of hectares of agricultural land.A day after the celebrations, the banks could be seen littered with offerings and polythene bags.
Offerings dumped at the Sutlej bank on the occasion of Chhat Puja at Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Woman robbed outside gurdwara
Ludhiana, October 26
A septuagenarian woman was robbed when she was coming out of a gurdwara after solemnising the marriage of her granddaughter at Model Town last evening.
Local lad Raj Kundra gets engaged to Shilpa Shetty
 Ludhiana, October 26
Shilpa Shetty, who recently got engaged to Raj Kundra, a London-based businessman, can now aptly be regarded as Ludhiana’s “bahu” as her manhappens to be resident of Arya
Mohalla.Shilpa is the second actress who would get married to a local guy after Hema
Malini, who got married to Dharmendra, a resident of a village in this district.
Raj Kundra’s ancestral house in Arya Nagar Mohalla in Ludhiana. A Tribune photograph
Students to get technical education
Ludhiana, October 26
“The Punjab government is chalking out plans to provide technical education to students, so that they can avail employment opportunities at national and international levels,” said Bikramjit Singh
Khalsa, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Technical Education, while addressing a function at United Cycles Parts and Manufacturing Complex at the Gill Road here today.
PAU youth fest from tomorrow
Ludhiana, October 26
The PAU Inter-College Youth Festival will be held from October 28 to November 6.
Kamalpreet first in chart making
Amloh, October 26
A science exhibition for secondary and senior secondary schools was organised at Senior Secondary School for Boys here today.Nearly 124 students from around 22 schools attended the exhibition.Various competitions were held and students with best themes were given prizes.
Students display models during a science exhibition at Government Senior Secondary School, Amloh, on Monday. Photo: Bhushan Sood
Sonia best in classical dance
Ludhiana, October 26
On the second day of Panjab University Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival at BCM College of Education, various events like classical dance, group dance, light music (vocal),
ghazal/geet, debate, folk dance, folk song, poem recitation and elocution were organised on the college premises.
Students after winning a folk dance competition during the youth fest at BCM college in Ludhiana on Monday.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Majahan
600 to take part in oncology conference
Ludhiana, October 26
The Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, Ludhiana, will organise the XVIII Annual Conference of the Association of Gynaecological Oncologist of India in Ludhiana from November 6 to 8.
Scientist gets lifetime achievement award
Ludhiana, October 26
Dr MA Zaheer, management scientist and former Dean at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has been conferred on with the Punjab Commerce and Management Association lifetime achievement award recently at Panjab University, Chandigarh, for his outstanding contribution in the field of commerce and management education.
Model Avionics Club revived
Ludhiana, October 26
At least 45 aero-model plane enthusiasts from different parts of Punjab and Haryana got together after the gap of two years to revive their old memories near South city here yesterday. Out of them, 22 took out their planes and tried their hands on it.
Scary sms from heaven!
“If you believe in Lord Ganesha (or any other God), send this message to at least seven persons, good news will come to you in a week. Please don’t try to ignore it or bad luck will follow you for 10 years”. These days such messages are often sent to people, among family and friends’ circles especially. A friend recently received such
sms. But as soon as she tried to send it to others, the phone’s battery got discharged. Since she was in a party, she could not charge the phone but got really panicky to forward the message.
Subway: Reduction in height troubling commuters
Ludhiana, October 26
The lack of coordination between the Railways and the local municipal corporation has led to reduction of the height of an passenger underpass from around 6-foot to mere 3-foot thus putting passengers to a lot of inconvenience.
People pass through a small passage under a railway line near Dukhnivaran Gurdwara (left) Sarabjit Singh Kaka councillor, shows the place being used by the commuters. A Tribune photograph
CPI against industrial units’ dislocation
Ludhiana, October 26
The CPI has resented the state government’s decision to get a large number of small- scale industrial units dislocated from the city without even thinking of rehabilitating them.
Freedom fighter’s son seeks pension
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 26
Claiming to be the only surviving unmarried jobless dependent of his late freedom fighter father, a senior citizen of Lohatbaddi village in Raikot subdivision has sought constitutional amendment in the law for enabling him to avail-enlisted facilities.
Trip down the memory lane with Pankaj Udhas
Ludhiana, October 26
Pankaj Udhas, the noted ghazal singer, cleared the misconception that Ghazal singers don’t perform without consuming alcohol. “I don’t take hard drink while I am on stage as the pedestal is “sacred” for me like every other artistes,” the singer added.
e-filing of VAT returns
Traders want date extended
Ludhiana, October 26
Traders who have to e-file their VAT returns have also to submit the receipt of the e-filing with the excise and taxation department by October 30.
Cycle rally to create ‘green’ awareness
Ludhiana, October 26
The United Cycle and Parts Manufacturers Association (UCPMA) in association with La Sovereign and La Cycle of Thailand organised a cycle rally, “Go green live healthy”, to create awareness among the masses to save environment here yesterday.
60 admitted to sewing centre
Mandi
Gobindgarh,October 26
The Nishkam Kirtan Sewa Society (NKSS), Mandi Gobindgarh, started a sewing centre today at Tooran village to provide free education in cutting and sewing to girls.The centre was inaugurated by Maharaja Ranjit Singh awardee DSP Daljit Singh Rana. The chief guest Rana appreciated the initiative of the society.
421 examined at medical camp
Jagraon, October 26
To commemorate the death anniversary of Baba Hira Lal, a medical camp was organised at the government dispensary of Dangian village.The camp was inaugurated by Baba Lakhvir Singh of Daudhar village.
‘Human rights being violated with impunity’
Ludhiana, October 26
Gautam Navlakha, a human rights activist from Delhi, yesterday asserted that in India, the successive government had let loose a reign of terror against the sections of people fighting for their rights and human rights were being violated with impunity in many parts of the country.
Cops campaign against drug abuse
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 26
Alarmed at the rising drug abuse in the area, particularly among the youth, the Ludhiana (Rural) police has launched a coordinated campaign against drug addiction.
Film corpn shoots documentary on JNNURM projects
 Ludhiana, October 26
A team of the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) today visited the city to shot a documentary film on various Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
(JNNURM) projects.Talking to The Tribune, Shishir Uniyal, who heads the crew, said, “The NFDC has been appointed by JNNURM for making a documentary film, which would be presented before Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and others on December 3.”
Members of the National Film Development Corporation shoot a documentary
in Ludhiana on Monday. A Tribune photograph
Directory released
Ludhiana, October 26
Residents of Punjab Mata Nagar, a residential colony on the Pakhowal road here, came closer to each other today with the release of a telephone directory in which telephone numbers and residential address of more than 600 residents have been listed.
Seminar on cancer awareness
Ludhiana, October 26
A district-level seminar on cancer awareness was organised by the Cancer Council of India (CCI) in association with UK-based Surinder Kaur Shergill Memorial Trust in Bilga village near Jalandhar.
Salesman dupes employers of
Rs 87,475
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 26
Desire to celebrate festivals with pomp and show prompted a salesman of a Khanna-based cattle feed manufacturing company to dupe his employers of thousands by stage-managing a robbery three days before Diwali.
15 motorcycles seized, three held
Jagraon, October 26
Three members of a gang of bike thieve have been arrested and 15 motorcycles seized from their possession. This was stated by SSP Ludhiana (Rural) Harinder Singh Chahal while addressing a press conference.
Farmer booked for burning
paddy straw
Khanna, October 26
A farmer of Garhi Bet village near Machhiwara was booked today for burning paddy straw, which damaged five acres of the standing crop of a nearby farm too.
Outstanding sportspersons
felicitated
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 26
Outstanding sportspersons of Anand Isher Senior Secondary School, Chhappar, who brought laurels to the institute by winning positions in the state-level football tournament and zonal-level athletics meet, were felicitated by the school management committee recently.
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The municipal corporation today undertook a major demolition drive, razing 68 structures, excluding its building near Clock Tower, to make space for the construction of the Lakkar bridge.
