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Waste being burnt on the PAU campus, causing pollution, in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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Tenant convicted of raping minor
Ludhiana, October 28
A fast-track court has convicted Jeetu Kumar of Hamir Ganj, Jharkand, on the charges of kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old minor girl of his landlord. He has been sentenced to undergo seven-year rigorous imprisonment.
Fire extinguishers gather dust at schools
 Khamano, October 28
Fire extinguishers provided to various schools of the district by the government have been gathering dust for nearly three years.
A fire extinguisher lies unused at a government school in Khamano. Photo: Gurdeep Singh Mann
Minister fails to keep date with farmers
Ludhiana, October 28
Agriculture minister Sucha Singh Langah today failed to make it to the training camp for farmers here today.
A fencing machine on display; and (right) a physically challenged man takes down notes during a training camp for farmers in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Tribune photos: Himanshu Mahajan
10 days on, police still uncertain
Ludhiana, October 28
The cold-blooded murder of Pran Ranjan Sinha (30), a resident of Jharkhand and working as an assistant manager at the Union Bank of India, on October 19 has left the police confused.
Several theories were floated by investigation agencies and some seem to be pointing fingers at an autorickshaw gang.
Pran Ranjan Sinha
Govt initiates process to upgrade ITIs
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 28
The Union government has initiated a process to update and modernise Industrial Training Institutes
(ITIs) situated in 35 localities of the state.
Officials of IMC with office-bearers of the ITI development committee at Ahmedgarh. Photo: Mahesh Sharma
FROM SCHOOLS & COLLEGES
‘Need to create learning environment in classes’
Ludhiana, October 28
A seminar was organised in BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri
Nagar, in collaboration with University of Cambridge to provide an insight into the importance of creating learning environment in the classes, which stimulates a spontaneous interplay of listening and speaking English.
Students sensitised about disasters
Doraha, October 28
Lt Col Manoj Kumar, commanding officer 814 combat engineering training camp,
Doraha, conducted a workshop on disaster management at Doraha Public School today.
A student with a prize at the training camp in Doraha on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
Adolescent healthcare stressed
Doraha, October 28
A seminar on adolescent healthcare was organised at the Doraha College of Education here in collaboration with Sant Kishan Singh Education and Welfare Society under the National Rural Health Mission recently.
Students enact parliamentary proceedings
Mandi Gobindgarh, October 28
Guided by social science teachers of Gobindgarh Public School, 65 boys and girls enacted parliamentary proceedings for over one-and-a-half hour in the school hall today.
Foundation day
Jagraon, October 28
The Sidhwan Educational Institutions celebrated its foundation day recently in the educational complex at Sidhwan Khurd.
Giddha marks final day
 Khanna, October 28
The four-day zone-B youth festival held at Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College for Women concluded here yesterday wherein students performed various cultural events.
College girls perform giddha on the last day of the youth fest in Khanna. A Tribune photograph
Deols’ duel deepens
Mullanpur Dakha, October 28
The battle for the Deol estate here has intensified, with a son of the real estate owner and former transporter complaining against his father, brother and relatives for trying to grab his property.
‘Robbed’ salesman turns out plotter
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 28
The desire to celebrate festivals with pomp and show prompted the salesman of a Khanna-based cattle feed manufacturing company to dupe his employers of a few thousands by stage-managing a robbery three days before Diwali.
Punjab provides infrastructure to elementary schools
Amloh, October 28
The National University of Planning and Administration has ranked Punjab on the top among other states of the country for providing adequate infrastructure to the elementary and upper-elementary schools.
Seminar on ‘Laws of Learning’
Doraha, October 28
Green Grove Public School organised a seminar on ‘Laws of Learning’ here recently.
PSEB urged to waive surcharge
Ludhiana, October 28
The Universal Human Rights Organisation (UHRO) has take a serious note of the non-delivery of power bills to thousands of consumers in Punjab Mata
Nagar, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Vikas Nagar, Vishal Nagar, Model Town Extension and other localities under the Model Town division of the Punjab State Electricity Board
(PSEB) and the consumers having to pay surcharge for no fault on their part.
Activists of the Universal Human Rights Organisation present a memorandum to PSEB deputy chief engineer
HS Randhawa in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Photo: Inderjit Verma
Trust to build 1,100 flats for weaker sections
Ludhiana, October 28
The Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) has embarked upon a mega housing project for the weaker sections in the industrial hub of the state under which 1,100 flats would be constructed in the 8.8 acres of land in Shaheed Karnail Singh Nagar on the Pakhowal road here.
Polio immunisation programme fortified
Ludhiana, October 28
Following the confirmation of a case of “polio virus” in Ludhiana, the district health department has fortified its ongoing three-day immunisation programme in slum areas of the city.
Seminar on anti-ragging law
Khanna, October 28
A seminar on anti-ragging law was held today at AS College for Women wherein students were taught about the anti-ragging law.
Students of AS College for Women at a seminar on the anti-ragging law in Khanna on
Wednesday. Photo: Gurdeep Mann
Road project stalled at Ward No. 40
Ludhiana, October 28
The credit war among politicians has started taking a toll on development projects and one such work was stalled at Ward No. 40 today.
Veterinary pathologists play vital role in diagnosis: Expert
Ludhiana, October 28
In the field of veterinary profession, pathology had always occupied a key position and had been the backbone of disease diagnosis. The diagnostic practices had seen a major shift and modernisation due to untiring efforts by veterinary pathologists.
Distress sale of paddy worries BKU
Ludhiana, October 28
The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) has taken exception to reports of the distress sale of PR-201 variety of rice and Basmati 1121 in mandis with the procurement agencies of the Centre and the state government being oblivious to the plight of farmers.
Man found dead, family cries foul
Ludhiana, October 28
There was tension in the Kadwai Nagar area here following the death of a youth whose body was found lying on a railway track near Sahnewal here this morning.
Man booked for sodomising minor
Jagraon, October 28
The Jagraon police has booked a man for sodomising a minor boy yesterday.
Three booked over passport fraud
Jagraon, October 28
The Sidhwan Bet police yesterday booked three persons on the charge of obtaining passport on the basis of fake documents.
Rs 3.5 lakh stolen
Ludhiana, October 28
Thieve decamped with Rs 3.5 lakh from the shop of a camera dealer in the Subhani building here last night.
Girl succumbs to injuries
Khanna, October 28
Manpreet Kaur, a student of class X, Khanna, yesterday succumbed to injuries at a hospital in
Ludhiana.
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unemployment and the privatisation move by the government while small-scale industrialists and traders vent out their ire against the government and the PPCB for closing their units here today.