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A Rajasthani dancer performs at a children’s workshop organised in Ludhiana on Monday.Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Police stations to be renamed after landmarks
Ludhiana, November 9
The police has decided to change the names of police stations in the city. The police stations would be renamed after popular landmarks situated near them.
Plead govt for help
Kin of stranded victims fear travel agent
Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 9
They spent lakhs of rupees in Malaysia in search of greener pastures, but are now stranded at the Kuala Lumpur airport.
Crime busters need stress busters
Ludhiana, November 9
If you spot a cop clapping or exercising while standing at a chowk, do not be amused, for it would be a part of stress-busting exercises taught to them by acupressure experts at a seminar here today.
Anti-encroachment drive at Chaura Bazar
Ludhiana, November 9
A team of the tehbazari department of the MC conducted raid in the Chaura Bazar and Chauri Sarak area here today.
6 cops hurt as bus overturns
Doraha, November 9
The Punjab Police PAP Jalandhar bus in an attempt to save a pedestrian crossing the National Highway No. 1 near Mc Donald’s,
Doraha, overturned this evening, thus leaving six of the approximately 25 police personnel in the bus injured.
City Concerns
The financial capital of the state lacks tourist spot. Though the city, where people live life to the fullest, offers recreation facilities, there is no place for residents to unwind themselves in the lap of nature. Even thevisitors often ask for a lake or a water body where they can go for a walk or just relax on its bank. Sidhwan canal passing through the city has a great potential when water is released into it. People often talk about boats being used as a mode of transportationwithin the city in Vienna.They also miss Chandigarh's Sukhna Lake and yearn for a similar water body in Ludhiana. What can be done to convert Sidhwan canal into a recreational spot?
Lecture
Khanna:The English literary society of Khanna organised an extension lecture on works of Mahasewta Devi and Imtiaz Dharker in a feminist perspective. Dr Vijay Chopra of Panjab University,
Chandigarh, was the resource person, who enlightened the students on the topic. —
TNS
Teachers’ union demands revised pay scales
Ludhiana, November 9
Resentment continues to prevail among the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers' Union with regard to non-implementation of revised pay scales.
Tips to budding cartoonists
 Ludhiana, November 9
“One can present normal things in a humorous manner through cartoons,” said Jasraj
Bhatti, son of ace comedian Jaspal Bhatti, who was in the city to judge a painting competition at Alpine International Senior Secondary School.While giving tips to budding artists, the cartoonist said, “The best way to put your imagination on the canvas is to let your imagination go wild.
Students take part in a painting competition at Alpine International school in Ludhiana on Monday. Photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Symposium on trends in diagnostic imaging from tomorrow
Ludhiana, November 9
The department of veterinary surgery and radiology, College of Veterinary Sciences
(COVS), Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), will organise the annual conference of Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery
(ISVS) and an international symposium on “Current trends in diagnostic imaging and management of surgical affections in dairy animals” from November 11 to November 13.
Seminar on nutrition
Raikot, November 9
The Lions Club organised a seminar on nutrition and health at SGG Girls College here today.
Professor honoured
Ludhiana, November 9
The Senior Sikh Budhijivi Council honoured Prof Kartar Singh, director, Gurmat Sangeet Akademy, Anandpur Sahib, in recognition of his glorious contribution to shabad kirtan in traditional style.
From Schools & Colleges
Sakshi first in calligraphy
Ludhiana, November 9
Bhartiya Vidya Mandir today organised a plethora of activities to chisel the personality of students by arranging a rainbow of activities on the school premises.
‘Respect for gurus, parents waning’
Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 9
Showing concern over declining values and norms among youths, organisers of Guru Nanak Group of Educational Institutes urged students of their organisations to respect their parents and teachers.
Experts dwell on commercial dairy farming
Ludhiana, November 9
“The Punjab government is keen to develop the dairy farming profession like the developed countries, so while drafting new policies we consulted experts, scientists and professionals.”
Political ‘tamasha’
The ‘rail roko’ agitation by the victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots here, close on the heels of Punjab bandh turned out to be nothing more than a “tamasha” staged by so-called leaders to show their strength rather than a purposeful exercise to seek justice which has eluded thousands of families and dependents of victims of the carnage. Even though the Punjab bandh was also observed to protest against denial of justice to the riot victims, but a few leaders of the body of riot victims, having strong political connections, did not want the radical bodies of the Sikhs to take credit for bringing plight of victims under focus.
Chaos at rly booking office
Parcelled up garments await transportation
 Ludhiana, November 9
With hosiery season at its peak and hundreds of outward parcels booked each day by manufacturers and traders for being transported to different parts of the country, chaos prevails at the railway parcel office, as thousands of such packages lie scattered all over the local railway station.
Parcels lie scattered all over the parcel office at the railway station in
Ludhiana. Photo:Inderjeet Verma.
Smog on this stretch could prove fatal for motorists
Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 9
The Public Works Department, Roads and Bridges (PWD B and R) has failed to take steps for preventing vehicular accidents due to the poor visibility on account of the frequent blanket of smog and approaching foggy seasons. This could turn into a death trap if steps are not taken at the earliest.
300 patients examined
at medical camp
Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 9
Changing weather and lack of awareness about balanced diet and hygiene are the major factors behind increasing incidences of chest infection and deficiency-related diseases among children and elderly people.
Foundation day
Jagraon, November 9
The foundation day of the Legal Services Authorities was celebrated at the Khalsa Law Institute, Sidhwan
Khurd.A district-level seminar on free legal clinics, NREGA and anti- ragging laws was organised on the occasion.
Bhawan foundation stone laid
Amloh, November 9
People should help needy and follow the path of ahinsa to get salvation, asserted Jain Muni Kamal Kumar, while addressing a meeting of devotees here today.After recitation of mantras, the bhawan nirman committee consisting members, Usha Garg, Subhash Chand Garg, Lal Chand Garg and Swarn Kanta, laid the foundation stone of Jain Bhawan for which 200 yards and 50 yards of land has been donated by Subhash Chand and Lal Chand, respectively.
Mobile dental service team visits Kashmir
Ludhiana, November 9
Mobile dental services of the public health dentistry department of
Christian Dental College (CDC) has just completed a weeklong dental treatment camp in four districts of the Kashmir valley.
March against genetically modified veggies
Ludhiana, November 9
Activists of Alliance for Genetically Modified Free and Safe Food, Punjab, today took out a march to make people aware of the genetically modified vegetables and the danger they pose to human health.
Armed men attack cop
Phillaur, November 9
Head constable Jaswinder Singh sustained serious injuries while ASI Surjit Singh escaped unhurt, when five armed men, who were hiding in the fields suddenly attacked them with sharp-edged weapons.
13 bonded labourers rescued from brick kiln
Mullanpur Dakha, November 9
A warrant officer appointed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Chandigarh raided a brick Kiln at a nearby village and rescued 13 labourers of three families, including seven children, yesterday.
Purse of cop’s wife snatched
Ludhiana, November 9
Two motorists snatched a chain and purse of a head constable’s wife while she was returning to her home in
Jodhewal.
2 cops booked for peddling poppy
Jagraon, November 9
The Jagraon police today booked three persons, including two cops, under Sections 15, 25, 27A, 29, 61, 85 of the
NDPS Act.
School Games
Sangrur eves hog limelight
Ludhiana, November 9
Sangrur girls dominated the proceedings by winning maximum medals in the 56th Punjab School Inter-district Games, which concluded at Guru Nanak Stadium here today.
Ludhiana athletes are all smiles in Ludhiana on Monday. A Tribune photograph
RS Khalsa drub Doraha school
Doraha, November 9
The Diwali Hockey Tournament organised in memory of Dr Ishwar Singh, founder-president of Guru Nanak National College, was inaugurated today at Guru Nanak Stadium.
Kho-Kho Meet
Khalsa college emerge champion
Jagraon, November 9
The Panjab University Kho-Kho Championship concluded at Khalsa College for Women
(KCW), Sidhwan Khurd, today.The four-day championship was conducted at the college campus after a gap of 22 years.Eighteen teams from various colleges of different zones of Panjab University participated with 10 teams in A division and eight teams in B division, which were further divided in four pools.
Winners of the Panjab University Kho-Kho Meet in Jagraon on Monday.
A Tribune photograph
IMA Ludhiana best branch in Punjab
Ludhiana, November 9
The Ludhiana branch of Indian Medical Association (IMA) bagged five awards at the state-level conference (PIMACON-2009), which was held at Jalandhar on November 7 and 8.
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Mild showers in the wee hours drenched tonnes of uncovered paddy at grain markets here today.The slow procurement process would be hit further as the paddy would have to be dried.
