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A student performs during Edu Fiesta 2009 being held at Sacred Heart Convent School in Ludhiana on
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1 crore apply for 11,000 SBI clerical posts
Ludhiana, November 15
About 1 crore unemployed youths have applied for 11,000 clerical posts of the State Bank of India (SBI) nationwide. The second test in the series was held today in which lakhs of candidates appeared. The last test would be held on November 22. The SBI had set up hundreds of centres across the country to accommodate the huge rush of candidates.
JE assaulted at Sahnewal; dies
Ludhiana, November 15
In a shocking incident, a junior engineer (JE) with the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), who went to restore electricity at Dhanansu village, was thrashed by a man on entering the village last night. The JE, identified as Bhag Singh (46), succumbed to his injuries at the DMC Hospital here this morning.
According to the Sahnewal police, personal enmity is learnt to be the reason behind the killing.
Punjab to be education hub, says Badal
Ludhiana, November 15
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said that education was among the top priorities of the government and the objective was to provide high quality education to students.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal addresses a gathering at Tagore Public School in Ludhiana on Sunday. A Tribune photograph |
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Rural sewage treatment plant inaugurated
Raikot, November 15
A Ludhiana village has got the first-ever rural sewage treatment plant working. Zila parishad chairman Manpreet Singh Ayali inaugurated the plant at Sarabha village yesterday.
Zila parishad chairman Manpreet Singh Ayali at the inauguration of a rural sewage treatement plant at Sarabha village. A Tribune photograph |
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Govt must rethink forming exchanges for MSMEs: Chamber
Ludhiana, November 15
The Apex Chamber of Commerce and Industry has asked the Prime Minister to implement the recommendations to take care of MSMEs at the earliest. However, on creating stock exchanges for SME sector in this regard, the chamber has urged the government to go through all its pros and cons as exchanges set-up earlier had been a disaster.
Rotary Club initiative to fight diarrhoea
Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 15
Though the health and family welfare department of the Punjab government is yet to launch an organised movement to tackle diarrhoea, a major hindrance to the eradication of polio, members of Rotary Club (district 3090) comprising this region of the state, besides some parts of Haryana and Rajasthan, have started working on oral re-hydration therapy to rein in the menace.
Over 2 lakh kids given polio drops
Ludhiana, November 15
More than two lakh children were administered polio drops by a team of health officials and workers on the first day of the pulse polio campaign in Ludhiana district today.
Drop of Life:
Polio drops being administered to a child during a drive in Ludhiana on Sunday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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Food Processing
Stress on developing technology for villages
Ludhiana, November 15
The two-day national seminar in Hindi on the role of food processing in rural empowerment concluded at Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET), PAU, here yesterday. Delegates from across the country participated in the seminar.
Tips for managing mealy bug
Ludhiana, November 15
Mealy bug has emerged as a serious pest on cotton in recent years. During 2006, it appeared on cotton at the end of season in Punjab, while in 2007 it spread in the entire belt of cotton and caused heavy losses, this was stated by Dr AK Dhawan, head, department of entomology, adding that PAU has given a strategy for the management of the pest.
Play on substance abuse at village
Jagraon, November 15
Under the anti-drug campaign, “Jago”, initiated by the SSP Ludhiana Rural, Harinder Singh
Chahal, a seminar was organised at Sherpur Kalan village, near here, in collaboration with the district social security and the child development department of Punjab. |
Artistes stage a play, “Mitti Rudan Kare”, at Sherpur Kalan, Jagraon. Photo by writer |
Four new police stations on the anvil
Khamano October 15
To curb crime more effectively and decrease burden on other police station, four new police stations are on the cards in Fatehgarh Sahib district.
According to police sources, the district police has identified four new police stations — Shamshpur, Badali Ala Singh, Chunni Kalan and City Mandi Gobindgarh.
Lecturer’s Appointment
Khalsa college gets notice
Ludhiana, November 15
BJP state investor cell chief Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal has served legal notices on the principal of the Khalsa College for Women, management members and the Panjab University selection committee for violating UGC and Panjab University norms in the selection of a business management lecturer.
Children’s Day
Jail authorities spring a surprise for kids
Ludhiana, November 15
Children living in the women jail along with their mothers, undergoing jail term for various offences, were in for a surprise when the jail authorities made special arrangement and decked up a barrack to celebrate Children’s Day yesterday.
From Schools
‘Edu Fiesta 2009’ at Sacred Heart
Ludhiana, November 15
Creativity and talent was at its zenith at Sacred Heart Convent School as it bustled with activity during their annual exhibition today.
The educational fair is marked by in-house projects, awareness campaigns, counselling sessions, win-win corner and gourmet.
Literacy
NGO runs campaign to adopt slum children
Ludhiana, November 15
Giving the slogan of “Ek bacha apnao desh khushhaal banao” (adopt one child and make the country a better place), Nobel Foundation, an NGO, launched an education project for slum children at Bihari Colony here yesterday.
Awareness rally on social evils
Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 15
To aware residents about deleterious affects of social evils, including illiteracy, dowry and drug addiction, students of Government Senior Secondary School,
Kothala, led by their principal and teachers organised an awareness rally at the village and in the surrounding areas yesterday. |
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| Students and staff of Government Senior Secondary School Kothala during an awareness rally at Kothala village, near
Ahmedgarh, on Saturday. A Tribune photograph |
Anand gets award for Hindi play
Ludhiana, November 15
Noted Hindi writer and prominent city-based educationist ML Anand has been selected for the Mohan Rakesh Puraskar by the language department, Punjab, for his Hindi play “Asmanjas”, which has been adjudged the best Hindi play of 2008.
Placement drive for engg students
Mandi
Gobindgarh, November 15
RIMT-Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), Mandi Gobindgarh, hosted a campus placement drive by New Delhi-based Oriental Structural Engineers (OSE) for BTech civil engineering students passing out in 2010.
Healthy baby contest
Ludhiana, November 15
The Indian Academy of Paediatrics, Ludhiana district branch, organised a healthy baby contest at Rotary Bhawan here today. The tiny tots were dressed colourfully for the occasion. More than 300 children participated in the contest.
Meeting to chalk out proposed dharna
Amloh, November 15
A meeting of the Government Teachers Union of Fatehgarh Sahib district, chaired by its state vice-president Balbir Singh Ghuman, was held here today.
Duties were assigned to activists to take part in a state-level dharna on November 18 at the office of the Director General School Education
(DGSE) in Sector 34, Chandigarh.
PSHRC notice to MC on debris
Ludhiana, November 15
With the MC failing to keep the city free of debris, residents have started complaining to the Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) in this regard.
Irked over the poor response of the civic body to cleanliness, Prof RL Joshi, a senior citizen, has complained to the PSHRC that neither the district administration nor the MC has acted against the offenders.
Filing of VAT returns
Hosiery units for extension of deadline
Ludhiana, November 15
The Knitwear Club has pleaded with the Punjab government to extend the last date for submission of forms “C” and “H” with annual VAT returns for the financial year 2008-09 from November 20, 2009 to June 30, 2010.
Decision on service tax hailed
Ludhiana, November 15
The Federation of Tiny and Small Industries of India (FOTSII) has welcomed the withdrawal of service tax on electroplating, zinc plating and heat treatment, etc.
Youth killed by father, brother
Jagraon, November 15
A youth was allegedly killed by his own father and brother over the former’s refusal to give money to the two to buy liquor on Friday morning.
The incident occurred in the Moti Bagh area here around 1 am when the accused, Chotte Lal, and his elder son, Ashok Kumar, demanded money from Chotte Lal’s younger son, Santu, to buy more liquor.
Sukhbir to distribute sports kits today
Ludhiana, November 15
In a major impetus to attract the young generation towards sports, the state government has increased the number of sports wing seats in the educational institutions.
Sports director, Punjab, Pargat Singh addresses a press conference in Ludhiana on Sunday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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New astroturf for PAU
Ludhiana, November 15
The long wait by hockey players for an astroturf at Pirthipal Singh Stadium at the PAU would soon be over. According to sources, Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal would announce a new synthetic track for the stadium during a function to be organised to distribute sports kits among players.
Table Tennis
Double delight for Yashi
Ludhiana, November 15
Yashi, an eight-year-old student of Bhartiya Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Udham Singh
Nagar, stole the limelight clinching two titles in the Ludhiana District Table Tennis Championship which concluded at Shastri Hall here today. |
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| Medal winners of the Ludhiana District Table Tennis Championship that concluded in Ludhiana on
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Dhudike college emerge hockey champs
Hathoor lads claim kabaddi title
Sarabha (Raikot), November 15
A five-day rural sports festival to mark the martyrdom of Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha is being organised by the Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha Sports Club at Sarabha village.
Kabbadi players in action during the rural sports festival at Sarabha village.
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