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Minister summons records
Ludhiana, December 14
Indictment of Sunny, grandson of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Satpal
Gosain, in the fake bill scam is finally being taken seriously by the Punjab government.
Local bodies minister Manoranjan Kalia today held a meeting with Chief Vigilance Officer AK Prabhakar and Municipal Commissioner AK Sinha at Chandigarh in this regard.
Senior cop thrashed by youths
Ludhiana, December 14
The son of a medicine trader and an aide of the Badals, allegedly manhandled the Divisional Commandant (Home Guard)
Patiala, Kultarn Singh Ghuman, at Sarabha Nagar Market here late last night.
Sadhu (right) apologises for hitting a senior officer at
Ludhiana on Monday. A Tribune photograph
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Fire at hosiery unit
Ludhiana, December 14
A fire broke out at Sudan Mohalla here early this morning, gutting a hosiery unit-cum-residence and reducing material worth lakhs to ashes. However, no loss of life has been reported.
The hosiery unit where fire broke out at Sudan Mohalla in Ludhiana on Monday. A Tribune photograph
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Migrants’ Health — IV
Most turn to quacks
Ludhiana, December 14
Lakhs of migrants may have come here to better their prospects, but in the absence of good healthcare facilities for them at hospitals, they end up going to quacks, putting their lives at risk.
Migrants and their families at the ESI Hospital in Ludhiana on
Monday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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Marriage becoming visa ticket for rich
Exploiting intelligent girls from poor families
Mandi
Ahmedgarh, December 14
Rich families here have been using marriage to settle their wards illegally in foreign countries, including Australia.
Exploiting provisions of student-spouse visas, rich families have been sending their poorly qualified sons by organising fake marriage with intelligent student-visa-holder girls from poor families.
Blockage of Sewerage
Residents protest against MC authorities
Jagraon, December 14
Residents of ward Nos. 7 and 8 of the Agwar Lopon area today protested against the municipal council for its inability to properly manage the sewerage system.
Residents of Agwar Lopon protest against the municipal council authorities at Jagraon on
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Govt eyes chunks of prime LIT land
Ludhiana, December 14
After virtually losing one of its big chunks of prime land (7.33 acre) on the Pakhowal Road, which the municipal corporation proposes to mortgage with the housing and urban development corporation to obtain a loan for expansion of water supply and sewerage network in the
city.
20 villages pledge against female foeticide
Ludhiana, December 14
Panchayats of 20 villages, along with gurdwara committees and youth clubs of the respective villages, got together and pledged to fight against female foeticide and growing menace of drug addiction amongst youth during a seminar organised at Daad village here yesterday.
Gravelly stretch harries motorists
Ludhiana, December 14
A small stretch on the RK road in Industrial Area demands a careful driving, as stones scattered on the road have become a major cause of inconvenience to motorists.
The dust raised by vehicular movement the road not only harries riders but also walkers.
This gravelly stretch of road in Industrial Area, Ludhiana, is a bane of motorists. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
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Violence Fallout
Migrant workers head home; industry worried
Ludhiana, December 14
The mob violence and police repression against migrant workers in the city, and consequent sense of insecurity among them, has sent hordes of migrants packing back home with the result that working and production of a large number of industrial units has been seriously hit.
School managements flout
board norms
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 14
Despite apparently strict attitude adopted by the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) authorities regarding payment of salary to their staff through account payee cheques, owners and management committees of these schools have invented novel ways of window-dressing to befool the authorities.
Private affiliated schools closed today, tomorrow
Doraha, December 14
Terming the move of cancellation of affiliation of 187 schools by the Punjab School Education Board as a dictatorial one, a majority of private affiliated schools here have decided to keep schools closed on December 15 and 16 as a mark of protest.
Snag hits PAU’s weather monitor
Ludhiana, December 14
Punjab Agriculture University’s endeavour to provide latest weather updates to city residents round the clock seems to have failed miserably. The electronic weather monitor put up at gate number 2 of the university has stopped functioning in less than six months of it being installed.
A non-functional electronic weather panel at gate number 2 of PAU in Ludhiana.
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College echoes with verse
Ludhiana, December 14
The campus of the alma mater one of the greatest poets of all time, Sahir
Ludhianvi, reverberated with verses in Urdu, Sanskrit and Hindi this evening.
Poets take part in a ‘kavi sammelan’ at the SD Government College for Men in Ludhiana on Monday. A Tribune photograph
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From Schools & Colleges
Kids show talent at fun carnival
Ludhiana, December 14
Little Blossoms Pre School organised a Kids’ Fun Carnival in which kids from 0 to 15 years of age participated. More than 350 children took part in various competitions in different age groups. The logo at the carnival was “Kids Rule the World”.
‘India must maintain food quality’
Ludhiana, December 14
Ensuring safety of food is of paramount importance in North America and one has to pass through stringent quality tests, said Dr Prabal K
Ghosh, senior scientist, Food Development Center, Manitoba, Canada, on his visit to Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology
to explore possibilities of cooperation.
Devotees partake of langar on PAU campus in Ludhiana on Monday. A Tribune photograph |
New science block at school
Jagraon, December 14
The Punjab government is committed to the improvement of schooling in Punjab and the uplift of rural areas.
This was stated by Manpreet Singh Ayali, Ludhiana zila parishad chairman, yesterday while addressing a gathering at the Government Senior Secondary School at
Bhundri.
Needy kids given woollens, shoes
Doraha, December 14
A total of 100 needy students of the secondary school at Jatana village were given woollens and shoes by the Guru Amar Das Trust, Ludhiana, today.
Dr Naurang Singh Mangat, chief sevadar of the trust, said helping students incapable of fulfilling their needs due to penury was their moral responsibility and the trust had been helping them in its own way.
Health dept in action after 3 H1N1 deaths
Khanna, December 14
Health officials swung into action and local residents started taking precautions after three deaths due to H1N1 influenza were reported in the town in the past few days.
Dentist Gautam Punj and his NRI mother Saroj died of swine flu in Ludhiana and Paramjit Kaur of the Amloh road died in Chandigarh this week.
Reporters' Diary
Despite dangers, track-crossing on the rise
Even though everyone is aware of the grave risks in crossing railway tracks people still do not think twice before taking such a dangerous shortcut that can cut their life short. Though crossing a rail track is an offence numerous people can be seen committing it unchecked despite the fact that many have lost their limbs and even their lives in the process. |
— Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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Power board to gift CFLs
Ludhiana, December 14
The PSEB would gift four CFLs to all households in the state. This was stated by GS Sran, member generation, PSEB, who said power consumption was multiplying and if steps were not taken to check it, it would be disastrous by 2050.
Four couples tie knot
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 14
A function was organised under the aegis of the Bose Society for the Blind and the Shree Ram Sharnam at the Shree Ram Mandi Dharamsala here yesterday.
Four couples from various sections of society tied the knot. Jagdish Singh
Garcha, a former SAD minister, was the chief guest.
Two held with psychotropic drugs
Jagraon, December 14
The Ludhiana rural police arrested two persons for possessing psychotropic drugs on Friday. In the first case, Devinder Singh, alias
Bhinda, of Johalan Road, Raikot, was intercepted by a police team at the local Johalan
Chowk.
CBSE Basketball Meet
BCM eves thrash Bathinda school
Ludhiana, December 14
Hosts BCM Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh road, overwhelmed Police Public School,
Bathinda, 46-12 to record their second victory in the girls’ (u-19) category of the ongoing CBSE National Basketball Championship played here today.
CBSE volleyball meet begins
Mandi Gobindgarh, December 14
The CBSE National Under-19 Volleyball Tournament began at Gobindgarh Public School grounds today. It was inaugurated by CBSE deputy secretary IS
Wadhwa. As many as 61 teams comprising boys and girls from all over India and four teams from Gulf states are participating in the tournament. |
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| A match in progress during the CBSE National Volleyball Tournament at Gobindgarh Public School,
Mandi Gobindgarh, on Monday. Photo: Bhushan Sood |
Badminton team felicitated
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 14
Members of the badminton team of Shanti Tara College that brought laurels to their institute by fetching third position in Inter-College Open Badminton Championship organised at Physical College of Education Bhagomajra were felicitated by the management committee yesterday.
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