ITMA Asia and CITME 2010 have planned a major India visitor promotion campaign to woo textile machine buyers from India during Shanghai show in June, 2010. Company spokesperson interacts with the textile industry in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
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Cop dies under mysterious circumstances
Ludhiana, February 17
A personal security guard of SP (city II) Sanehdeep Sharma died under mysterious circumstances due to a bullet injury at the SP’s official residence, situated near Mall Road late last night.
IT surveys: Rs 2.1 cr surrendered
Ludhiana, February 17
Income Tax surveys were carried at two card and boxes firms in the city. Surveys were held under the supervision of Range III, Additional Commissioner, Rakesh Goyal. Surveys were carries out under the directions of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, GS Randhawa and Commissioner RK Roy.
Cops tell snatching victim to trace culprits
Ludhiana, February 17
In an incident that amply exemplified the police’s apathetic attitude towards victims of crime, a man whose LPG cooking gas cylinder was snatched was told by the cops to locate the suspects on his own.
Victim Sanjay Sharma
Living life king-size
Ludhiana, February 17
She is a woman in the garb of a man. She dresses like her male counterparts and even wears a turban. Every morning, she comes to her office riding a bike and everybody at her workplace greets her as "sir". Wearing a grey kurta pyjama with a jacket and a blue turban, she looks every inch a man.
Gurpreet Mangat rides bike to her office in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
LIT moots housing schemes with private participation
Ludhiana, February 17
In the wake of acute shortage of affordable housing, and land being a scarce commodity in the city, the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) has mooted a plan to develop new housing schemes with private
participation. Under the proposed plan, pieces of land measuring more than 10 acres within city limits owned by private individuals will be taken over for construction of
affordable houses of different categories as per the provisions of the land pooling policy formulated by the Punjab government.
UPA govt hand in glove with traders: Das Gupta
 Ludhiana, February 17
Charging the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre with being hand in glove with the powerful lobby of traders, capitalists and monopolists, the group leader of the Communist Party of India (CPI) in the Lok Sabha and the general secretary of the All-India Trade Union Congress
(AITUC) Gurudas Das Gupta today said that the government had failed to curb price rise.
Group leader of the CPI in the Lok Sabha and general secretary of the AITUC Gurudas Das Gupta arrives to address a state convention in Ludhiana on
Wednesday.
Photo: Inderjit Verma
City’s cops to undergo etiquette training
Ludhiana, February 17
Hardened cops are now being groomed to become gentlemen. The city’s newly appointed police commissioner, Ishwar Singh, has worked out a ‘transformation regime’ for them by roping in a personality development expert to give them lessons.
76-yr-old fights lone battle against land sharks
Ludhiana, February 17
A 76-year-old French scholar is fighting a lone battle against land mafia, which is trying hard to usurp his 400 square yard of his ancestral house located in Model Town, worth over Rs 1
crore.
Surinder Jathaul cuts the lock that was put up by a land grabber on the main gate of
his house in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Freedom Fighter’s Pension
Disappointed, 61-yr-old seeks President’s intervention
Rights panel refuses to intervene
Mandi Ahmedgarh, February 17
Disappointed after the Punjab State Human Rights Commission’s refusal to interfere in matter of considering unmarried men as dependent of their parents, a senior citizen of Lohatbaddi village in the Raikot subdivision has sought the President of India’s intervention for enabling him to avail the enlisted facilities.
Professionalism, focus key to success: Experts
 Ludhiana, February 17
Professional approach, right skills and education, motivation and proper training are the keys to success for the next-generation entrepreneurs. A panel discussion on the topic "Success and generation next: Opportunities and challenges" was held here last evening by the Ludhiana Management Association.
Experts take part in a panel discussion on motivation, professionalism and focus, in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
A Tribune photograph
Research workshop for kharif crops begins at PAU
Ludhiana, February 17
The two-day State-Level Research and Extension Specialists Workshop for Kharif Crops organised by Punjab Agricultural University was inaugurated, yesterday. Expressing great concern for improving the economy of farmers, chief guest Harish Rai Dhanda, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab, said the PAU played a great role in solving the problems of food shortage through formulating need-based programmes of technology generation and transfer to farmers.
Grant of funds by state govt relieves PAU authorities
Ludhiana, February 17
After the announcement by Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal to grant Rs 20 crore immediately and Rs 75 crore out of the Rural Development Fund to the university to mitigate its financial difficulties, authorities of Punjab Agricultural University, teachers and non-teaching staff are feeling relieved.
Malaysian dance theatre to perform in city
Ludhiana, February 17
The Ludhiana Sanskritik Samagam (LSS) is now bringing a Malaysian group, Sutra Dance Theatre to the city on February 27. This group is based in Kuala Lumpur and has also performed in Nishigandhi Festival in Kerala and Konark festival
Bhuvneshwar.
Amrit Nagpal, vice-president, LSS, addresses a press conference in Ludhiana on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
SSP honoured
Khanna, February 17
A large number of residents of the town’s Rajasthani colony today honoured Khanna SSP Sukhminder Singh Mann and other police officials for their efforts in finding a man reported missing in their locality.
Canteen is lifeline of college days
A place to unwind, relax and hang out
Ludhiana, February 17
It is their favourite hangout, the place to flaunt their newly acquired possessions, the place to catch a glimpse of who's who of the college. Welcome to the college canteen.
Girls hang out at a college canteen. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Revised Pay Scales
Homeopathic teachers continue strike
Ludhiana, February 17
The indefinite strike by teaching staff of Lord Mahavira Homeopathic College and Hospital here for revision of pay scales continued for the third day as the striking teachers gheraoed the principal and held a gate rally to press their demands.
Octogenarian donates body to medical college
Jagraon, February 17
Inspired by the act of West Bengal leader comrade Jyoti Basu, Basakha Singh, an octogenarian, today pledged to donate
his body posthumously to the DMC and H, Ludhiana. Basakha Singh was accompanied by his wife Randhir Kaur, daughter Davinder Kaur and sin-in-law Advocate Rajinder Pal Singh.
While talking to The Tribune he said that he was born in April, 1923 in Jhorran village near Raikot and served the
Indian Army. After retirement, he occupied various posts in the CPM and remained the sarpanch of the village for 15 years. After studying ayurvedic medicine he even served the area with his expertise in medicine free of cost.
Four raagis killed in accident
Mandi Gobindgarh, February 17
Four raagis, all in their early thirties, were killed in an accident that took place near here late last night. The car they were travelling collided head on with a truck parked near a dhaba.
Unauthorised diversions on NH-1 pose threat
Doraha, February 17
With the purpose of constructing flyovers at almost every possible cut on the national highway, especially on NH-I , the National Highway Authority of India has practically closed all link roads and imposed diversions, unmindful of the fact that the link road users will be left in the lurch.
Chemists’ body submits memo to DC
Ludhiana, February 17
The Ludhiana District Chemists’ Association on a call given by the Punjab Chemists’ Association yesterday submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner against the raids carried out by the police department on the chemists’ shops under the NDPS Act.
Story-telling contest at KVM
Ludhiana, February 17
An "Inter house English Story-Telling Competition" was organised by the Junior Humanities Forum for the students of Classes III-V at Kundan Vidya Mandir here today.
15 students selected in placement drive
Mullanpur
Dakha, February 17
HDFC Standard Life has selected 15 students of GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar, for working as sales development managers at its office today.
Tribune Impact
Letters pour in on condition of roads
Ludhiana, February 17
With the local municipal corporation getting proactive in terms of action on various issues, residents of the city are coming up with more and more reactions to help the civic body to make Ludhiana a better place.
Woman held for husband’s murder
Mullanpur Dakha, February 17
The Dakha police claims to have solved the youth murder case with the arrest of a woman. The body of the youth was recovered from a dry canal on the outskirts of Khanjarwal village near here on February 3.
The accused in police custody. A Tribune photograph
18 booked for armed assault
Mullanpur Dakha, February 17
The Humbran police has booked 18 persons on the charges of armed clash on the statement of Surjit Kaur of Maniawal village.
3 held with 41 bottles of liquor
Khanna, February 17
Three persons have been arrested with 41 bottles of liquor today and have been booked under various sections of the Excise Act.
Death due to negligence, doctor acquitted
Raikot, February 17
A local doctor, who was sentenced to 18 months rigorous imprisonment along with a fine by the lower court, has been acquitted from a case of death due to negligence.
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