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Auction of liquor vends on
March 19
Ludhiana, March 3
The draw for auction of liquor vends will be held in the respective districts on March 19 in which 700 liquor vends will be auctioned across the state.
MC Apathy
Residents without water for 5 days
Ludhiana, March 3
Harried residents of Shivaji Nagar and Narinder Nagar, which come under Ward No 18, have been forced to go without water for the past five days due to callous attitude of the municipal corporation officials concerned who failed to get the tubewell in the area repaired.
Survey fails to resolve city’s traffic glitches
Ludhiana, March 3
 
A recent survey conducted by three commissioners to look into the traffic problems plaguing the city has turned out to be merely an eyewash as, for the past more than a month, neither the municipal corporation nor the police has bothered to repair traffic lights and other equipment in busy areas of the city.
— A broken traffic light at Bhai Bala Chowk in
Ludhiana (Left) and Motorists risk their life by crossing a broken fence in Ludhiana.
Photos: Inderjit Verma
TV serial in eye of storm
Ludhiana, March 3
The NDTV Imagine popular serial “Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayenge” is in the eye of a storm, with a Ludhiana-based NGO demanding criminal cases against the serial for airing several ‘‘objectionable’’ scenes.
Two cars catch fire
Ludhiana, March 3
Two cars parked near Red Cross Bhawan on the Mall road caught fire here this afternoon.
The incident took place at 12.30 pm, when Vinod Kumar parked his grey Indica car over burning waste.
As he parked the car, the vehicle caught fire and within seconds turned into a fireball. A Swift car, which was parked next to the vehicle, also caught fire. People quickly sprung into action and doused the flames.
A car in flames at Mall Road in Ludhiana on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
At the Crossroads
When a writer bids adieu
A spate of deaths in the recent past of creative writers and critics in the world of Punjabi literature has left us bewildered. So long as a writer is alive, he is taken notice of when he publishes a new book or is honoured with an award. Otherwise, he remains ensconced in the dome of his imagination, unmindful of the mundane happenings around him. Deep down in his mind, he is uncertain of the worth of his contribution to literature. Mostly he has the satisfaction of doing his best, but at times it turns out that his best is not good enough.
City
Concerns
Autorickshaws bane of city
In the absence of public transport in the city, residents have to depend upon private vehicles or autorickshaws to reach their respective destinations.
These autorickshaws have been identified as major polluters, as they emit venomous gases.
Council for action against erring Pak staff
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 3
Upset over the alleged offensive behaviour of the consulate staff of the Pakistan Embassy in Canada towards a delegation of Sikh organisations demanding security for members of the minority community in Pakistan, the Ontario Sikh and Gurdwara Council (OSGC) has urged local Sikh organisations to impress upon the Pakistan government to initiate action against the erring officials.
Millers sending substandard rice to central pool
Mullanpur Dakha, March 3
A major scandal involving local rice shelling mill owners who were reportedly dispatching inferior quality rice to the central pool was unearthed here. Interestingly the whistle blowers are the truck operators who were harassed by these rice mills owners a couple of months earlier in the paddy season when they were made to wait - sometimes for an entire week -with their loaded trucks after being told the paddy loaded had a high moisture content.
Anti-dumping duty on stainless steel, radial tyres
Mixed response to govt decision
Ludhiana , March 3
Anti-dumping duty on stainless steel and radial tyres has come as a rescue to the industry against cheap imports from China.
Commuters on Ludhiana-Malerkotla road not safe
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 3
In spite of numerous development projects being undertaken by the successive governments to maintain and construct highways and roads in the state, lives of those using the Ludhiana-Malerkotla road, inhabiting buildings situated along the link-road, are not safe due to the apathy of PWD officials towards supervising progress of four-lining of the highway.
They make a living scaring visitors out of their wits!
Ludhiana, March 3
Wearing scary expressions and emitting horrifying shrieks and blood curdling yells, they can make many people wet their pants. The more a person gets frightened the merrier they appear to be. And why not? After all, they are ‘ghosts’ with a grisly image to live up to. Meet the phantoms of the ‘Haunted House’ at the city’s Westend Mall.
A ghost at the Haunted House frightens visitors in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Sarpanches of 5 panchayats honoured
Ludhiana, March 3
Punjab Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats Ranjit Singh Brahmpura today felicitated sarpanches of five village panchayats for their contribution in clearance of encroachments and conservation of “shamlat” land.
Sarpanches of five village panchayats after they were honoured in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Photo: Inderjit Verma
55 get hearing aids
Ludhiana, March 3
Around 55 differently-abled persons were given prosthetic devices,
calliper, tri-cycles and hearing aids at the 804th free prosthetic distribution camp organised by the Bharat Vikas Parishad Trust, Punjab, in association with the Bhagwan Mahavir Sewa Sansthan at Viklang Sahayta Kendra, Rishi
Nagar, here today.
Differently-abled persons get prosthetic devices at a free camp in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Photo: Inderjit Verma
Workshop on cyber security
Mandi Gobindgarh, March 3
A three-day workshop on “Cyber security and cyber forensics” was organised by the computer science and engineering department of the RIMT-IET.
Kisan mela on March 9
Ludhiana, March 3
Punjab Agricultural University will organise kisan melas at its regional station, Gurdaspur, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Rauni (Patiala), Ballowal Saunkhri (Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar), Bathinda and on the PAU campus, Ludhiana.
CBSE Class XII
Students take first exam
Parents queue up outside exam centres
Ludhiana, March 3
 
Anxiety loomed large on the faces of parents as their children took the first paper of CBSE Class XII examination which began today.
Students appeared for their physics exam.
Anxious parents could be seen queueing up outside various examination centres since early this morning.
Jaswinder Singh Sodhi (Left) and Students make a last-minute revision before entering the examination centre in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
City lad scores 99.91 percentile in CAT
Ludhiana, March 3
City lad Harpreet Singh has scored 99.91 percentile in the Common Admission Test held in December last year.
Harpreet has already received calls from IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Kolkota and IIT Mumbai (based on his performance in
JMET), even as lists of many B-schools are still being made. The young man is also expecting a call from IIM
Bangalore. This was his first attempt.
Harpreet Singh
Gold chain of woman snatched
Ludhiana, March 3
Two youths, riding a motorcycle, snatched the gold chain of a woman at Pratap Colony in Model Gram here this afternoon.
One booked for sodomy
Ludhiana, March 3
The police has booked a man for committing unnatural sex with a seven- year-old boy in Jodhewal Basti.
Newborn found abandoned in fields
Mullanpur Dakha, March 3
A newborn baby that was apparently abandoned was recovered yesterday evening on the outskirts of Mandiani village by a group of women when they heard the sound of a baby crying in the wheat fields where they had gone to collect fodder for cattle.
Theft at temple
Ludhiana, March 3
A pair of silver sleepers (Kharawas), belonging to the Idol of Goddess Vaishno
Devi, weighing nearly half a kg, was stolen from Laxmi Narayan Mandir, located in BRS
Nagar.
Kings XI lads to visit city today
Ludhiana, March 3
Love Ablish and Karan Goel, players of Kings XI Punjab, will be in the city tomorrow.
Apart from meeting their families, the players will interact with their fans and sell tickets for the upcoming DLF IPL-2010 at Firoze Gandhi Market here.
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Students of Guru Nanak Girls’ College walk the ramp during their farewell party in Ludhiana
on Wednesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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