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‘Having fuelled vendetta politics, Gosain wants an end to it’
Ludhiana, March 19
Vendetta politics, or settling scores with political opponents by the party in power, is not a new phenomenon, and deputy speaker of Punjab Assembly Sat Pal Gosain might not have anything to do with it during the past three years when the SAD-BJP government assumed power in the state. But his plea for bringing the politics of hate and vengeance to an end has come as a big surprise in political circles here.
Terror Alert
Major search operation conducted
Ludhiana, March 19
A major search operation was conducted in the city today following intelligence reports of a possible terror strike or explosions at busy markets in different parts of the city.
Raid at rly station
Goods worth Rs 1-cr seized
Ludhiana, March 19
In a major operation here today, the Sales Tax Department confiscated goods worth nearly Rs 1 crore without bills from the railway station.
Kisan Mela
Ranjit Kaur wins best entrepreneur prize
Ludhiana, March 19
The two-day Kisan Mela concluded at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) amidst promises of a better future in the agriculture sector today. Keeping aside their grievances, the farmers from Punjab and other northern states attended the interactive sessions with the university experts.
Gurmeet Singh Sohi, Swaran Singh Chandi and Manjit Singh Ghuman, winners of crop produce competition
at the PAU Kisan Mela, in Ludhiana on Friday. |
Himanshu Mahajan Farmers examine the new machine on display at Kisan
Mela. Tribune photos: Himanshu Mahajan |
Rural youths’ offshore dreams come true
Ludhiana, March 19
The “offshore dreams” of the rural Punjabi youth came to the fore during the two-day biannual Pashu Palan Mela of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
(GADVASU) that concluded here today.
Pashu Palan Mela concludes
Ludhiana, March 19
Pashu Palan Mela that attracted a large number of livestock farmers from across Punjab as well as the neighbouring states, concluded here today with a note to meet again with new researches and latest information.
Farmers share their success mantra
Ludhiana, March 19
Gurmeet Singh Sohi of Nathmalpur in Ropar district stole the show by winning trophies for best produce of rose, marigold, coriander, turnip, cabbage and cauliflower in the farm produce category organised at the two-day Kisan Mela that concluded today at Punjab Agricultural.
‘Virsa Punjab Da’, a crowd puller
Ludhiana, March 19
Things like “manji”, “tumbi”, “dhol”, “hand pump” and “charkha”, which are fast vanishing from Punjabi culture caught fancy of one and all at the two-day Pashu Palan Mela of
GADVASU, which concluded here today.
Major revamp of police districts
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 19
The administration has announced a major reorganisation of the administration in Ludhiana (Rural), Khanna and Ludhiana police districts. Residents of about a hundred hundred villages coming under the jurisdiction of these districts will now have to knock on different doors for redressal of their problems.
NCP leader accuses dy speaker of vendetta
Ludhiana, March 19
A day after Punjab assembly deputy speaker Satpal Gosain sought cancellation of a political vendetta case against him, a Nationalist Congress Party
(NCP) leader whom the police booked on charges of assault and various other criminal offences alleged the senior politician of being
“vindictive”.
Angry shopkeepers block NH-1
Sahnewal, March 19
Angry shopkeepers blocked the National Highway for about half-an-hour at the Sahnewal Chowk and staged a dharna against cops who in the name of getting illegal constructions cleared, allegedly misbehaved with them and reacted in an objectionable manner yesterday evening.
Course on critical care
Ludhiana, March 19
DMCH is organising first fundamental critical care support course (FCCS) in Punjab on March 20 and 21.
‘Donate blood regularly’
Ludhiana, March 19
Salaam Zindagi Foundation in coordination with the NSS Club of Guru Nanak Dev Polytechnic College organised a blood donation camp wherein 371 units of blood were collected.
A student donates blood at a camp in Ludhiana on Friday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Mushaira enthrals audience
Mandi Gobindgarh, March 19
The Punjab Institute of Management and Technology, Mandi Gobindgarh,
organised, “Aaftaab-2010”, an intra-institute cultural extravaganza, today at Kanahaya Lal Bardeja
Bhavan, Mandi Gobindgarh. Gobindgarh Education and Social Welfare Trust president Piara Singh Kalsi presided over the function as the guest and PIMT chairman Chaman Lal Garg was the guest of
honour.
Sacred Heart gets digitised classrooms
Ludhiana, March 18
Keeping a pace with the changing times and in view of considerable research evidence to support the powerful role that technology has come to play in the cognitive, social and language development of children, Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, BRS
Nagar, has joined hands with Educomp to start “Smart Classes”.
Seminar on development of employable skills
Raikot, March 19
A national-level seminar on “Development of employable skills” was organised at Sadbhavna College of Education for Women here today, as a part of the “college to career programme” of the college.
From Schools and Colleges
Ludhiana, March 19
The annual function of St Xavier’s Playway School, Civil Lines, was held here today. The outgoing batch of students presented a colourful
programme, which included an item depicting festivals of India, Rajasthani dance, group dance, Punjabi dance, etc.
Tiny tots of St Xavier’s Playway School perform at the annual function; and (right) students of GNT Public School take out a consumer awareness rally in Ludhiana on Friday. Photos: Inderjeet Verma
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