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Commissions for docs in pvt sector from drug companies
Setback to TB control programme
Ludhiana, March 28
Doctors in the private health sector, in order to get commissions from pharmaceutical companies, are prescribing medicines which are not included under the directly observed therapy (DOT) regime, thereby giving a major setback to the revised national tuberculosis control programme
(RNTCP).
A DOT provider at the DMCH DOT centre shows the medicines administered to the TB patients under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP). Photo: Inderjit Verma
RK Road infested with thugs, snatchers
Ludhiana, March 28
The road between Oswal Hospital and Cheema Chowk, popularly known as RK Road, is fast becoming a favourite haunt of snatchers and thieves. Though several robberies in broad daylight have been reported in the recent past the police has taken no measures to beef up security in the area.
Sutlej club election result
Ludhiana, March 28
The hype that was created by elections to the premium club of the city, Sutlej Club, came to an end today, with the announcement of the results. The main fight was between Gurinderjit Singh Laddi, Sanjeev Dhanda and Nimesh Gupta for the post of general secretary, from which Sanjeev Dhanda emerged winner by gaining 728 votes.
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As the mercury shoots up, watermelons are already here
to quench the thirst. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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Plywood prices to go up by 7 per cent
Ludhiana, March 28
With 25 per cent increase in the rates of basic raw material and 15 per cent increase in the chemicals, the Punjab Plywood Manufacturers’ Association has decided to increase the plywood prices by 7 per cent. This decision was unanimously taken during the association’s meeting held under the presidentship of Inderjit Singh
Sohal.
Violation of Building Bylaws
File on AC market to be submitted today
Ludhiana, March 28
The file regarding violation of building bylaws by AC Market, Calibre Plaza, here, will be submitted in the local court tomorrow. With this, the shopkeepers in the market have heaved a sigh of relief and they hope that "illegal" expansion for commercial purposes will be stopped with the intervention of the court.
225 get degrees
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 28
Ludhiana MP Manish Tewari said the Union government had envisaged various projects to improve the enrolment rate and quality of higher education in all the states, including Punjab.
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The Maa Bhagwati Club solemnised the marriage of eight girls of economically weaker sections of society on Sunday. They were also given necessary home articles. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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Central Jail inmate dead
Ludhiana, March 28
An inmate of the Central Jail facing murder charges died under mysterious circumstances here yesterday.
Parminder Kumar (28) of Saroha in Nawanshahr, who had been in jail along with his brother for the last six years, collapsed on the floor suddenly this morning.
Exhibition on farm technologies tomorrow
Ludhiana, March 28
The Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) is organising an exhibition to showcase agricultural technologies under the NAIP sub-project - Mobilising mass media support for sharing agro information - on March 30 on the CIPHET campus.
NRI donates solar equipment to school computer lab
Jagraon, March 28
In a move to improve the standard of education, an NRI of Malla village recently donated a solar-powered batteries system for the computer lab of the school in the village. Santokh Singh Sidhu, a British citizen now, has donated a solar battery system to the computer lab of government Senior Secondary School for girls of Malla village near here.
Pre-harvest troubles shatter dreams of bumper crop
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 28
Pre-harvesting period is proving thorny for farmers of this area. Infestation of wheat fields by philarus
minu, or “guli danda” in local dialect, and long and inadequate irrigation arrangements have shattered their dreams of bumper crop. Apprehending losses due to sun drying, microbes and weeds, farmers have started putting in all efforts to minimise the loss.
Weeds in a wheat field near Ahmedgarh. Photo by the writer
Summers to be hard for industry
Ludhiana, March 28
As per a petition filed by the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) to the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Authority for the grant of authorisation of imposing power cuts and peak load hours for the year 2010-11, the PSEB has submitted that "there could be a
shortage of up to 39 per cent of power in the coming season".
Employee ends life
Ludhiana, March 28
A Rajasthan resident committed suicide after his employer allegedly refused to give him leave.
The deceased has been identified as Navrattan (27), a migrant from Rajasthan. He was found hanging with a ceiling fan at his residence in Neemwala Chowk near the Civil Hospital today morning. He was employed with Chopra Cloth House in Harbans
Nagar.
‘Westernised TV serials eroding moral values’
 Ludhiana, March 28
Accusing successive governments of discouraging telecast of TV serials depicting rich cultural heritage of India, Parveen Kumar
Sobti, who played the character of Bhim in BR Chopra’s popular mythological TV serial
Mahabharata, has urged the teaching community to launch a movement to warn younger generation against the deleterious effects of western serials and plays.
Parveen Kumar, popularly known as Bhim in the Mahabharta serial.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Tewari lauds role of Himachalis
Ludhiana, March 28
Local MP and national spokesperson of the Congress Manish Tewari today lauded the contribution of the people from Himachal in the progress and development of Punjab.
Power supply to primary education office snapped
Jagraon, March 28
Taking a clear stand on recovery of electricity bill arrears, Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) officials today disconnected the power connection of the block primary education office here. The office had not cleared bills for the past six months and had dues totalling about Rs 8,000.
Hatchback cars on a roll
Ludhiana, March 28
Hatchback car segment or small cars are here to stay. Growth in this segment in 2009 is a testimony to the fact that people now prefer small cars containing a passenger cabin with an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind by a large flip-up window.
Beggars, vendors rule the roost at traffic lights
They are a hassle for commuters
Ludhiana/Mandi
Ahmedgarh, March 28
Unchecked activities of beggars and vendors on busy highways and intersections of roads connecting various parts of the cities and towns have compounded to traffic problem. Besides resulting in other law and order problems, these activities have been identified as major factors leading to snatchings and thefts from vehicles.
A gunman, accompanying the family of a VIP, purchases toys for the sahib’s children,
at a busy chowk in Ludhiana. Photo Mahesh Sharma
‘Remove social evils from mindset of people’
Jagraon, March 28
A seminar on "Role of police in tackling the social evils" was organised by the Jagraon Press Club . In the key note address, Jagraon SSP Harinder Singh Chahal said that each one would have to play his role in the removal of the social evils. He said the need of time was to eradicate social evils not from the society only but from the mind set of the people also.
Doc in dock after patient’s death
Ludhiana, March 28
The controversy over the removal of Dr Kuldip Singh from the post of head, department of general surgery, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital
(DMCH), has come into focus again after the death of Parvinder Kaur who, having been administered a painkiller, went into coma at Dr Singh’s private clinic on March 17.
2 booked for cheating
Khanna, March 28
The police booked two persons today following a complaint by a resident of Manupur village, near here.
Simarjeet Singh reported that Rajdeep Singh and his brother Lakhvir Singh, residents of Hargana village in Fatehgarh Sahib, had promised to send him to Italy in 2003.
Beheadwd body found
Ludhiana, March 28
Panic spread in the Ladhowal area after a beheaded body of a man was found from the agricultural land here today.
According to the police, the body seemed to be of a middle-aged man and could not be identified.
Dope test: 13 test positive
 Ludhiana, March 28
It’s official now. The use of performance-enhancing drugs is prevalent in
kabaddi. A total of 13 out of 29 players whose samples were collected during the trials conducted here on March 20 to select the probables for the forthcoming World Kabaddi Cup were found positive for adverse analytical findings. The tournament is being organised at different venues across the state between April 3 and 12.
Pargat Singh, Sports Director, Punjab, and Dr Manmohan Singh, Chairman, Medical and Anti-Doping Committee, World Kabaddi Cup, address a
press conference in Ludhiana on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
Cop wins silver in shooting
Ludhiana, March 28
ASI Gurvir Singh has won a silver medal in the 53rd All-India Police Duty Shooting Meet, held in Bhopal, recently.
Gurvir, currently posted here, finished runner-up in the 25m centre fire event. This was the maiden medal won by any competitor from the state at this event.
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Blood banks at almost all private hospitals in the city are charging patients exorbitant rates for every unit of blood, justifying them by saying the blood has been subjected to “advanced” testing.
