|
Delhi-Ludhiana-Delhi flight
Test flight finally lands at Sahnewal Airport
 Ludhiana, April 17
With the dry run of the Delhi-Ludhiana-Delhi flight of Alliance Air having been carried out successfully at Sahnewal Airport today, decks have been cleared for regular flights on this sector, which is expected to commence from the second week of May.
Alliance Airlines flight at Sahnewal Airport in Ludhiana on Saturday. Photo: Lovleen Bains
2 arrested for murder
Ludhiana, April 17
Blinded by love, a young man not only killed his friend brutally but also, landed another one behind bars, besides himself falling in the police net.
Yashpal murder case accused in police custody in Ludhiana on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
Blood components unit opened
 Ludhiana, April 17
The blood bank at Guru Teg Bahadur Charitable Hospital got a new blood component separator on Friday. The machine that costs Rs 25 lakh has been contributed by Rotary Club,
Ludhiana. Chairman Improvement Trust Ashok Juneja inaugurated the blood components preparation unit at the hospital.
Cell-separator machine installed at a charitable hospital in
Ludhiana. A Tribune photograph
Drug menace: Students take to roads
Ludhiana, April 17
Hundreds of students from eight Akal Academies today held an anti-drugs awareness rally.The aim was to spread awareness among residents regarding the ill-effects of drug addiction. The students carried placards depicting messages to shun drugs.
City sizzles at 43.8°C
Ludhiana, April 17
Heat wave continues to sweep across the city thus affecting the normal life with temperature soaring at 43.8 degrees Celsius.While the city sizzles, at least six towns located on the periphery, too, have been recording temperature over 40 degree Celsius for the past three days, with the humidity-level rising above 60 per cent.
Too hot, too early: A woman protects the child from the heat in Ludhiana on Saturday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Boy drowns in village pond
Raikot, April 17
A child reportedly got drowned in a pond at Jalaldiwal village near here yesterday evening. The pond was renovated and its depth increased by 9-foot under the NREGA scheme by the panchayat.
Students of Maa Sharda Vidya Peeth School read a book distributed among them in Ludhiana
on Saturday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
Principal, teacher slugfest
Police begins probe
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 17
The Dehlon police has started a probe into the incident in which the principal and a senior lecturer of Government Senior Secondary School, Kalakh, had assaulted and threatened each other during the duty hours.
Woman gets new lease of life
Ludhiana, April 17
A complicated brain surgery carried out on a 45-year-old woman by Dr MK Sobti at Sobti Neuro and Super Speciality Hospital here gave the woman a new lease
of life.
Manufacturers’ directory released
Ludhiana, April 17
A meeting of the Machine Tool Cluster was held here under the presidentship of Kirpal Singh Sagar.The cluster has taken out a state-level directory of its manufacturers.
NGO adopts baby girl
Mullanpur Dakha, April 17
SGB Home, an approved body to take care of the abandoned children at Dham Talwandi near here, has adopted a girl child abandoned by her parents at Mansa.
From Schools and Colleges
Budding poets steal the show
Alpine International Senior Secondary School organised a kite flying and English poetry competition today. Excited students displayed their skills in kite flying and budding poets were at their best. The students actively participated in both the competitions and it was an impressive display of their efforts and creative ability. The judges assessed their performance and prizes were distributed among
winners.
Gurjot first in turban-tying contest
Ludhiana, April 17
Guru Gobind Singh Public School celebrated the foundation day of Khalsa Panth. Simarpreet Kaur, a Class IX student, spoke on the importance of the day.
Mohit, Ajay excel in quiz contest
Mandi Gobindgarh, April 17
The Society of Civil Engineering Students and department of civil engineering
RIMT-IET, Mandi Gobindgarh, organised “knowledge sharing”, including technical paper presentation and quiz competition here yesterday.
65 acres of wheat gutted
Jagraon, April 17
Wheat spread over 65 acres, along with 11 acres of wheat straw, was gutted in fire at Dalla village, near here.A short-circuit in the overhead high tension electric wires is said to be the cause behind the raging inferno.
The wheat crop gutted in a fire at Dalla village on Saturday. Photo: Rakesh Gupta
Post-Unbundling
Outsourcing, contract will harm employees: Trade unions
Ludhiana, April 17
The decision of the Punjab government to disband the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) and replace it with two fully owned government companies has evoked sharp criticism from different quarters.
Thapar wins again by a vote
Results manipulated; observer siding
with winner, alleges Lakra
Ludhiana, April 17
Allegations and counter allegations seem to have become the order of the day during any elections, especially those involving city industrialists. May it be elections of the prestigious Sutlej Club or the Knitwear club, which took place here last evening, the show of “strength” dominates the scene.
Vinod Thapar after winning the Knitwear Club election in Ludhiana on Saturday. A Tribune photograph. A Tribune photograph
A Tribune photograph
5-yr integrated MSc at PAU
Ludhiana, April 17
The College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, PAU, has started a five-year Integrated MSc (honours) programmes in microbiology, biochemistry, botany and zoology disciplines.
FCI takes rotten paddy samples
Khamano, April 17
A team of Punjab Agro Officials and FCI visited Khamano to collect the samples of rotten paddy and wheat which has been lying here for the past one year.
Census training programme begins
Ludhiana, April 17
The training programme for Census 2010 kicked off here today.
18-yr-old dies of burns
Khamano, April 17
A resident of Bhari village died when a stove she was cooking food on caught fire. Rupinder Kaur (18) sustained severe burn injuries. She was rushed to the Khanna civil hospital. From there, she was referred to Gian Sagar Hospital at Banur. But, she succumbed to her burn injuries on her way to the hospital.
Robbers steal truck loaded with 250 wheat bags
Warehouse watchman killed; 2 hurt
Phillaur, April 17
A few unidentified armed robbers entered into a Punjab State Warehousing Corporation’s godown at Bachhewal village in this subdivision and decamped with a truck (PB-08Q-9411) loaded with 250 bags of wheat. In the processes they attacked and killed watchman Kishan Chand (55) and wounded two other watchmen Gurmit Singh and Vidhya Ram.
Four booked for dowry
Raikot, April 17
The police has booked four persons for harassing a girl to get more dowry.Mandeep Kaur of Rattowal village in her complaint to the Ludhiana SSP Harinder Singh Chahal, on March 15, stated that her husband Jagdeep Singh, his father Darshan Singh, mother Paramjit Kaur and his sister Amandeep Kaur of Talwandi Mallian village near Jagraon used to harass her for more dowry. Jagdeep, who was earlier working in the army had quit his job and returned. After the inquiry conducted by the DSP Raikot Prithipal Singh, the police booked all four accused under Sections 406 and 498-A of the IPC.
Cheque Bounce Cases
4 special courts set up
Above 30,000 cases pending
Ludhiana, April 17
In order to speed up the process of reducing heavy pendency of more than 30,000 cheque bounce cases in local courts, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has setup four special courts in the city.
Ropar bowls out Ludhiana
Ludhiana, April 17
On the basis of first innings lead of 61 runs, Ropar beat Ludhiana in the second match of the Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournament (U-16) for the ML Markan Trophy, which concluded at MGM Public School,
Dugri, here today.
A match in progress between Ludhiana and Ropar during the Punjab tate Inter-District tournament in Ludhiana on Saturday. Tribune photo: Inderjeet Verma
|
Major fire broke out in one of the main transformers of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) near the Chand Cinema here this afternoon.
