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Punjabi weddings ‘fat’ no more
Ludhiana, May 30
Talk about a Punjabi wedding and the first thing that comes in ones mind is the extravagance, flamboyance and grandeur. And the endless list of sumptuous mouth-watering, calorie-loaded dripping-in-oil delicacies, which are hard to resist even for the determined dieter.
However, off late, growing health consciousness had been keeping the eaters away from the weddings, because as they say, “if at a wedding, one doesn’t eat, then what is the use of going at all”.
Probe panel on felling of trees jumps deadline
Ludhiana, May 30
Despite 15-day deadline laid down by the forest minister to probe the illegal felling of trees at National Highway 1 and alongside Sidhwan canal, the 15-member fact-finding committee has yet to start investigation.
Man killed by wife, paramour; 3 held
Raikot, May 30
A women, mother of two daughters, allegedly killed her husband with the help of her paramour and his friend here last night.
Forest dept lax as fire incidents continue
Ludhiana/Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 30
While the department of social forestry is all out to impress upon social organisations by adopting tree plantation projects, officials in the parent department have failed to protect trees growing along river banks and roadside in the area falling under Ludhiana and Sangrur districts.
Scorched trunks of trees and remains of burnt saplings along the Abohar branch of Sirhind Canal, near Karamsar, Ahmedgarh. Photo by writer |
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SCD Govt College for Boys
Smoke from burning leaves chokes residents
Ludhiana, May 30
Educational institutions in city have been trying hard to teach students and others not to pollute the environment and keep their surroundings clean and green. However, there are always a few who act contrary to what they have been told.
Burning of dry leaves and garbage has been causing high levels of air pollution and heat in
Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
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Protest over possession of land, 20 hurt
Jagraon, May 30
The panchayat department, along with the duty magistrate and Sidhwan Bet police took the possession of about 33 acres of land at Talwandi Nauabad village near here on Friday from 17 families that were occupying the land since 1947.
Parking
CICU decries MC drive
Ludhiana, May 30
The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation’s (LMC) campaign to stop parking of cycles/scooters by industrial workers by the side of the industrial gate of the factory has been condemned by the Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings
(CICU).
Tewari raps state govt for misuse of grants
Ludhiana, May 30
The Congress-led UPA government at the Centre had released grants worth a whopping Rs 6,000 crore to Punjab during the last six years under different Centre-funded welfare schemes, but unfortunately the money has either been misdirected or misappropriated by senior functionaries of the SAD-BJP government in the state. These allegations were levelled by Ludhiana MP Manish Tewari while addressing a series of public meetings in Beelan, Jassowal and Chupki villages today.
85 get prosthetics, wheelchairs
Ludhiana, May 30
A total of 85 physically challenged persons were given prosthetics, calipers, wheelchairs and tricycles at a free artificial limb distribution camp organised by Maharaja Aggarsain Sewa Sangh at Shree Laxmi Narain Mandir here today.
The beneficiaries who got prosthetics, calipers and other devices during a camp organised by the Maharaja Aggarsain Sewa Sangh in Ludhiana on
Sunday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
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Special kids’ performance impresses audience
Ludhiana, May 30
Students of School for the Deaf Children, Rajpura road, enthusiastically participated in a fun-filled bonanza “Taare Zameen Par”, the concluding event of a summer camp aimed at bringing out the hidden talent of the special children.
Students of The School for Deaf Children perform a mime in
Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
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World No Tobacco Day
13 per cent deaths
in India by 2020
Jagraon, May 30
With the World No Tobacco Day falling on May 31, various campaigns against the consumption of tobacco have been started. It has been scientifically proved that tobacco causes over 20 categories of fatal and disabling diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases.
Regularise contractual staff, says PWD union
Ludhiana, May 30
The Punjab State Employees Union, a faction of Punjab PWD Employees Union, held a meeting at the irrigation department office here yesterday.
Rs 30-lakh grant for Latala
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 30
The civic body of Latala village, which falls under the Dakha constituency, received a grant of Rs 30 lakh for development work.
Girl teaches eve-teasers a lesson
Ludhiana, May 30
Acting brave this young girl taught eve-teasers a lesson.
City Concerns
Earmark zone for protesters to vent ire
The Ferozepore Road passing through the city has become a road of protests for agitators. Despite being a busy road, the protesters often lay a siege on it thereby throwing smooth traffic out of gear. Commuters have to suffer as they are stranded during protests. Things have come to such a pass that the road is blocked quite often. There are some days when the protests go on throughout the day. The simplest solution to this problem seems to be the shifting of protest venue. The administration can identify a park and ask the agitators to go there. What else can be done to address the problem? The readers chip in:
Six-a-Side Hockey League
Satguru’s hat-trick wins Jarkhar Academy title
Jarkhar (Ludhiana), May 30
Satguru Singh scored a hat-trick to enable the Jarkhar Academy outplay Malwa Academy,
Ludhiana, 3-1 to emerge champions in the inaugural edition of the Olympian Prithipal Singh Six-a-Side Hockey League organised jointly by the Jarkhar Hockey Academy and Ludhiana Sportsmen Welfare Association at Mata Sahib Kaur Stadium, which concluded here today.
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| Players of Jarkhar Academy with their prizes after winning the first Olympian Prithipal Singh Six-a-Side Hockey League held at
Jarkhar, near Ludhiana, on Sunday. A Tribune photograph |
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