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Decomposed body found
Ludhiana, July 6
Panic gripped the Gill road area after a decomposed body was spotted floating in the Sidhwan Canal here today.The incident came to light at around 11 am when children of migrants living near the canal saw the body and raised an alarm. According to sources, the body got stuck in weeds near the FCI godown on Gill road.
Video conferencing starts in jail
No more escapes from police custody now, cops relieved
Ludhiana, July 6
Putting to end the possibility of undertrials giving police the slip during court hearings, the video conferencing facility was launched in the Ludhiana Central Jail at Tajpur here today. While the judge remained present inside the courtroom, the inmates in jail presented themselves before him through video conferencing.
Woman set ablaze on wedding anniversary
Jagraon, July 6
A young man reportedly set his wife on fire on their very first wedding anniversary. The woman, who was admitted in a critical condition to Deep Hospital, Ludhiana, is now said to be in a stable condition.
11 years on, poet Adeeb’s widow awaits pension
Ludhiana, July 6
“Jab bhii aatii hai terii yaad kabhii shaam ke baad, aur barh jaatii hai afsurdaadilii shaam ke
baad,” the couplet written by the noted poet Krishan Adeeb is still fresh in the minds of his fans, who remember his found memories even after 11 years of his death. The poet's death anniversary falls on July 7.
Shabnam, the widow of noted poet Krishan Adeeb, remembers him on the eve of his death anniversary. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Ragging
Vet varsity asks students to furnish undertaking
Ludhiana, July 6
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana, has undertaken an initiative to instruct the newly admitted as well as old students of the College of Veterinary Science, College of Dairy Science and Technology and College of Fisheries to furnish an undertaking against ragging, along with their parents.
PAU Notes
Training for farm women
LUDHIANA
: The PAU College of Home Science will organise a one-year certificate training programme for matriculate farm women of less than 28 years.
Colleges witness huge response
Doraha, July 6
The admission to various city and rural colleges shot up today with more and more students applying under various courses such as
BCom, BCA, BBA, BA, BSc, PGDCA, MA, MCom, etc.
Students make a beeline at Government College for Women as the admission process started in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Power Woes
Voltage fluctuation, frequent breakdown bane of residents
Ludhiana, July 6
Frequent breakdowns in power supply, voltage fluctuation and inordinate delay in rectification of faults in several colonies in Rishi Nagar area has become a routine, causing harassment to thousands of residents.
Grocer assaulted
Raikot, July 6
A gang of miscreants armed with swords and rods allegedly thrashed a grocer when he was sitting in his shop in the Municipal Council market area today morning.Before the police could arrive, the miscreants managed to flee.
3 children, youth injured as roof collapses
Samrala, July 6
A youth and three children of a Baazigar family were injured when the roof of their house collapsed due to rains at Ambedkar Colony, Samrala.
Illegal building sealed
Ludhiana, July 6
The building branch department of the Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana, sealed an unauthorised building at Ghumar Mandi here today.A team of 12 persons, from the building branch department, under the supervision of Zone D Assistant Town Planner SS Bindra, sealed the building opposite Mai Nand Kaur Gurdwara. An unauthorised construction was going-on behind five shops and owner had reportedly constructed the whole basement.
Buddha Nullah to be cleared of weed growth
Ludhiana, July 6
The municipal corporation has hired about 50 workers to dig out the thick weeds along the Buddha Nullah running along Tajpur Road here to prevent the seasonal water stream from overflowing in the monsoon. Though civic officials had claimed there was no threat from flooding, they later decided to remove the weeds that had multiplied in the rainy season, obstructing the flow of water in the
nullah.
A JCB machine and workers try to remove weeds in Ludhiana on
Tuesday.Tribune photo: Inderjeet Verma
Vet officers stage dharna
Ludhiana, July 6
Veterinary officers of the State Animal Husbandry Department staged a district-level dharna here today on the premises of Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry Office, to get the delayed notification of
Non-Practising Allowance (NPA).
Veterinary officers stage a dharna in Ludhiana on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
Remembering the poet of all moments
Ludhiana, July 6
Referred to as the “encyclopaedia of poetry” in his friend circle, Krishan
Adeeb, with his sharp memory and presence of mind, was a favourite among the poets in India as well as abroad.
All that glitters is now silver
Ludhiana, July 6
It's not gold, but silver which is glittering these days. The metal, often considered gold's cousin that never succeeded in grabbing the attention, is today in the limelight after the gold prices are moving towards North.
Youth assaulted by eight persons
Raikot, July 6
A youth was assaulted by a gang of eight members at busy market of Raikot here
this morning.The assaulters, on motorcycles equipped with sharp-edged and blunt weapon, reached victim’s shop, identified as Kapil
Goyal, when he was alone there. The attack was so sudden that before anyone could realise what was happening, the assaulters fled leaving behind the youth with both the hands fractured and wounds inflicted by sharp-edged weapon on his thighs.
Jalandhar bodybuilders dominate
Ludhiana, July 6
Participants from Jalandhar dominated the proceedings and bagged maximum titles in the Punjab Hot Weather Bodybuilding Championship organised by the Punjab Amateur Bodybuilding Association
(PABBA) at the Tara’s Institute on Chaheru in Jalandhar district on Sunday. Dr Deepak
Prashar, vice-president, PABBA, said over 200 participants participated.
HTA-AITA Tennis Tourney
Deepinder ends top seed’s dreams
Jagraon, July 6
Top seed in men’s singles, Kunal Anand of Delhi was ousted by Deepinder Singh Bains of Chandigarh at the HTA - AITA Men's and Women’s Tournament.Deepinder won in straight sets 6-2 and 6-4. Harvest Tennis Academy trainee Vishwesh Sinha upset the seventh seed from Bengal Farid Alam in three sets. Vishwesh won 6-2, 3-6 and 6-4.
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The movement of trains on the Ludhiana-Delhi trunk route was thrown out of gear since today morning after the rail tracks near Ambala Cantt station were submerged under two feet of water. Keeping the safety of passengers in view rail traffic on this section was suspended till the water could be drained out.
