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Gurdwaras offer shelter to Army aspirants
Ludhiana, July 11
Places of worship, too, are now doing their bit, albeit indirectly, for safeguarding the country’s security. Nearly 3,000 aspirants from Ropar district for the posts of soldiers in the Indian army were provided lodging at night in various gurudwaras and temples in the city before their selection trial.
Miscreants pelt stones at hospital
Ludhiana, July 11
Unidentified miscreants hurled stones and a created ruckus at the city’s BL Kapur Memorial Hospital, located near Sabzi Mandi, late last night. The incident took place at about 11:30 pm when some people, who were reportedly in an inebriated condition, hurled abuses and began throwing stones at the hospital premises.
Speeding vehicle mows down 8-yr-old
Jagraon, July 11
A driver who lost control over his car rammed it into an eight-year-old cyclist yesterday night. The impact of the accident was such that the boy was cut into pieces.
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Going Green |
Residents of Shaheed Bhagat
Singh Nagar Housfed Complex, Ludhiana undertake a plantation
drive on Sunday.Tribune photo:Himanshu Mahajan |
Health camp marks
World Population Day
Ludhiana, July 11
LifeBuilder India today held a camp to mark the World Population Day-2010 at Mini Chappar village in this district.Pregnant women and those with babies up to one year old were invited from Mini Chappar, Chappar, Latala, Dhoorkot, Ranguwal and Ghugrana villages.
B.Com Counselling
Day II: Seats almost full
Ludhiana, July 11
The second day of BCom admission counselling witnessed filling of 98 per cent seats in city colleges today. The counselling was held for candidates up to the rank of 1,800.
State govt must slash VAT on fuel: Tewari
Ludhiana, July11
Ludhiana MP and national spokesperson for the All-India Congress Committee Manish Tewari has rapped the state government for levying exorbitant VAT on the sale of petrol and petroleum products.
From Schools and Colleges
Plantation drive
On the concluding day of the week-long inaugural activities, Penguin Castle Pre-School today witnessed a ceremony on the school premises under the theme "Each One, Plant One, Save the Earth".
Children play judge at noodle contest
Ludhiana, July 11
A local hotel management institute organised a Noodle Festival today, in which children judged the delicacies of amateur chefs of the institute.Students of Ivanna IHM pursuing diploma and degree in hotel management under the PTU’s distance education mode participated in the contest, wherein they made recipes using noodles.
A participant serves noodles during a noodle festival of the Ivanna Institue of Hotel Management in Ludhiana on Sunday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Printers’ body for better networking
Ludhiana, July 11
The Offset Printers’ Association (OPA) organised a printers meet here today. The aim was to mobilise printers of the region to form associations so that there could be proper networking.
Facilities inadequate, say Amarnath pilgrims
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 11
Accusing successive governments of treating Hindus as second-class citizens, office-bearers of a few religious organisations have rued that the Amarnath Shrine Board authorities had failed to provide free basic amenities to devotees paying obeisance at the shrine and volunteers serving at ‘langars’ being organised by various committees.
‘Kahlon should quit on moral grounds’
Ludhiana, July 11
The Anti-Corruption Council of India has asked the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon to quit on moral grounds after the CBI filed a charge sheet against him under various sections of the Criminal Procedure Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act for alleged bungling in the selection of panchayat secretaries from 1997 to 2002 during his stint as Rural Development Minister.
Nirmal Singh Kahlon
77-yr-old dies in mishap
Raikot, July 11
A septuagenarian was killed yesterday afternoon while crossing the Mullanpur-Barnala state highway, passing through the village.
Sri Hindu Takht takes out procession
Ludhiana, July 11
Activists of the Sri Hindu Takht took out a torchlight procession to draw the attention of the state government towards the demands of the a particular community, alleging that it had persistently been neglected and overlooked by successive governments.
Activists of the Sri Hindu Takht take out a torchlight procession in
Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Remark On Afzal Guru
Gadkari under Congress fire
Ludhiana, July 11
Led by Congress Sewa Dal district president Nirmal Singh Kaira, party workers burnt an effigy of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Gadkari today for his outburst against the Congress on Afzal Guru.
Farm labourers falling prey to snakebite
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 11
Alleged indifference towards educating farm labourers about preventive measures against agricultural accidents has resulted in spurt of snakebites among labourers engaged in paddy transplantation.
Doctors treat a snakebite victim at a hospital in Mandi Gobindgarh. Photo by writer
Campaign against sex-selective abortion
Ludhiana, July 11
The Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan (DJJS) launched an awareness and sensitisation campaign against sex-selective abortion - Santulan - under its gender equality programme to check the practice here today.
Ludhiana MP Manish Tewari takes part in a discussion on sex-selective abortions at the launch of “Santulan” by the DJJS in Ludhiana on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
Now, liquor from Haryana flows into state
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 11
After Chandigarh, it is now neighboring Haryana that is now making a dent in the excise income derived from liquor sales, the biggest source of revenue in Punjab.Individuals as well as organised gangs are supplying liquor bottles smuggled from outside Haryana to licensed vends. To evade action the labels of the Haryana government are replaced with those of Punjab.
Trust donates ambulance
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 11
In the memory of Sant Mohinder Singh
Khannawale, the trust running affairs of Gurdwara Ramsar at Kaind village donated a fully equipped ambulance to the civil and police authorities at Dehlon block here
today.
Cops: Drug addicts killed PWD worker
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 11
The Dehlon police has tightened its noose around members of a gang of miscreants who had taken away a motorcycle, two mobile phones and cash from a PWD worker after killing him near the Butahri bridge on the Sirhind canal near here yesterday.
Cops examine the spot near Butahri village where Mewa Singh was
killed. Photo: Mahesh Sharma
Siblings booked for fraud
Jagraon, July 11
The Sidhwan Bet police has booked two persons for committing fraud with their brother by disposing of the property owned jointly by them.Kuldeep Kumar Kaura, hailing from Sidhwan Bet village and a resident of Ludhiana, had complained to the director, vigilance bureau, Punjab, on July 9 in this regard.
AITA Tourney
Rithvik stuns third seed Venkatesh
Jagraon, July 11
Rithvik Anand of Tamil Nadu shocked third seed Veera Vasanth Venkatesh 6-2, 6-3 to qualify for the main draw of the HTA-AITA Men’s and Women’s Tournament-2010 here today.
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Nine-year-old Raghav was born with cerebral palsy. His parents wanted to procure a disability certificate for him from the Civil Surgeon’s office, but they say it was a horrifying experience.
