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I-Day
Preparations
3,000 students sweat it out
Ludhiana, August 9
As many as 3,000 students from 20 government and private schools are braving sweltering heat at SCD Government College to make the Independence Day function a hit.Humidity and poor ground condition due to rain is making it difficult for students as well as teachers.
Students cover their heads with handkerchiefs as they rehearse for the Independence Day function in the scorching sun in Ludhiana on Monday. Photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Rollback of TUF scheme
hits textile units
Ludhiana, August 9
Withdrawal of the technology upgradation fund (TUF) scheme is proving dear for the textile industry. The textile industry, which is trying to save itself by upgrading technology and automating processes to minimise labour requirement, is having a tough time due to the rollback of the scheme.
Quit India Movement Anniversary
Freedom fighter now wants corruption to go
Ludhiana, August 9
“Kar chale ham fida jano tan sathiyo, ab tumhare hawale watan sathiyo’… was the song that inspired the youth of yesteryears to fight for their country. Now the new generation should wage a war against internal corruption that has sapped India’s strength”, observed Devkinandan
Khar, a freedom fighter who participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942.
Realty sector revives as focus shifts to periphery
Ludhiana, August 9
After heading southward for more than two years due to the global slowdown, inflation and liquidity crisis, the real estate sector in the mega city is showing signs of revival as both buyers and investors have started evincing interest in residential and commercial properties even though not so many deals have as yet matured.
From Schools and Colleges
Commendable positions
DORAHA : The students of Guru Nanak Model Senior Secondary School competed in the inter-zonal tournament and secured commendable positions. In U-17 hockey championship, girls defeated Nanakana Sahib Public School, Rampur, by 4-0 and in the second feat Sant Ishar Singh Public School, Rara Sahib, thus securing second position at the zonal level.
PAU Notes
Rice trial
LUDHIANA
: Deputy director general, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines, Dr Achim Doberman and his team visited direct seeded rice trials at farmers’ field in Punjab. The team had a meeting with PAU Vice-Chancellor Manjit Singh Kang.
Ailing 37-yr-old needs help
Ludhiana, August 9
Thirtyseven-year-old Gurmukh Singh, suffering from hepatitis C, is struggling for life as he can neither support his family nor his treatment in a meagre income of Rs 2,000 that he earns.
At The Crossroads
Recalling those eventful days in Lahore
During communal disturbances in Lahore and Amritsar in 1947, many Hindus and Sikhs were interned in Central Jail, Lahore. The grounds for making arrests were mostly flimsy and the punishment haphazard. A time came when there was a sudden flare of mistrust between the residents of our street and those at the back of it.
PSIDC director
Ludhiana, August 9
Manjit Singh Khalsa, chairman of the United Cycle and Parts Manufacturers Association, has been nominated Director of the Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation (PSIDC).
3 major parks cry for maintenance
Ludhiana, August 9
Three major public parks of the city, namely Rakh Bagh, Leisure Valley and Rose Garden, where locals come to relax and enjoy themselves, present a picture of neglect, thanks to the official apathy.
Wild growth at Rakh Bagh, Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Close shave for 3 as car overturns
Ludhiana, August 9
The construction work for the widening of the National Highway-I almost proved fatal for three persons after their car veered off road and overturned in a depression along the highway near Big Bazar last evening.
Aki set to unleash rap
Ludhiana, August 9
Rap may have its roots in the West but local criminal rapper Aki Ghail has mastered the art to perfection.The art came naturally to him as he did not take any formal training. Hailing from a family of singers, singing had always been in his blood. But he was never cut out for conventional singing.
Farming on computer!
Few days back my cousin and I went shopping and when we were coming back she insisted me on driving fast as she has to water her plants failing which they will be withered. I was confused as she repeatedly kept on saying that only few minutes have left to tend the crops.
Health Unit
Rly pensioners rue poor medicare
Ludhiana, August 9
Up in arms over lack of proper medical care and expert doctors at the railway health unit here, the Northern Railway Pensioners Welfare Association has written to the chief medical superintendent, Ferozepur, chairman and managing director, Northern Railway, New Delhi, and union railway minister Mamta Banerjee seeking immediate remedial action.
Peacock rescued from residential area
 Ludhiana, August 9
A peacock was rescued after it had strayed into Preetnagar in the Shimlapuri area here today.Some area residents noticed the bird and informed Dr Sandeep Kumar
Jain, member, Punjab State Board for Wildlife, and chief coordinator, CAPE-India, besides the police control room.
A peacock that strayed into Preetnagar and was later rescused in Ludhiana on Monday. A Tribune photograph
Paddy crop on 1,500 acre damaged: Ex-minister
Phillaur, August 9
Paddy crop on over 1,500 acre in five villages of Phillaur sub-division has been damaged due to stagnation of water in the fields. Alleging this after visiting the affected villages, former minister Chaudhary Santokh Singh said the fields had been under water due to blocked drains for the past one month.
Quit India Movement
Cong recalls sacrifices of freedom fighters
 Ludhiana, August 9
Congress workers led by District Congress Committee Urban (DCC) president Jagmohan Sharma observed the 68th anniversary of the Quit India Movement by paying tributes to freedom fighters and martyrs at Congress Bhawan here today.
District Congress Committee president Jagnohan Sharma addresses a function to mark the 68th anniversary of the Quit India Movement in Ludhiana on
Monday.A Tribune photograph
Coffer of teachers’ front full
Ludhiana, August 9
What started as a mission to ensure jobs to contractual BEd teachers has turned into a goldmine. The BEd Teacher Front, which was constituted to voice the concern of meagre pays, is earning Rs 2.2 lakh a month from contributions by teachers.
Labourers’ protest
Ludhiana, August 9
Members of the Punjab Khet Mazdoor Sabha held a protest outside the office of the Deputy Commissioner here today. The general secretary of the sabha, Gulzar Goria, said the protest was staged on the call given by the Bhartiya Mazdoor Union. The sabha members submitted a charter of demands for the Prime Minister through the Ludhiana DC. — TNS
PSIDC director
Ludhiana, August 9
Manjit Singh Khalsa, chairman of the United Cycle and Parts Manufacturers Association, has been nominated Director of the Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation
(PSIDC).
2 of robbers’gang held
Admit to committing 2 murders
Jagraon, August 9
The Sidhwan police has arrested two members of a notorious gang involved in snatching of vehicles at gunpoint.The gang members confessed to having killed two persons who had tried to resist their attempt to rob them.
Five booked for raping girl
Jagraon, August 9
A minor girl was allegedly abducted and gangraped by workers of a sewing and embroidery centre here yesterday afternoon.However, some residents of the Filli Gate area intervened and rescued the victim from further torment at the hands of the accused.
Jarkhar Sports Fest
Salman, Sunny to be in attendance
Ludhiana, August 9
Noted cine stars will be the main draw during this year’s silver jubilee edition of the annual sports festival of Jarkhar.The festival will be organised from December 16 to 19 by the Mata Sahib Kaur Sports Club at Jarkhar village, 20 km from here.
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