City beams in karva colours
Ludhiana, October 25
City market places, on Monday, witnessed the peculiar annual sight - a massive number of women of different ages combing their way through the thick crowd, their hands held aloft and a look of intense concentration on their faces.
A city resident helps his wife take a bite of steamed corn as she waits for her
henna-decorated palms to dry up in Ludhiana on Monday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
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Flash strike by rly freight loading contractors
Ludhiana, October 25
Loading and unloading of rail wagons at the city’s train station came to a complete halt as the handling and transportation contractors went on an unannounced strike against what they called the “arbitrary and unjust decision” of railway officials to impose three times the penal demurrage on uncleared goods at railway siding from Friday, which was further increased to five times from Sunday onwards.
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Handling and transportation contractors of railway goods observe a strike in Ludhiana on Monday.
Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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MC fails to curb misuse of parks
Ludhiana, October 25
Some of the city’s public parks located in prime localities, which are maintained by the municipal corporation and the Ludhiana Improvement Trust, are being misused for commercial purposes, helped no doubt by the attitude of officials. The latter prefer to look the other way instead of taking strict action against the defaulters or even support them.
Rajasthan comes calling to city
Ludhiana, October 25
With colourful handicrafts, rustic music in the backdrop and scrumptious cuisine to savour, one feels being in the desert state of Rajasthan. The two-day “Mini Rajasthan Festival” organised by the Department of Tourism, Rajasthan, opened here today at Rotary Bhawan.
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Colours of desert: Folk artistes perform during the Mini Rajasthan Festival in Ludhiana on Monday. Tribune photos: Himanshu Mahajan
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Officials not in favour of gifts this Diwali
Ludhiana, October 25
Diwali- the festival of lights is an occasion, when people in this industrial city try to oblige the well-connected and higher officials by presenting them with expensive gifts. Bureaucrats are generally accused of waiting for the festival since it means raining expensive gifts for them but there are some who have said no to gifts this time.
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Say no to crackers, says NGO
Ludhiana, October 25
Concerned over the rising air pollution in the industrial capital of the state, activists of the Rising Youth Association, an NGO, organised an interactive meeting with residents of Dugri here today to mobilise them against use of firecrackers during Diwali.
One out of 10 kids in country is asthmatic: Experts
Ludhiana, October 25
With a view to create awareness on the prevalence of asthma, ‘Breathefree’, a public service initiative from Cipla, today organised a lecture for the afflicted or at risk
children.
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IS MC SLEEPING? |
Even as a part of a road has caved in near Rose Garden, the Municipal Coropration has failed to take any action.
The traffic police has barricaded the area to warn commuters. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
GADVASU
Scientists trained to develop diagnostic skills
Ludhiana, October 25
The Department of Veterinary Pathology has arranged a wholesome programme for a cohort of 20 scientists under ICAR-sponsored 21-day winter school on "Recent Concepts in Veterinary Laboratory Diagnostics" from October 12 to November 1.
PAU NOTES
Students showcase their talent
In the ongoing 10-day youth festival at the PAU, students of the constituent colleges showcased their talent in a variety of events of fine arts.
In the photography event, which was held for the first time in the university, students showed keen interest in trees, roots, leaves, twigs and other objects of nature that they captured in their
cameras.
FROM COLLEGES
Career counselling
A career counselling session was held at B.C.M. Senior Secondary School today. The resource person from the Overseas Education and Immigration Service showed a power point presentation and guided the students about various career options available, especially abroad, after their Class XII exams.
52nd Inter-Zonal Heritage Fest
Music items dominate day 2
Doraha, October 25
Music items dominated the scene on the second day of the 52nd Inter-Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival of Panjab University, Chandigarh, today, being carried on at Dr. Ishwar Singh Memorial Hall of Guru Nanak National College, Doraha.
Placement drive concludes
Mandi Gobindgarh, October 25
A placement drive recently held at RIMT for the placements of IIIrd semester students of MBA and MCA concluded today. More than 600 students from MBA and 500 students from MCA appeared for interviews.
PrintArt-2010 generates Rs 5 cr
Ludhiana, October 25
The three-day exhibition PrintArt-2010 generated a business worth Rs 5 crore while queries of over Rs 7 crore have also been generated. Over 60 traders participated in the exhibition and 75 per cent of them have already done advance booking of their stalls for the coming exhibition to be held in 2012.
Luxury at your doorstep
Ludhiana, October 25
City residents will soon get an exclusive preview of the latest collection of the luxury international brand - Judith Leiber - at a trunk show brought to the city by the Marigold Group at Majestic Park Plaza on October 28 and 29.
Indian bowling weak, feels Chetan Sharma
Ludhiana, October 25
Veteran cricketer Chetan Sharma believes the Indian cricket team has been weak in bowling for the past 10 years and selectors should bring talented bowlers if India wants to win the next World Cup.
NE Railways beat Ludhiana XI
Ludhiana, October 25
North-Eastern Railways beat Ludhiana XI 6-0 today in the first match of the 14th All India Mohinder Partap Singh Grewal Women's Hockey tournament underway at Punjab Agricultural University.
Goalkeeper of the North-Eastern Railways tries to save a goal during the first match of the 14th All-India Mohinder Partap Singh Grewal Women's Hockey tournament in Ludhiana on Monday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
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Hockey tourney in February
Ludhiana, October 25
The 7th All India Guru Gobind Singh Hockey Champions Trophy would be held at Padam Shri Pirthipal Singh Hockey Stadium at Punjab Agricultural University here from February 5 to 12.
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