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Drive against spurious sweets stepped up
Health team seizes 50 quintals of
patissa
 Ludhiana, October 28
Intensifying the ongoing drive against sweetmeat shops and others selling adulterated sweets, health officials today conducted raids at unlicensed outlets in the old city. A team led by district health officer Dr Jagpal Singh seized 50 quintals of "substandard ‘pattisa’ from a large workshop in the Trankanwalla bazaar.
District health officer Dr Jagpal Singh shows the sustandard ingredients used in the making of pattisa, a sweetmeat supplied to noted retail outlets. A Tribune photograph
MC resorts to selective road carpeting
Ludhiana, October 28
Strange are the ways of the municipal corporation in undertaking development projects in the city. Though in some localities the pleas of residents for streets to be metalled have been ignored for years, in other areas, roads are being recarpeted over and over again, causing losses amounting to lakhs of rupees.
Rs 4.60 lakh fake currency seized, 2 arrested
Ludhiana, October 28
The CIA- II police has nabbed two persons, including a woman, and seized fake currency notes worth
Rs 4.6 lakh from their possession from Jamalpur late last night.The accused, identified as Satpal Singh and Paramjit Singh, were arrested following a tip-off that they were trying to enter the city along with the fake currency notes in a car.
District health officer Dr Jagpal Singh shows the sustandard ingredients used in the making of pattisa, a sweetmeat supplied to noted retail outlets. A Tribune photograph
Badal College best in giddha
Doraha, October 28
Dashmesh College, Badal, got giddha trophy on the last day of the Inter-Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival, organised at Dr Ishwar Singh Memorial Hall of Guru Nanak National College,
Doraha.
ETT teachers burn minister’s effigy
 Ludhiana, October 28
Perturbed over the non-payment of their salaries, ETT teachers burned the effigy of Punjab Minister for Panchayti Raj Institutions Ranjeet Singh Brahmpura today outside the office of the
BDPO.
ETT teachers burn an effigy of panchayat minister Ranjeet Singh Brahmpura in Ludhiana
on Thursday. A Tribune photograph
Workshop on World Bank project
Ludhiana, October 28
The World Bank has sanctioned a major project to Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, for the conduct of research and dissemination of recommended technologies to alleviate poverty of the rural masses.
INIFD makes its mark at IIT fest
Ludhiana, October 28
Continuing with their winning streak, INIFD, Ludhiana, has once again made a mark at Antaragni, cultural fest of
IIT, Kanpur.The victory is all the more special for INIFD, as it completed its hat-trick at the show. About 250 colleges from all across the country had participated. The INIFD team cleared the preliminary round with flying colours to reach the grand finale.
From Colleges
Diwali mela
A two-day Diwali festival began here today at SDP College for Women.Other SDP Educational Institutions - SDP Senior Secondary School, Hazuri road, SDP Senior Secondary School, Basti
Jodhewal, OM Parkash Gupta SDP Senior Secondary School, Quilla Mohalla, Ram Lal Bhasin Public School,
Dugri, also joined for celebrations.
Cracker prices skyrocket
Ludhiana, October 28
Firecrackers are sure to burn a hole in your pockets this Diwali. With shortage of supplies, traders are hiking the prices of sparklers and crackers. They are, however, citing shortage at the end of manufacturers.
12 SUVs join police fleet
Ludhiana, October 28
After inducting 14 ultra-modern multi-utility vehicles (MUVs), the city police today included in its fleet 12 customised sports utility vehicles (SUVs), Scorpios, equipped with CCTVs and cameras, for effective surveillance.
Auto dealer penalised
Ludhiana, October 28
The district consumer disputes redressal forum has ordered Grand Trunk Auto Works, Gandhi
Nagar, Dholewal Chowk, to handover the registration certificate (RC) of a motorcycle to the complainant after getting it registered with district transport office.
Commissioner of Police Ishwar Singh flags off Scorpio vehicles added to the police fleet in Ludhiana
on Thursday. Tribune photo: Inderjeet Verma
BSNL staff protest, seek bonus
Ludhiana, October 28
Members of the BSNL Employees’ Union today staged a day-long dharna in front of general manager's office demanding bonus for the year 2010.Addressing the gathering, union leader Balwinder Singh said: "The telecom workers are getting bonus for the past 33 years during the festival season. But this year, the management is refusing the payment on a plea that the BSNL recorded a loss of Rs 1,822
crore," he said.
Poster-making contest
Ludhiana: Budding artists of Guru Gobind Singh Public School participated in poster-making and card-making contests with zeal. Students of classes III-V made cards of their choice. The first prize was bagged by Harmandeep Singh of Class IV and the second prize was won by Harshdeep Singh. Third prize was won by Parmeet Kaur. — TNS
Rs 25,000 stolen from church
Ludhiana, October 28
Thieve decamped with ` 25,000 in cash lying in the donation box and other valuables from a church located in Mohar Singh Nagar in the wee hours today.
Son kills father over minor dispute
Phillaur, October 28
Sukhpal Singh, a middle-aged man, was allegedly murdered by his son, Manpreet Singh, with the help of a sharp-edged weapon at Zandiala Manjki village last night.According to the reports received here today, both father and son were sleeping in a room near their tube well when this incident took place.
Arms seized from arrested terrorist
Khanna October 28
The local police has seized an AK 47 riffle, a magazine and 20 cartridges from Makhan Singh, who was arrested from Uttar
Pradesh. Paramraj Singh Umranangal, DIG, Ludhiana range, said that these arms and ammunition were recovered from Kube village after Makhan Singh’s interrogation. According to the DIG, this terrorist was trained in Pakistan by Wadhawa Singh, Babbar Khalsa chief, with the help of the
ISI. He was given the task of attacking VIPs and a few heads of deras.
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After cheating thousands of people in Bathinda, Panipat and Ganganagar, a bogus foreign exchange company, Max Forex, that had claimed it was based in Mauritius, closed its operations in the
city.
