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Fire dept has its own tale
Funds, staff, infrastructure are all inadequate
Ludhiana, November 3
In a city where, on an average, more than 100 incidents of fire take place every
Diwali, the fire department, which is entrusted with the job of controlling fires, remains miserably ill-equipped. Tall claims of the state government of providing Rs 6 crore for
improving infrastructure of the department is mere lip service as funds are still awaited, though more than a year has passed.
Specially abled, beyond doubt
Children without vision light up others’ lives |
Ludhiana, November 3
Their world may be shrouded in darkness, but that does not deter them from lighting up others’ lives.
Visually challenged students of the Vocational Rehabilitation Training Centre for Disabled
know that they will not be able to enjoy the festival of lights.
Visually impaired children make candles to be sold on Diwali in the city on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
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Hockey players come to blows
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Ludhiana, November 3
Unruly scenes were witnessed during the semifinal encounter between Punjab and Sind Bank,
Jalandhar, and Army-XI, Delhi, on the fifth day of seventh edition of the All-India Guru Gobind Singh Gold Cup Hockey Tournament at Prithipal Singh Hockey Stadium, Punjab Agricultural University, here today.
Players of the Punjab
and Sind Bank and Armi-XI enter into a scuffle during a match in
Ludhiana on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
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Bandh fails to dampen Diwali spirit in city
Ludhiana, November 3
Bandh fails to dampen the festive spirit as markets and shops remained open as usual. With two days left for
Diwali, the bandh call given by the riot victims had no effect and people were seen shopping for the coming festival in full spirits.
Bandh by riot victims fizzles out
Ludhiana, November 3
Though the bandh call given by riot victims failed to draw people’s support, they laid a siege on all major city roads like the Bharat Nagar
Chowk, Jalandhar bypass, Jamalpur road and Jagroan bridge.
Riot victims request policemen to allow them to block the road at Bharat Nagar Chowk in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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Mixed response to bandh in district
Educational institutions, govt offices remain open
Mandi
Ahmedgarh/Mullanpur Dakha, November 3
The call for a statewide bandh, given by certain Sikh organisations and splinter Akali groups, evoked a mixed response at Mandi Ahmedgarh here on Monday.
Commercial establishments, including liquor vends and shops, remained closed for about three to four hours in the morning, but by noon
most of them opened.
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Lacked Support: Riot victims stage a dharna for two hours at the Jagraon bridge; and (right) Reflection of the huge rush to buy utensils seen through a pan displayed at a crockery store in the city on the occasion of Dhanteras despite the bandh call on Wednesday. Tribune photos: Himanshu Mahajan |
1984 Riots: His tryst with destiny seems unending
Ludhiana, November 3
On this day, 26-year-ago, the key eyewitness of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, who was rendered homeless, is still awaiting justice.
Surinder Singh (61), who was forced to trim his hair by a group of rioters, claimed that he saw Sajjan Kumar provoking a few people in the S- Block of the
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of when he had felt compelled to cut his hair. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Burden of the past
Unfinished tasks welcome new LIT chairman
Ludhiana, November 3
With the nomination of MM Vyas as the new chairman of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) all speculations over the replacement of Ashok
Juneja, who had put in his papers last month on health grounds after having met with a road accident, have been put to rest. It will be second term for the prominent industrialist and an RSS activist, who has earlier served in the same post from 1999 to 2001.
Skin problems up on Diwali, says expert
Ludhiana, November 3
Many people with skin problems normally find their problems doubling up during the festive season. There are many reasons for this, including food, drinks and crackers.
Says Dr Alka Dogra, professor and head of the skin and VD department at the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital here, excessive air and noise pollution can cause high blood pressure, hearing loss, headache, sleep disturbance, asthma, skin allergies and respiratory
problems.
Yellow metal out of bounds
People go in for silver coins, steelware on Dhanteras
Ludhiana, November 3
Five-day Diwali celebrations commenced today with Dhanteras. Dhanteras is celebrated two days prior to Diwali to honour
Dhanyantari, an incarnation of Vishnu.
Decorated clay idols/posters of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi are bought from the market and these are worshipped on
Diwali. Since buying gold and silver ornaments, copper, steel or brass utensils is considered auspicious, a large number of people flock crockery stores
on this particular day.
Spare critters from Diwali din
Ludhiana, November 3
Even the most ferocious of dogs and other pets can be seen trembling during Diwali celebrations. Since animals have a far more acute sense of hearing than humans, the noise of crackers has a terrifying effect on them.
Vet scientists awarded
Ludhiana, November 3
Scientists and postgraduate students of the department of veterinary anatomy, College of Veterinary Scientist, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
(GADVASU), attended the XXVth Annual Convention of Indian Association of Veterinary Anatomists at Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,
Puducherry, from October 27 to 29 and presented various research papers.
Rayat college wins fine arts contest
Mandi Gobindgarh, November 3
An inter-college competition on “Societal Issues: Concerns and measures” was organised at
RIMT-College of Education here today. Themes for the competition were female
foeticide, dowry, pollution, health and hygiene, poverty, population, unemployment, beggary and women empowerment.
Mehak first in rangoli making
Ludhiana, November 3
De Samar Academy celebrated Diwali today. Students lit diyas and made
rangolis. Students used flower petals, colours, mirrors, beads, fabric swatches, metallic wires and buttons to design distinct rangoli patterns.
A student takes part in rangoli making contest at De Samar Academy in
Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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800-kg poppy husk seized
Ludhiana, November 3
In the biggest haul before Diwali, the city police nabbed a drug peddler and seized 800 kg of poppy husk from a Ramlila ground near Shimlapuri here this evening.
While one of the accused, Amrik Singh, was nabbed, his accomplice, Lakhvir Singh of
Phillaur, escaped from
the spot.
The police and the accused strike a pose.
Tribune photo: Inderjeet Verma
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Spring Dale clinch overall trophy
Ludhiana, November 3
The hosts, Spring Dale Senior Secondary Public School, won the overall trophy in the Ludhiana Sahodaya Schools Complex (LSSC) Central Zone Volleyball Tournament which concluded here today.
Punjab cagers arrive as champs
Ludhiana, November 3
Punjab emerged champions in the boys’ section in the 61st Junior National Basketball Championship held from October 24 to 31 at Vashi in Navi
Mumbai.
The members of the Punjab squad were accorded a warm welcome on their arrival here yesterday.
Bittu bats for CWG medallists
Khanna, November 3
Punjab Youth Congress president Ravneet Singh Bittu has said it is a matter of shame that Punjab’s medallists at the recent Commonwealth Games
(CWG), who are preparing for the Asian Games, are planning to migrate to Haryana due to lack of facilities.
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