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Weekly-offs condemned
Ludhiana, January 6
Industry has strongly condemned the move of the Punjab State Power Corporation
(PSPC) to re-impose weekly-offs. One day weekly-off has been made compulsory for industries under category II, while two weekly-offs have been made
mandatory for power intensive industries from today.
I-T raids on vegetable wholesalers
Ludhiana, January 6
As part of the nationwide raids on vegetable wholesalers, the Income Tax Department sleuths swooped on godowns of the city's two main vegetable wholesalers at Salem Tabri here this evening.
Income Tax officials check vegetables stored in one of the shops of a wholesaler at Salem
Tabri. A Tribune photograph
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Kids unsafe in city schools
Ludhiana, January 6
City’s children are not safe in their schools. Reason: Lack of proper security arrangements within and outside the campuses.
Following a number of complaints from anxious parents, Ludhiana Tribune decided to do a reality check and came out with frightening facts as well.
Students tread a deserted road, facing the risk of falling victim to criminal acts in
Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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No trace yet of over 100 kids missing in city
Ludhiana, January 6
Even as the body of five-year-old Khushpreet, who was kidnapped in Chandigarh on December 21, was eventually recovered, there are over a hundred children like him who were reported missing in the city but whose whereabouts remains a mystery.
Cops rope in ‘Gabbar’ to create traffic awareness
Ludhiana, January 6
The Bollywood archvillain of yore, ‘Gabbar Singh’, is all set to give nightmares to traffic violators. In a pioneering move, said to be the brainchild of police commissioner Ishwar Singh, the dialogues in the 1970s Hindi blockbuster ‘Sholay will be used to instill awareness among commuters on traffic rules.
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(From left to right) Bikers muffle their faces to protect themselves from cold; a man cuts branches of a tree after residents of the Club Road complained of sun being blocked; and homeless gather around a bonfire in Ludhiana. Photos: Inderjeet Verma |
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Remembering martyrs |
The War Memorial in Rakh Bagh, commemorating the sacrifice of the 1971 war heroes, gives a new look after it was lit up by the Municipal Corporation in Ludhiana on Thursday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
RTE Act yet to be implemented in city’s private schools
Ludhiana, January 6
Though the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act has come into force, private schools of the city and the Punjab State Education Advisory Boards established by the state government have failed to implement the Act.
Roads in bad shape
Social activists observe protest week
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 6
Activists of a few social organisations have decided to observe the “Road Safety Week” as a protest week.
Upset over the apathetic attitude of Public Works Department (Bridge and Roads) officials towards the construction and repair of roads, members of a few social, constitutional and religious organisations lit candles on potholed roads.
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Dance With Me |
Members of the Astha Ladies Club perform dance ahead of the Lohri celebrations
in Ludhiana on Thursday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
Pvt college teachers without salary for eight months
Threaten to launch agitation
Mandi
Ahmedgarh, January 6
To protest against the “apathetic attitude” of the state government towards their “demands”, activists of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union
(PCCTU) have decided to launch an agitation.
Schools flay govt move on water, sewage charges
Ludhiana, January 6
Accusing the Punjab government of according them “stepmotherly treatment”, schools affiliated with the Punjab State Education Board have strongly condemned the former’s proposal to levy commercial tariffs for water supply and sewage on them.
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Emphasis on reaching out to elderly
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Ludhiana, January 6
"Joint family system is good, but unfortunately the gap between the East and the West is narrowing,” said Dr Manjit Singh Kang, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University
(PAU) while inaugurating a seminar on “Senior Citizens: Health and Financial Security,” here today.
Participants take part in a seminar organised for senior citizens at PAU
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‘Include greens in diet for health security’
Ludhiana, January 6
A state-level monthly meeting of the PAU Kisan Club was held in the Dr Borlaug Wheat auditorium at the PAU wherein a large number of farmers and farm women members of the club participated.
Experts of the PAU provided technical information on new technologies for crops and allied agricultural ventures.
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Philanthropists felicitated at govt school
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 6
Philanthropists, extending financial help to improve education standard in government institutes, were felicitated at a function organised at Government Senior Secondary School, Kalakh, yesterday.
Warning to fertilizer distributors
Ludhiana, January 6
Chief agriculture officer Dr Rajinder Singh Pandher yesterday issued a warning to distributors in the district who were forcibly selling other farm items with fertilizers to farmers.
Woollens, blankets distributed
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 6
The local unit of the Rotary Club celebrated New Year in a unique manner by distributing blankets to the poor and beggars.
Dr Bhupinder Singh Bedi, former president, was instrumental in
organising the event.
Man kills wife, commits suicide
Khanna, January 6
A man committed suicide after killing his wife at Kartar Nagar here. Their younger son had
gone to the school and their daughter was at house. Eldest son of the couple had gone to meet some relative.
Bikers’ gang busted
Ludhiana, January 6
With the arrest of two persons, the Sudhar police has claimed to have busted a gang of vehicle lifters, who had spread panic in the area with their repeated strikes.
The police has recovered a stolen bike and two stolen scooters from their possession.
Drug peddler nabbed
Ludhiana, January 6
The Sudhar Police has arrested one person and recovered 1,700 tablets used as drugs from his possession.
The accused, identified as Sukhcharan Singh, alias Charna, a resident of Heran village, used to sell these tablets to spread drug addiction in the area.
National throwball meet begins
Ludhiana, January 6
The stage is set for the 33rd edition of the National Throwball Championship slated to be held here at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) campus from January 7 to 9.
Table soccer: CS school students bring laurels
Mandi Gobindgarh, January 6
Students of CS International School brought laurels to the school by clinching gold and silver medals in the Indo-Nepal International Table Soccer championship held in Nepal.
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