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A winner all the way
Kila Raipur, February 3
White humped bull, synonymous with the bullock cart race during the Kila Raipur sports festival, is a prized possession of Harchand Singh’s family.
Avtar Singh and Gurbhachan Singh, kin of Harchand Singh, a resident of Dhandari village, bought this bull three years ago from
Himmat Singh of Kalakh village for
Rs 7 lakh.
Prized possession:
A bullock worth Rs 7 lakh that won all the heats at the Kila Raipur Olympics on Thursday . Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
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690 yards in just 19.12 seconds
Rurka pair fastest in bullock cart race
Kila Raipur, February 3
Covering a distance of 690 yards in just 19.12 seconds, bullocks owned by Nahar Singh of Rurka village emerged as the fastest pair at the Platinum Edition of Kila Raipur Rural Sports that began at the Grewal Stadium near here today.
National status eludes Kila Raipur games
Kila Raipur, February 3
Eleven years after the Union Ministry of Tourism featured Kila Raipur rural games, popularly knows as the “Rural Olympics” in its calendar as a place of tourist interest, the successive state and Centre governments have failed to recognise the event as a national festival.
3 women teachers among 5 booked for fraud
Had submitted fake experience certificates to education dept
Ludhiana, February 3
The lure of a government job and secure future has landed three women and two male teachers in trouble as two years after investigation, the city police today booked them for committing fraud with the education department.
Another robbery in city
Man shot at, loses Rs 1 lakh
Ludhiana, February 3
In yet another daring broad daylight robbery, armed assailants fired two shots at a man and fled with Rs 1 lakh from Randhir Singh Nagar here this afternoon.
The incident took place right in front of the Lodhi Club, when the victim, identified as Pramod Sharma (38), a resident of the Dugri Dhandra road who works as manager at a timber store located in Thrike village, was
approaching his office on a scooter.
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Students ‘thrashed’ by teacher
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Ludhiana, February 3
Allegations and counter-allegations flew high at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Cemetery Road, this afternoon after two students of Class XI levelled allegations of thrashing against their DP discipline in charge) teacher.
Saurabh and Sanjay, both students of Government Multipurpose School, Cemetery Road, show injury marks after they were allegedly thrashed by a teacher.
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V-Day
Love birds in search of the perfect gift
Cards with voice recorders, love cheque books latest this season
Ludhiana, February 3
With Valentine's Day around the corner, love is in the air. As expected, lovers are going all out to make the day special and memorable for their beloved.
Tokens to woo: Valentine’s Day gifts adorn stores across Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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Recession helped fraudsters to make moolah
Ludhiana, February 3
While recession taught the world the significance of saving, it taught the con quartet of Ashwani Kumar of Kharar, Ajay Kumar Khurana of Ludhiana, Amit Sacchar of Jalandhar and Narinder Kumar of Mohali how to make moolah out of a crisis situation.
Powercom fritters away funds in overpaying staff
Ludhiana, February 3
Even though Punjab State Power Corp Ltd (PSPCL) is not exactly flush with funds and lack of financial resources has always been an excuse for poor capital maintenance and slow expansion of distribution network in the city, yet some its branches have been squarely blamed for squandering funds and, on top of it, getting away with it.
Creativity holds no bar
Jail inmates pitch in for hosiery industry
Ludhiana, February 3
To keep them busy and in an attempt to forget the bitter memories of their past, the inmates of Women Jail, Tajpur road, contribute to the Ludhiana's hosiery industry.
Jail inmates doing embroidery on shawls in
Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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Non-fulfillment of demands
FCI workers rally against mgmt
Jagraon, February 3
The FCI Workers’ Union held a rally in front of the FCI depot today in support of their long pending demands. The rally was presided over by Nahar Singh, president of the depot. Members of the union raised slogans against the FCI management and the government on the occasion.
Banker Scheme
Get quick I-Tax refunds now
Ludhiana, February 3
Under the Refund Banker Scheme, the income tax refunds are now issued directly from Mumbai. Processing of returns filed till August 31, 2010, has been done locally. Till December 31, 2010, refund cheques for Rs 101 crore have been issued.
VACANT POSTS IN AGRICULTURE DEPT
BKU’s Rajewal lambasts govt
Ludhiana, February 3
Coming to the rescue of striking students of Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), president of the Bharti Kisan Union (Rajewal) Balbir Singh Rajewal today lambasted the state government for not paying attention towards the demands of students.
From Colleges
Career counselling
LUDHIANA: Placement cell of Government College for Women,
Ludhiana, organised a career counselling session for students by a team from University of
Sakatchawan, Canada. The team members were Lisa Shepard, manager of admissions, and Dr Baljit Singh Gill, associate dean, research and adviser for teaching at University of
Saskatchawan.
Story-telling contest at KVM school
Ludhiana, February 3
The sub-junior humanities forum of the primary section of Kundan Vidya Mandir
(KVM) school organised an English paper-reading contest for classes I and II and English story-telling contest for classes III to V here today.
NCC cadets honoured
Ludhiana, February 3
NCC cadets of No. 4 Punjab Air Squadron NCC, Ludhiana, who returned to the city after attending the Republic Day Camp-2011 in New Delhi, were honoured here today by Commanding Officer Wing Cdr HS
Gulati.
Wing Cdr HS Gulati (centre) and the cadets, who returned from the Republic Day Camp, pose for a photograph in Ludhiana on Thursday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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Issuance of certificates
Physically challanged feel cheated
Phillaur, February 3
More than 30 physically challaned persons, who had gone to a local civil hospital to get “disabled certificates” as advised by a BDPO at a camp organised on January 21, felt cheated.
Three days on, no trace of girl
Ludhiana, February 3
It has been three days since a girl was abducted by her fiance 10 days ahead of their scheduled wedding, but 70 hours after the incident, there has been no trace of the girl from the Shimlapuri area of the city.
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