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Meanwhile, MC employees busy collecting pending dues
Ludhiana, March 19
While city residents were busy celebrating Holi on Saturday, the Municipal Corporation (MC) staff, owing to acute financial crunch in the MC, was busy recovering pending dues from residents.
Swine flu death toll goes up to 11
Ludhiana, March 19
Another patient who had earlier been confirmed to have contracted swine flu, Urmila, 55, a resident of Bathinda, died today at Dayanand Medical College & Hospital (DMCH), taking the total death toll from the disease in the city to eleven.
Revellers keep cops on their toes
 Ludhiana, March 19
The police turned the city into a virtual fortress by taking tough security measures to thwart any attempt by rowdies and other “antisocial elements” to spoil the residents’ Holi festivities on Saturday. Checkposts were installed outside all women’s colleges as well at busy marketplaces to ensure female students did not face any harassment.
Cops guide vehicles during Holi in Ludhiana on Saturday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
MC’s window dressing impresses director
 Ludhiana, March 19
Impressed by the window dressing by the municipal corporation (MC) authorities, the director of the Local Bodies Department, SK Sharma, termed the mess created in the Feroze Gandhi market as just a “normal institutional failure” for which better planning needed to be done.
A view of the parking lot of the Feroze Gandhi market in Ludhiana. A file photo
DHO back to work, takes samples of edible oil
Ludhiana, March 19
Despite having faced humiliation on duty last week, District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Jagpal Singh was back to work today as he took samples of mustard and cottonseed oil, seized by the Basti Jodhewal police of during a raid in Shimla colony.
889 conferred degrees
Ludhiana, March 19
Annual convocation of Guru Nanak Girls’ College was held here today. Rahul Tiwari, Deputy Commissioner, was the chief guest.
After being conferred with degrees, students of Guru Nanak Girls College in a jubilant mood in Ludhiana on Saturday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Down the memory lane'
Ludhiana, March 19
Fine lines and gray hair failed to kill the camaraderie of the yesteryears, as was evident from the gestures of around 55 ex-students of Punjab Agricultural University
(PAU), who reunited today on the university campus.
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Youth brigade: (Top) The Holi spirit was all pervasive in Ludhiana on Saturday as girls apply colours to each other; and a group of boys on two-wheelers celebrate the festival of colours. Tribune photos: Himanshu Mahajan
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After two decades, LIT plans new
multi-storey flats
Ludhiana, March 19
If all goes well the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) will, after a gap of over 20 years, launch a new housing scheme for city residents by constructing multistoried apartments on its 8.8 acres of prime land that has been lying vacant in the Karnail Singh Nagar locality.
GCW peon reports on duty even after retirement
Draws one month’s salary; principal blames establishment clerk for gaffe
Ludhiana, March 19
In a typical example of callousness on the part of the authorities concerned, a Class IV employee (peon) working at the Government College for Women
(GCW) here not just continued with the job for more than one-and-a-half month after his retirement, but withdrew one month's salary, too.
Memories relived
Ludhiana, March 19
Guru Nanak Girls College, Model Town, Ludhiana, organised its annual alumni meet today.
Mother Teresa Award
Jagraon, March 19
Mother Teresa Institute of Medical Technology, Jagraon, organised its annual function here yesterday.
Ram Sharda, Peace Ambassador for Universal Peace Federation, Kenya, was the chief guest.
Carjackers on prowl in city
Armed assailants rob two persons of their vehicles
Ludhiana, March 19
Two cases of carjacking were reported in different parts of the city late last evening.
Four motorcycle-borne youths robbed a 14-year-old boy of his car in the Rishi Nagar area last evening. The incident took place when Aditya
Sood, a resident of Surya Vihar, was on his way to the market.
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