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Industry shutdown on May 12 to protest excise move
Ludhiana, May 10
The city’s industrialists are up in arms against the state excise & taxation department’s new notification according to which all dealers conducting intrastate (within Punjab) transactions are now required to upload information about the goods on the department's website, www.pextax.com, before a vehicle carrying the goods leave the dealer’s premises.
Rs 2 milk price hike set to upset budget
Ludhiana, May 10
Putting another dent in the common man’s pocket, the prices of milk will go up by Rs 2 from tomorrow. Milkfed has already announced to increase the procurement rates from May 11. Once Milkfed increases its rates, the other major suppliers, including Verka, and other milk companies and dairy owners will automatically increase the rate of milk.
Finally, Lakkar Bridge is history
Last two spans also pulled down
Ludhiana, May 10
The century-old Lakkar Bridge (foot overbridge) which was in the process of being dismantled to make way for a motorable railway overbridge (ROB) between the old city and the Civil Lines area joined annals of history as the remaining two spans were dismantled by a team of railway engineers and supporting staff in a three-hour-long operation here today. |
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| A crane lifts the cut-off span of Lakkar Bridge in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Photo: Inderjit Verma |
Frustrated, NGO on clean Sidhwan Canal mission
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Ludhiana, May 10
Rules are made to be broken. This holds true at least in case of Sidhwan Canal. It was in August 2007 when following the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the then District Magistrate banned throwing of garbage and litter into the water body.
Members of the Let's Clean Ludhiana Foundation urge residents not to throw garbage into Sidhwan Canal.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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Rash of vehicle thefts in city after brief lull
Ludhiana, May 10
After a pause lasting a few months, there has been a sudden spurt in vehicle lifting incidents in the city with eight scooters and two cars reported stolen in less than a week. On May 2 a Hyundai i20 was also reported to have been snatched at gunpoint by carjackers, who appear to be members of an organised gang.
Plastic Bag Ban
Manufacturers told to follow rules
Ludhiana, May 10
As a follow up measure of the ban on plastic bags of other than laid down specification, the district administration today asked the manufacturers and traders to strictly follow provisions of the Punjab Plastic Bags (Manufacture, Usage and Disposal) Control Act to avoid penal action which included imprisonment from three months to one year and a fine of Rs 25,000.
MC to construct roads in undeclared areas
Ludhiana, May 10
Decks have been cleared for the construction of roads and laying premix carpet on existing roads in undeclared areas (unapproved colonies) across the city.
At the meeting of the finance and contracts committee recently, there was an uproar over certain proposals for laying premix on a few existing roads and construction of roads in some undeclared areas, reportedly being pushed through by an SAD
legislator.
Vet varsity gets new dean, directors
Ludhiana, May 10
The board of management of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University today approved the names of officials of the university for a term of four years.
While giving information, Dr PD Juyal, Registrar, told Dr Harpal Singh Sandhu, a professor and former head, department of veterinary pharmacology and toxicology, has been selected as dean College of Veterinary Science,
GADVASU.
Exam Time
Guess papers working wonders for students
Sahnewal, May 10
What to talk of textbooks, even help books today are no more in vogue. The simple reason that why one should tax ones mind by indulging in thorough study, when “guess” is surely going to work.
Kang accused of launching vilification campaign
Ludhiana, May 10
The Punjab Agricultural University Teachers’ Association (PAUTA) has accused outgoing Vice-Chancellor Dr MS Kang of starting a vilification campaign against the farm university as he was not given an extension.
250 arthritis patients examined
Ludhiana, May 10
A total of 250 patients were examined during a free arthritis check-up camp at Dr JL Bassi Hospital (a unit of Bassi nursing home).
The camp was followed by a joint replacement awareness seminar.
‘Nutritional value high on priority of consumers’
Ludhiana, May 10
“Every new food should have unique selling feature and traditional food produced with modern technologies could offer competitive edge over food items introduced by
MNCs,” these remarks were made by CIPHET director, Dr RT Patil, while licensing the technology of extrusion-based products of millets and barley, especially tailor made for infants and children.
Apollo hospitals introduce MICS
Ludhiana May 10
The cardiac surgery department of Satguru Partap Singh Apollo Hospitals,
Ludhiana, has introduced multi-vessel beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery by the minimally invasive cardiac surgery
(MICS) technique. Now, the hospital has made full range of MICS surgeries available on regular basis. |
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| 78-year-old Rashpal Singh (left), who has been operated through MICS with doctors of SPS Apollo Hospitals in Ludhiana on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph |
Charitable institute under RTI ambit
Ludhiana, May 10
The RTI Activists’ Federation lauded the State Information Commission’s move of brining the charitable under the ambit of
RTI. While congratulating Ajit Singh and Harmanjit Singh, who had launched a crusade to being the charitable institution under the ambit of
RTI, the federation said the achievement would not have been possible without the effort of both RTI activists.
Kamla Lohtia gets new principal
Ludhiana, May 10
Dr Shiv Mohan Sharma joined as the principal of Kamla Lohtia SD College today. An alumnus from Panjab University, Dr Shiv Mohan Sharma has a teaching experience of 20 years. He did his doctorate from Panjab University, Chandigarh, in 1990.
From Schools
Table manners week
LUDHIANA:
Table manners week is being organised for students of Classes III-XII of Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha
Nagar. They are being taught table manners and certain decorum to be followed while eating one’s
meals.
Chef Hitesh Arora gives tips to students on table manners at Sacred Heart Convent School in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
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