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Gun culture growing in city
Khaki under attack
Acid attack
City residents SPEAK OUT
Not enough cops for city of 16 lakh
City sizzles under blistering heat wave
Ludhiana, May 18
City residents are reeling under oppressive heat wave conditions with the day temperature about to cross 43 degrees Celsius. And the worst hit are those who have to travel long distances due to one reason or another under the scorching sun. Schoolgoing children are also facing the same acute discomfort although some schools have begun closing earlier due to the ongoing examinations.
Scooterists cover their faces to escape the sun. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
6 shortlisted for PAU VC’s post
Ludhiana, May 18
The three-man committee tasked with selecting the next incumbent of the prestigious position of vice chancellor of the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has reportedly received a list of 32 eligible candidates till May 5, of which about six considered "most suited" for the job have been "shortlisted". This has been done although the panel’s chairman, Punjab chief secretary SK Aggarwal, is abroad these days.
Stubble burning: Callous farmers add to rising mercury
Ludhiana, May 18
Though social organisations, NGOs and  environmentalists may be warning society against global warming, environmental degradation continues unabated in the region. Sudden rise in maximum temperature has not only heated but also polluted the environment, thanks to the callous attitude adopted by farmers, who continue to burn wheat stubble in fields despite being banned by the administration.
Burning of wheat straw continues unabated around Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Health Minister postpones first meeting of officials
Ludhiana, May 18
To take necessary preventive measures for saving the district from the menace of dengue, Punjab’s newly inducted Minister for Health and Family Welfare Satpal Gosain, who had first decided to call a meeting of all officers concerned today, postponed it.
‘Thermal plants to be completed on time’
Ludhiana, May 18
Claiming that the ongoing work on thermal power plants at Talwandi Sabo and Rajpura was quite satisfactory, chairman and managing director of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited KD Choudhry said projects were well on schedule or rather a little ahead. Once these projects start generating power, the state will become power surplus.
Ludhiana scan
Minority panel chief meets Pak Hindus
Khanna, May 18
The Punjab State Minority Commission has decided to take the issue resettling Hindu families from Pakistan with the Central government.
Consumer accuses PSPCL of harassment
Ludhiana, May 18
The refusal to bow to the persistent demand of bribe by a low-rung field employee for waiving a challan has cost a shopkeeper at the Railway Colony at the Focal Point here dear.
Excise dept gives more powers to inspectors
Ludhiana, May 18
The city’s traders got the much needed respite on Wednesday after excise & taxation commissioner A Venu Parsad announced the filing details of intrastate trade transactions online had been made optional. He was in the city to hold a meeting with excise department officials.
MC to raise Rs 62-crore loan by pledging prime land
Ludhiana, May 18
The cash-strapped municipal corporation is all set to mortgage four acres of its prime commercial property on the city’s Hambran Road to raise a loan of about Rs 62 crore from Housing & Urban Development Corp Ltd (HUDCO), a financing institution.
Two labourers die in landslide
Jagraon, May 18
At least two labourers died in a landslide at Amargarh Kaler village, about 6 kilometers here today evening. Another labourer survived after a few villagers and others present on the accident site pulled him out.
Doctors examine a landslide victim at a civil hospital in Jagraon. Photo by writer
From schools
PAU union chief ends hunger strike
Ludhiana, May 18
After being given an assurance by the Financial Commissioner Development and acting PAU VC NS Kang, the hunger strike by the president of the PAU Employees Union was called off today.
PAU Notes
Farewell to MBACIT passouts
Ludhiana, May 18
Master Tara Singh College for Women arranged a farewell party for fourth-semester students of MBACIT here recently. First-year students gave brilliant performances and enthralled the audience.
Students pose during a farewell party at the Master Tara Singh College for Women in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Book on tax laws released
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 18
Terming lack of knowledge about tax laws as major impediment in the growth of small and middle class entrepreneurs, office-bearers of a social welfare organisation announced to provide copies of recently published book “Punjab and VAT Manual and ready reckoner” to organisations working for welfare of traders and industrialists of the area free of cost.
Stamp paper crunch hits legal work
Ludhiana, May 18
Litigants and persons intending to file civil suits for the recovery of outstanding amounts are facing a difficult time due to the non-availability of judicial stamps and stamp papers. The reason: a week-long strike by ministerial employees across the state.
Man kills cop,
arrested
Samrala, May 18In yet another case of honor killing, a man cut into pieces paramour of his daughter and them into a canal. The man has been identified as Gulzar Mohammed.
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