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Girls outshine boys again
Ludhiana, May 21
Girls have yet again outplayed boys by securing top positions in all four streams in the Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) Class XII results.
Garima tops dist with 98 pc
Achiever who helped others
Turning stumbling blocks into stepping stones
 Ludhiana, May 23
He turned his stumbling blocks into stepping stones, but not without overcoming pain. Goormeet Singh, a student of BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School here, who scored 90.4 per cent in humanities, has an inspirational tale for all.
Goormeet Singh, who scored 90.4 per cent in humanities despite suffering from juvenile reactive arthritis and complex regional pain syndrome, with his mother (left), father (behind him) and grandmother (right), at Panchkula on Monday.
Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal
Website glitches in result download
Ludhiana, May 23
Students and schools tried to get the class XII CBSE result, which was declared today, at the earliest, but due to glitches in the CBSE website, www.cbse.nic.in, many had to face problems.
Rising costs hit MSME sector hard
Ludhiana, May 23
Punjab's MSME sector is in deep crisis due to rising prices. Ever since the process of economic reforms started in 1991,the cost of capital has become too high to absorb in these competitive times.
Toppers are civil services aspirants
Ludhiana, May 23
Majority of toppers who topped in different streams are aspiring to have a career in civil services. The district topper in all streams, Garima
Aneja, said, “I want to join the civil services because through this, one can bring corruption to an end. I personally feel that corruption is the main cause of all problems in India, so it should be tackled strictly. I aim to be a strict officer so that I can curb this menace."
Two students drown
Ludhiana, May 23
Two students who bunked school were feared to have drowned in Sidhwan Canal here today. The victims, identified as Gagandeep Singh, a resident of Dhandra road, and Sidharth of Model Town, both students of class X of Green Land Senior Secondary School, Dugri road, bunked school, along with their classmates Sunny, Ishan Monga and Nipundeep Singh and went to Gurdwara Karamsar, Rara Sahib to pay obeisance.
Civic bodies not conversant with terms
Mandi Ahmedgarh/ Raekot/Mullanpur Dakha, May 23
Compliance of the rules under the Municipal Solid Waste (management and handling) Act seems to be beyond the control of a majority of the civic bodies of the area.
Singing contest
Ludhiana: Away from the fiction of reality music competitions on television, Kundan Vidya Mandir organised a real singing competition-Sur Sangam. It was for students of classes LKG to XII. Five hundred students from Civil Lines and City Campus gave the audition, out of which 54 were selected for this mega event. MP Gupta, president, Kundan Lal Trust, was the chief guest.
Government urged to declare Sarabha’s ancestral home a national memorial
Sarabha village (Ludhiana), May 23
Residents of Sarabha have demanded that freedom fighter and martyr Kartar Singh Sarabha's ancestral house in the village should be declared a national monument.
Villagers keep alive martyr Kartar Singh’s legacy
Sarabha village (Ludhiana), May 23
Residents of this village have preserved Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha's memory with their several endeavours in the field of sports, social service and education.
BJP’s real face stands exposed: Congress
 Ludhiana, May 23
Activists of the District Congress Committee (DCC) led by its president Pawan Dewan today burnt an effigy of Punjab Local Bodies Minister Tikshen Sood for his alleged involvement in corruption during his tenure as a forest minister.
Anti-graft Congress activists burn an effigy of BJP minister Tikshen Sood in Ludhiana
on Monday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
BJP a divided house in city
Ludhiana, May 23
Months before the state assembly elections, the BJP seems to be a divided house. Health minister and senior BJP leader Satpal Gosain was to lay the foundation stones of two development projects in the city, but Senior Deputy Mayor Parveen Bansal gave a miss to both the functions.
Cops hand over runaway girl to parents
Ludhiana, May 23
A strained relationship with her husband and the inability of her poor parents to support her forced a 20-year-old woman, Amarjit Kaur, to flee her parental home in Chhapar village about 15 days ago.
Punjab govt sleeps over
rly overbridge proposals
Mandi Ahmedgarh/Payal,May 23
Residents of the region seem to have lost hopes of seeing railway overpasses at certain crucial level crossings on the Ludhiana-Dhuri and Ludhiana-Khanna lines.
Tumour removed from brain through open surgery
Ludhiana, May 23
About two years ago, 46-year-old Sarabjeet Kaur, a resident of Gurdaspur, used to experience headache, sometimes continuously and sometimes after regular intervals. Like everyone else, she took pain-killers. Some doctors said she had migraine while others said it was due to blood pressure. She kept running from pillar to post for relief.
Jagraon sans fire station
Jagraon, May 23
Residents are sore over dilly-delaying tactics of the local municipal council in setting up of a fire station despite numerous fire incidents in the past several years.
Industrialists vow to develop green belts
Ludhiana, May 23
The Focal Point Welfare Association, Khalsa Board, Phase-VII, Focal Point, yesterday announced to plant 778 saplings in the area.
Women lift bridal wear worth
Rs 24,000
Ludhiana, May 23
Four women accompanied by two men, stole bridal suits worth ` 24,000 from a boutique "Be-beautiful" at Pakhowal Road this afternoon.
PUDA sells booth sites in Samrala for
Rs 1 cr tribune News Service
Ludhiana, May 23
Nine booth sites in Old Tehsil Complex at Samrala were sold for nearly Rs 1 crore through public auction by the
Body of businessman found
Ludhiana, May 23
A businessman, Pawan Kumar Malhotra, 45 years, who lived near Daresi grounds died under mysterious circumstances last night. His body has been sent for the post-mortem examination. No case has been registered so far.
Three get life term
Ludhiana, May 23
A local court has convicted Avtar Singh of Janakpuri (son of an ex-councillor Malkiat
Kaur) and his two accomplices Inder Singh and Satwinder Singh of Janakpuri,
Ludhiana, in a murder case.
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