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Operation clean-up: Minister visits hospital, marks inquiry
Ludhiana, May 27
Swinging into action following the capturing of plight of the destitute patients by a Tribune team in the male ward of the Civil Hospital, state Health Minister Satpal Gosain, today constituted a two-member committee, including senior medical official, Samrala, and senior medical official, Macchiwara, to fix responsibility in the case.
Blind murder solved, three arrested
Ludhiana, May 27
Fight over refusing to gamble again and sharing the booty led to the murder of a 42-year-old man, who was found dead in a park located in Rajguru Nagar's B- Block on May 7.With the arrest of three persons, the city police has claimed to have solved the murder mystery of Balwindr Singh, who was strangulated to death by three of his friends.
Asiad Circus told to stop operations from gurdwara land
Ludhiana, May 27
The Asiad Circus, being run in Ludhiana for over a month was asked to stop its operation today after it landed in a controversy following the use of gurdwara land in the Shimlapuri area.The members of the Gurdwara Dharamshala at Gill village were gunning for the organisers for some time and had even knocked at the doors of the court.
marching orderS;A view of the circus in the Shimlapuri area in Ludhiana. A tribune photograph
A feast for literature lovers
Ludhiana, May 27
The Punjabi Sahit Academy, Ludhiana, has relived Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by re-editing and publishing a series of 12 books of this Noble Prize winner laureate during his 150th birth anniversary year.
GURuDEV IN PUNJABI;
Rabindranath Tagore’s immortal works translated into Punjabi by Punjab Sahit Academy are on display at the reference literacy in Punjabi Bhavan, Ludhiana.
Photo: Inderjit Verma
MC all set to start e-billing
Ludhiana, May 27
A good news for city residents! Gone are the days when the residents would have to stand in queues for paying their water supply, sewerage and house tax bills.
Activists demand picture of cancer-stricken mouth on cigarette packs
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 27
Accusing the Union Health Ministry of buckling under the pressure of the powerful tobacco lobby for showing soft pictorial depiction on cigarette packs, office-bearers and activists of social, religious and constitutional organisations have demanded for replacement with a picture of cancer-stricken mouth.
on the move;
A girl performs dance during the concluding day of the seven-day NSS camp at Guru Nanak Girls College in Ludhiana on Friday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Deprived of justice, guard meets SSP
Jagraon, May 27
Deprived of justice by police officials, a resident of Dangian village, near here, met SSP Ludhiana (rural) Gursharan Singh Sandhu and sought action against two youths of the same village, who hurled racial remarks against his family and beat up his son.
NALSA secy inspects legal aid clinic
Ludhiana, May 27
National Legal Services Authority’s (NALSA) member U Sarath Chandran today inspected the working of the legal aid clinic and mediation centres being run here at district courts complex.
Without books, teachers, students have sleepless nights
Doraha, May 27
Is it not a matter of pity for students of Classes VIII, IX and X studying in schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) that they are forced to go to schools without books for the past two months?
Tributes paid to Jawaharlal Nehru
Ludhiana, May 27
Tributes were paid to the first Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 47th death anniversary at prayer meetings organised at several places in the city. The District Congress Committee
(DCC) observed the occasion as “inspiration day” to perpetuate the memory of Nehru, describing him as a far-sighted and visionary leader, who took India to new heights after Independence.
A Congress worker pays tributes to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary in Ludhiana on Friday. A Tribune photograph
General secy of PAU Employees Union suspended
Ludhiana, May 27
Disagreeing with the employees union proved dear for General Secretary Lakhwinder Singh, as he was suspended from the PAU Employees Union for making comments against the union president Harbans Singh Mundi.
Garment excise levy pushes industry to the wall
Ludhiana, May 27
The recent imposition of 10 per cent excise duty on readymade garments has dealt a heavy blow to the city’s textile industry that was already beset by other problems. After its efforts to persuade the government to roll back the excise levy came to a naught it has now proposed the duty be levied on yarn (first stage of production) in place of the garment stage.
‘Development claims by SAD-BJP govt hollow’
Ludhiana, May 27
Ludhiana MP and spokesperson of Indian National Congress Manish Tewari today termed the claims of development made by the SAD-BJP government in Punjab, as hollow, which were aimed at misleading the people of the state.
Auto-rickshaw drivers allege harassment by transport dept
Ludhiana, May 27
Accusing transport department of causing harassment and acts that will throw thousands of poor auto-rickshaw drivers out of business, the Clock Tower Auto-Rickshaw Union today served an ultimatum to the government to make amendments, failing which, the union would be left with no other alternative than to launch an agitation soon.
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Wanting excellent performance from a “below-average” student proved too much to handle for a schoolteacher here
yesterday.
