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Basic amenities lacking at office
Ludhiana, May 28
There is no seating arrangement for people coming to the Passport Seva Kendra
(PSK) and the applicants and people accompanying them have to wait for their turn by sitting on stairs. There are no fans or toilets for the people visiting the office.
agonising:
People wait for their turn on the stairs outside the Passport Seva Kendra in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Cong councillor guns for MC engineer
Ludhiana, May 28
The Congress party councillor from ward no 35, Parminder Mehta, has accused a municipal corporation executive engineer, PK Chadha, of “ignoring” him as well as three other three councillors at a function at which Punjab health minister Sat Pal Gosain laid the foundation stone of a new road to be built in the city. Mehta has also shot off a letter to MC commissioner AK Sinha demanding “disciplinary action” against Chadha.
Little change in situation
Ludhiana, May 28
The suddenly conducted raid at Lord Mahavira Civil Hospital by Health and Family Welfare Minister Satpal Gosain on a wake-up call by Ludhiana Tribune (on May 27) could not make much difference.
job half done:
The male ward at the Civil Hospital, which was cleaned on Friday, after the state Health Minister Satpal Gosain’s visit is yet to witness a proper clean-up. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
1 held for selling fake degrees
Ludhiana, May 28
An eight-member gang said to be operating from a ‘karyana’ (grocery) stores in the city’s Ambedkar Nagar locality has reportedly sold bogus academic degrees and certificates for anything between Rs 40,000 and Rs 50,000 to hundreds of young “students”.
Migrant worker’s son clears IIT
Ludhiana, May 28
Poverty didn’t seem to have deterred the spirits of this teenaged boy, who has cleared the IIT examination by securing 2,616 rank.Son of a migrant worker, Hemant Kumar (17), who hails from Araria district of Bihar, used to pedal more than 20 km daily from his house located on the Tibba road to his coaching centre at Model Town Extension, here.
DEFYING ODDS :
Hemant Kumar (second from right), who scored the 2,616 rank in the IIT examination, with his parents in Ludhiana on Saturday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Twins clinch top university positions
Ludhiana, May 28
Twin sisters, Manika Garg and Ranika Garg, students of Khalsa College for Women, here bagged top university positions (first and fourth) in BCA final year, the results of which were declared today by Panjab University,
Chandigarh.
(Left) Ranika; (Right) Manika
Industry seeks cap on furnace oil rate
Ludhiana, May 28
The local industry has urged the government to cap the rate of furnace oil at Rs 20 per litre in order to save it from further downward spiral. It is ironic that a subsidy of Rs 16 per litre is given on diesel to run luxury cars but small and medium industries, which provide livelihood to millions, are being ignored.
Transport body to boycott tyres company
Ludhiana, May 28
The North India Motor Road Transport Association has decided to boycott Apollo Tyres at national level from June 2 onwards. Association members stated that this is done because tyre manufacturers of the country have increased the prices of tyres manifold in the last 10 months.
IG (Zonal) visits city
Ludhiana, May 28
To monitor the working of commissionerate system in Ludhiana district, Rohit Chaudhry, IG (Zonal), visited the Police Lines here today and met senior police officials. According to information, Chaudhry visited the Police Lines, various police stations, control room and single window as a part of the inspection.
Farmers told to protect plants from heat stress
Ludhiana, May 28
Heat stress in horticultural plants is a problem during summers. Extended periods of heat can take a toll on orchards and field plantations, say agricultural experts.Weather forecast, meanwhile, indicates that some dust storms are likely in the next two days.
NGO joins CMCH for thalassaemia test
Ludhiana, May 28
NGO Salaam Zindagi, which is actively holding blood donation camps for thalassaemic patients, along with the adoption of 67 thalassaemic kids of Ludhiana, has now launched an awareness campaign in colleges.
‘Fish farming needs to be promoted’
Ludhiana, May 28
To enhance fish production and productivity in the country, horizontal and vertical expansions were necessary. More area under fish farming, particularly salt affected and waterlogged area was required to be included if pisciculture had to be promoted.
Senior citizens get tips for hale and hearty life
Ludhiana, May 28
Senior citizens of the city were given interesting tips for healthy and long life from Dr Harinder Singh Bedi, head of cardio vascular and thoracic surgery at the Christian Medical College & Hospital (CMCH) here today.They got these tips here during a special talk organised by the Senior Citizens Group of Ludhiana at community centre in BRS
Nagar.
Dr HS Bedi, head, department of cardio vascular and
thoracic surgery at the CMCH gives a lecture to senior citizens in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Paramedics trained in newborn care
Ludhiana, May 28
The Ludhiana Academy of Pediatrics (LAP) organised a “Basic newborn care and resuscitation programme” (BNCRP) part I in association with the Indian Medical Association (IMA) here recently.
Cricketer Reetinder Sodhi ties the knot
Ludhiana, May 28
Former Indian cricket team all-rounder Reetinder Singh Sodhi (30) of Patiala tied the knot with city-based Prabhdeep Kaur here today.The marriage, that was kept a low-key affair, was attended by close relatives of the all-rounder.
Hooked Cricketer Reetinder Singh Sodhi with his wife Prabhdeep Kaur after their marriage in Ludhiana on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
Treatment of Type-II diabetes through bariatric surgery discussed
Ludhiana, May 28
Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) today organised its fifth obesity support group meeting here today.
Physically challenged tops among boys in BCA results
Ludhiana, May 28
Suffering from mylites post viral infection since the tender age of nine, Rahul Duggal, a student of
BCA final year from SCD College for Boys, has topped in BCA final year in the city amongst boy students, the results of which were declared by Panjab University, Chandigarh, today.
CPS Harish Rai Dhanda offers sweets to Rahul Duggal for his achievement in Ludhiana on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
LIT nets Rs 2.84 cr by auctioning 11 properties
Ludhiana, May 28
The Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) sold a residential plot and 10 built-up booths for Rs 2.84 crore in a public auction that continued till late in the evening on Monday. The properties with a reserve price of little over Rs 2.18 crore went at a premium of 30.25 per cent.
Don’t ignore your child’s vision
Ludhiana, May 28
There is common practice that when a child complains of headache while studying, parents usually scold them by saying that it’s their excuse not to study. But this usual complaint of children should be taken seriously.
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2 convicted for attacking
ex-councillor
Ludhiana, May 28
Judicial Magistrate Atul Kamboj has convicted Baldev Kumar, alias Happy of Basti Gujjran and Hardial Gumber of Bal Singh Nagar, Rahon road, Ludhiana, on the charges of attacking an ex-councillor, Harbansh Lal Fanta.
City girl bags silver medal in international championship
Ludhiana, May 28
It was a dream came true for Damini
Mahajan, a class VIII student of Sat Paul Mittal School, who recently won a silver medal in the International Yoga Championship held at Hong Kong last week.She has won many state, national and international yoga championships in India, but this is her first medal in a foreign land, for which she dreamt of in the year 2008.
Damini Mahajan at the Ludhiana railway station after winning a silver medal at an International Yoga Championship held in Hong Kong. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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When Sachin Sood, a businessman and resident of Vishal Nagar, received his daughter Kshitija's passport, he was shocked to see that the authorities had wrongly mentioned male against the sex column. Not only this, his residential address was also wrong.
