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Ajay Kumar is 2nd in commerce
Ludhiana, June 6
Sanjna, a student of BCM School, Jamalpur, was on cloud nine after she got to know she had ranked third in humanities in the state while securing the fifth slot in all streams in the results of the class 12 examinations conducted by the Punjab School Education Board. Her exhilaration knew no bounds when she learnt she was the district topper in class 12 in all streams.
Sleek sports cars hold city residents in awe
Ludhiana, June 6
City residents marvelled at the beauty of luxury sports cars that took part in a rally organized by Tyre Burners, an elite sports car club in the region.
Proud owners of hi-end sports cars who have formed a group ‘Tyre Burners’ taking out a rally in Ludhiana on Sunday evening. A Tribune photograph
Cong, SAD in credit war on road carpeting
Ludhiana, June 6
The ruling SAD-B and the major opposition party in the civic body - the Congress, are once again involved in a credit war over carpeting of a road in the city, which saw the laying of the stone for the project twice within a span of just an hour - once by the councillor of ward no 39 Sanjay Talwar of the Congress, and then again by Baljit Singh
Bindra, son of a former SAD-B councillor.
One-upmanship Congress councillor from ward No. 39 Sanjay Talwar along with others inaugurates the project for the carpeting of road from Khud Mohalla to Pothohar School, near old Civil Hospital, in Ludhiana on Monday.
‘UPA not serious on issue of graft, black money’
Jagraon, June 6
Workers of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and the Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) held a protest march in Jagraon today against the central government’s action against Yoga guru Swami Ramdev and his followers at New Delhi’s Ram Leela ground on Saturday night.
Move to keep youngsters off water bodies launched
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 6
With the administration yet to initiate steps to prevent incidents of drowning taking place in canals and ponds, office-bearers of social and religious organisations of the region have launched a move to check youngsters roaming around water bodies.
Cong workers stay divided in Jagraon
Jagraon, June 6
Senior Congress leader and MLA from the Koom Kalan assembly constituency, Ishar Singh Meharban, who is preparing ground to contest the next assembly elections from the reserved assembly constituency Jagraon, got a jolt when a large number of Congress workers of the Jagraon area led by present MLA Gurdeep Singh Bhaini demanded from the party high command to give the party ticket to a local candidate and not an outsider like Ishar Singh Meharban. The demand was made during a meeting of the Jagraon Bhalai Manch here yesterday.
Anxious moments for students as website not updated
Ludhiana, June 6
City students faced anxious moments after the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) authorities failed to update their website despite announcing the result here today.
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Right path |
NCC cadets from different colleges participate in a drill during the annual training camp at the Khalsa College for Women in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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Girls outshine boys again
Ludhiana, June 6
In Class XII result of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), Mohali, which was declared today, although boys bagged the first two positions, the overall result of girls was good. This was said by Suresh Tandon, vice-chairman of PSEB, Mohali, while talking to the Tribune.
Online result available today
Ludhiana, June 6
The Punjab School Education Board, Mohali, has declared the state merit list of Class XII today, but the online result will be available tomorrow at 7 am on the PSEB website.
Tanvir Singh is second in science stream
Sahnewal, June 6
Tanvir Singh, a student of Shakti Public Senior Secondary School,
Sahnewal, has secured the second position in the district and 32nd in the state in the science stream in the class XII examination of the Punjab School Education Board
(PSEB), the result of which was declared today.
Principals’ body condemns PU, DPI
Ludhiana, June 6
The Association of College Principals affiliated with Panjab University, Chandigarh, has expressed concern over the “dilly-dallying” attitude adopted by the university authorities and DPI (Colleges) in providing timely affiliation to various programmes and courses.
Engineering students to help reduce road traffic fatalities
Ludhiana, June 6
When thousands of college-going students in the state will be enjoying their summer-vacations with their families and friends, about 100 engineering students of Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College (GNDEC) here will act as road-safety auditors to critically examine and to find solution using scientific and data-led approach to mitigate and reduce the road crash fatalities on already identified "accidental black spots" in Punjab.
Rohit never flunked in school, says father
Ludhiana, June 6
In yet another twist to the suicide case of 11-year-old Rohit, who hanged himself from a ceiling hook on June 1, his parents have claimed that their son had not flunked ever in the school.
City residents to be issued unique IDs soon
Ludhiana, June 6
The state government is all set to provide unique IDs to the people of Punjab. In Ludhiana district, the process has already
begunUnder the project, each member belonging to the BPL category will get
Rs 100 from the state government for getting the unique ID made.
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Strumming the right chords |
Children learn to play the guitar at a summer camp being held at Lodhi Club in
Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
MC safai workers oppose privatisation
Ludhiana, June 6
While the top brass of the municipal corporation has maintained that regular or ad hoc sanitation staff will not be retrenched post-handing over of work of collection and disposal of solid waste to a private company, the MC employees are still apprehensive of adverse consequences on their job security.
Two drug stores raided
Ludhiana, June 6
On the instructions of health and family welfare minister Satpal
Gosain, officiating Civil Surgeon Dr Yashpal Mehta and district drug inspector Balram Luthra raided two drug stores — Drug Point, Chandigarh Road, and Poly Medical Store, Mundiyan Kalan — here today.
Musical concert enthrals audience
Ludhiana, June 6
Musical concert ‘Music for Better World’, featuring music artistes Madan Gopal Singh and Dhruv Sangari, organised by Media Artistes at Guru Nanak Dev Bhawan, left audience spellbound.
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Mutilated bodies of woman, son found
Ludhiana, June 6
Panic gripped the Dhandari area after highly decomposed bodies of a woman and her son were found from a shanty, near here, today.A boy living in the vicinity spotted the bodies and raised the alarm. Soon, residents assembled at the scene and informed the police about the incident.
JE caught taking bribe
Ludhiana, June 6
The vigilance bureau caught a junior engineer of the Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd, GS Marhia, red-handed while taking bribe here today.Marhia had demanded Rs 5,000 from Ankur Mahajan, who was trying to get a new connection of 65 kW for his newly established unit — M/s Manaya Textiles — located opposite the Central Jail on the Tajpur Road.
in the net:
The junior engineer of the PSPCL who was caught
red-handed by the vigilance bureau while taking bribe in Ludhiana on Monday. A Tribune photograph
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The Punjab Urban Development & Planning Authority’s (PUDA) plans to use the land on which the city police commissioner's official residence is situated for commercial purposes has hit a
roadblock.
