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No lessons learnt from past
Ludhiana, June 7
It is not the first time that such an incident has occured in the city. In the recent past, several labourers have lost their lives at construction sites in the city.
PSEB result
Ashish didn’t live to relish his success
Ludhiana, June 7
Had he got over with his anxiety over appearing for the class 12 examination, Ashish would have a reason to live. The 18-year-old scored a not-so-bad 58 percent in the exam, the results of which were declared by the Punjab School Education Board on Tuesday.
It’s fruit of labour, pure and simple
Ludhiana, June 7
At a time when most school students demand a host of facilities to help them in scoring well in examinations, a student of Everest Model Senior Secondary School, Moti Nagar, has excelled in studies as well as sports despite nagging ill health.
Simple Chhetri
Woman booked for sending ‘threatening’ SMSes to cop
Ludhiana, June 7
After investigations spanning over 10 months, the division no 8 police booked a woman under the Information Technology Act, 2000 for reportedly sending “threatening” SMS messages to an assistant
subinspector. However, it was later ascertained she was his brother-in-law’s estranged wife who had sent him the text messages.
MC demolishes five illegal colonies
Ludhiana, June 7
Taking a tough stand against illegal colonies spread across different parts of the city, municipal corporation officials demolished five such colonies located in different parts of the city today.
levelled Demolished walls of a house in an illegal colony that was razed during a drive by municipal corporation officials on the Tibba Road in Ludhiana on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
Website glitches keep schools in a fix
Ludhiana, June 7
The Punjab School Education Board,
Mohali, declared the result class XII today on its official website
www.pseb.ac.in. But many schools remained at the receiving end as the website glitches hindered the school wise downloading of the result.
Cadets organise rally against female foeticide
Ludhiana, June 7
The 3 Punjab (Girls) BN NCC, Ludhiana, organised a rally against female foeticide here today.
The cadets raised slogans and made the masses aware of the unethical practice. The rally was organised under the guidance of Lt Col. Subhash
Sehgal. The cadets passed through many areas.
sharing knowledge NCC cadets educate commuters regarding traffic rules at the
Bhai Bala Chowk in Ludhiana on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
Poor performance by govt schools
DEO blames it on background of students
Ludhiana, June 7
Students of about a dozen private schools of Ludhiana district have excelled by getting their names registered in the state merit list of the Punab School Education Board class XII results. However, contrary to it there are only three Government Senior Secondary Schools in the distict whose students could make it to the merit list.
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Cooling off |
With mercury rising in the city, children dive in canal water to beat the heat.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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No physics teacher at govt school in Sahnewal
Sahnewal, June 7
Science students of the Government Senior Secondary School for Girls, Sahnewal, are those ill-fated ones, who have the knack to study science, but have no teacher to teach or guide them in the school.
Students of GN Model School excel
Doraha, June 7
The class XII students of Guru Nanak Model Senior Secondary School, Doraha, have brought laurels to the institution by giving 100 per cent result in the Punjab School Education Board Examinations, the results of which were declared yesterday
PAU Notes
Ludhiana Scan
From Schools
MC employee arrested for paddling charas
Ludhiana, June 7
A class-IV employee of the municipal corporation has been arrested for paddling 4.9 kg charas worth Rs 2.5 lakh in the international market. The accused, identified as Kuldeep Singh, had been deputed in the Sherjung area of Zone A of the corporation.
minor’s rape
Suspect detained, DNA sent to lab
Ludhiana, June 7
The Sadar police is inching closer to cracking the week-old rape case of an 11-year-old girl. Sources said a 45-year-old man had been detained for questioning and his DNA had been sent to the laboratory for testing.
Filing of tax refunds to get easier
Ludhiana, June 7
Applying for tax credit and tax refund is going to become easier in the days to come. The income tax department is planning to start the facility of applying for tax refunds and tax credits through ATMs (automated teller machines).
LIT hikes allowance for maintenance of parks
Ludhiana, June 7
The park management committees (PMC) in residential colonies developed by the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) in the city will be given maintenance fee at an increased rate of Rs 1.5 as against the Re 1 per sq ft per month. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the trustees of the LIT here yesterday.
Fire victims accuse MLA of desertion
Ludhiana, June 7
Hundreds of people who were left homeless in a major fire that broke out in their shanties at Hussainpura village in April last year today alleged that the Akali MLA, who at that time had promised compensation, had left them to fend for themselves.
standing up for due Children of victims of fire at Hussainpura village protest against MLA Darshan Singh Shivalik in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Photo: Inderjeet verma
Oswal management ready to bend for nurses, not sweepers; strike continues
 Ludhiana, June 7
The seven-day-old strike by nurses of Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation took a new turn when the hospital management agreed to effect a compromise with the agitating nurses but refused entry to hospital sweepers who had joined the nurses in the protest.
first Casualty
Hasrjot Kaur, a staff nurse of Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, admitted to the CMC following a heatstroke in Ludhiana on Monday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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Ludhiana, June 7
