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MP, DC upset with senior docs
Ludhiana, June 10
It was an embarrassing moment for officials of the health department as well as Deputy Commissioner Rahul Tewari today when the latter lost his temper and pulled up his officials for being completely in the woods about the details of funds released under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) during the District Monitoring and Vigilance committee meeting here today.
MC officials off on yet another UK junket
Ludhiana, June 10
In yet another foreign junket, senior municipal corporation officials are all set to fly to the UK for a nine-day “technical tour” starting Saturday, the second such tour so far this year. Once in the UK, the group, comprising senior deputy mayor Parveen Bansal, MC finance & contracts committee member, Pal Singh Grewal, executive engineer of the MC operations & maintenance branch, Kamlesh Bansal, and executive engineer of its buildings & roads branch, HC Salaria, will ostensibly “look into” various projects including those on solid waste management, sewage treatment and patchwork on roads.
Monkey show at school violates animal rights
Ludhiana, June 10
It was an irony of sorts when a local playway school tried to sensitise schoolchildren about animal rights but ended up violating these very rights by organising a monkey ‘‘tamasha’’ on the school premises.
Cruelty Students of Maple Bear being shown a monkey show on the school campus.
A Tribune photograph
This doc’s heart still beats for Hussain
Ludhiana, June 10
It was in August 1989 when the beating heart of Maqbool Fida Hussain, the world-renowned painter, was stopped for 45 minutes by a team of doctors from Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, after he suffered from coronary artery disease.
Dr HS Bedi alongside a painting MF Hussain made for him. A Tribune photograph
HOLIDAY RUSH
No end to passengers’ woes, trains booked to capacity
Ludhiana, June 10
With Northern Railway authorities failing to make timely arrangements to meet the manifold increase in passenger traffic during summer holidays, and no special trains being run to cope with the rush, the passengers are at the receiving end.
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Huge rush at the Ludhiana Railway Station; and (right) a non-operational reservation counter with people still waiting for their turn. Photos: Inderjeet Verma |
LIT, civic body pass buck on illegal liquor vend
 Ludhiana, June 10
The municipal corporation appears to be taking one step forward and two steps back on the critical issue of removing illegal encroachments.
A view of the liquor vend located at a place where there once used to be a park in the L block of Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar. Photo: Inderejeet Verma
Woman accuses lawyer of slapping
Ludhiana, June 10
High drama was witnessed in the district court complex here today when a woman accused an advocate of slapping her. The woman identified as Ashu Sood claimed that she demanded her case files from the advocate, which upset the latter and he slapped her.
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Girls enjoy the pleasant weather with a splash of water at PAU in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
A2Z Infrastructure bags solid waste management contract
Ludhiana, June 10
There is some good news for residents of the the city, with the finance and contracts committee of the municipal corporation (MC) today clearing the solid waste management contract to A2Z Infrastructure Private Limited.
Protest by contractual workers of Suvidha centre
Khanna, June 10
On the call of the Punjab State Suvidha Karamchari Union, contractual employees of Suvidha centre, Khanna, pasted black flags on their arms to protest against the state government for not regularising them from the past six years.
Doraha College students excel in university exams
Doraha, June 10
Students of Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, have shown commendable results in annual examination conducted by Panjab University.
City students bag top five positions
Ludhiana, June 10
Five students from three city colleges bagged first five positions in B Com (II). The exams were conducted by Punjab University and results were declared today.
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| (Left) Grandmother, mother of Kriti, who topped in B.Com Ist
exam; (center) Namita along with her parents and (right) Akhilesh being greeted by his college principal. Photos: Mahesh Sharma, Himanshu Mahajan |
Food storage
Glass containers best: PAU study
Ludhiana, June 10
It’s a general observation that Indian housewives are in a habit of procuring non-perishable food items in plenty and then storing them for months.
Project to provide ‘unique identification’ to residents begins
Ludhiana, June 10
The project of providing unique identifications (UID) to all city residents started today. In the first phase, 20 municipal councillors and 22 MC officials were registered.
There’s no end to sexagenarian’s woes
Ludhiana, June 10
Jaswant Singh (61), a resident of Arseen village, near Mandi Ahmedgarh, is waging a lone battle against private financiers who usurped his entire life’s savings.
Malaria prevalent in 15 villages
Ludhiana, June 10
Malaria has spread its tentacles in about 15 villages on the banks of the Satluj. And the health department is busy spraying DDT, which according to experts is not effective on
mosquitoes.
SMO suspension
Ludhiana, June 10
Following the suspension of Dr US Sooch, Senior Medical Officer (SMO),
Ludhiana, a delegation of doctors and paramedical staff met the Punjab’s Health and Family Welfare Minister today. They discussed reasons behind the suspension of Dr Sooch and added that he should have been given a chance to present his case. The minister agreed to it and said that Dr Sooch would get a chance to present his case.
Another twist in gold bangles theft case
Ludhiana, June 10
The bangle-theft case during an NCC camp took another twist with the woman who lost her gold bangles worth Rs 1 lakh on June 3 turning out to be a Hindi teacher and in charge of NCC wing of BVM School in Kitchlu Nagar.
Burglars decamp with gold, cash worth Rs 5 lakh
Ludhiana, June 10
Burglars struck at a house in Peeru Banda in the city’s Salem Tabri locality on Thursday night and decamped with 25 ‘tolas’ (about 291.6 grams) of gold ornaments valued at nearly Rs 5 lakh along with Rs 12,000 in cash. The theft came to light on Friday morning when James
Masih, 58, a lab technician at the Christian Medical College & Hospital, reported it to the Salem Tabri police.
Ludhiana SCAN
BKU rejects MSP of rabi crops
Bharti Kisan Union has rejected minimum support price (MSP) of paddy and other kharif crops while demanding Rs 1,530 per quintal for paddy, Rs 4,000 for oil seeds and pulses and Rs 4,250 for cotton.
Inter-state gang of robbers busted
Mandi Gobindgarh, June 10
The district police of Fatehgarh Sahib claims to have solved a few crimes committed during the past three years with the arrest of four members of an inter-state gang of criminals, the District Police Fatehgarh Sahib claim to have solved all the crimes committed during the past 3 years. Most of the victims were traders of this industrial town of North India. This was stated by the district police chief Ranbir Singh Khatra during a press conference here today.
City cagers start campaign in style
Ludhiana, June 10
Hosts Ludhiana began their campaign in style with convincing victories in the boys as well as girls’ sections in the 62nd Junior Punjab State Basketball Championship that commenced at Guru Nanak Sports Complex here today.
AIMING HIGH Ludhiana and Sangrur boys fight it out in the opening match of the 62nd Junior Punjab State Basketball Championship at Guru Nanak Sports Complex in Ludhiana on Friday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
SAI inducts 46 players
Ludhiana, June 10
The Sports Authority of India (SAI), training centre being run here at the multi-purpose hall of Guru Nanak Sports Complex, inducted 46 young talented players under its sports promotion scheme for 2011-12.
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Ludhiana, June 10
