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Six-decade-long wait for dues still on
Ludhiana, June 24
She lost her husband when she was pregnant. Her son, who was born three months after her husband’s death, is in his 60s now, but Daleep Kaur has still to get her husband’s
dues. Daleep Kaur, who is in her mid-80s, is a resident of Balle village of Ludhiana district. “My husband Ajaib Singh was a soldier and sacrificed his life for the nation in 1951. I started getting a pension of Rs 16 per month, which is Rs 5,000 now.
what a struggle Daleep Kaur, who lost her husband six decades ago, is still waiting for dues. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Defence officer’s greeting overwhelms ex-serviceman
 Ludhiana, June 24
It was a big moment for Hakam Singh, an ex-serviceman, who had come all the way from his village to participate in the Defence Pension Adalat held at Guru Nanak Dev Bhawan here, when the Additional Controller of Defence Accounts walked out of the auditorium to shake hands with him.
courtesy call AK CHopra, Additional Controller of Defence Accounts, New Delhi, greets a pensioner, Hardev Singh, during an adalat in Ludhiana on Friday. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Patients suffer as chemists go on three-day off
Sahnewal, June 24
The three-day vacations of the medical stores and chemists shops have come down heavily upon patients, who are forced to run from pillar to post to get their prescribed medicines, but to no avail.
3 killed in head-on collision
Sahnewal, June 24
All three occupants of a Jeep were killed when a bus hit it head-on at Heeran village, near
Kohara, on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh road early this morning.
CM’s says one thing, but babus do another
Ludhiana, June 24
Who is bigger -- a babu or the Chief Minister of Punjab? The question was doing the rounds during a
district advisory meeting held at the Circuit House here today.
PSPCL turns around on surplus power claim
Ludhiana, June 24
Tall claims of the top brass of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited
(PSPCL) as well as top government functionaries of providing a zero power cut regime even during peak summer and the paddy season have fallen flat with the reimposition of power restrictions on large supply (LS) consumers with immediate effect.
BJP questions UPA govt’s conviction on black money
Phillaur, June 24
Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation vice-chairman and BJP leader Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal has questioned the conviction of the Congress-led UPA government in bringing back the “black money” to India.
Residents urged to fight against drug menace
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 24
Terming drug abuse as major factor behind desertion of hapless women and children, office-bearers of social, religious and constitutional organisations called upon residents of the area to join hands with them in co-ordinated movement launched against the evil that had since turned out to be a menace.
Health workers want promotions
 Ludhiana, June 24
All-India ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) Workers’ Union, Punjab, held a protest at the mini-secretariat here today against the Punjab government. They demanded for promotions on the basis of their seniority.
ASHA workers protest against health department at the mini-secretariat in Ludhiana on Friday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
NRIs air grievances at ‘open darbar’
Ludhiana, June 24
The predicament of a vast majority of NRIs, settled in different parts of the globe - who have been victims of land grabbing and subsequently facing indifference of the police and administration towards their property-related matters besides others - came to fore at the “open darbar” conducted by Capt Balbir Singh Bath, Punjab Minister for NRI Affairs, at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in mini secretariat here today.
heard, finally! Darshan Singh, an NRI, walks out of the DC office after attending an “open darbar” in Ludhiana on Friday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Woman defies developer, builds collapsed wall herself
 Ludhiana, June 24
Braving opposition by workers of a developer, a local woman erected a wall at her doctor sister’s farmhouse on the Humbran Road here today.
The woman, Sarla Bhatia, sister of Dr Neelam Arora of Arora Neuro Centre here, started constructing the wall herself when the workers of a developer did not allow the masons to complete the work.
brick by brick
Sarla Bhatia constructs the wall of her sister's farmhouse despite opposition from the workers of a developer in Ludhiana on Friday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Contenders vow to make body democratic, transparent
Ludhiana, June 24
Even as the process for election of 10 members to the Punjab Medical Council is on, with 16 candidates from different parts of the state in fray, seven contenders, including three from the city, have formed a panel to contest the elections on a joint platform with a common agenda.
Optimum spacing for kinnow plantation vital: PAU scientists
 Ludhiana: “Cultivation of kinnow mandarin in the north-west region of India has become quite popular among fruit growers. Easy adaptability to varied agro-climatic conditions, heavy bearing potential and excellent juice quality characters of kinnow have boosted its cultivation,” said PAU scientists.
Contenders in the PMC elections address a press conference in Ludhiana on Friday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Employee ‘sodomised’ by two hotel co-workers
Samrala, June 24
A physically-challenged employee of a hotel-cum-restaurant located on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh road, near here, has accused two of his colleagues of sodomising him.
Gang of vehicle thieves busted; five arrested
 Ludhiana, June 24
With the arrest of five youths, the city police claims to have busted an inter-state gang of vehicle lifters and snatchers, who after snatching motorcycles used to dismantle them and further sell their parts in the market.
in the net
Members of a gang of vehicle thieves in police custody in Ludhiana on Friday.
A Tribune Photograph
Rs 50,000, gold jewellery stolen from house
Ludhiana, June 24
Thieves struck at a house and decamped with Rs 50,000 in cash and gold jewellery besides other expensive home appliances, while the family was away, at Chandigarh Road today.
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