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It was a horrifying experience: Doc
Ludhiana, July 19
After becoming a victim of car snatching, Dr Ramandeep Kaur, a radiologist at Civil Hospital, Samrala, is yet to come to terms with this shocking incident.
Majithia’s ‘lapse’ leaves martyrs’ kin peeved
 Ludhiana, July 19
During his “roadshow” in the city on Monday, Youth Akali Dal chief Bikram Singh Majithia was too busy meeting party workers to bother to pay tribute to Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, whose statues were only a few yards from where his vehicle stopped.
forgotten heroes The cavalcade of Bikram Singh Majithia “ignored” the statues of martyrs installed at Jagraon Bridge in Ludhiana on Monday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Paraplegic boy beats all odds to excel in studies
Ludhiana, July 19
Natures' fury coupled with human negligence resulted in Alamjot Singh’s lower limbs being partially paralyzed, confining him to a wheelchair for life. However, these handicaps did not dent his determination to rise up in life, which is why he has been distinguished himself in all aspects of school life other than outdoor games.
Deputy CM’s announcement may remain on paper
 Ludhiana, July 19
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal’s announcement that the expressway along Sidhwan Canal would be ready by October 1 may just remain an announcement, as it will take long for the project to be completed.
A view of iron bars, which are exposed to water, near Gill Road bridge in
Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Ad hoc lecturers denied UGC-recomended salaries
Ludhiana, July 19
The “strict” letters issued by Panjab University, Chandigarh, to its affiliated colleges on providing UGC recommended salaries to ad hoc lecturers and guest faculties seem to have no impact on government and college managements, as barring a few, none of the colleges have provided UGC grades to these lecturers serving in colleges for the past six-seven years.
Left parties slam Centre for price rise, corruption
 Ludhiana, July19
Activists of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India-Marxist
(CPM) today held a protest dharna at Mini-Secretariat here against the union government to check rising prices of essential commodities.
Activists of the CPI and CPI-M stage a protest rally against price rise and corruption in
Ludhiana on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Cancer patient awaits relief fund
Ludhiana, July 19
Gurdeep Kaur, wife of Harjinder Singh, who is suffering from throat cancer, has been running from pillar to post to get cancer relief fund for her husband, which was announced by health and family welfare minister Satpal Gosain on May 29.
Land grab allegations may backfire on NRI
Ludhiana, July 19
Two days after an NRI, Mewa Singh, levelled allegations that the police at the behest of his two nephews was planning to falsely implicate him in a criminal case, the latter retaliated by claiming that the NRI was a chronic complainant and wanted to usurp their property by taking the help of the NRI Sabha.
DC marks inquiry into ‘misuse’ of community centre
 Ludhiana, July 19
Throwing norms and constitution of the registered society to the winds, and ignoring protests of area residents, the ruling group of the BRS Nagar (East) Welfare Society has converted the community centre into a marriage palace.
courting trouble The community centre in BRS Nagar, Ludhiana, constructed with the help of government grants, is allegedly being used as a marriage palace. A Tribune photograph
Confusion over new VAT return forms
Ludhiana, July 19
Confusion surrounds the new value added tax (VAT) return forms 23 and 24, with the trade and industry here claiming that the government had withdrawn the new forms under pressure from various quarters, while the department still maintaining they have not received any fresh instruction on this issue.
Rescue was hard, bidding adieu even harder
 Ludhiana, July 19
If rescuing a 10-month-old girl from the clutches of a drunkard was a difficult task, the procedural hassles of handing over the child to the orphanage authorities were no less tedious.
Rajpal Bagga, the rescuer of the child, was made to shuttle from one place to another for completing the formalities.
in safe hands The rescued 10-month-old girl being handed over to the volunteers of Talwandi Dham in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Abandoned newborn joins rescued girl
 Ludhiana, July 19
While one girl was rescued from the clutches of a drunkard, another was abandoned at an orphanage located in Sarabha
Nagar. Barely a year after its inauguration, the Red Cross Panghura Project, a brainchild of Deputy Commissioner Rahul
Tiwari, has become a permanent address for abandoned newborns.
new home Panghura authorities hand over an abandoned newborn to the volunteers of Talwandi Dham on Tuesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Customs delays hit local industry hard
Ludhiana, July18
Industrialists in the city are incurring huge losses due to interminable delays in import and export clearance, which have resulted because of a staff crunch in the customs department. With shipments getting held up for the past one month, they have not been able to claim duty drawbacks on time.
District Scan
Fight for supremacy turns violent
 Jagraon, July 19
The fight for supremacy among different groups of youths, supporting a faction of students, took an ugly turn when a group of some unidentified youngsters allegedly fired shots in the air at the main gate of Sanmati Government Science and Research College,
Jagraon, last evening.
Police officials investigate into the incident outside the gate of Sanmati Government Science and Research College in Jagraon on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
NSPS spikers claim title
 Ludhiana, July 19
The girls of Nankana Sahib Public School, Gill Road branch, brought laurels to their school by winning the Zonal Volleyball Meet (u-19) organised by the Punjab Education Department, DAV Public School, BRS
Nagar, here today.
on cloud nine The team members of Nankana Sahib Public School, Gill Road branch, who won the Zonal Volleyball Tournment in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Hockey tourney deferred
Ludhiana, July 19
The annual Ludhiana District Hockey Tournament scheduled to be organised by the District Hockey Association
(DHA), Ludhiana, at the Punjab Agricultural University grounds from July 20 to 22 has been postponed. Matches in the under-14, 17 and 19 years were to be conducted in the boy’s section besides in the under-19 years (girls’) section during this this tournament.
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Ludhiana, July 19
