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Sans fire engine, disaster cell forced to cancel mock drill
Ludhiana, July 20
The first mock drill to be conducted by Disaster Management Cell this afternoon was cancelled at the last minute as the Fire Department refused to provide the former a fire tender, stating it was sent to Jagraon as part of the Z Security Cover to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal during his visit there.
Man chokes wife to death, suspecting fidelity
Ludhiana, July 20
A 29-year-old migrant in the city who feared his wife might leave him and their two children and run away with her ‘‘lover”, strangled her to death. After lying next to her body throughout the night he confessed to the crime to the head of the area welfare society in the morning and fled but was later arrested in the evening.
LIT makes Rs 5.90 cr from auction
Ludhiana, July 20
For the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT), the sale of residential and commercial properties through public auction today turned out to be a jackpot with three residential plots, and 11 constructed booths in different schemes of the trust at various locations in the city fetching a little over Rs 5.90
crore.
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Civic body 'doing little' to prevent outbreak
Ludhiana, July 20
Congress leader Bhuoinder Sidhu along with party delegates from Ludhiana South today criticised the municipal corporation authorities for their failure to take preventive measures to ensure that gastroenteritis did not spread in the area.
OZ-based NRI gets new lease of life
Ludhiana, July 20
Ashika Vijan, an NRI living in the West Ryde area of Sydney, Australia, is a relieved woman. For she successfully underwent endovascular procedure to treat life-threatening AV malformation in her right foot at the Christian Medical College and Hospital.
Aashika Vijan (left) who underwent endovascular procedure to treat AV malformation in her right foot at CMCH in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
MC’s callousness shatters shop(keeper)s
Ludhiana, July 20
Shopkeepers are sore at a callous attitude of the municipal corporation in constructing a road in Model Town. Crushed stones, which have been laid for widening the road leading to the Gulati Chowk from Montgomery Road, are working as projectiles and repeatedly damaging glass windows of the shops.
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| occupational hazards A broken windowpane of Bikaner Mishtan Bhandar; and (right) the fear of “projectiles” flying off the road is apparent as shopkeepers keep their shutters half-shut to prevent these from causing damage to their shops in the Model Town area of Ludhiana. Tribune photos: Himanshu Mahajan |
‘57 per cent Ludhianvis don’t smile’
Ludhiana, July 20
“It takes more muscles to frown than to smile”, as the saying goes. The seductive power of smiling is underestimated by many people, especially those who overly focused on professional or family matters.
ba-i result
City girls bag top 3 positions
 Ludhiana, July 20
Girls of the city have bagged first three positions in the BA first year result of Panjab University,
Chandigarh, which was declared yesterday. Garima Jain of Khalsa College for Women stood first with 81 per cent marks, while Jasminder Kaur of Government College for Women came second with 80.3 per cent marks. Jyoti of the same college shared the second position. While Kanu of GCW stood third with 79.3 per cent marks.
Hard work fails to engineer their success
Doraha, July 20
Even as the admission to various courses in city colleges and elsewhere is at its peak, the number of students who cannot even afford to think of entering any such institute is no less, despite the fact that they might be more deserving than many of those who got admission.
Project to bring educational reforms
Ludhiana, July 20
To bring transparency, efficiency and simplify various procedures involved in the education department, the Punjab Governance Reform Commission has recently started working on a project “Reforms in educational administration”.
Kisan sabha to support agitating farmers
Doraha, July 20
The state unit of the Kirti Kisan Sabha organised a meeting at KK Kaushal Memorial Bhawan here yesterday. The meeting was presided over by its president Prem Singh
Bhangu. He said an organisational meeting of farmers and farm labourers would soon be organised in all districts for strengthening the party. The members decided to take part in a rally to be organised in Chandigarh on September 1 and another against the “draconian and anti-people polices of the dictatorial governments” on September 15.
Residents enraged as sewerage work stopped midway at councillor’s ‘behest’
Ludhiana, July 20
Residents of the Civil City area are a harried lot. For, the area councillor has “stopped” the work on laying of sewerage in a street, much to the chagrin of the residents.
The residents allege that the Mayor has also written to the sewerage board
officials stating that the officials should follow the advice of the area
councillor while undertaking the sewerage project in a particular area.
Vinod Sharma, president, Baba Deep Singh Ji Welfare Society, points to the partially-laid sewerage in street No. 6 of Civil City,
Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
ncc camp
170 being put through their paces
Ludhiana, July 20
“I had joined the NCC only for certificates, but the training and learning that I have received at the camps have helped me become a better person,” feels
Reetika, a second-year student of BSc (fashion design) at Guru Nanak Girls College,
Ludhiana. As many as 170 cadets from colleges in and around the city are participating in the 10-day Combined Annual Training Camp
(CATC) of the NCC at SCD Government College for Boys.
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NCC cadets negotiate an obstacle during a training camp at Government College for Boys in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Himanashu Mahajan |
proficiency test
Fazilka lad secures top spot
 Ludhiana, July 20
“When I first heard of the news, I could not believe my ears. Though I was expecting a good result, I never thought that I would secure the top spot from the Ludhiana zone in the common proficiency test
(CPT),” said elated Akashdeep Grover, who has secured highest marks in the test, which is taken for the entrance examination of chartered accountants (CA).
(From left) Toppers Chetna Thapar, Heena Goyal, Akashdeep Grover and Harpreet Kaur in a jubilant mood in Ludhiana
on Wednesday. Photo: Inderjeet VErma
Raids on shops selling pesticides
Ludhiana, July 20
Dr Gurdial Singh, joint director, agriculture, Punjab, conducted today raids on shops selling seeds/pesticides, urea, etc. at Mangat, Dehlon, Pakhowal, Sudhar, Jagraon, Sidhwan Bet, Khanna and Doraha, and collected samples.
Sanskritik Samagam to pay tributes to Faiz Ahmad
Ludhiana, July 20
Ludhiana Sanskritik Samagam will organise a ghazals nite at Guru Nanak Dev Bhawan on July 30 to pay tributes to Faiz Ahmad Faiz, an eminent Urdu poet.
Bineyjeet tops MCom entrance test
Ludhiana, July 20
Panjab University today declared the result of MCom business innovations entrance test.
Teachers’ morcha burns CM’s effigy
Amloh, July 20
Activists of Joint Teachers’ Morcha organised a protest rally and burnt the effigy of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in front of the block primary education official
(BPEO) office here yesterday.
Activists of the Joint Teachers’ Morcha burn an effigy of the Punjab Chief Minister at Amloh. A Tribune photograph
from schools
Paper reading contest
LUDHIANA:
The primary section of BCM Senior Secondary School conducted a couple of activities for students of Class IV. The Articulators Club conducted an extempore competition to instill confidence of public speaking. Aiming at fostering general awareness as well as enhancing reading skills among students, the Yamuna House conducted newspaper reading competition.
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Sewerage project
A project for laying sewerage pipes from Jwala Singh Chowk to Jassian village in ward no 21 got underway with a ceremony being performed by area councillor Hem Raj Aggarwal and Jwala Singh.
Girl set afire by jilted lover, dies
Ludhiana, July 20
In yet another incident, a jilted lover allegedly poured kerosene on a girl (16) and set her afire near the Bahadurke Road on Monday. The girl succumbed to burn injuries on Tuesday. This incident took place when the girl came to know that Amit Kumar, her boyfriend, was already married. The girl barged into Amit’s house and told the truth to his wife.
3 get life term for killing 3 of family
Ludhiana, July 20
Additional Sessions Judge Mohd. Gulzar convicted two brothers — Gurpreet Singh, alias Gandhi, and Jaspreet Singh, alias
Jassi, of Dugri, and Ravinder Singh, alias Ravi, of Dugri — in a triple murder case here today.
BVM girls bag football title
Ludhiana, July 20
The students (girls u-14) of Bhartiya Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Kitchlu Nagar branch, gave a good account of themselves as they emerged champions in the Ludhiana District Inter-School Football Tournament
(PAU Zone) organised by the Punjab Education Department here yesterday.
‘V’ are the champions Members of the BVM School, Kitchlu Nagar branch, team who won the Ludhiana District Inter-School Football Tournament (PAU Zone) in Ludhiana. A Tribune photograph
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