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Protesting teachers’ union holds city to ransom
Ludhiana, July 31
Nearly 500 agitated members of the EGS Teachers’ Union formed a human chain and blocked traffic, thereby holding the entire city to ransom at the Bharat Nagar Chowk here today.
Activists of the EGS Teachers Union form a human chain at busy Bharat Nagar Chowk in Ludhiana on Sunday
Class 10 student who didn’t clear boards declared passed
Ludhiana, July 31
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has declared a class 10 student of Nankana Sahib Public School, Gill Road, who had failed to appear for her final board exam this year, “passed” with a CGPA (cumulative grade point average) of 4.2.
BRS Nagar residents irked over new welfare society head
Ludhiana, July 31
In a development that has not gone down well with area residents, Maninderpal Singh ‘Sunny’, a close aide of Youth Akali Dal chief Bikram Singh
Majithia, was appointed president of the Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar (East) Welfare Society on Sunday. The move came in the wake of a protest held by a large number of area residents, mostly senior citizens, against the society’s office bearers on Saturday evening.
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Soothing melodies |
Ghazal singer Jaswinder Singh performs at Guru Nanak Bhawan in Ludhiana.
Tribune photo: himanshu mahajan
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Honour killing
Panel issues a week’s ultimatum to police
Jagraon, July 31
Members of a joint action committee, formed to monitor police investigation into an honour killing incident, held a meeting here yesterday.
Ludhiana scan
Awareness on hepatitis
Ludhiana, July 31
A nationwide campaign was launched by Apollo Hospitals to spread awareness about hepatitis.
Dr Anupam Sibal, senior consultant, gastroenterology, said it was important to create awareness about prevention of hepatitis A and E, which spread through contaminated food and water, as hepatitis A was the commonest cause for acute liver failure in children.”
Orientation programme for BBA, BCA students ends
Ludhiana, July 31
The 10-day orientation programme for BBA and BCA students concluded at GGN Institute of Management and Technology, Civil Lines.
Students felicitated
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 31
Outstanding performers of the Nightingale College of Nurses, Narangwal, were felicitated during a function at Narangwal village, near here, yesterday.
bcom course
Online admission process leaves students in a fix
Ludhiana, July 31
The online admission process, which was started by Panjab University, Chandigarh, has failed to yield desired results. The process has left students, especially those seeking admission to BCom, in a fix.
Vet varsity administers oath to 92 passouts
Ludhiana, July 31
The College of Veterinary Science of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) celebrated the oath taking ceremony of 92 passing out veterinarians of 2006 batch
here today.
Distance education centre likely in town
Khanna July 31
Lovely Professional University has authorised Mindmaker, an educational institute, to start a distance education study
centre.
From schools
HIKE IN EMI: Jolt for common man
The common man is going to be hit
hard with the hike of 4.75 per cent in interest rate by the RBI.
Residents who aspire to own a house by loaning money from banks or are
keen to buy cars have been hit bad. The industry, too, is crying foul.
Shivani Bhakoo analysis how the three sectors would be hit.
Blossoming despite odds
Ludhiana, July 31
Sitting quietly in a chair outside the principal’s office, Gurleen
Kaur, a student of Nankana Sahib Public School, was eagerly waiting for someone.
31 units of blood donated
Ludhiana, July 31
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) (Ludhiana Chapter) and Salaam Zindagi Foundation, an NGO, collectively organised a blood donation camp dedicated to Shaheed Udham Singh at Shri Krishna Charitable Hospital. The camp was organised under the guidance of Dr Reena Garg wherein 31 units of blood were collected. President Manjit Saini and general secretary Anurag Kalhan of the NGO said by this union, members committee of ICSI would take this mission to their corporate houses, so that patients of thalassaemia may get more support.
— TNS
Two held with stolen motorbikes
Khamano, July 31
The Khamano police has claimed to have arrested two motorcycle thieves and recovered two motorcycles from them. According to Rajpal Singh, SHO Khamano, a police party had laid a naka near the Gurdwara Sahib Ranwan.
Man held with pirated CDs
Ludhiana, July 31
The Kotwali police arrested a man and recovered 4,725 pirated CDs from him.
Three killed in road mishap
Khanna, July 31
A pall of gloom descended on Bardhalan village after three persons, including two children, of the village, were killed and three injured in an accident on the Samrala-Khanna road near AS College Khanna.
TT Meet
Double delight for Green Land school paddlers
Ludhiana, July 31
Green Land Senior Secondary Public School, Jalandhar bypass branch, made a clean sweep wrapping up titles in the girls’ under-17 and 19 groups as well as the boys’ under-17 and 19 categories to stamp their class in the Ludhiana Sahodaya School Complex Table Tennis Championship held here at BCM Senior Secondary School, Dugri Road branch ground.
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Khanna/Ludhiana, July 31
