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Investors make a beeline for gold
Prices hit record high of Rs
26,700, up Rs 1,100 in just 2 days
Ludhiana, August 18
The yellow metal reached an all time high, with prices spurting by Rs 1,100 in just two days to Rs 26,700 per 10 grams on Thursday. If local jewellers are to be believed an ever increasing number of city residents have begun purchasing gold, believing it to be a safe investment bet. And, instead of going for ornaments, the nouveau riche are opting for small gold bricks, biscuits and coins - the precious metal’s purest form.
Children weighed down by heavy schoolbags
Ludhiana, August 18
A middle-aged man carrying a schoolbag emerged from the school gate after the school got over, with his daughter in school uniform walking beside him. To some, the man might be wrong in carrying the schoolbag as he's not letting the child become self-dependent. To others, he might seem to be pampering the child. Ask him why he does so. To answer, all he'll do is hand over the bag to you.
Heavy school bags continue to be a bane for schoolchildren. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Engineering College violates building bylaws
Ludhiana, August 18
It’s not only the city residents, who are constructing buildings without seeking permission from the Ludhiana municipal corporation (MC), but the authorities of prestigious Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College here have also indulged in the malpractice. A
six-storey building is being constructed in the college.
A view of an under-construction building inside Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
‘Need to check post-harvest losses’
Ludhiana, August 18
A three-day coordination committee meeting of the All-India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on post-harvesting commenced today at Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET).
NRHM employees continue stir
 Ludhiana, August 18
The protest dharna by employees, working under the National Rural Health Mission, entered the fourth day today.
Rajinder Singh, spokesperson of the workers’ union, said, “Today our representatives had a meeting with principal secretary Satish Chandra and Health and Family Welfare Minister Satpal
Gosain.”
Members of the NRHM union stage a protest in support of their demands. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
High land prices hit traders hard
Ludhiana, August 18
As land prices in the city have gone through the roof, industrialists have started exploring other alternatives.
Various industrial clusters are being developed in the periphery of Ludhiana.
Badals ‘ruining’ state bus operators: Cong
Ludhiana, August 18
The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) on Thursday accused family members of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal of “deliberately ruining” the state-run bus operators - Punjab Roadways and Pepsu Road Transport Corp
(PRTC), “in a bid to promote their own transport companies as well as show favour to the powerful private bus transport lobby” in the state.
Partiality charge against civic body
Anti-encroachment drive a mere eyewash, alleges complainant
 Ludhiana, August 18
When it comes to saving encroachers, residents should take a cue from the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC). The MC officials who had gone to demolish an under-construction shopping complex near Kali Mata Mandir on the Hambran Road, demolished every other encroachment, but not the one for which they had gone there.
A JCB razes an illegal structure on the Hambran road in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Dewan bats for Capt
Ludhiana, August 18
District Congress Committee Ludhiana (DCC) president Pawan Dewan on Wednesday said only Capt Amarinder Singh could guide the state back to the path of progress, as the Akali-BJP alliance had pushed the state to the brink of bankruptcy.
Midday meal workers vent ire
Ludhiana, August 18
Midday meal workers held protests outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office. They demanded that their salary be increased to Rs 10,000.
“The workers only get Rs 1,000 per month,” said Charanjeet from the Punjab Trade Union
Initiative(PTUI).
City girls shine in university exams
 Ludhiana, August 18
Students of Khalsa College for Women and Government College for Women (CWG) have secured top positions in the various examinations conducted by Panjab University.
Amritpal Kaur from GCW and Leena from Khalsa College secured 1st position in the university in Fine Arts MAI. Gurpreet Kaur from GCW stood second in PU with 89 percent.
(From left) Divya Narang, who stood ninth with 84.5 per cent: Leena, who stood first with 92 per cent: Rajinder Kaur, who secured 87.7 per cent: and Harpreet Kaur, who secured 88.7 per cent in the MA-I examination, strike a jubilant pose in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Staff vexed over whether to work at PAU or report on poll duties
Ludhiana, August 18
About 250 employees of Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), who have been put on the election duty as booth-level officers (BLOs) at several localities in the city are perturbed over the recent letter issued by the Registrar Office that they (employees) were supposed to report at the university from 9 am to 5 pm first and then they could continue with the election duties.
X-ray, dialysis machines out of order at Civil hospital
Poor patients suffer
 Ludhiana, August 18
The X-ray and the dialysis machines of the Civil Hospital, Ludhiana, are out of order these days and thus causing a lot of inconvenience to patients who come there for treatment.
Sources said, "The X-ray machine is out of order for the past few days and the patients, specially the needy ones, are at the receiving end."
The non-functional X-ray machine lying at the Civil Hospital in Ludhiana. photo: Inderjeet verma
mata rani chowk
MC to demolish wall blocking flow of rainwater
 Ludhiana, August 18
Incessant rainfall in the city last week seems to have shaken up the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC). The civic body officials have now been visiting some of the areas, where rainwater has entered in shops, markets and even houses.
In a similar such visit, MC additional commissioner Malwinder Singh Jaggi, accompanied by Congress councillor Parminder Mehta and other officials visited a market near Zone A office of the MC, which is situated in Mata Rani
Chowk.
A view of the wall constructed in front of a Nullah near Mata Rani Chowk in
Ludhiana. photo: inderjeet verma
Councillors fume as Mayor takes his PA on foreign trip
Ludhiana, August 18
City councillors have shown great resentment over the Mayor’s decision to take along his personal assistant (PA) Ashok Kumar on a technical trip to Abbotsford (Canada) from August 22-28. The
councillors, even from Mayor’s own party, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), have argued that how would the city benefit from Ashok’s trip to Canada? On the other hand some quipped that the Mayor had proved that he was the best employer for his employees, especially
Ashok, as he was taking them along on a foreign trip.
Police special op nets robbery, drug suspects
Rs 6.9 lakh highway heist on Zira-Moga road cracked in 2 hours
Ludhiana, August 18
A “special security operation” conducted during the wee hours of Thursday by the local police to check the rising incidents of snatching in the city turned out to be eventful in cracking other crimes. A Rs 6.9 lakh highway robbery was resolved was within three hours after the incident took place on the Zira-Moga road in the morning.
Ishpreet first in poetry recitation
Ludhiana, August 18
The district-level Punjabi and Hindi creative and poetry recitation competitions were held at Punjabi Bhawan. Books, certificates and mementos
were given to winners, while the participants got certificates.
PAU Board approves new appointments
Ludhiana, August 18
The Board of Management of Punjab Agricultural University, at its 250th meeting held at Chandigarh approved some new appointments. PAU Registrar Dr RK Mahey said Dr Vijay Pal Mittal, senior plant breeder (cereals) has been appointed the director, Regional Research Station, Bathinda.
Bail plea of accused dismissed
Ludhiana, August 18
Judicial Magistrate Amarinder Pal Singh has dismissed the bail application filed by Anoop Kumar, partner of M/s Mela Ram Silver Smith, in a cheating case.
Robbed car recovered from Meerut
Ludhiana, August 18
In a major breakthrough a team of CIA- I police has recovered the sports utility vehicle (SUV) of hotelier Naresh Kumar following a major shootout in Meerut yesterday.
Two armed assailants robbed the Ford Endeavour of the hotelier on August 9 form Sarabha Nagar.
65 karatekas for national meet
Ludhiana, August 18
As many as 65 karatekas, including 20 girls in the age group of six to 16 years, have been selected to represent Punjab in the National Karate Tournament scheduled to be held in Kolkata on August 20 and 21.
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