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Jan Aushadhi store stays shut, patients feel the pinch
Ludhiana, August 25
With the ‘Jan Aushadhi’ generic drugstore the city’s Civil Hospital yet to reopen, patients and those accompanying them have been facing a lot of difficulty in getting medicines at night as no chemist shop near the hospital is open during that time.
File photo of a yet-to-be opened Jan Aushadi store at the Ludhiana Civil Hospital.
UID process begins at five post offices
Ludhiana, August 25
Adhering to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) guidelines, work on making UIDs at central post offices started in the city today.
Five post offices have been identified for the purpose. The exercise of making “Aadhar” cards began at the Head Post Office at Bharat Nagar Chowk here.
NRI robbed of cash, jewellery on train
Ludhiana, August 25
Travelling in train proved costly for an NRI woman from Canada as thieves fled with her purse containing gold ornaments, 8,000 Canadian dollars, a passport and a return ticket.
Tirpta Nayyar, a native of Mumbai, who migrated to Canada nearly two decades ago and came to meet her relatives in
Jalandhar, said she was returning to Delhi after visiting her relatives in the
Jalandhar.
250 kg of banned polybags seized
Ludhiana, August 25
 Officials of the Punjab Pollution Control Board
(PPCB) confiscated 2.5 quintals of polythene bags from five different shops in the city today.
The board officials conducted raids on the premises of traders and wholesalers who were either selling polythene bags below 40 microns or did not have labels on them in the Field Ganj area today afternoon.
PPCB officials seal polythene bags which were confiscated from a shop at Field Ganj in Ludhiana on Thursday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Gold rush halts, prices down by
Rs 2,600
Ludhiana, August 25
The glittering gold market crashed by Rs 2,600 in the past 24 hours. The sudden downfall in the prices of yellow metal has come as a surprise for those dealing in jewellery business for the past four-five decades. Jewellers said the market had never crashed like this before. They say that market remained "peaceful" today, as buyers adopted "wait-and-watch" policy.
College authorities issue 15 driver’s licences
Ludhiana, August 25
A pilot project of issuing learner’s driving licences was introduced at ITI College, Gill road, on Wednesday. In its first attempt, the transport department issued 15 licences to ITI students.
Celebrating festivals their own way
Ludhiana, August 25
Members of Sarabha Ladies Club celebrate festivals in a different way. Their dance performances on ‘Raksha Bandhan’,
Janamashtmi, Independence Day mesmerised all. The members danced to the tunes of
"foolo ka taro ka", "Dhol Baje", "Aisa Desh hai mera". And they don't miss their chance to support Anna Hazare during their dance performance. A woman dressed as Anna Hazare performed on patriotic songs to do their bit to endorse the movement.
Dharna by health workers continues
Ludhiana, August 25
The protest dharna by the Multipurpose Health Workers Female Union entered the fourth day at the Civil Hospital today. Kiranjeet
Kaur, state president of the union, said,"Our main demand is to regularise all 2,000 contractual workers.
Contractual multipurpose health employees stage a protest outside the Civil Hospital in Ludhiana on Thursday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Burns unit to be functional by Nov
Luhdiana, August 25
 The long-awaited burns unit at Lord Mahavira Civil Hospital is likely to be operational in November.
The mega project of the burns unit started more than two years ago. The work for the same has been assigned to a new contractor as the previous contractor had left the job midway due to some personal reasons.
The burns unit which is under-construction on the Civil Hospital premises in Ludhiana. photo: inderjeet verma
Infighting within SAD comes to the fore
Ludhiana, August 25
Youth Akali Dal district president Simarjit Singh Bains and SAD district president and cabinet minister Hira Singh Gabria indulging in mudslinging, the Shiromani Akali Dal
(Badal) seems to be a divided house.
Stress on clarity of concepts for teaching
Ludhiana, August 25
Teachers from the Malwa College of Education presented their insight about teaching different subjects at a teacher-training seminar organised at Khalsa Girls’ School, Civil Lines, Ludhiana.
Fight against corruption intensifies
Ludhiana, August 25
 Rallies were held at various places in the city.
A letter was written to former Member of Parliament BS Ramoowalia, president of Lok Bhalai Party, wishing Anna success in his "crusade against corruption". People were seen wearing Gandhi caps in markets.
A girl holding a candle expresses solidarity with Anna Hazare in Ludhiana.
Tribune photo: himanshu mahajan
City schools stand out
Ludhiana, August 25
The two-day regional-level CBSE science exhibition-2011 concluded at Green Land Public School. Four science models from city schools, along with 11, from the rest of the region were selected for the national-level exhibition to be held in New Delhi.
Biking
twosome: Youths on their bikes at the cycling velodrome in the PAU, which is proving to be a favourite with sports lovers. Tribune photo: Himanshu mahajan |
Neha crowned Miss Teej
Ludhiana, August 20
Various competitions such as mehandi applying, dance, folk songs, giddha and bhangra were held in which students participated with great zeal. Stalls of eatables and games were also put up by students.
Memorandum submitted
Ludhiana, August 25
The Physically Handicap Association, Punjab, today submitted a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner Rahul
Tiwari. In the memorandum, members of the association had demanded Rs 3,000 per month
as their allowance for livelihood.
Station superintendent honoured
Ludhiana, August 25
Station superintendent of the Ludhiana railway station RK Sharma has been awarded the Chief Safety Officer Award for operational safety.
The cash award of Rs 1,000 was presented to Sharma at an impressive award presentation function organised at the divisional headquarters of Northern Railway at Ferozepur on Wednesday.
New rly foot overbridge by year-end
Ludhiana, August 25
 The railway authorities are vigorously taking up infrastructure development projects and expansion of passenger amenities at the railway station here. While the new foot
overbridge, connecting all platforms, will become functional by the end of this year, the railways is also taking steps to decongest the reservation centre and current booking counters to give them a facelift.
Pillars of the new foot overbridge at the Ludhiana railway station. Tribune photo:
Himanshu Mahajan
Most brick-kiln owners snub plea to plant trees
Ludhiana, August 25
To check the ever-worsening air pollution and to save the environment from further degradation, the Punjab Pollution Control Board had asked local brick kilns to plant at least 100 tree saplings in their factory premises to make the city cleaner and greener, but most of their owners appear to have rejected the plea outright. Barring a few none of the kiln owners have begun the plantation drive though letters were sent to all about 25 days ago.
Number of bogies in Jan Shatabdi to be doubled: DRM
Ludhiana, August 25
Divisional railway manager (DRM) of the Northern Railway Vishwesh Chaubey today announced that the number of bogies in the Amritsar-Haridwar Jan Shatabdi Express and the Jammu Tawi-Rishikesh-Hemkunt Express would be doubled shortly and approval in this regard was being sought from the railway headquarters.
VC inspects parking sites on PAU campus
Ludhiana, August 25
Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has asked security guards to get all roads cleared of haphazardly parked vehicles.
Steel manufactures oppose excise dept demand notices
Khanna, August 25
After the issuance of demand notices by the Central Excise Department in Punjab, representatives of the Steel Manufacturers Association met Dutt
Majumdar, chairman of the Central Board of Excise and Customs at Delhi and apprised him of the situation that these notices were issued just to “harass” the industry.
2 held with poppy husk
 Jagraon, August 25
The Ludhiana (rural) police has arrested two drug peddlers, including a proclaimed offender, with a huge quantity of poppy husk and opium. The accused have been identified as Dharamjit Singh, alias
Gogi, of Sarabha village and Ram Singh, who hails from Rudarpur district in Uttar
Pradesh.
The mini truck that was impounded in Jagraon. A Tribune photograph
Thieves flee with container truck
Ludhiana, August 25
Thieves fled with a goods container truck ferrying export quality forging tools worth Rs 20 lakh from a container freight station in Focal Point area of the city last night.
In a statement to the police, Avinash Gupta, owner of RN Gupta and Company said the truck left the factory at 8.30 pm. On reaching the depot, the driver parked the truck and went to have dinner, he said.
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After doing patchwork of a road in rain, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) seems to be trying to create odd records of sorts.
