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Teachers block traffic at Samrala Chowk
Ludhiana, September 25
Thousands of commuters had to go through a harrowing time and failed to reach their destinations on time as protesting teachers recruited under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan schemes blocked the entire Samrala Chowk in the city from noon to 4 pm on Sunday.
Members of the Sarva Shikhsha Abhiyan/Rashtriya
Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan Teachers union stage a protest at Samrala Chowk in
Ludhiana on Sunday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
1 killed, 14 hurt in
jeep-SUV collision
Raikot, September 25
One person was killed and at least 14 were injured when a jeep and an SUV collided on the Gobindgarh road near here late this evening.
The deceased was identified as Dharam Chand Jain of Mansa town in Sangrur district.
 Clock tower
Arms of iconic clock go missing
MC officials unaware of development
Ludhiana, September 25
Even though state tourism and cultural affairs minister Hira Singh Gabria is a city resident and the state government wants to promote the state as a tourism hub, all does not seem to be well on this front in the city. This could be gauged from the fact that the arms of one of the four clocks installed on the city’s prestigious and prominent landmark, Clock Tower, have gone missing.
Ironically, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) officials who are responsible for the upkeep of this landmark have no knowledge about this.
Residents agitate over poor
amenities
Will intensify agitation if demands are not met
Mandi Ahmedgarh, September 25
Accusing the successive government of ignoring the development of the area, activists of some organisations have launched an agitation to pressurise the higher authorities in the administration to take immediate steps and enable residents in getting facilities, which they have been paying for.
Reporter’s Diary
Stop madness on roads!
There has been hue and cry over road accidents, which took place in the city recently and claimed valuable and young human lives. On one hand, rash driving by heavy vehicle drivers was to be blamed.
ADCP-I MS Dhesi (third from right) leads a team of SHOs during a flag march in Ludhiana. Tribune file photo
Bomb scare turns out to be
false
Only clothes, cash found in
unclaimed trunk inside parked trolley
Ludhiana, September 25
People residing near the Subhani Building in the city’s of Field Ganj locality panicked when they came to know about an unclaimed metal trunk lying in a trolley parked on a street at about 10:15 on Saturday night. It was only after about 20 police and anti-bomb squad personnel arrived at the scene fifteen minutes later and opened the trunk to find nothing dangerous inside that the city residents felt relieved.
Youth Fest: Drama, music dominate Day III
Raikot, September 25
Drama, histrionics and music dominated the panorama and art lovers savoured relics of folk art during the third day of the Panjab University’s Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival being organized at the Swami Ganga Giri Janta College here today.
Hunger strike by Asha workers to press demands
 Ludhiana, September 25
To press upon their demands, Asha Workers’ Union, Punjab, today held a state-level hunger strike on the premises of Civil Hospital. Asha workers observed hunger strike under the leadership of Punjab State Subordinate Services Federation
(Dhillon).
Activists of the Asha Workers’ Union stage a protest on the premises of the Civil Hospital in Ludhiana on Sunday.
Photo: Inderjeet Verma
ANMs on strike, polio campaign gets affected
Ludhiana, September 25
As ANMs of the health department are on strike, the five-day long intensified pulse polio campaign, which started today,
got affected. District immunisation official, Dr Kaushal Singh Saini said, “As ANMs are on strike, so the campaign got affected, as it was a door-to-door campaign,
we had to deploy new volunteers who took time to understand and coordinate.”
Post-delivery death
Family planning official initiates probe
Doraha, September 25
The district family planning official today initiated a probe into the post-delivery death of Rajwinder Kaur, who died due to the alleged negligence of staff nurse and lady doctor posted at the primary heath centre of Rampur village.
Ludhiana scan
Shobha Yatra
on Oct 10
Bhartiya Valmiki Dharam Samaj (BVDS) will take out a "shobha yatra" on October 10 on the eve of Valmiki
Jayanti. Presiding over a meeting of the body here on Sunday, national convener Lakshman Dravid said Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal would be the chief guest at the shobha yatra to be taken out from Daresi Ground.
Gunshots fired at vet’s house
Ludhiana, September 25
Unidentified persons opened fire at the shop-cum-residence of a veterinarian at Krishna Nagar here late last night.
Tributes paid to Bhagat Singh
Ludhiana, September 25
Human Help Society organised a massive scooter rally on the birth anniversary of Bhagat Singh to pay tributes to the martyr. President of the society, Daljit
Singh Bhola, councillor ward No 8 flagged off the rally.
Check-up camp held
Ludhiana, September 25
A multi-specialty health check-up camp for the families of the Punjab police employees was held at Police Lines. Vishal
Chauhan, wife of Dr SS Chowhan, the Punjab Police Commissioner, Ludhiana, inaugurated the camp.
A doctor examines a cop during the multi-speciality health check-up camp at Police Lines, Ludhiana, on Sunday.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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Even though Ludhiana is reeling under the constant threat of dengue fever,
the fogging machines from the city have been pressed into the Chief Minister’s service.
