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Man gets life for killing colleague
Ludhiana, September 29
Court of Additional Sessions Judge Sunil Arora has convicted Vasu, an employee of Rishi Dhaba, of killing Hari Chand, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, by slicing his throat with a sharp-edged knife. He was sentenced to undergo rigorous life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 has also been imposed on him.
Going great guns at 94
 Ludhiana, September 29
Age sits lightly on 94-year-old Gurdial Singh, the oldest gunner from the city. Ramrod straight and very active, he credits his physical fitness to his training in the Army. A man of few words, he believes that discipline is the key to happiness. His eyes trying to look back into time, he says he had joined the British Royal Artillery in 1935, and got his training at Ambala Cantonment.
Major Gurdial Singh, a veteran of World War II, whose birthday fell on Ausust 21, being presented a bouquet on Gunners Day in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Ward No. 11 has sewage flowing in streets
Doraha, September 29
Mosquitoes, flies, insects, foul smell and unhygienic surroundings - are all the attributes of Ward No-11 of this town. Residents of this ward have been having a harrowing time as sewage water has been flowing in the ward for the past two-and-a-half months.
Residents raise slogans against the MC for poor sanitary conditions of Ward No. 11 in Doraha.
Tribune photo: Lovleen Bains
Students of GADVASU demand filling of 147 vacant posts
Ludhiana, September 29
Two month before passing out, the first batch of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
(GADVASU), staged a protest on the veterinary clinic gate on the university campus. All classes were called off for wo hours and the juniors were asked to join the protest. The students were demanding that the vacancies of rural veterinary officer under zila Parished be filled.
MBA passouts keen on pursuing their own business
Ludhiana, September 29
Every year a number of students seek admission in Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Gujranwala Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology. Surprisingly, nearly 40 per cent of the students don't enroll themselves for placements. According to the college authorities, some of the students pursue MBA; get involved in their family businesses and many others for matrimonial purpose. Sometimes, even gold medalist students are not interested in placements.
NRHM union holds dharna
Ludhiana, September 29
Employees working under the National Rural Health Mission today held a dharna on the Jagraon bridge.
The employees of Faridkot and Sangrur district partcipated in it.
NRHM employees protest on the Jagraon bridge. Tribune Photo: Inderjeet verma
Arya College wins group dance contest
 Ludhiana, September 29
On the penultimate day of the ongoing four-day Panjab University Zonal Youth Festival of Zone ‘A’, held at Arya College, attractive performance in classical, group dance, gidha, creative writing and literary items were held in the morning session. In the evening session, the audience witnessed robust performance of bhangra by the teams from various colleges.
Students of Arya College celebrate after winning a group dance competition in the Zonal Youth Festival in Ludhiana.
Tribune photo: himanshu mahajan
Senior citizens’ to hold goodwill march on
Ludhiana, September 29
The Senior Citizens’ Welfare Association will organise a "goodwill march" on October 1 on the eve of "senior citizens’ day" here.
Democratic right to protest
Ludhiana, September 29
In our time, before India won freedom, lathi charge was the norm to disperse slogan-raising demonstrators. Generally, lathis were raised up to frighten mob but those were struck on the ground instead of targeting unarmed persons. I recall the days when we, the students in Amritsar, used to march during early months of 1946 to Jallianwala Bagh raising the slogan-
From schools & colleges
Want to buy books, wait till October 10
Ludhiana, September 29
Book lovers have no option but to wait for a book depot of the state languages department (Bhasha Vibhag) to open again if they have to purchase those published by the department. Its Ludhiana sub-office has not sold a single book for the past two weeks. This “prohibition” might continue till October 10.
Travails of finding missing kin
Ludhiana, September 28
Morale of Rekha Sharma (30), a resident of the Dhrub district, Madhya Pradesh, is very low. She has been has been forced to move from pillar to post to locate her husband Rajesh Sharma (36) and daughter Nandini (11), who had boarded a train from Madhya Pradesh on March 12 to finalise a land deal at
Malpur, near Nawanshahr. But none of them has either reached Nawanshahr or returned to Madhya Pradesh. More than six months have passed, but neither the Nawanshahr police nor its counterpart in Madhya Pradesh has registered a case in this regard.
Rekha Sharma shows a photograph of her husband Rajesh Sharma, who is missing since long.
Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Dengue: 353 patients tested positive
Ludhiana, September 29
Dengue is once again rearing its head in the city. More than 900 patients have been admitted to private hospitals. But, the district health department has confirmed only 353 cases so far.
Wild growth removed from civil hospital
Ludhiana, September 29
Lord Mahavira Civil Hospital is being extensively refurbished. JCB machines have been pressed into service to clear the weeds from the hospital premises.
Power Supply
Poor distribution network the bane of industry
Ludhiana, September 29
The industrial sector continues to reel under acute power crisis and the situation gets compounded further by erratic supply due to the poor distribution network in the city in general, and the industrial pockets in particular.
Illegal power Connections
Activists clash with PSPCL officials, booked
Jagraon, September 29
The Ludhiana (rural) police has booked three activists of the Pendu Mazdoor Union and a few unidentified persons for allegedly manhandling officials of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) at Nanak Nagari yesterday evening.
Protest against police inaction
Ludhiana, September 29
Balak Nath, a constable with the Chandigarh police, staged a protest outside the Division No. 4 police station today. He alleged that the local police was not registering a case against in-laws of his daughter, who recently gave birth to a baby girl.
Clash leaves two injured
Jagraon, September 29
A conflict between two groups of Dalla village near Jagraon for alleged possession of the Panchayat land of the village turned bloody when more than 10 persons of one group allegedly attacked two persons, including an elderly woman of the other group, and badly injured both of them this morning.
Gang of thieves busted, 5 held
Ludhiana, September 29
Yesterday, the Focal Point police arrested a gang of thieves who were involved in many theft cases and stolen items like motorcycles, mobile phones and gas cylinders were recovered from them.
Agricultrual college victorious in PAU cricket tourney
Ludhiana, September 29
The Directorate of Students' Welfare organised the PAU Inter-College Cricket Tournament for the session 2011-12 from September 24 to 28.
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Ludhiana, September 29
