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Fund crunch comes in way
Ludhiana, October 9
Paucity of funds has come in the way of saving precious human lives after the district administration authorities have expressed their helplessness in doling out Rs 8 crore to remove nearly 1,000 killer electricity poles posing a threat to residents.
Players upset at food quality, quantity
Ludhiana, October 9
Players who have come here from different parts of the state to compete in the four-day 37th Punjab Games for Women find medical assistance inadequate and food quality substandard and less in quantity.
‘Cartel operating CETP’
Ludhiana, October 9
More than 550 electroplating units in Ludhiana which are discharging their water in the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) set up at phase VIII, Focal Point, have alleged that they were made to pay extra than the real cost for getting their water treated. Due to the "cartel" operating the CETP, the local electroplating industry was made to pay almost double the amount to get their discharged water treated than its actual cost.
Posts of vet to be advertised soon
Ludhiana, October 9
Coming to the rescue of striking GADVASU passouts and interns, Vice Chancellor Dr VK Taneja held a meeting with the Minister of Animal Husbandry RS Brahampura recently.The minister has assured the VC that the posts of Rural Veterinary Officers (RVOs) will be advertised within a month and the posts will also be regularised.
Parents must be alert to drastic change in their kid’s lifestyle
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 9
Concerned over declining values among youths pursuing higher studies, office-bearers of various social and educational organisations have urged the parents not to turn a blind eye towards a drastic change in their children’s lifestyle.
Meenakshi declared best NSS volunteer
Ludhiana, October 9
On the last day of the ongoing NSS camp at Master Tara Singh Memorial College, a valedictory function was organised in which dance, giddha and a skit was performed. During the camp, various competitions like singing, slogan writing and poster making were held. Harsimran Kaur was declared the best singer, Megha, the best slogan writer where as Rakhi and Ambika stood first in the poster-making competition. Meenakshi was declared the best NSS volunteer.
 Youth festival
Clay modelling marks Day 2
Ludhiana, October 9
The second youth festival of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University witnessed clay modelling and rangoli making.
Ten students participated in the competition based on themes “love and affection”, “Punjabi culture” and “musical instrument with man or woman”.
A student participates in a clay- modelling competition at the youth festival of GADVASU
in Ludhiana on Sunday. Photo: inderjeet Verma
‘Difficult to control bio-terrorism’
Ludhiana, October 9
Dr L H Lobo Memorial Trust organised the Lobo Memorial Oration at Christian Medical College and Hospital. The oration was based on the theme ``Changing pattern of bacteria and virus and how to control them. ''
‘Punjabi writers at the receiving end in their own state’
Ludhiana, October 9
There was a time when the writers were venerated by all sections of society. The reason being their works were read not only by the masses but also by the classes. Great Urdu poets like Zauq, Ghalib and Momin were popular among their contemporaries but, at the same time, the last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, invited them from time to time to the Red Fort for taking part in poetical symposiums.
Ludhiana Calling
It's poll time, politicians all ears for problems of common man
When political leaders seek refuge with their religious gurus, or for that matter start reaching out to common people, including the agitating groups, it can be safely assumed that the elections are close at hands. Even as the state is yet to get into the election mode for the assembly polls due in February next year, the politicians have started bowing their heads at the doorsteps of religious and spiritual gurus. PPCC chief Captain Amarinder Singh sought blessings of Bhagat Hans Raj of Sri Ram Sharnam in the city on Tuesday, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was no too far behind and followed him to the same spot a day later.
Not many takers for books in city, kids hooked on to TV
Ludhiana, October 9
Enid Blyton, Ruskin Bond, Nancy Drew, Mark Twain no more keep the young readers in the city engrossed as many of them don't feel the need to read books any more.
"Although the city has never been known for its literary inclination, but with the passing of time the pleasures of reading are dwindling further," says Analjit
Grewal, a resident of Civil Lines.
A few takers: Books do not attract many readers in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
LIT official ordered to provide information
Ludhiana, October 9
After the Executive Officer (EO) of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) failed to supply information to a city resident under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the State Information Commission (SIC) has now given last opportunity to the EO, failing which action would be taken under Section 20 of the RTI Act.
‘Ludhiana touches my emotional chord’
Ludhiana, October 9
Cities often grow on you. They connect with you. At least on some instinctual level. Ludhiana city, with its unenviable distinction of being among the most polluted places of India, is very much a 'comfort zone' for actress Divya
Dutta.
"The city gives me my peace of mind. It restores my sanity. Mumbai is different. It's absorbing, it's gripping. But Ludhiana touches my emotional chord," says the actress hailing from
Sahnewal.
Actor Divya Dutta was in the city for the promotion of a TV programme at the Westend Mall in Ludhiana.
Photo: Inderjeet Verma
CIC summons for Allahabad Bank
Ludhiana, October 9
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has summoned Allahabad Bank on October 28 on a complaint filed by a Ludhiana-based RTI activist Hitesh Nayyar.
The CIC has ordered (a copy of which is with Ludhiana Tribune) the bank to produce before the Commission all relevant papers and documents.
Husbands of councillors call the shots at MC meetings
Jagraon, October 9
Husbands of as many as five women councillors, elected from different wards, continue to attend all crucial meetings of the municipal council on behalf of their better halves.
Factory workers nabbed for murder
Ludhiana, October 9
The two factory workers, who gagged their colleague of Nepalese origin to death and fled with Rs 1.5 lakh lying in the cash counter of a factory unit located near Arora cinema on October 7, were arrested by the Shimlapuri police here today.
After two years, 2 booked for murdering youth
Ludhiana, October 9
The city police today booked two men for murdering a youth by throwing him in front of a moving train. The case was registered two years after the incident took place. The duo was booked on the complaints of victim Sukhdev Singh's sister Kirpal
Kaur.
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Six workers were injured, one of them seriously, following a blast at a factory unit in Phase VI, Focal Point area, here this afternoon.
The furnace was involved in melting scrap iron to make iron cones.
As many as 55 swimmers in the men's section and 22 in the women's section attended trials conducted by the Punjab Swimming Association at the Municipal Corporation Pool, Rakh
Bagh, here today.