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Saanjh Kendras mere old wine in new bottle
Ludhiana, October 17
The Punjab Police today formally launched Saanjh Kendras at the police station level. Over the last two months, these centres were being run on a trial basis, but had not received the desired response. Sources said only four complaints were received in these centres during the trial run.
SHO Amandeep Brar overseeing the work at the Police Suvidha Centre in Ludhiana on Monday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Industry faces labour pangs ahead of Diwali
Ludhiana, October 17
The industry in Ludhiana -- be it hosiery, textile, auto parts, hand tools -- is facing problems due to shortage of labour during the festival season. The production of units has come down to 10-15 per cent as workers are leaving for their native villages to celebrate Diwali.
MC Commissioner back to set House in order
Ludhiana, October 17
On resuming office on return from a two-month training programme, Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) Commissioner AK Sinha has summoned all records of payments made to contractors in his absence. He has also asked MC officials to prepare a record of how much money was spent on development projects after October 22; the tenders floated; and the amount of money spent on development works.
Rs 500 bribe lands patwari in jail
Ludhiana, October 17
Special Judge Paramjit Singh has convicted Vinod Kumar, a patwari of Samrala, for taking a bribe of Rs 500. He was ordered to undergo imprisonment for two years. A fine of Rs 4,000 was also imposed on him.
Govt to erect Punjabi singer memorial: Gabria
Ludhiana, October 17
The Punjab Minister for Jails, Tourism and Cultural Affairs Hira Singh Gabria today claimed that the Punjab government had gone in an overdrive mode for infrastructure development, provide clean and safe drinking water, sewerage facilities to the people, bring reforms in the education sector and increase power generation so as to make the state of Punjab foremost among other states in the country.
PAU boarders go on strike
Ludhiana, October 17
Girl students of PAU hostel went on a strike late evening today against the change of their hostel timings. About 100 students sat outside the hostel gate to protest against the recent orders issued by the PAU authorities.
Assembly Polls
Johar’s son jumps the gun, ‘announces’ his candidature
Ludhiana, October 17
The state assembly elections are round the corner and the political scene in the city is hotting up. Even though Congress leaders have said the list of candidates will be announced soon, Ajay
Johar, son of former minister Harnam Dass Johar, has already projected himself as the candidate from the Atam Nagar constituency here and has started distributing pamphlets related to the work done by him in areas falling under the constituency.
Posters of former minister Harnam Dass Johar’s son Ajay Johar have been put up in the Atam Nagar constituency in
Ludhiana. A tribune photograph
Drug stores near schools, colleges doing brisk business
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 17
Vicinity to some hospital or a medical institute is no more a first choice for entrepreneurs opening new chemist shops, as stores situated near educational institutes have started flourishing equally.
Brisk walk helps control blood pressure: doc
Ludhiana, October 17
A lecture on “Management of Hypertension” was delivered by Balhinder S Brar, Medical Director, Dialysis Corporation, Ohio, and nephrologist at St Vincent's Hospital, Toledo (USA), at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital here today. Dr Brar said hypertension was one of the leading causes of death in the United States affecting nearly one in three Americans.
world Menopause Day
Infertility leading to early menopause, say doctors
Ludhiana, October 17
Infertility among city women is leading them to early menopause. The normal age for menopause is between 45 and 50 years, but due to infertility, women are reaching menopause between the ages of 40 and 42 years. This was stated by Dr Iqbal Ahuja, a gynaecologist, while talking to The Tribune on the eve of World Menopause Day.
Farmers seek rollback in fertiliser prices
Ludhiana, October 17
The Punjab Kisan Sabhas (farmers’ bodies) affiliated to the Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) today staged a dharna at the Mini Secretariat here in protest against the hike in prices of
fertilisers. Farmers demanded a rollback.
Members of the Punjab Kisan Sabha stage a protest outside the Mini Secretariat in Ludhiana on Monday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Don’t mind splurging, it’s diwali
 Ludhiana, October 17
As the festive season has set in, city residents are all set to celebrate every moment of it. Bazaars are all decked up, with market giants offering lucrative discounts to woo customers.
From the old Chaura Bazaar to the high-end Sarabha Nagar market and from Ghumar Mandi to various shopping malls, every place is abuzz with activities.
An illuminated Chaura Bazaar; and (right) Chinese lights displayed outside a shop in Ludhiana. Photos: Inderjeet Verma
Diwali does not light up their lives
Ludhiana, October 17
Diwali-the festival of lights is celebrated lavishly by “cash-rich” society in the city. Affluent people do not mind spending lakhs on celebrating the festival in style, fulfilling every demand of their children while the
Bursting crackers does not amuse college mgmt
Ludhiana, October 17
Playing a spoilsport, some miscreants burst crackers on the college premises. But it seems managements of these colleges do not have a solution to the problem.
Some students tie crackers around an incense. A few city colleges have installed CCTV cameras to keep a check on such elements, but they come up with ingenious ways to escape the “check”.
Sale of crackers
Vendors yet to seek permission
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 17
Even as only nine days are left for Divali, none of the local traders here have sought permission for putting up stalls to stock and sell crackers.
Meanwhile, the administration has warned vendors against unauthorised storage of explosive material.
from colleges
Industrial visit-GGNIMT students
Ludhiana: In order to encourage practcal learning among the students, GGNIMT organised an industrial visit for BBA students at ST Cottex Export, situated at Machiwara near Ludhiana. Students visited automatic spinning unit spread in 100 acres.
ludhiana Scan
Birth anniversary of Banda Bahadur
Baba Banda Singh Bahadur International Foundation organised a "Deepmala" and a fire work display on the concluding function of 341st birthday celebration of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur at Rakba village in the district on Sunday evening. Speaking on the occasion, president of the body expressed his gratitude to the residents of the village for making the birthday celebrations a huge success.
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As many as 35 question papers were found wet with fungus during an exam at SSN Memorial Senior Secondary School, Tibba road. It was during the ongoing board examinations of tenth standard
