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Rakh Bag wall demolished for VIP parking
Ludhiana, November 20
Rakh Bag, one of the main picnic destinations of the city residents, had to pay the price of Kabaddi World Cup. Organisers of the cup demolished the wall of the park in order to create space for the VIP parking at Guru Nanak Stadium.
MC officials default on RTI info,
fined Rs 20,000
Ludhiana, November 20
The delay of seven months in providing information under the Right to Information
(RTI) Act to a city resident has cost dear to the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation and two of its officials.
Robbers loot jewellery worth
Rs 2 lakh
Ludhiana, November 20
Jewellery worth about Rs 2 lakh was looted from a shop in the Giaspura area today. The incident took place at around 1.30 pm at Shri Ram Jewellers, 33 feet road, Giaspura.
City's Clearing House in a shambles
 Ludhiana, November 20
The Clearing House in the industrial capital of the state is in a shambles.
On an average, clearing of about Rs 1000 crore is conducted in the house everyday and nothing seems to be safe here.
An outsourcing agent goes to collect cheques in person to the Clearing House in the evening; and (right) a rat roams freely on a computer table where cheques are kept in the Clearing
House in Ludhiana. Tribune photos
Industry upbeat as rupee slides
Ludhiana, November 20
The fall in rupee as compared to American dollar has proved to be a shot in the arm of the manufacturing industry of the city struggling to stage a comeback. The exporters are of the view that the down trend in rupee, that has touched its lowest mark of the last 32 months, would enable the local industry to fight with the China in the international market.
Reporters Diary
Yatras or kabaddi — Residents at receiving end
There are no limits to the whims and fancies of political leaders — irrespective of their party affiliations. Politicians both from the ruling alliance and the opposition seem to to be game for rallies and
yatras, and if these are not enough, the farce of “Kabaddi World Cup” comes in handy for them to hog the limelight.
hawk-eyed: An eagle perched atop a pipe on a foggy morning in Ludhiana on Sunday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Riot victims wait for allotment
Ludhiana, November 20
Even as the Punjab Government, the district administration and the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority
(GLADA) have been drawing a lot of flak for their failure to provide the promised residential flats to a majority of victims of the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 for the past 27
years.
Villagers gherao police team over inaction
Phillaur, November 20
Residents of Rajgomal village, near here, held a demonstration and gheraoed a police team over its failure to locate a boy even four days after his disappearance. Five-year-old Raman Deep’s body was found from a well, 200 metres from his house, last evening.
Domestic LPG cylinders being used commercially
Jagraon, November 20
With the winter season setting in, the people have started facing the heat of shortage of cooking gas cylinders in the town. One can easily see the long queues of consumers waiting for their turn to procure the LPG cylinders at the godowns of different LPG companies here.
350 patients examined
 Jagraon, November 20
A free medical check-up camp for the patients suffering from ENT (ear, nose, throat) was organised at Mother Teresa Institute of Nursing and
Technology and Sharma Hospital in Jagraon today. More than 350 patients suffering from different ailments were examined.
A doctor examines a patient during an ENT check-up camp in Jagraon on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
Judicious use of CT scan, MRI stressed
Ludhiana, November 20
Whenever a person experiences acute abdominal pain, doctors usually advise a CT scan or an MRI. However, the doctors should first evaluate a person clinically and on the basis of this, recommend any of these two tests, said Dr Navin Kalia, additional professor of radio-diagnosis, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, here today.
Patient gets new lease of life
Ludhiana, November 20
An innovative invention along with timely and skilled vascular surgery helped saving the life of Tejinder Kumar, a vegetable seller in
Fazilka.
When the smiles win
Girls share a light moment before their dance performance during the annual function of RS Model School in Ludhiana
on Sunday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Expert dwells on gender equality
Doraha,November 20
“We have not succeeded in bringing about a complete social change by eradicating the stereotypical image of men and women. This is mainly so because Indians seem to be more concerned with the problem and less with its solution,” said Prof Sherry Sabbarwal from Department of Sociology, Panjab University,
Chandigarh, here yesterday.
Girls Exempted from monthly fee, to pay for examinations
Ludhiana November 20
Punjab government might have provided some relief from education expenses by exempting monthly fee for the girl students in government schools. But the biggest economic burden of examination fee Rs 1000 (approximately) is still looming over the under-privileged girl.
Training programmes at vet varsity
Ludhiana, November 20
The department of livestock products technology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences is organising two training programmes on value-added products.
Thalassaemic kids have a ball
 Ludhiana, November 19
A local hotel celebrated its second anniversary by inviting 81 children suffering from thalassaemia over lunch yesterday.
Thalassaemic kids at a function in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Inderjeet Verma
From schools
Founder's day celebrated
Ludhiana: Guru Nanak Public School and Dr Mohan Kaur Memorial Nursing Institute,
Mullanpur, celebrated Founder's day on Saturday, on the school campus. The students presented ‘shabad kirtan’.
Ex-player, bed-ridden for 2 yrs, seeks govt help
 Ludhiana, November 20
Kuldeep Singh Keepa, a kabaddi player who is bed-ridden for the past two years following a back injury suffered during a kabaddi match, caused a major embarrassment to the state government when he turned up at Guru Nanak Stadium here and requested kabaddi fans not to watch the game.
Policemen prevent former kabaddi player Kuldeep Singh Keepa from entering the Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana, ahead of the final on Sunday. Tribune Photo : Himanshu Mahajan
Kabaddi fails to keep youth off drugs
Ludhiana, November 20
While promotion of kabaddi - by organising the World Kabaddi Cup - was seen as an antidote to the rampant abuse of drugs in the state, the hype associated with the sport in the
city.
Tubewell scheme a drain on farmers’ pocket
Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 20
The extension of the Own Your Tubewell (OYT) Scheme to farmers, awaiting a tubewell connection for over two decades, is proving to be a big
drain on the applicants’ pocket.
Gurbani to again be recited on ‘tanti saaz’
 Ludhiana, November 20
"It feels great to be reciting Gurbani the way the gurus used to recite," said Ishmeet Kaur studying in class XI. Although these musical instruments are fading into the oblivion with the passage of time, in some of the city schools one is witnessing their revival.
Students play “tanti saaz” musical instruments at Guru Nanak International School in Ludhiana. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Tewari for giving control to central pollution board
Ludhiana, November 20
After The Tribune highlighted the failure of the state government to implement the much-hyped bio-remediation project to clean the Budha
Nullah, in spite of the fact that it was launched seven months ago amid much fanfare, the local Member of Parliament, Manish
Tewari, has urged the union environment ministry to appoint the Central Pollution Control Board as the executing agency for the project “since the state government has proved to be quite non-cooperative”.
SAIL edge out Scindia Academy to bag title
Doraha (Ludhiana), November 20
The Steel Authority of India Limited, Orissa, quelled a strong challenge before overcoming Scindia Academy, Bhopal, 2-1 to lift the title in the 9th All-India Gold Cup Hockey Tournament (boys’ u-21) organised by Doraha Hawks Club at the Mehta Gurukul Public Senior Secondary School,
Doraha, today.
Rich haul of medals by Khalsa college eves
Ludhiana, November 20
The students of Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, reaped a rich haul of medals and emerged runners-up in the Panjab University Inter-College Athletics Championship held on the university campus,
Chandigarh, recently.
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