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Drizzle sets in chill, temp to dip after Dec 9
Ludhiana, December 6
Weather is expected to remain cloudy and there are chances of drizzle in several areas of Punjab due to western disturbances in the next 48 hours. Metrologists have predicted that the night temperature will increase by 1°C to 2°C after December 8. Both maximum and minimum temperatures in Ludhiana will dip from December 9 onwards.
Scooterists try to save themselves from drizzle, which caught residents unaware, in Ludhiana on Tuesday. photo: inderjeet verma
400 bus operators go on strike, passengers suffer
Ludhiana, December 6
The Punjab Mini-Bus Operators Association went on one-day strike today for getting their long-pending demands fulfilled. The rural populace at large suffered the most as mini-buses, which cater to them in the district, remained off roads across the state. As many as 5,500 mini-bus operators in the state and 400 bus operators in the Ludhiana district refused to ferry passengers and staged a dharna at
Mohali.
Passengers wait for mini-buses at the terminus; and
(right) drivers play cards due to strike by bus operators. Photos: Inderjeet Verma
Befriending special kids
Ludhiana, December 6
A group of eight students from Delhi Public School could have never realised that one day their interactions with special children of Darpan (a school of autistic students) under the project “Life and Thinking Skills” will make them friends. It was in the month of April when eight students from Class VI to Class VIII of DPS had started interacting with these children.
Students of Delhi Public School (in green sweaters) enjoy picnic with special kids of Darpan at Nehru Rose Garden.
Photo: inderjeet verma
One dead in mishap
Ludhiana, December 6
Jaswant Kaur (65) succumbed to her injuries when an unknown vehicle hit her from behind while she was going to Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Urban Estate Focal Point, here yesterday. She sustained severe head injuries and died in the hospital. The body was cremated today.
Another ex-DGP in race
 Ludhiana, December 6
After former Punjab Director General of Police SS Virk applied for a Congress ticket from Dasuya constituency, another former
DGP, DR Bhatti, is keen on contesting the upcoming state Assembly
elections. Bhatti, who is a resident of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Nagar on the Pakhowal Road, has applied for party ticket from the Gill (reserved)
constituency.
DR Bhatti, former DGP
MC officer to probe illegal sale of public land
Jagraon, December 6
Municipal council executive officer Pardeep Kumar will investigate the allegations of illegal sale of an inn, belonging to the civic body, by some persons to a developer using forged
documents.
Free power by government hurting industry
Ludhiana, December 6
The subsidy on account of free power will put a direct burden on the industry and other consumers. The Punjab government has increased the electricity duty to make the payment for the
subsidy.
Vendors law unto themselves at Kohara Road
Sahnewal, December 6
Rampant encroachment in the town has been a perpetual headache for commuters as well as residents. With street vendors mushrooming on both sides of the main market road, known as the Kohara road, it has become a nightmare for
motorists.
Vendors have encroached upon the Kohara Road at Sahnewal, causing inconvinience to motorists. A Tribune photograph
IMA elections on Dec 31
Ludhiana, December 6
The election commissioner of the IMA, Ludhiana branch, Dr GS Grewal has announced the elections to the executive of the association for December
31.
Focus on collaboration between India, Pak
Ludhiana, December 5
“India and Pakistan should collaborate as much as they can in view of similar cultures, history and landscape,” emphasised Dr Baldev Singh
Dhillon, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), here today. He was addressing an interactive session on “Most Favoured Nation
(MFN): Status, Issues and Challenges”.
Delegates from India and Pakistan during a meeting at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
After switching camps, Sokhi looks to broker truce
Ludhiana, December 6
A day after SAD councillor Jagbir Singh Sokhi left the Simarjit Singh Bains camp and joined hands with Cabinet Minister Hira Singh
Gabria, Sokhi today said he would try to act as a bridge between both Gabria and Bains camps so that the party could be strengthened in the
city.
SAD councillor Jagbir Sigh Sokhi (in red turban) along with other Akali councillors of the Bains group addresses mediapersons levelling charges against Cabinet minister Hira Singh Gabria in Ludhiana on July 16; and (right) Sokhi honours Gabria after joining hands with him on December 4. Photos: Inderjeet Verma
Gate rally by Punjab Roadways staff
Jagraon, December 6
Employees of Punjab Roadways held a gate rally in support of their demands at the roadways depot here this morning.
A large number of employees took part in the rally organised on a call given by the joint action committee of the Punjab Government Transport Workers’ Union.
Members of the Punjab Government Transport Workers’ Union raise slogans against the state government during a gate rally at Jagraon on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
Farmers block Ludhiana-Chandigarh road
Khamano, December 6
The commuters had a tough time to reach their destinations due to traffic blockade by some farmers’ unions at village Khant near here because disrupted traffic. The farmers, mostly from to Ferozepur blocked traffic on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh road when they were stopped by police at a check-post to stop them to proceed towards
Chandigarh.
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Burning mid-day oil
Students exchange notes at a ground in Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, on Tuesday.
Photo: Inderjeet verma |
Cultural fest on Dec 18
Amloh, December 6
The local Punjab Sabhyachark Club will hold its 21st annual Punjabi Sabhyachark Mela on December 18 at the Government Senior Secondary School playgrounds.
Students left in lurch as exams postponed
Doraha, December 6
Resentment prevails among students of private- affiliated colleges of Punjab and Chandigarh towards the postponement of their terminal examinations. The reason behind this is decision taken by the joint action committee of the Non-Government Colleges Management Federation, Punjab and Chandigarh, Federation of Association of College Principals, Punjab and Chandigarh, Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union and the Non-Teaching Employees Union of Punjab to go strike tomorrow.
Students in grip of exam fever
Ludhiana, December 6
With the start of term examinations, students of both school and colleges are burning the midnight oil to fair well these days. Due to increased stress, students are also complaining of different health problems, like not feeling hungry, overeating and forgetting everything that they have learned so far.
‘Worldwide trade of ornamental fish $ 9 bn’
Ludhiana, December
6
A two-day training programme on ‘Ornamental fish culture and seed production’ was organised for the trainees from different districts of Punjab at the department of aquaculture, college of fisheries, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
(GADVASU), Ludhiana, from December 5 to 6.
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