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drunk driving
Only 85 challans in 11 months!
Ludhiana, December 18
While tipplers continue to wreak havoc on city roads, the police has turned a blind eye to the growing menace. Challaning of just 85 persons for drunk driving in the past 11 months exemplifies the callous attitude of the police in tackling the problem.
Tragedy revisits family
Ludhiana, December 18
All hell broke loose for Indu Rani (35), who lost her husband Sandeep and son Hari Om in a road accident last night.
Tragic scenes were witnessed at the victims’ house in Jain Colony of Gyaspura here today, as their bodies were brought home after autopsy. Indu and her daughter were inconsolable and cursed the driver for the tragedy.
sad rally
Gridlock on
city-Moga highway
Jagraon, December 18
It was chaos all over the roads, particularly on the Ludhiana-Moga highway, during an SAD’s massive rally organised at Killi Chahlan village, near Ajitwal, today.
The traffic was badly affected on the Ludhiana-Moga highway during the rally, as candidates aspiring for the party ticket for the forthcoming Assembly elections as well as senior party leaders from all over the state thronged the venue along with thousands of supporters.
Bus service makes residents smile
Ludhiana, December 18
The city bus service project, which was launched in the city yesterday, is proving to be a boon for residents, who see it as a convenient mode of travel in chilly weather.
A large number of people availed of the facility on the first day of the start of the service.
Huge rush was witnessed in the 10 low-floor non-AC buses and during the day people even travelled while standing in the bus.
A newly launched bus caught in a traffic jam in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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international migrants day
For them, it’s labour lost in city
Ludhiana, December 18
Even as the world celebrates International Migrants Day today, the migrant population in Ludhiana, considered the backbone of the industrial hub of Punjab, continue to reel under appalling living conditions.
Youth dies of ‘drug overdose’
Ludhiana, December 18
A 24-year-old youth from Barnala died of suspected drug overdose at a local hotel near the railway station last night. The incident came to light when Gurbaz Singh Sekhon failed to wake up in the morning. Gurbaz was taken to the
DMC, where he was declared brought dead.
tartan track
Athletes risking injuries running barefoot
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Ludhiana, December 18
While the Punjab government has spent crores of rupees on laying Tartan tracks in stadia, players in the state don’t have enough money to buy spike shoes to run on these tracks. Consequently, most athletes ran on the track barefoot in the Punjab School Games.
Athletes run barefoot in a
race during the Punjab School Games at Guru Nanak Stadium,
Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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Crime against women up
Ludhiana, December 18
“Equal rights to women”, “women empowerment”, “no gender bias” - these slogans seem to have no relevance as far as incidents of crime against women in the city are concerned.
Though as per the police records, a total of 289 such cases (crime against women) have been registered since January 2011, many go unreported due to social stigma.
powercom recruitment
INTUC challenges eligibility criteria
Ludhiana, December 18
The Workers’ Federation INTUC of the Punjab State Electricity Board (now converted into two corporations - Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) and Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited (PSTCL) has challenged the eligibility criteria for recruitment to the posts of junior engineers (JEs), sub-divisional officers (SDOs), sub-station officers (SSOs) and upper division clerks (UDCs) terming it not only against the norms for the recruitment to other government departments but also gross injustice with the unemployed youth.
Road named after Major Kokri
Ludhiana, December 18
The road leading from the Ferozepur Road octroi post to Barewal (Awana) was named after Maj Jagir Singh Kokri here yesterday. It will not be called Major Jagir Singh Vir Chakra Road.
Major Kokri was a third-generation Army officer. His grandfather and father, besides brother, had served the Army. His son and one of his sons-in-law have also served the armed forces. |
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Lieut-Gen Rajinder Singh (in green tie) at a ceremony to name the Ferozepur Road octroi
post-Barewal strech after Major Jagir Singh Kokri in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
Illegal cigarette trade harming Punjab
Ludhiana, December 18
Punjab has emerged as a hotbed of the illegal cigarette trade in India. These locally manufactured, tax-evading cigarettes have a 9 per cent share in the cigarette market. With some of India’s largest manufacturers of illegal cigarettes based in the state, over 14 million illegal sticks are sold every month. Consequently, the state government suffers an annual loss of about Rs 24.5 crore.
Reporters’ Diary
Scramble for party ticket
Even though the assembly elections in the state are still a couple of months away and the exact dates are yet to be announced, there is a virtual scramble for seeking ticket among all major political parties, be it the ruling combination of the SAD-B and BJP or the Congress. Everyone seems to have thrown his or her hat in.
‘Art not confined to colour, canvass’
Ludhiana, December 18
Old discarded petrol tanks of Enfield, electric generator hose, a steering wheel and discarded cycle parts come together to form a metal ostrich. Inutile brass utensils combine to represent love of a mother and a child. A wooden piece carved in feminine shape with a rope flowing through the top forms a needle, symbolising a woman is like a needle that sews the social fabric.
Harminder Singh Boparai with his art pieces at an exhibition in Ludhiana on Sunday. Photo: Inderjeet VErma
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‘New ideas must to get desired results’
Ludhiana, December 18
“A food and agri processors conclave-linking clusters to market” was held at Punjab Agricultural University on Saturday. It was organised by the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India in association with the Ministry of Food Processing Industry and Punjab Agricultural University.
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Singing contest to break monotony of studies
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Ludhiana, December 18
As semester system keeps students on their toes, schools are finding ways to relax them by organising various contests and cultural
programmes. Government Model School at PAU organised an inter-house singing competition for students yesterday.
A student participates in a singing competition at Government Model School,
PAU, in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
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PAU NOTES
300 farmers attend training camp on wheat crop
Ludhiana:
A training camp on "Herbicide Application Techniques in Wheat" was organised by the Directorate of Extension Education of Punjab Agricultural University
(PAU) for the farmers at Tibbar village, Gurdaspur. The programme, supported and facilitated by M/s Syngenta India Ltd, involved the participation of about 300 farmers.
Sports
Festival
Jarkhar Academy, Haryana eves pocket hockey titles
Jarkhar (Ludhiana), December 18
Jarkhar Academy and Shahbad Markanda Academy, Haryana, romped home in the six-a side hockey for boys and girls (U-17) categories, respectively, in the 26th Coca-Cola Annual Sports Festival organised by the Mata Sahib Kaur Sports Club at Jarkhar village on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla road that concluded today. |
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| Players in action during the kabaddi final of the Jarkhar Sports Festival on Sunday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
punjab
school games
Manpreet breaks record in high jump
Ludhiana, December 18
A 13-year-old boy and a student of class VII, Manpreet Singh, breaks a record in high jump (1.65
metres) at the Punjab School Games. The earlier record was of 1.60 metres in high jump.
Manpreet Singh takes part in a long jump event during the Punjab School Games in
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‘Sports performance going down’
Ludhiana, December 18
Sports staff and aficionados are worried about the deteriorating performance by the players in Punjab School Games. A number of players representing their districts in the state level games were declared disqualified. Meanwhile, a few officials are blaming the semester system and others blame the cultural change as youth seem to be attracted to fast food, mobiles, internet and social freedom.
Football trials on December 20
Ludhiana, December 18
The District Football Association, Ludhiana, will conduct trials to select the district boys U-19 team at Guru Nanak Stadium here on December 20 at 10 am.
The selected boys will represent Ludhiana in the 33rd Punjab State Junior Football Championship to be held at Polo Ground, Patiala, from December 25 to 31, according to Shivtar Singh Bajwa, president of the association.
City girl bags judo title
Ludhiana December 18
Manisha Sharma has won bronze medal in the All-India Inter University Judo Competition held recently in
Pune. Manisha (21) is a student of Guru Nanak Girls College, Model Town.
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