Participants of a road show to mark Christmas Carnival in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Photo: Inderjeet Veerma |
MC night shelters: Few avail the facility
Ludhiana, December 21
With the city in the grip of cold weather, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation is making arrangements so that people can save themselves from chilly winds. For this purpose, the MC has made arrangements for bonfire at four different places in the city. For bonfire, the MC is using tree stumps, which don’t take time to burn away and can be used to keeping people warm throughout the day.
EPF money siphoned off; resident cries foul
Ludhiana, December 21
In a possible lead hinting towards mass-scale embezzlement in the employees provident fund (EPF), a city resident alleged that Rs 15,947 was siphoned off from his EPF account and credited into a fake account.
Kite ‘looting’ poses danger to kids
Ludhiana, December 21
As the year comes to an end, many schoolchildren try to relax themselves by flying kites after appearing in exams. Some fly kites, while many run after after the ones that have got detached from their strings.
Kites on sale in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Kites in myriad shapes, sizes set to soar
Ludhiana, December 21
Munni, Sheela, Harry Potter, 3 Idiots, Yamla Pagla Deewana, Desi Boyz, Anna Hazare and even fish are set to take to the skies. For, kites of all shapes and sizes are ready to throw a riot of colour and excitement in the air.
Chinese kites made of cloth on display at a market in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Inderjeet Verma
Assembly poll on horizon
Officials advised against taking leave
Ludhiana, December 21
Gearing up for the coming Assembly elections, which are expected to be held in the second week of February, officials in all departments, especially District administration, have been given instructions not to seek station leaves. Since all preparations have to be made before the elections, officials have been
asked not to ask for station leaves in December and January.
LIT project gets going
Ludhiana, December 21
After several procedural, administrative and legal glitches for almost a decade, a new housing project of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) — the Atal Apartments, named after the former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee — is all set to take shape as the land-cutting ceremony for the multi-storey housing project was performed here today.
LIT chairman MM Vyas along with Minister of Health and Faimly Welfare Satpal Gosain lays the foundation stone of a housing project in Ludhiana on
Wednesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Pricey furnace oil hurting industry
Ludhiana, December 21
Furnace oil is widely used as fuel by the industry in Punjab to heat steel. Forging industry, rolling mills and light engineering industries heavily depend on the oil.
2 top cops transferred
Ludhiana, December 21
In a sudden move, the police department has transferred Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police
(ADCP-III), Joginder Singh Golu, and the ADCP (Traffic), Sajjan Singh
Cheema.
Institutes puff away Tobacco Act
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 21
Even after seven years of the execution of the Cigarettes and Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003, the administration has failed to get the provisions of the Act implemented by authorities of various educational institutes of the region falling under Sangrur and Ludhiana districts.
Mixed response to semester system
Sahnewal, December 21
The semester system, introduced by Panjab University
(PU) for postgraduate classes, seems to have received a mixed response from intellectuals, academicians, teachers and students of various colleges affiliated to
PU.
Ludhiana scan
60 donate blood to mark NSS camp
Doraha, December 21
The seven-day NSS camp for girls and boys at Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, commenced here today.
Patient needs financial help
Ludhiana, December 21
Puneet, a 26-year-old city resident, has been undergoing biweekly dialysis at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital.
At the crossroads
When mind discovers inner self
Even in an uneventful life, there are certain phases which ultimately prove discoveries. Taking admission in a college after matriculation, against all odds, was like discovering a new world. In that cosmos, pursuit of knowledge was the main concern of the students, while imparting knowledge was the main aim of the teachers. In the classroom, nothing except the lecture mattered and the eyes were focussed on the figure clad in a silken suit even in summer.
Schools face paucity of space
Ludhiana, December 21
The Director General School Education (DGSE) has sent a notification to all schools to display guidelines of the Right to Education Act (RTE Act) on the walls of schools. But a number of schools of the city are facing paucity of space on the walls, as slogans, logos, posters, maps and charts, which are mandatory to be displayed in the schools, have taken most of the space on the rooms.
Play, dance mark Christmas celebrations
Ludhiana, December 21
Christmas was celebrated at Tagore Public School with enthusiasm. Students of playway schools also participated in the celebrations. Christmas tree was decorated with balloons, buntings, bells, stars, etc. The model of the birthplace of Lord Jesus Christ was also made.
Students perform a dance during Christmas celebrations at Tagore Public School in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
A Tribune photograph
Stress on nanotechnology in veterinary sciences
Ludhiana, December 21
The department of veterinary public health and epidemiology, GADVASU, in collaboration with the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, has organised a one-day seminar on “Nanotechnology: Its scope and perspective in veterinary sciences with emphasis on public health issues” her today.
Experts dwell on significance of science
Ludhiana, December 21
On the second day of the science camp “Inspire- Innovation in science pursuit for inspired research,” scientists from across the state deliberated on various aspects of science
and technology.
Severed hand fixed back on patient
Ludhiana, December 21
Dr Rahul Tandon, a plastic and microvascular surgeon of a private hospital, has successfully fixed an amputated hand back on the forearm of a 27-year-old patient, who had suffered total amputation.
20 get job letters
Ludhiana, December 21
Health and Family Welfare Minister Satpal Gosain today gave appointment letters to as many 20 persons on compassionate ground during a workshop of the health department at Punjabi
Bhawan.
An expert addresses participants at a workshop in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Job fair today
Ludhiana, December 21
The Ludhiana College of Engineering and Technology (LCET) is organising
a job fair on December 22 and 23. The fair aims at providing common platform for recruitment of engineers and
management professionals and to facilitate the industry-institute interaction.
Diaries, calendars popular corporate gifts
Ludhiana, December 21
For Puneet Kapur, a manager of a private company in the city, every New Year starts with new diaries and calendars. He unwraps the gift wrappers to find diaries and calendars in them as gifts and buys the same to present.
Man killed in accident
Ludhiana, December 21
A factory worker, Jai Nayaran, was killed after a speeding vehicle ran over him at Cheema Chowk last night. With this, the death toll in road accidents here has touched six in the past 15 days.
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A tragedy was averted when a minor fire incident took place in Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) here this afternoon.
