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Top cop slams moral policing
Ludhiana, December 29
The Commissioner of Police has come down heavily on the PCR squad and instructed them not to indulge in moral policing.
Elections set to ruin the party
Ludhiana, December 29
The forthcoming Assembly elections and the imposition of model code of conduct have come as party pooper for local residents.
Poll toll on realty
Ludhiana, December 29
Land deals in the city have witnessed a drastic downfall in view of the forthcoming Assembly elections. The “slump” in the market has not just affected those active in the realty business, but also the state exchequer, as, according to officials in the sub-registrar office, people are reluctant to carry cash for land deals or registries in view of the imposition of the model code of conduct.
poll preparations: Workers prepare party flags in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
Industry seeks relief from CEC
Ludhiana, December 29
Local industrialists have requested the Chief Election Commissioner of India, Dr SY Quraishi, to put an end to the daily checking by the police and raise the cash-carrying limit from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh, imposed in view of the forthcoming Assembly elections in Punjab.
Ex-superintendent to ADC booked
Ludhiana, December 29
Close on the heels of the Indira Awas Yojna and Government Provident Fund (GPF) scams, yet another scam has rocked the district administration. This time, a former superintendent at the office of the Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development), Ludhiana, has been booked for forging the signature of the then ADC (development), AR Darshi.
A day’s break at ashram
Ludhiana, December 29
Unlike other school kids, slum children studying in different schools being run by the Nishkam Sewa Ashram are spending part of their winter vacations in practising moral education through a one-day camp at Nishkam Sewa Ashram, Daad village.
Poonam, a class II student, serves at the camp. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Economic slump hits industry hard
Ludhiana, December 29
In the wake of global economic slowdown, the indigenous industry is facing several constraints which are not only hampering the growth, but also making it tough for the existing industrial units to stay afloat. Especially, the rising prices of raw material and other inputs are disturbing the applecart of the industry.
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A man applies glass powder, a hardening substance, to a kite string in
Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Celebrating New Year in a sacred manner
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 29
Residents of the town and surrounding localities have decided to celebrate New Year in a sacred manner.
Winter brings chillblains along
Ludhiana, December 29
The ongoing winter season has also brought with it cases of chiilblains. Chillblains is an injury due to cold which is painful and the area affected becomes red and blister is formed with tenderness in it. It usually happens due to sudden exposure to cold temperature.
land dispute
Woman consumes poison in presence of police
Jagraon, December 29
A woman residing at Parjian Biharipur village near Sidhwan Bet consumed poison in front of the police while protesting against the latter over some land dispute.
Construction of Manhole
PWD, sewerage board officials lock horns
Samrala, December 29
The PWD and the sewerage board have locked horns over the construction of a manhole at the local court complex near the Ludhiana-Chandigarh road.
Greeting cards still favourite with some
 Ludhiana, December 29
In the age of SMSes, e-mails and Facebook, some city residents are happy to be called “old-fashioned” when it comes to greeting their friends and loved ones on important days in their lives.
Markets in Ludhiana are flooded with greeting cards ahead of New Year. Photos: Inderjeet Verma
Senior NCC cadet to visit Vietnam under exchange programme
Ludhiana, December 29
A senior NCC cadet from the city is going to visit Vietnam under a youth exchange programme on February 11.
Serving students in twilight years
Ludhiana, December 29
In the twilight years when a majority of people love to relax and enjoy the old age, here is an octogenarian, Prem Singh
Bajaj, who has been serving students and scholars for the past 18 years.
Prem Singh Bajaj
IMA poll
Election to president’s post on Dec 31
Ludhiana, December 29
The election to the post of president of the IMA will be held on December 31. The remaining office-bearers have already been elected.
Be polite during checking, DC advises staff
 Ludhiana, December 29
Deputy Commissioner Rahul Tewari has asked the Expenditure Monitoring Committees to minutely observe the expenditure being incurred by various political parties during the elections. At the same time, he has asked teams at checkpoints to be polite with public while carrying out
checkings.
snooze time
Returning officers steal a nap during a training session on the working of electronic voting machines in Ludhiana on Thursday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Experts address problems faced by adolescents
Ludhiana, December 29
An adolescence educational programme was organised at Bharatiya Vidya Mandir School, Udham Singh
Nagar, today. Dr Achla Gupta and Dr Ajay Mohan Sharma were the resource persons.
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| Students attend an adolscent education programme at BVM School in Ludhiana.
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agricultural issues
Pak delegation visits PAU
Ludhiana, December 29
A 17-member delegation of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Biosaline Project of Pakistan visited the Punjab Agricultural University
(PAU) yesterday and interacted with Vice-Chancellor Dr Baldev Singh Dhillon. The delegation included members from different professions such as soil science, sociology, economics, banking, health care etc of the UNDP project.
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NCC cadets perform a dance on the concluding day of an NCC camp at Government College for Women in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Recruitment drive
Ludhiana, December 29
Regional Center, Quest Infosys of the Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, organised an extension lecture on the PHP for the IT students. The lecture was organised under the distance education programme on December 27 at the Ludhiana Regional Center, Quest
Infosys.
cancer control
Early detection can save 90 per cent lives, says expert
Doraha, December 29
Dr. Devinder Singh Sandhu, oncologist, MD, DM, AIIMS and executive chairman, Cancer Council of India, spoke on the topic “How to control cancer?” during the ongoing NSS Camp for the volunteers at Guru Nanak National College,
Doraha, yesterday.
Pensioners’ body asks PAU to release arrears
Ludhiana, December 29
A confederation of PAU Pensioners' Associations has asked the authorities at Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) to immediately release the arrears regarding revision of pensionery benefits to the persioners otherwise, the confederation will be left with no other option but to approach to the court of law for justice.
Two run over by trains
Phillaur, December 29
Two persons were run over by trains, while an unidentified person was found dead in a train bound for
Lohian, here last night.
Police nabs youth with intoxicants
Machiwara, December 29
The Machiwara police has arrested a youth and recovered a large quantity of intoxicants from his possession.
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