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GLADA imposes non-construction fine
Ludhiana, April 13
Buyers of shop-cum-offices and booth sites under the old Jail Road commercial scheme, being developed by the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority
(GLADA), are in a quandary.
Garbage littered at sites for booths and shop-cum-offices of a commercial pocket on the Jail Road in Ludhiana.
Photo: Inderjeet Verma
LIT fails to recover rent, user charges
Ludhiana, April 13
A government department occupying a portion on the second floor of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) building here has not paid the monthly rent of Rs 3,850 for the last 14 years.
71-yr-old woman shot
Phillaur, April 13
A septuagenarian lost her life staving off a burglary attempt by some unidentified armed men, who broke into her house at Ladhar-Kalan in the Phillaur subdivision, last night.
81-yr-old man abducted
Ludhiana, April 13
In a sensational case of carjacking, three unidentified persons abducted an 81- year-old local businessman and fled with his car the from Ferozepur road here today.
Police officials inspect the spot from where Sant Singh was abducted in Ludhiana on Friday. A Tribune Photograph
Drunk man takes police for a ride
Ludhiana, April 13
A tipsy industrialist, Amandeep Singh of the Model Town Extension, created drama last night and took the city police for a ride by claiming that his car was stolen.
Premature newborn dead, mother flees
Ludhiana, April 13
After struggling for life for two days, a premature male newborn died at BL Kapur Hospital here today. His condition deteriorated this morning, following which he died.
2 teenagers drown in Sutlej
Ludhiana, April 13
Two teenagers drowned in the Sutlej here this afternoon. They were identified as Sunny (15) and Anil (17), residents of Jawahar Nagar, near the bus stand.
Newborn abandoned, mother later reappears
Ludhiana, April 13
There has been a new twist in the tale of the female newborn, found abandoned at a vacant plot in Sahnewal and rushed to the Civil Hospital in an ambulance here this morning.
From schools
Ludhiana
Schools celebrate Baisakhi:
The festival of Baisakhi was celebrated at Green Land Convent School, Civil City. Cultural performances like bhangra and giddha and Baisakhi fair were organised. A variety of articles like phulkari, charkha, chhaj, chatti, madani, pakhi, chulha were displayed during the occasion. The children were dressed up in colourful Punjabi dresses.
Private schools in a fix
Ludhiana, April 13
Recently the Supreme Court of India upheld the  Constitutional validity of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act (2009) and said that the law would apply all over India to all the government, local bodies and private unaided schools. As per the Act, all the schools covered under this law will now have to reserve in class I i.e. at nursery or at entry level at least 25 per cent seats for the children belonging to weaker sections.
Village students attend a class at a government school. photo: inderjeet verma
Training in post-harvest technology concludes
Ludhiana, April 13
Farmers can play an important role in the development of farm machinery as they know the best about their requirements, stated Dr US
Shivhare, director of the Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology
(CIPHET) during the conclusion of the five-day training in post harvest technology for value addition under the Farmers' Technology Transfer Fund
(FTTF) programme of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) here today.
Court makes RTE mandatory
Ludhiana, April 13
As the court has directed about making the Right to Education mandatory, the decision is drawing mixed reactions for different sections of society.
Although people from economically weaker sections
(EWS) have welcomed the decision, some people from affluent families have shown reservations about the system.
Teenager commits suicide
Ludhiana, April 13
An 18-year-old youth hanged himself from a ceiling hook at his ‘karyana’ shop at the Laxman
Nagar, near the Daba road, here today.
65 probables turn up for cricket trials
Ludhiana, April 13
Nearly 65 probables attended the trials conducted by the Ludhiana District Cricket Association
(LDCA) here today at Arya College ground.
Probables attend trials conducted by the Ludhiana District Cricket Association on Friday.
photo: inderjeet Verma
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Parents of a newborn who died after normal delivery at a private hospital here last evening alleged negligence on the part of doctors. They held protest ‘dharna’ in front of the nursing home last night and continued it today.