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GLADA rapped for irregular ex-gratia, wage payments
Ludhiana, April 15
The audit department has taken serious note of irregular ex-gratia payment to the extent of Rs 23.71 lakh and wages on muster rolls amounting to Rs 79.82 lakh by the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA) in violation of instructions of the Punjab government.
Helpline on towed-away vehicles launched
Ludhiana, April 15
If you find your haphazardly parked car missing from outside a shopping mall or a busy market, do not panic. Call 1073 or 0161-2770012 to ask whether your car has been towed away. The move has been taken following complaints that the towing away of vehicles leaves residents worried.
Farewell parties reduced to just modelling and dancing
Ludhiana, April 15
Gone are the day when a farewell used to be a simple but sentimental affair involving no expenses. While one of the junior students read the farewell address, any student passing out used to thank them in a graceful way.
College students walk the ramp during a farewell party in Ludhiana. File Photo
Industrialists and traders worried
Ludhiana, April 15
Traders and industrialists have been left in the lurch as the excise and taxation department has not extended the last date for filing C-forms for the year 2010-11. The last date for filing C-forms was November 20 last.
144-yr-old solar watch a shambles
Doraha, April 15
A 144-year-old solar watch, erected by RG Kennedy in 1878, placed at the Canal Rest House of Rampur village, is a shambles.
Initially, located at Bharthala in Samrala, the clock was shifted to Doraha in 1928. For want of upkeep and proper maintenance, the unique treasure has not only lost its original glory, but also lies abandoned, amidst overgrown grass.
Teachers divided over formation of new directorates
Ludhiana April 15
Various teachers’ organisations stand divided over the formation of new directorates. Some of the unions are favouring the move while others opposing it. Meanwhile, the government has started allotting schools under new directorates.
Work going on at snail’s pace
Jagraon, April 15
Keeping in view the slow pace of construction work going on to set up a sewerage treatment plant at Jagraon, the chances of completing the project within one year as per the directions issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court seem bleak.
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Traffic police’s efforts to ease congestion fructify
After tinkering with the mammoth problem of traffic congestion on the Old GT Road from Jagraon bridge to old sabzi
mandi, especially around the Clock Tower Chowk in the old city, the traffic police has at last succeeded in bringing some sort of order in the traffic movement.
The imposition of ban on the plying of three-wheelers beyond the railway station
has brought relief to commuters, and movement of vehicles on the stretch has now
become comparatively hassle-free.
Dengue fear gives residents sleepless nights
Jagraon, April 15
With the summer setting in, the fear of dengue and malaria has once again gripped the residents of various localities situated along the local Disposal Road. Unhygienic surroundings and streets flooded with dirty water due to choked sewerage are giving sleepless nights to residents of these localities.
Beating the heat in style
Ludhiana, April 15
With the summer setting in, youngsters are all agog to flaunt new fashion and style.
Dhoti suits of girls, cool tees of boys are all set to make the hot summer sultry through all new styles. Fashion brands in the city have also launched the new summer collection underscoring the overall trends for the season while also emphasising their own brand identities through clothes.
Youngsters are all set to make the sizzling summer sultry. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Open air theatre lying unused for years
 Ludhiana, April 15
Open air theatre at SCD Government College evokes nostalgia of the plays staged there and the applause that these used to receive. The place now remains silent and the quaint seating rows are only used by some students to lounge around and relax.
A view of the open air theatre at the SCD Government College in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
PSEB changes syllabi, but fails to provide books
Ludhiana, April 15
Though the new academic session in schools affiliated to the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) started about two weeks ago, the board has, so far, failed to provide new books to students.
Veggies become dearer
Ludhiana, April 15
A sudden rise in prices of vegetables has started burning a hole in the pocket of common man. One has to shell out extra money to buy vegetables and the magnitude of the skyrocketing prices is such that even vegetable vendors have begun looking at other sources of livelihood.
Give appointment letters to those selected, demands clerks’ body
Ludhiana, April 15
A meeting of the Subordinates Services Selection Board Clerk Requirement Origination led by Munish Kumar was held here today.
At the meeting, Munish Kumar stated that the Punjab government had publicised an advertisement for requirement of 850 vacancies of clerk in July 2011.
SAI team visits astroTurf stadium
Ludhiana, April 15
Here is a good news for sports lovers, particularly the hockey fans of Ludhiana and its nearby areas, as the synthetic track at the Olympian Prithipal Singh Memorial AstroTurf Stadium of the Punjab Agricultural University here is re-laid and the venue is ready to play host to the hockey tournaments of the national and international levels.
The re-laid astroTurf at the Olympian Pirthipal Hockey Stadium of the PAU in Ludhiana. A Tribune photograph
Punjabi Sahit Akademi holds elections
Ludhiana, April 15
The elections of the Punjabi Sahit Akademi were held at Punjabi Bhawan today. Members of the akademi cast their votes for the honorary posts.
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Immunisation drive |
A child is administered polio drops in Ludhiana on Sunday. A total of 1,55,960 children up to the age of five years were given the vaccine. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
Five-year-old donates eyes
Ludhiana, April 15
Five-year-old Prabhleen Kaur Makkar, daughter of Dalbeer Singh Makkar, died due to heart attack on March 31.
Four radical Sikh leaders released
Ludhiana, April 15
Four radical Sikh leaders, including Gurdeep Singh Gosha, Jaswinder Singh Baliewal, Jasdeep Singh Kaunke and Shiromani Akali Dal Panch Pardhani chief and pro-Khalistan activist Daljit Singh Bittu, who were arrested on March 28 for making provocative speech, were released today.
Victim’s kin allege police inaction
Ludhiana, April 15
Relatives of a 14-year-old boy Kallu , who was run over by a construction vehicle and died yesterday, created a scene at the civil hospital here today, when the police brought the body of the victim for postmortem examination.
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NCC cadet felicitated
Rajya Sabha MP Avinash Rai Khanna felicitated Nayeea
Vinayak, an NCC cadet, on Saturday. A student of the local Anand Isher Senior Secondary School, she was among the three junior wing cadets who participated in the parade from the state.
Girl alleges rape
Jagraon, April 15
A girl hailing from Bhundri village met Ludhiana SSP (rural) Amar Singh Chahal alleging that two youths of Salempura village near Sidhwan Bet had raped her on April 9. The victim, who works at a Ludhiana-based beauty parlour, informed the SSP that on April 9 she was waiting for a bus at the bus stand when two youths hailing from Salempura village arrived there in a car and offered her a lift.
Three booked on theft
charge
Ludhiana, April 15
Three tipsy contractual employees of the Municipal Corporation (MC) were booked for committing a theft in the house a migrant in the Guru Nanakpura area.
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The mother of 18-year-old Sunny, who drowned in the Sutlej three days ago, complained that divers were demanding a huge amount to fish out the body.
The Punjab Cricket Association's (PCA) move to groom young players (13 to 15 years) for the national and international level competitions has been translated into action with the inauguration of the non-residential cricket academy at Arya College ground here today.