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City resident pays price for I-T dept’s blunder
Ludhiana, April 24
City resident Amarjit Singh is paying the price for a fault committed by his namesake sitting in Uttar
Pradesh. Due to a technical glitch allegedly committed by the Income Tax department, Amarjit Singh, a city-based goldsmith, has been branded a defaulter and denied housing loan and has been forced to live in a rented apartment.
State of Schools - I
Government schools in urban areas cry for attention
Ludhiana, April 24
Despite getting grants from the Government of India for infrastructural facilities, government schools in urban areas are having congested, overcrowded classrooms full of darkness.
Many schools are running from three-storeyed buildings of 150 sq yard, while others do not have sufficient rooms and furniture. |
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A view of the kitchen in a government school where mid-day meal is cooked for 300 children; and (right) an overcrowded corridor of a school in
Ludhiana. Photos: Inderjeet Verma
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ISKCON Acharya Shrimad Gopal Krishna Goswami lays the foundation stone of Shri Radha Gopinath Temple at Janpath Estates in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
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A labourer separates dust from wheat at the Jagraon grain market on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph |
PSEB hikes exam fee
Ludhiana April 24
The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) has decided to increase the examination fee from next semester to overcome financial crisis. This decision, experts in the education sector feel, would affect poor students of the government schools.
The teachers rued that while on one hand the government has exempted the fee and other funds of girl students and those belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SC), on the other, the PSEB has been increasing the examination fee.
Need to strengthen veterinary extension, say experts
Ludhiana, April 24
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) organised a one-day workshop for dairy and fisheries officials of the state yesterday.
Jagpal Singh Sandhu, Financial Commissioner, animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries, was the chief guest and Dr VK Taneja, Vice-Chancellor, GADVASU, presided over the function.
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Financial Commissioner (diaries) addresses a gathering during a workshop on fisheries and dairy technologies at
GADVASU in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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Punjabi akademi’s library houses rare books
Ludhiana, April 24
As the World Books Day is being celebrated yesterday, everyone talks about the need for reading and receding reading habits.
The research and reference library of Punjabi Sahit Akademi at the Punjabi Bhawan is growing gradually with not only new books but also with books that have become old and are ready to become a part of history.
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(Right) Dr Prem Singh Bajaj with a 17th century book.
A few old and rare books; and (bottom) the miniature form of Guru Granth Sahib at the Reference and Research Library of the Punjabi Sahit Academi at Punjabi Bhawan in
Ludhiana. Photos: Inderjeet Verma
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Unpredictable weather worries farmers
Jagraon, April 24
Unpredictable weather has left thousands of
farmers whose wheat crop has been lying in open at the Jagraon Grain Market worried.
As per information, more than 25,000 tonnes of wheat of farmers has been lying at the grain market, which is the second largest grain market in Asia
after Khanna.
Principal Secy visits mandis
Ludhiana/Raikot, April 24
The state government is committed to watching the farmers’ interests and the Chief Minister, Parkash Singh
Badal, was concerned about their welfare in the state, which makes the largest share to the food kitty of the nation.
Principal Secretary, Defence Services Welfare Department, Punjab, C Raul (third from left) at the Salem Tabri grain market in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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To know their secret, cycle industry team off to China
Ludhiana, April 24
Since the dragon is gulping down the local cycle industry, a delegation of 64 cycle manufacturers set out for China today to attend an international cycle show that is being organised from April 26 to 29.
Om Parkash Munjal flags off a delegation comprising members of the cycle industry in Ludhiana on Tuesday. |
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Akshya Tritya: 713.5g gold coins sold at post offices
Ludhiana, April 24
A total of 713.5 grams of gold coins, worth Rs 24 lakh, were sold at various post offices in the district on the occasion of Akshya Tritya today, officials at the head post office informed.
This is more than the total quantity of gold sold in the district since beginning of this month till April 22. Of this, 621.5 grams of gold coins got sold at the head post office.
The city tops in the sale of gold coins in northern India, according to Swaraj
Kaur, senior postmaster, head post office.
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World Meningitis day
Vaccinate your child now, meningitis can be deadly
Luhdiana, April 24
Meningitis can affect people of all ages but infants, children and adolescents are typically at an increased risk of infection. The peak infant age group at risk of bacterial meningitis is from six to 18 months. Overall about 50 per cent of the cases of bacterial meningitis occur in children under five.
rti complaints
LIT peon suspended for posing as clerk
Ludhiana, April 24
The Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) has suspended a class IV employee, Harpal Singh, who had appeared as a clerk before the Punjab State Information Commission
(PSIC) in the course of hearings of different complaints from time to time.
A man washes a car near the Government College for Women in Ludhiana on
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Stress on need for water management
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 24
Amjad Ali, district governor, Rotary International district 3090, called upon leaders of all NGOs to make people aware about the need for water management and environment preservation, so that future generations may have sufficient life sustaining constituents.
dengue tests
Private hospitals told to use govt-approved kits
Ludhiana, April 24
The Chief Medical Officer, Ludhiana, Dr Subhash Batta, has told all private hospitals to conduct dengue tests only through the government-approved kits and to prepare blood film in case a patient was positive with malaria. He also issued some instructions related to swine flu.
Harpreet clinches top spot in MSc exam
Ludhiana, April 24
Harpreet Kaur, a student of GNGC, has bagged first position in Panjab University in MSc I (physics) securing 81 per cent marks in the first semester examinations.
She said it was regular and constant studies that helped her clinch the top position.
Shift liquor vend, demand residents
Ludhiana, April 24
A delegation of the Ambedkar Nagar Welfare Society led by president, Dr Surjit Singh, met Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Rupanjli Kartik here today.
The delegation submitted a letter to the ADC demanding to shift liquor vend from ward No. 47, Ambedkar
Nagar.
Couple hurt in road mishap
Jagraon, April 24
A couple got injured when a truck hit the motorcycle they were travelling on today. As per information, the accident took place at the Ludhiana-Moga Highway near Malak Chowk of Jagraon. The injured have been identified as Gurdeep Singh (32) and wife Simran Kaur (29) of Upplan village near Samrala.
Man charred to death
Phillaur, April 24
A truck driver, identified as Prem Nath of Shadipur village, was burnt alive when the truck he was driving caught fire after coming in contact with loose high tension wires near Bilga in the Phillaur sub-division.
Sets of boxes stolen from car
Ludhiana, April 24
Sets of boxes were stolen from the car of Jatinderpal Singh, a cable operator
from Ludhiana, who had come to attend a wedding at Dugri today. The police is looking into the matter, while no case has been registered so far.
5 booked after clash over ‘eve-teasing’
Ludhiana, April 24
The Model Town police station has registered a case under section 323, 341 and 506 against five persons after they clashed over an "eve-teasing" issue at Railway Colony here last evening.
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