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10 lakh bank staff go on strike
Ludhiana, August 22
On the call given by United Forum of Bank Unions
(UFBU), nearly 10 lakh bank employees and the All India Bank Officers' Association held a rally in front of Canara Bank, Bharat Nagar
Chowk. The employees who went on strike complained that various important issues, raised by the UFBU were still unresolved.
Bank employees on strike being addressed by a union leader at Bharat Nagar Chowk in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Photo:Inderjeet Verma
Businessmen, postal employees’ standoff intensifies in city
Ludhiana, August 22
The standoff between the postal department employees and businessmen of Model Town intensified today as both the groups staged dharna and demanded police action against the opposite group.
A shopkeeper downs shutters of his shop at Model Town market in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Sidhwan Canal
Rs 8 lakh being spent on repairs, but sewer still to be fixed
Ludhiana, August 22
Even as the main sewerage line on the Sidhwan Canal bridge on Ferozepur Road got damaged five days ago, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) has failed to repair it so far. As per an estimate, around Rs 8 lakh is being spent on repairs by the operations and maintenance (O&M) branch of the MC, but the sewer line has still not been fixed.
Yellow and blue pipes pumping sewage into Sidhwan Canal in Ludhiana on Wednesday. The MC has not been able to repair the damaged sewer so far.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Keep hospital clean or face music, contractor warned
Ludhiana, August 22
The Deputy Medical Commissioner today instructed the sanitation contractor to keep Lord Mahavir Civil Hospital clean or face the music.
Doctors can land in soup for fake fitness certificates
Ludhiana, August 22
Issuing a fake fitness medical certificate to a person aspiring for a driver's licence could land a doctor in trouble. The DIG, MF Farooqui, said on the sidelines of a seminar conducted at the ISBT for sensitising bus drivers about traffic rules, that a case would be registered against doctors issuing fitness certificates without conducting a medical examination.
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Old computers hinder learning
Ludhiana, August 22
Education is suffering in government schools as students are using old, slow computers. A visit to government schools brings this reality to fore.
Three students share one computer while others wait for their turn as they sit on the floor
at a government school in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
800 teachers left stranded as govt discontinues scheme
Ludhiana, August 22
The future of around 800 teachers, who were recruited under the same terms and conditions as Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
(SSA) and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) teacehers, hangs in the balance as the state government has discontinued the Centre-sponsored scheme under whch they were recruited.
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Delhi Metro team to conduct survey
Ludhiana, August 22
A team from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will be visiting the city from Monday onwards for conducting a survey in the city regarding the Ludhiana Metro Rail Project. On the basis of the survey,the final Detailed Project Report (DPR) will be prepared.
One month on, administration yet to take action on encroacher
Ludhiana, August 22
A leading pub and night club, which opened in Ghumar Mandi recently, has marked its own parking space by encroaching upon public road on both the sides for the convenience of its customers.
Dharna against violence in Northeast
Ludhiana, August 22
A Non Government Origination, Jan Chetna, organised a peaceful dharna against the violence in Northern Eastern states at Bhiwala Chowk. Activists of Jan Chetna presented a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner Rahul Tiwari in this regard.
Trader was planning to install CCTV camera the day he was killed
Ludhiana, August 22
Forex trader Sukhjinder Singh, who was brutally killed by robbers at his office on Rahon Road on August 17, had sensed trouble and was in process of installing a close circuit television camera at his office. But destiny had some other plans as Sukhjinder was murdered on the same day when he was to install the
CCTV.
Gurdeep Singh, father of Sukjinder Singh (inset).
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Drive against illegal colonies continues
Ludhiana, August 22
Continuing its drive against illegal residential colonies mushrooming on the outskirts of the city, the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority
(GLADA) today demolished two illegal colonies in different parts of the city.
A boundary wall of an illegal colony being demolished in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
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4 suspected cases of dengue reported
Ludhiana, August 22
The health department reported four new suspected cases of dengue here today. District epidemiologist Dr Puneet Juneja said, "All suspected patients are under treatment at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital.
MC fails to practice what it preaches
Ludhiana, August 22
Charity begins at home. However, the proverb this doesn't seem to be true when we talk of Ludhiana Municipal Corporation.
(From left) A broken door of a toilet, an out-of-order washbasin and an ill-maintained water cooler at the MC Zone-A office near Mata Rani Chowk in Ludhiana. tribune photographs
Delegation of Knitwear Club to meet FM
Ludhiana, August 22
A delegation from the Knitwear Club under the leadership of Sunil jakhar, Leader of Opposition in the Panjab Legislative Assembly will soon meet P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, to discuss about the withdrawal of excise duty which was imposed in the General Budget of 2011.
Broken divider makes road accident prone
Dehlon, August 22
Residents of villages situated along the Ludhiana-Malerkotla road continue endangering lives and making the road accident prone by creating gaps in the road divider. This is done so that the area residents can avoid taking
a longer route for crossing over to the other side. The divider has been
broken at many places in the area.
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50 doctors take part in awareness programme
Ludhiana, August 22
The Ludhiana Obstetrics & Gynaecology Society, in association with IMA Ludhiana, conducted an awareness programme on contraception for general practitioners under the aegis of Public Awareness Committee, FOGSI (The Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India).
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A family travels on an indigenous motor cart in Jodhewal Basti. tribune photo: Himanshu
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Workshop on rabi crops begins
Ludhiana, August 22
"It is vital to strengthen the existing agricultural extension system and re-orient the technology transfer approach for the benefit of the farming community as well as sustainability of agriculture," said Dr Baldev Singh
Dhillon, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), while inaugurating a two-day "Research and Extension Specialists' Workshop for Rabi Crops" here today.
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Man held on duping charge
Jagraon, August 22
The Jagraon police has arrested a person for allegedly duping many people on the pretext of sending them abroad. The arrested accused has been identified as Daljit Singh while two other members of the gang are still absconding.
18 robbers, snatchers nabbed
Ludhiana, August 22
The police has arrested 18 persons allegedly owing allegiance to eight gangs of robbers and snatchers.
Habit-forming drugs, abortion kits seized
Ludhiana, August 22
Six teams of the health department today raided nine chemist shops on Barewal Road and the Haibowal area. Drug Inspector Sukhbeer Chand said habit-forming drugs and abortion kits being sold without prescription, besides 600 tablets, were seized from various chemists.
Gang of robbers busted, five arrested
Mandi Ahmedgarh, August 22
Five members of a notorious gang of robbers were nabbed by the police yesterday when they were allegedly plotting to strike in the Sandaur area.
The accused in police custody in Mandi Ahmedgarh on Wednesday.
Man booked for raping daughter-in-law
Ludhiana, August 22
The police today booked a man for allegedly raping his 20-year-old daughter-in-law at his house in Dhillon Colony on Daba Road.
Thieves strike at four shops
Jagraon, August 22
Unidentified thieves struck at four shops situated on the Raikot Road, Mullanpur, during the same night and decamped with cash and other valuable worth thousands. The incident took place on Monday night. The police has registered a case against unidentified thieves and started the investigation.
Woman found dead
Jagraon, August 22
A 28-year-old woman died under mysterious circumstances at her house last night. The deceased woman has been identified as Paramjit Kaur, wife of Gurmit Singh, a resident of Ghuman Chowk Gurusar Sudhar.
Fake cosmetics worth Rs
12 lakh seized
Ludhiana, August 22
The city police today raided a shop of a grocery wholesale trader located in Talab Bazar and seized fake cosmetics worth Rs 12 lakh.
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