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Busy intersection or rally ground
Ludhiana, September 5
The city’s Bharat Nagar Chowk witnessed two protests by different organisations today. Residents passing through the busy chowk had to face inconvenience as safai karamcharis and teachers blocked the traffic in protest. The safai karamcharis held a protest against the door-to-door collection of garbage from 12 noon to 1 pm and teachers held a protest against the rationalisation policy of the state education department from 4.30 pm to 5 pm.
Private garbage collectors lay siege to Bharat Nagar Chowk
Ludhiana, September 5
Hundreds of private garbage collectors, under the aegis of the Valmiki Samaj Bachao
Aandolan, held a protest against the state government by blocking Bharat Nagar Chowk for one hour, from 12 noon to 1 pm.
Garbage collectors argue with a policeman during a protest at Bharat Nagar Chowk on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Five injured as mini-bus overturns
Ludhiana, September 5
Five persons were injured when a mini-bus coming from Phillaur rammed into the road-divider and overturned on the
Ludhiana-Jalandhar road near Malhotra Marriage Palace at around 1 pm.
The mini-bus that overturned on the Ludhiana-Jalandhar road on
Wednesday (L) and One of the injured passengers being treated at the Civil Hospital in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Tribune
photos: Himanshu Mahajan
Commuters cross dividers, risk lives
Ludhiana, September 5
Though the city police has closed about 60 road dividers in the city, impatient commuters, especially two-wheeler riders, continue to make their way through these dividers, putting theirs as well as others’ lives at risk.
A two-wheeler rider crosses a road divider in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Dividers posing danger to commuters
Gastro cases on rise in city
Ludhiana, September 5
Hospitals and clinics in the city are witnessing huge rush of patients with complaints of vomiting, nausea, diarrhoea and fever. Even as isolated cases of gastroenteritis are being reported in the city, the district health authorities are yet to wake from slumber. However, the health department officias today collected a few samples from hotels and restaurants.
Teachers enable us to lead a respectable life, say students
Ludhiana, September 5
Iqbaljeet Kaur always wanted to be a teacher but a few years back she lost her eyesight. However, she didn't lose the sight of her goal to become a teacher. She started all over again, learnt Braille and began teaching visually-impaired children at the Vocational Rehabilitation Training Centre
(VRTC) here. She has been teaching at the centre since the beginning of this year and today on the occasion of Teacher's Day, she along with other teachers was honoured for the service to the visually-impaired students.
Visually impaired teachers Iqbaljeet Kaur (left) and Maya Mehlawat ( right) teach students at the VRTC in Ludhiana
on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Rich give gifts to lure teachers
Mandi Ahmedgarh, September 5
Apart from providing an opportunity to pay gratitude to the teaching community, Teachers Day is an occasion for the families, belonging to higher socio-economic background, to win favour of teachers for their wards through expensive gifts. The gifts, which are presented to teachers, include perfumes, make-up kits, imported purses and even mobile sets. Some parents lamented that such attitude of teachers and administrators in the past was the cause of inferiority complex in their kids.
Protests mark Teacher’s Day celebrations
Ludhiana, September 5
Opposing the new rationalisation policy of the state education department, teachers from five different unions staged a protest at the Bharat Nagar Chowk here today. The teachers burnt a symbolic effigy of the state government and blocked the traffic for around half an hour —from 4.30 pm to 5 pm — leading to traffic congestion.
Members of various teacher unions stage a protest against the state government in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
Tribune photos: Himanshu Mahajan
Farmers hold protest
Phillaur, September 5
On a call given by 17 various farmers’ unions, hundreds of the farmers
blocked rail traffic on the main Ludhiana-Jalandhar rail
section, near Phillaur Railway Station today.
Economic problem needs political solution: Manpreet
Mandi Gobindgarh, September 5
“The precarious economical condition of the state needs political will and political solution and Imposition of more taxes is not the right choice at this juncture.” This was said by Manpreet Singh
Badal, President, Peoples Party of Punjab, during an interacting with the mediapersons here today. He also appealed to the industry not to shift their base to other states.
University, college faculty press for demands in Chandigarh
Ludhiana/Doraha, September 5
On a call given by the Punjab Federation of University and College Teachers Organisation (PFUCTO), a protest rally attended by teachers from private as well as government universities and colleges of Punjab was organised at the Rally Ground in Chandigarh today. Observing the Teacher’s Day as “Black Day”, around 2,500 teachers from all over the state took part in the protest against the state government's lackadaisical attitude towards the higher education and the teaching community
as a whole.
Civic body forms uniform policy
Ludhiana, September 5
After getting a green signal from the state government, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has finally framed a uniform policy for installing religious hoardings in the city, which were earlier installed without taking its permission.
A file photo of religious hoardings installed at Fountain Chowk in Ludhiana.
Traders condemn levying of processing fee
Ludhiana, September 5
The trader community has condemned the processing fee levied by the excise and taxation department. A public notice in this regard was issued today mentioning that “every taxable person shall pay annual processing fee of Rs 800 only in October along with the filing of the quarterly return”.
After being assured, rural development officers suspend strike
Ludhiana, September 5
Punjab rural development officials who went on mass leave to press upon the rural development and panchayat minister to shift the department’s director for misusing his official powers have suspended their strike after assurance by the minister.
Jan Aushadhi store faces shortage of medicine
Ludhiana, September 5
Even after a year it was reopened on the premises of Lord Mahavir Civil Hospital, Ludhiana, the Jan Aushadhi store, which provides medicines to poor and needy patients on subsidised rates, has been facing shortage of medicines. Last year, the store reopened on September 5.
A Jan Aushadhi store at Lord Mahavira Civil Hospital in Ludhiana. photo: Inderjeet Verma
Shoes that give the feel of being bare feet
Ludhiana, September 5
If one ever had the inclination to go bare feet, but never dared to do so fearing foot injury, a solution is available with a few companies making shoes that ape the shape of the feet.
Shoes shaped like human feet are increasingly being favoured by residents of Ludhiana. a Tribune Photograph
Amarinder to join protest
Ludhiana, September 5
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
(PPCC) President Capt Amarinder Singh will be in the city to attend a protest against the government on September 7.
CICU joint secretary honoured
Ludhiana, September 5
Upkar Singh Ahuja, joint secretary, Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings, and group managing director, New Swan Group of Industries, Ludhiana, has won the Bronze Trophy for Excellence in Quality and Productivity and Certificate of recognition in Excellence in Technology in the SME Category for 2012-13 for second time in a row.
Three suspected of
dengue
Ludhiana, September 5
Three more patients have been suspected of Dengue here. Out of the three, two are from Gurdaspur and Faridkot districts and third one is from Ludhiana. The patients are under treatment at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana.
Eat green leafy vegetables, say experts
ludhiana, September 5
Diet alone cannot ensure a disease-free life, but a proper balanced diet can help to reduce the risk of chronic diseases and promote good health, highlighted the experts of Food and Nutrition Department of the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU). The experts emphasised on the important of green leafy vegetables in the diet.
College notes
Woman commits suicide; husband, in-laws booked
Ludhiana, September 5
A married woman, Neetu (name changed), reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself with the ceiling following "harassment" by her in-laws. The Basti Jodhewal police has registered a case against four persons on the basis of complaint filed by Neetu's brother Bablu Bhandari.
25-yr-old dies in accident
Ludhiana, September 5
A 25-year-old youth, Bharat Kumar, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, was killed after being hit by an unidentified vehicle last night.
20 quintal of poppy husk, opium recovered
Jagraon, September 5
Over 20 quintal of poppy husk and opium was recovered from an abandoned truck on the link road leading to Ludhiana GT Road here today.
Ludhiana restrict Jalandhar to 268 runs
Ludhiana, September 5
Thanks to superb bowling by Baltej Singh and Rahul Singla, Ludhiana restricted Jalandhar to 268 runs to gain vital 20-runs lead in the first innings on the penultimate day of the four-day match in the Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournament for the Katoch Shield being played at the Punjab Agricultural University ground here today.
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