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Govt ayurvedic dispensaries short of medicines
Ludhiana, December 6
There is a shortage of medicines in government ayurvedic dispensaries in the district. It was over a year ago that these dispensaries received their last stock of more than a dozen medicines. Patients who visit these dispensaries for medicines have to return disappointed with just a prescription of an ayurvedic medical officer.
Tight security for Manmohan’s visit
Ludhiana, December 6
Foolproof security arrangements have been made in the city in view of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit.
Shopkeepers block traffic
Machiwara December 6
A number of shopkeepers of Machiwara blocked traffic and raised slogans against the alleged misbehave with shopkeepers by some employees of the Machhiwara Nagar Council here today.
Shopkeepers block traffic in Machhiwara on Thursday. photo by writer
Teachers of aided colleges meet CM on pension issue
Ludhiana, December 6
To implement the pension scheme in the aided-colleges, a deputation of senior teachers and principals met the Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal, in Chandigarh recently.
Anjali wins poetry recitation competition
Doraha, December 6
Anjali, a class VII student of Saraswati Model Senior Secondary School, Doraha, has won first position in the State-Level Poetical Recitations Competitions, organised at Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Mohali, by the Punjab School Education Board yesterday.
Police, schoolchildren seek people’s support to abolish child labour
Ludhiana, December 6
As many as 250 students from different schools participated in a rally conducted by the police against child abuse in Focal Point and Old city area.
Students during a campaign against drugs and child labour in Ludhiana on Thursday.
JN Bose Memorial Award for PAU scientists
Ludhiana, December 6
A team of home scientists namely Dr Priayanka Prasad, Dr Kiran Grover and Dr Jaswinder K Sangha of the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) have bagged "JN Bose Memorial Award" in the field of community nutrition. The award was conferred upon the home scientists for their research project entitled "Obesity and its Associated Risk Factors among Postmenopausal Women." The PAU home scientists were presented the award during the Golden Jubilee Conference of Indian Dietetic Association, held at National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR), Hyderabad, from November 29 to December 1. The PhD scholars namely Neetu and Monika Chaudhary also won the Best Poster Award during the conference.
Railway pensioners resent poor medical facilities
Ludhiana, December 6
The Northern Railway pensioners, their dependants as well as serving employees are sore over poor medical facilities, both diagnostic and therapeutic, at the sub-divisional railway hospital here. Facilities here have not improved even though it was upgraded two years ago.
Father appeals for critically sick patient
Ludhiana, December 6
A 15-year-old girl, Kamaljeet Kaur, who has been suffering from acute leukaemia, is under treatment at the PGI, Chandigarh.
Ludhiana scan
Two booked on eve-teasing charge
Ludhiana, December 6
Two persons have been booked on a charge of outraging the modesty of a woman. In her complaint to the police, the victim said Robin and Vishal, both residents of Mohalla Gurbag Colony near Veer Palace, grabbed her by the arm yesterday and tried to molest her.
4 killed in mishaps
Phillaur, December 6
Four persons were killed and 10, including seven women, injured in different accidents in Goraya, Phillaur subdivision, today.
Missing youth’s body found in canal
Samrala, December 6
The body of the son of a jeweller was found in the Sirhand canal, near Gurthali Bridge here today. The deceased, identified as Abhi (17), was a student of class X, and had been missing for the past six days. Today, passersby spotted the body in the canal in informed the police.
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Information and Broadcasting Manish
Tewari, who is a member of the Lok Sabha from Ludhiana, will flag off the train for Moga at 12.45 pm on Saturday.
