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Religious fervour marks rath yatra
Ludhiana, December 16
Hundreds of devotees took part in the Lord Jagannath rath yatra, which started from the Durga Mata temple here this afternoon. Before the start of the
yatra, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal addressed a huge gathering and exhorted the youth to stay away from drugs and take part in sports.
Divine pursuit: Devotees take part in the Lord Jagannath rath yatra in Ludhiana on Sunday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
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Pindi Street fast becoming hub of illegal sale of drugs
Ludhiana, December 16
Pindi Street, famous for wholesale medicines, is fast becoming a hub of transportation of habit-forming drugs to several districts and villages in an illegal manner. According to the police, in the absence of strict laws, medical stores here are supplying habit-forming drugs worth lakhs of rupees to several places.
Move to link minimum wages with inflation worries industry
Ludhiana, December 16
The Central Government’s proposal to link minimum wages with inflation has left the local industry worried. Representatives of the industry say they are already compensating the labour for inflation. Linking wages with inflation may turn out to be a cause of "recurring irritation" between employees and employers.
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No power cuts to be imposed next summer: PSPCL chief
Ludhiana, December 16
Asserting that Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) was making "timely and comprehensive arrangements" to procure adequate power from other sources while augmenting its own power generation, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the PSPCL KD Choudhry claimed that no power cuts would be imposed during the next summer and all categories of consumers would get uninterrupted power supply.
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35-year-old man stabbed to death
Ludhiana, December 16
A 35-year-old man was killed by suspected robbers near Sahni village near Sahnewal here last night. The victim, identified as Sanjay, was returning home from work when armed assailants intercepted him near a fuel station.
The victim was stabbed many times in the abdomen. He succumbed to his injuries while being taken to a hospital.
Rajnikanth's new
space- CBSE textbooks
Ludhiana, December 16
As a chapter on southern superstar Rajnikanth is going to be added to the CBSE course book, it has made the students in the city excited.
A chapter on him points to his 'rags to riches'
story from being a 'bus conductor to a superstar', according to a school teacher. "I liked Rajnikanth in his movie Robot," says Shreyansh, a class V student.
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Students take part in a fun race at Police DAV School, Police Lines, in
Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
Making kids write at early age not right: Expert
Ludhiana, December 16
As playway schools are springing up in every corner of the city, they are using their own ways to make the children learn.
Some of the schools are making children learn to write. But experts say that making little children write early can boomerang.
Peanuts no longer poor man’s almonds as prices go up
Doraha, December 16
A poor man, who can just afford peanuts to satiate his almond appetite, can no longer do the same this winter. The prices of peanuts have soared in the past few days.
“There was a time when in winter I used to wait for my father’s return from the factory eagerly, as he would generally bring peanuts for me.
Rain effect: Vegetable prices up
Ludhiana, December 16
Prices to vegetables have marginally gone up after the recent rain. The supply of vegetables from the neighbouring states has been affected due to the rain and vegetables from the hill states have also stopped, leading to a nominal increase in the prices.
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Small units told to print ‘EM-II’ on sale orders, invoices
Ludhiana, December 16
The Ministry of the MSME has issued an advisory to all the micro and small enterprises to print their entrepreneur memorandum numbers "EM-II" on their sale orders, letter heads and sale invoices.
Congress gears up for Dec 20 protest
Ludhiana, December 16
The Ludhiana District Congress Committee (urban) will stage a demonstration at the Zone A office of the MC on December 20 against its recent decisions to impose heavy taxes on the residents. This was stated by Pawan
Dewan, president of the committee at a meeting here today.
REPORTERS’
DIARY
People Obsessed with diet food
Some people are so obsessed with the diet food that they make it a point to buy everything with a tag of “diet” or “low calorie”. Recently at a store while I was buying grocery, a girl was also buying the stuff. Time and again she was asking the salesman to give her either a sugar-free product or low-calorie food. |
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FROM
COLLEGES
Google selects 20 engg students for interview
As many as 20 students of Bhutta College of Engineering were short-listed for were selected for final round of interview in the Google during the campus placement drive organised by the company at the college campus today.
FROM
SCHOOLS
Cultural extravaganza
A cultural extravaganza titled 'the magical world of gratitude' was organised at Nehru Siddhant Kender by Sat Paul Mittal School. The students of the school presented an act 'It's a beautiful life', dance performance 'hum rahen ya na rahen
kal', lazy song bhangra and hip-hop during the event.
DISTRICT
SCAN
PAU to hold annual convocation
To commemorate its golden jubilee year, the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU)
will hold its annual convocation on December 17 at Pal Auditorium. Professor
Abhijit Sen, Member of Planning Commission, Government of India, will grace the
occasion as the chief guest.
Staff of the Forest Department during a recent interaction with the Forest Minister in
Phillaur. A Tribune photograph |
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Mid-day meal workers demand life insurance cover
Ludhiana, December 16
The Democratic Mid-day Meal Cook Front today protested at Chatar Singh Park against the mid-day meal preparation work being given on contract.
As the mid-day meals are now prepared in the city through a centralised kitchen, this has jeopardised the jobs of hundreds of mid-day meal workers.
Flowery treat: A butterfly sucks nectar from a flower on the PAU campus. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Ludhiana bodybuilding competition on Dec 23
Ludhiana, December 16
The Ludhiana Bodybuilding and Fitness Association (LBBFA) with the help of Ludhiana Body Lifting Association (LBLA) will organise the 19th Ludhiana District Bodybuilding and Body Lifting Competition at Luxmi Naryan Mandir near DAV Public School, Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar, here on December 23.
Satguru Jagjit Singh’s ashes immersed
Bhaini Saheb (Khanna), December 16
The ashes of Satguru Jagjit Singh, former head of Namdhari Darbar, were immersed in Sirhind Canal near Dera Neelon yesterday.
His wife Mata Chand Kaur, other family members and senior functionaries, including the new head of the darbar Thakur Uday Singh, were present on the occasion.
4 of family hurt in clash over property
Jagraon, December 16
A youth of Leelan Megh Singh village, near Sidhwan Bet, accompanied by his friends, allegedly attacked four members of his own family. The incident took place during a gathering of the members of the family called for settling a dispute over a property.
hockey tourney
Mehta Gurukul School players corner glory
Ludhiana, December 16
The students of Mehta Gurukul Senior Secondary School, Doarha, brought laurels to their school by clinching the title (U-14) in the CBSE National Hockey Tournament held at Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan International Residential Public School,
Bhimavaram, in Andhra Pradesh, recently.
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