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Man shoots himself in head at village
Ludhiana, April 10
A 40-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with his licensed rifle at Gahlewal village here last night.
A worker tries to fix a hoarding on a windy day in
Ludhiana. Tribune photo: himanshu mahajan |
Power tariff hike big blow to people
Ludhiana, April 10
An across-the-board increase of 9.06 per cent in the power tariff announced by the Punjab State Energy Regulatory Commission (PSERC) today has come as a blow to the people from all walks of life.
State industry fears exodus of units
Ludhiana, April 10
Industry has strongly reacted to the hike in the power tariff. The tariff for the small power industry has been increased by 12.5 per cent from paise 510 to paise 574 and for the medium power industry it's 11.55 per cent, an increase from paise 561 to paise 626. The worst hit are those units which require huge power supply. The hike for them is 13 per cent from paise 561 to paise 633.
Man hangs himself from tree
Ludhiana, April 10
A 35-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree on the rear side of Lord Mahavira Homoeopathic Medical Hospital, near the Haibowal bridge, here today.
Policemen record the statement of a relative of Motilal in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Sub-Registrar's Office-West
No land deal registered for the second day
Ludhiana, April 10
Visitors to the Sub Registrar's Office (West) here were a harassed lot as no land deals could be carried out on the second consecutive day today in the absence of the
tehsildar/naib tehsildar. The visitors, who come from far-off places to register their land deals, had to go back disappointed as no documents were registered even today.
Now, building plan to be approved in a day
Ludhiana, April 10
If any resident wants to start any construction in the city, he will now get approval of his building plan within a day. For the speedy clearance of building plans, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation will soon create a panel of private architects under self-certification scheme. These architects would get deemed approval on behalf of the residents.
Cheques distributed under cluster development scheme in city
Ludhiana, April 10
Cheques were today distributed among seven clusters under the cluster development scheme of the government. A total amount of Rs 1.12 lakhs was distributed among six clusters for preparing the diagnostic study report (DSR). Clusters, which today received cheques for preparing DSR include, hand tool, wire drawing, dyeing, tractor parts, oil expeller and bicycle parts cluster. Meanwhile, a cheque of Rs 12.32 lakhs was given to offset printers cluster for soft intervention.
Now, transfer money through cellphones
Ludhiana, April 10
As a relief to thousands of migrants in the city, the money transfer scheme using mobiles phones launched at the postal department through mobile phones has now expanded to different states. With a large number of migrant popular present in the city, the money transfer by using mobile phones would make it more convenient for them, even in the remote areas, where post offices lack computers, said an official of the postal department.
Medical camp for ex-servicemen
Halwara, April 10
An outreach medical programme for the Ex-servicemen was conducted by 9 Air Force Hospital, Halwara, to commemorate the World Health Day. This event was an effort by Indian Air Force Medical Services to demonstrate to our veterans that “we do care for them”.
Two injured in road mishap
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 10
Two persons were injured seriously when the milk tanker, they were travelling collided with a tractor trailer on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla road near Sayan village here today morning.
A milk tanker and a tractor-trailer lie on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla road near Sayan village near Ahmedgarh after a collision on Wednesday. A Tribune Photograph
wheat storage
Govt should make efforts to vacate stores: BKU leader
Ludhiana April 10
Expressing his concern over the shortage of storage for arrival wheat grain, Ajmer Singh
Lakhowal, president Bharti Kisan Union (BKU) appealed to the government to enhance the storage capacity or vacant the filled storage.
Ajmer Singh Lakhowal addresses a press conference at the BKU office in Ludhiana on Wednesday. photo: inderjeet verma
Man alleges harassment
Ludhiana, April 10
A man has alleged that the office of Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) is harassing him by not recording his statements in an inquiry against a senior PCS officer. The complainant, Kuldeep Singh Khaira, has alleged that it has been three times that he had gone to the office of ADC (D) but the officers present there failed to record his statements.
Dance gaining popularity in Ludhiana
Ludhiana, April 10
Girls were doing the belly dance, and a man was busy in making video of his daughter performing in the dance, feeling proud in the city. Let alone feeling of pride, a father would not perhaps have allowed a girl to learn these dances.
With the changing times, the perception, exposure and awareness of people have changed.
Belly dancers perform during a dance party in
Ludhiana. A file photo
Photography is a passion for him
Ludhiana, April 10
A photography exhibition by Thakur Dalip Singh was organised at MS Randhawa Art Gallery, Punjab Agricultural University. About 30 pictures of nature and wildlife photography were displayed during the exhibition.
Thakur Dalip Singh at his exhibition at the PAU in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
Tribune photo: himanshu mahajan
BCom students resent wrong setting of paper
Ludhiana, April 10
Hundreds of students of BCom part II from various colleges in the city, were harassed a lot as the question paper of Cost Counting was all
theoritical. While as per the prescribed syllabus, 50 per cent of the paper had to be theoretical while remaining 50 per cent was to be based on numerical. On seeing the question-paper, the students got confused and panicked while the teachers asked them to maintain calm at their respective examination
centres.
educational institutions
Ban on electoral politics unjustified, says expert
Ludhiana April 10
The ban on electoral politics has led to the formation of self-styled student leaders who are more interested in poster politics than the real issues of students.
PAU scientist releases book on agricultural sustainability
Ludhiana April 10
An alumnus of Punjab Agricultural University and Scientist at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, Dr Gurbir Singh Bhullar has edited a book with global coverage on agricultural sustainability.
Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University Baldev Singh Dhillon, Chancellor of Central University, Bathinda, SS Johl, and Dr Gurbir Singh at a book release function on the PAU campus in Ludhiana. A Tribune Photograph
Day 4: 68,514 administered polio drops
Ludhiana, April 10
On the fourth day of migratory round of pulse polio campaign, District Health Department administered polio drops to as many as 68,514 kids.
Jail inmate held with habit forming drugs
Ludhiana, April 10
The alert jail guards seized 1,000 habit-forming drugs from an inmate here.
PAU notes
US fruit breeder visits communication centre
Ludhiana: A citrus fruit breeder from the University of Florida, USA, Dr Fred G Gmitter visited the Centre for Communication and International Linkages
(CCIL) of the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) here on Wednesday. He interacted with the Additional Director of Communication, Dr HS Sehgal and other staff members.
From colleges
Path of Sri Sukhmani Sahib held
The path of Shri Sukhmani Sahib was organised at the Punjab Institute of Management and Technology
(PIMT), Mandi Gobindgarh, for seeking the blessings of the almighty. The Kirtan was performed by the Kirtan Jatha of Gurdwara Guptsar Sahib. All staff members of the PIMT were present on the
occasion. Gur Ka langar was also distributed among the sangat.
Man held with drugs
Ludhiana, April 10
The police has nabbed a drug peddler near Dhyan Singh complex here last night. The accused has been identified as Rinku Lal, a resident of Ambedker colony at Model Town Extension.
One more held in fake ID card case
Ludhiana, April 10
The city police today arrested Gurpreet Singh, a close aide of Mohd
Yasin, son-in-law of folk singer turned MLA Mohd Sadiq's, who was arrested for posing as an undercover agent of Crime Investigation Department (CID).
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