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Petrol price cut by Rs 3 per litre
Ludhiana, April 30
Much to the relief of city residents, petrol price was today slashed by Rs 3 per
litre, the steepest reduction in rates in over five years.
Rift comes to the fore: An activist of the Northern Railways Men's Union gets his head shaved during a protest at the Ludhiana railway station on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Mid-day meal scheme
ADC (D) does tough talking
Ludhiana, April 30
The Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development), Rishipal Singh, has asked the members of a committee, which includes teachers, health officials, etc, to be present at the time of the preparation of mid-day meal at at Sherpur or action will be taken against them. Chairing a meeting of teachers at the Bachat Bhawan today, Rishipal also asked the District Health Officer to visit schools and check mid-day meals being served to students.
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9 schools declared ‘unsafe’
Ludhiana, April 30
The state government is leaving no stone unturned to implement the Right to Education Act. But its efforts have failed to fructify as many schools have not got registered under the Act so far.
Electronic goods destroyed in fire at Mata Rani Chowk
Ludhiana, April 30
Electronic goods, including mobile phones were damaged in a fire, which broke out at a shop near Mata Rani Chowk here this morning. It took a fire engine one hour to douse the fire. The shop was closed when the fire broke out.
Fire brigade officials outside a shop at Mata Rani Chowk in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Motor Vehicle act violations
DTO sends list of 64 school buses to police
Ludhiana, April 30
A list of around 64 school buses/vans, which were inspected outside Sacred Heart School, BRS Nagar and found without proper documents, was sent to Commissioner Police Ishwar Singh by District Transport Officer Anil Garg today. Many of the vehicles were found to be very old while others were brought from other states. Many vehicles were being plied without documents and a majority of them were overloaded with students.
Woman 'administered' poison
Ludhiana, April 30
A 25-year-old woman is battling for life after her husband, along with her in-laws, allegedly made her to take phenyl. The woman, who has been identified as Daljit
Kaur, wife of Ajay Kumar of Shahi Mohalla, was rushed to a hospital in the Daresi area. She was reported to be serious.
Daljit Kaur undergoes treatment at a
hospital. Photo: Inderjit Verma
Khanna is Tax Bar president
Ludhiana, April 30
Balbir Khanna has been elected president of the Taxation Bar Association. Khanna polled 162 votes while his opponent OP Bhardwaj polled 68 votes. The other office-bearers of the association were elected unanimously. They include Jatinder Kumar Khurana, general secretary (2013-15); Ravinder Garg, vice-president; Harminderjit Singh, finance secretary; Shaveta Vohra, joint secretary; and Vishal Sharma, secretary.
Food festival at vet varsity from May 3
Ludhiana, April 30
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) will organise a food festival on May 3. The event aims at popularising various value-added meat and milk products developed by the university. Dr VK Taneja, Vice-Chancellor of the university, said animal protein played an important role in human nutrition. These products are more health oriented and hence fetch higher market price and additional income.
PAUTA poll: Kingra group wins
Ludhiana, April 30
Dr Harmeet Singh Kingra has been elected the president of the Punjab Agricultural University Teachers' Association (PAUTA) elections.
Nail art latest fad among girls
Ludhiana, April 30
Nail art has become the latest fad among girls in the city. One can go to a beauty parlour to get the nails painted or can do it at
home.
A newly opened nail studio in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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Scientists awarded
Ludhiana: Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has been given the "Best All-India Coordinated Rice Improvement Programme
(AICRIP) Centre Award" for outstanding research work on rice agronomy and entomology. Ghulam Hassan Mir, Minister for Agriculture, Jammu and Kashmir, Dr Swapan Kumar
Dutta, deputy director general (crop science), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, Dr Tej Pratap Singh, Vice-Chancellor,
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology (SKUAST), and Dr BC
Viraktamath, project director, Directorate of Rice Research; presented the "Certificate of Excellence" to PAU scientists Dr G
Mahajan, rice agronomist, and Dr PS Sarao, rice entomologist, during the 48th Annual Rice Group Meeting of the AICRIP held at
SKUAST, Srinagar.
Girls all smiles during a farewell party at the Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
from schools & colleges
Picnic
Ludhiana: Cherubs the Preschool, Dugri, planned a picnic for students. Various activities were held. They played hide and seek, blindfold, cricket and passing the parcel.
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Protest
The protest against the opening of liquor vends in a residential area and opposite a mosque at Dhandari Kalan entered its 14th day on Tuesday. Activists of the Aam Aadmi Party met Deputy Commissioner Rahul
Tewari, who directed the excise department to take action and submit a report within five days.
NRI couple nabbed with unaccounted Rs 75 lakh
Ludhiana, April 30
The Dugri police took NRI couple from England under preventive detention after the recovery of Rs 75 lakh unaccounted money their possession.
Police officials show Rs 75 lakh seized from an NRI couple in
Ludhiana. A Tribune photograph
Driver loses control over truck; 2 killed
Ludhiana, April 30
Two persons were crushed to death while as many were injured after the driver lost control over a truck and ran over cyclists at the Gyaspura Chowk near here late this evening.
Minor boy ‘kidnapped’
Ludhiana, April 30
A case of kidnapping of a minor boy was registered at the Division No. 3 police station here on Monday.
Crime briefs
Missing boy traced
Ludhiana: An eight-year-old child, had gone missing in the morning, was traced by the PCR staff to a rail track in the Bahadurke area. The boy, identified as Sunil
Kuma, son of Charanjit Singh of Bharti Colony, near the Bahadurke area, strayed at 8am. The police was informed about the missing boy and it was at around 2pm that the policemen, identified as Shiv Kumar and Baljinder Singh, spotted Sunil sitting on a rail track. According to the policemen, the child was hungry. Sunil was offered fruits and water and taken home by the policemen.
Two awarded 7-year jail in rape case
Ludhiana, April 30
Additional Sessions Judge Surinder Pal Kaur has convicted Love Kumar (24) of Shanti Nagar, Focal Point, and Raju (26) of Mahadev Nagar, Ludhiana, for kidnapping and raping a married woman.
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