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Meet the city toppers
Bipneet scores 95.2 per cent in medical
Khanna, May 27
Bipneet Singh, a student of class XII (medical), Radha Vatika School, Khanna, did his school proud by scoring 95.2 per cent marks in the CBSE result declared today. Principal of the school, Shakar Sudha, said Bipneet scored 100/100 marks in chemistry.
‘Punjab’s contribution to civil services dwindling’
Ludhiana, May 27
More youths from Punjab should come forward and join civil services and contribution of the state to the civil services has been dwindling, said Dr DJ Singh, former Joint Director and Dean, Punjab Police Academy. He said this during the inauguration ceremony the new premises of a civil services coaching institute today.
MC removes jhuggis near Orient Cinema
Ludhiana, May 27
Amid protests, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation officials today demolished the remaining 60 jhuggis behind Orient Cinema in Bhai Randhir Singh
Nagar. Around 100 jhuggis were razed in the area on May 22.
A girl carries away firewood after the demolition drive at Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar in Ludhiana
on Monday. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Walls defaced at railway station
Ludhiana, May 27
The defacement of walls of the railway station continues even after a month since the railway employees’ union polls concluded. The Railways authorities have failed to remove posters pasted by union activists on the walls during the election campaign. Those who won the elections are now busy pasting new posters to thank those who voted for them.
Posters seeking support for various candidates during the railway employees’ union polls not removed from walls yet; and (right) new posters expressing gratitude towards voters come up at the railway station in Ludhiana.
Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Show-cause notices served on 52 MC officials
Ludhiana, May 27
During a surprise check conducted at the Zone-A office of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation near Mata Rani Chowk this morning, 52 MC officials were found reporting late on duty.
Production work on in full swing
Ludhiana, May 27
While we are sweltering in the heat, hosiery industry of the city is busy preparing for winters. After the recently conducted buyer-seller meet, the industry is all geared up and production for the winter season is on in full swing.
Workers at a hosiery unit in Ludhiana. A File photo
PAU students ask authorities to beautify canteen area
Ludhiana May 27
Although the Punjab Agricultural University campus is known as a breathing space in the most polluted city of the state, students of PAU are not satisfied with the existing infrastructure of the university. Students feel deprived of an area on the university premises where they can enjoy sitting with people coming from within and outside the campus.
Weeds grow outside the students’ home canteen at Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Power woes hit farm varsity students
Ludhiana, May 27
Despite having power connectivity with the hotline, i.e. uninterrupted power supply, Punjab Agricultural University has been facing power cuts for the past few days. Power shutdowns during nights have become a routine affair on the PAU campus.
Building violations-I
Residences converted into shops overnight
Ludhiana, May 27
Though the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation is going strict on violators at service lanes on Ferozepur Road following orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, it has failed to check violations in other parts of the city.
(1) Shops constructed in the residential area; an illegal commercial complex coming up on the 60 feet road;
(2) an under-construction illegal building offers space for rent at Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar in Ludhiana. Photos: Inderjeet Verma
International fest gives fillip to Punjabi cinema
Ludhiana, May 27
It was a great fillip to Punjabi film industry as Punjabi movies were screened in Canada during the second Punjabi International Film Festival recently.
Ravinder Ranguwal (fourth from left) along with other participants at the Punjabi International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada. A Tribune Photograph
From schools
Ludhiana scan
Betting racket busted, three arrested
Ludhiana, May 27
In a major breakthrough, the city police has arrested three persons, including two bookies, for betting on the Indian Premier League
(IPL) matches. The accused have been identified as Arun Kumar Tangri and Rajinder Kumar, alias Vicky. They were arrested from a hotel in the Kotwali area last night.
The accused in police custody in Ludhiana on Monday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Another elderly woman robbed of gold bangles
Ludhiana, May 27
A gang of swindlers, including two women, robbed another elderly woman of her gold bangles today.
BJP leader shot at in Khanna
Khanna, May 27
A BJP leader was shot at by two motorcycle-borne persons in the thickly populated area of the town.
Swindler dupes modelling aspirants
Ludhiana, May 27
Over 40 persons, including 12 girls and their parents, arrived at the office of Commissioner of Police and demanded registration of a case against a swindler who floated a fake modelling agency and duped innocent persons on the pretext of getting them modelling and acting assignments.
Persons who were duped by a swindler on the pretext of getting them modelling and acting assignments outside the Police Commissioner's office in Ludhiana on Monday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Rape in school
Girl’s parents meet police chief
Ludhiana, May 27
The controversy surrounding the alleged rape of a four-year-old girl in a school near Tibba Road refuses to die down anytime soon.
Hockey meet: Jagtar XI register maiden win
Ludhiana, May 27
Jagtar XI, Jarkhar, drubbed Guru Gobind Singh Club, Ludhiana, 12-3, to register their maiden victory in the senior section of the Fourth Olympian Prithipal Singh Memorial Seven-a-Side Hockey Festival being organised by the Ludhiana Sports Welfare Association and Jarkhar Academy at Mata Sahib Kaur Stadium, Jarkhar, near here today. Jagtar XI had entered the tie after losing the first two matches they played.
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