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lit plots
Eight months after draw, allottees yet to get letters
Ludhiana, June 11
Allottees of 114 residential plots of 125 sq yards each in the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar Colony, developed by the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT), are a harassed lot as even after eight months of the draw, the allotment letters have not been issued to them.
7-yr-old girl falls off roof, dies
Ludhiana, June 11
A seven-year-old girl died after falling from the roof of her house in Vijay Nagar in Janakpuri here today.
The victim has been identified as Payal. According to Payal's parents, she was playing with her friends when she slipped and fell from the roof. She was taken to a hospital where she was declared brought dead.
DIVINE MARCH: Children take part in a nagar kirtan to mark the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev in
Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
Graft charge against ASI
Ludhiana, June 11
The role of an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), who was earlier posted at the Sudhar police station, has come under the scanner for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 10,000 to release a 22-year-old youth arrested on a charge of taking drugs.
Man booked for uploading wife’s obscene photos on Net
Ludhiana, June 11
A man has allegedly uploaded his wife's obscene pictures on the Internet. The city police has booked the man for blackmailing his wife by uploading her obscene pictures on the Internet.
Two suicide cases reported from city
Ludhiana, June 11
Two suicide cases were reported from different parts of the city today. In the first incident a 34-year-old man, identified as Charanjit Kumar of Rishi Nagar, reportedly committed suicide by taking pesticides at his house late last night.
MC floats tenders for biometric attendance machines
Ludhiana, June 11
To keep a check on the latecomers, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has floated tenders for the installation of biometric attendance machines in all its offices. The proposal for the installation of biometric machines was mooted several times in the past, but tenders have been floated for the first time.
rte act
No rationalisation policy till July15
Ludhiana, June 11
Keeping in mind the admission process going on in schools, Education Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka has announced that the rationalisation policy will be halted till July 15.
The leaders of various teachers' associations and unions said about eight months back the department had done the rationalization.
Sub-Registrar offices without chests
Ludhiana, June 11
To bring transparency in the work of the Sub-Registrar offices and to modernise the system, the state government has spent funds to provide several facilities in recent times. The major Sub-Registrar offices, including East, West and Central, have got a facelift too.
A Sub-Registrar’s office in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
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Plan to cultivate maize on 10,250 acres
Ludhiana, June 11
Punjab Agriculture Department is all set to promote maize cultivation in the state. The Agriculture Department has a target to get the maize cultivated on 10,250 acres of the district.
The Punjab government has hired two private companies to provide the seed to the farmers at their door steps under the project.
Raj Kundra will come out clean, say his relatives
Ludhiana, June 11
The news of gambling charges and subsequent suspension of Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra by the Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) till the pending inquiry has come as a rude shock for Kundra's relatives.
Street vendors seek vending zones, threaten agitation
Ludhiana, June 11
In pursuance of their demand for the formation of a town vending committee and vending zones in the city, the National Association of Street Vendors of India, along with the Ludhiana Rehri Farhi Federation, has announced that if their demands are not met by June 20, the street vendors will launch a protest from June 21. |
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| Ranjit Abhigyan (centre), programme manager, National Association of Street Vendors of India, addresses a press conference in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Photo: Inderjeet
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Rural pharmacists to boycott national programmes
Ludhiana, June 11
Unable to make both ends meet with a salary of mere Rs 7000, as many as 1,186 Rural Health Pharmacists in the state have been on strike for the past 10 days. |
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| Rural pharmacists hold a protest in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Photo: Inderjeet
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Paramjit replaces Ishwar as CP
Ludhiana, June 11
In a rather unprecedented development, the Home Department has transferred Commissioner of Police ,Ludhiana, Ishwar Singh.
Paramjit Singh Gill, who was earlier posted as IG, Patiala Range, has replaced Ishwar Singh as Commissioner of Police.
Benefits of new PPCB policy discussed
Ludhiana, June 11
An interaction with Ravinder Singh, Chairman, and Dr Babu Ram, Member Secretary,
PPCB, was organised today by the Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertaking to highlight the benefits of the new PPCB policy.
Spirit of service: Sweetened water being served at a “chhabeel” organised by the milk plant authorities to mark the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev in
Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
Stress, work burden take toll on nurses
Ludhiana, June 11
The word “nurse” brings to mind the image of an educated and trained person who takes care of the sick or disabled. Many a time, patients and their attendants complain of behavioural problems being faced by them while dealing with nurses.
Power staff wear black badges against ‘anti-employee’ policies
Jagraon, June 11
Officials of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), Jagraon division, wore black badges today on the call of the Punjab State Electricity Board Engineers Association to protest against the “anti-employee policies” of the PSPCL Management.
Safai karamcharis end protest
Ludhiana, June 11
Protest by the safai karmacharis of the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital here ended today with the authorities assuring the staff of suspended sanitary supervisor Gurdip Singh's
reinstatement.
school notes
10-day summer workshop concludes
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Ludhiana: A 10-day workshop, Summer Bonanza-2013, concluded at Bhartiya Vidya
Mandir, Udham Singh Nagar. As many
as 724 Bhartiyans explored their latent skills in classical and western dance, style cooking, art and craft, pot painting, fabric painting, handicrafts, web designing, model making,
mathemagic, martial arts and personality development. |
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| Students of BVM School, Kitchlu
Nagar, present a dance item during the concluding day of a 10-day summer workshop in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
COLLEGE notes
Placement drive
Ludhiana: A joint campus placement drive was conducted at the Ludhiana Group of Colleges,
Ludhiana. The placement drive saw participation from over 400 students from different colleges of
Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar and Bathinda. Companies that marked their presence were IBM, HCL Technologies and Beta Soft Solutions.
GADVASU notes
Annual prize distribution function
Ludhiana: The annual prize distribution function of the Non-Teaching Employees' Union of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) was held on Tuesday. Dr VK Taneja, Vice-Chancellor, GADVASU, was the Chief Guest on the occasion.
LUDHIANA SCAN
Live surgery performed
Ludhiana: A live knee joint replacement surgery was performed in the presence of a panel of doctors of Ludhiana using the latest navigation technique of Orthopilot at the Dr JL Bassi Hospital on Tuesday. The surgery was performed by Dr JL Bassi and Dr Dhiren
Bassi.
SHO among three cops booked on charge of embezzlement
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 11
The Sadar police has booked four persons, including an SHO and two police officials, on charges of embezzlement of Rs 1.4 lakh and getting fake currency printed.
No arrest has been made so far. The accused police officials have been sent to the Police Lines.
Four held for woman's murder
Samrala, June 11
The police claims to have solved the case of a missing woman of the city with the arrest of four youngsters. They have confessed to murdering the woman and throwing her body into a canal. The body is yet to be recovered. The arrested youngsters are in their mid-twenties.
Police officials at a press conference at
Samrala. A Tribune
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Illicit liquor seized
Ludhiana, June 11
Personnel of the Excise and Taxation Department today seized 11 cases of illicit liquor from a person, who has been identified as Mohan Lal from Fountain
Chowk. The seizure include six cases of McDowell, two cases of Royal Stag, one case each of Officer's Choice, Dollar and First Choice whiskey. The cases were seized on the directions of the
AETC, Bhupinder Gupta.
Jalandhar win on
basis of first innings lead
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Ludhiana, June 11
Fine bowling by Deepin Chitkara (6 for 34) and Lovish Dhir (3 for 12) went in
vain as Ludhiana failed to surpass Jalandhar's first innings small total of 136
runs and were shot out for 120 runs to lose the match on the basis of 16 runs
lead in the PCA Inter-Academy Cricket Tournament (12 to 14) played at the Punjab
Agricultural University ground here today. |
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| A match between
Ludhiana and Jalandhar in progress during the PCA Inter-Academy
Tournament at the PAU, Ludhiana, onTuesday. Photo: Inderjeet
Verma |
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