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5 quintals of sweets seized
Ludhiana, October 1
Cracking the whip on sweetmeat makers ahead of the festival season, a team of the Health Department today raided a sweetmeat shop in the New Ashok Nagar area and seized five quintals of sweets. The raid was conducted on the instructions of the Civil Surgeon, Ludhiana, Dr Subhash Batta, and under the leadership of the District Health Officer, Dr Avinash Kumar.

Health officials check a sweets shop at Khajur Chowk in New Ashok Nagar in Ludhiana. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan

Illegal Change of Land Use
MC fails to act against SCF owners
Ludhiana, October 1
Even as the vigilance wing of the Local Bodies Department has initiated a probe into the illegal change of land use by shop-cum-flat (SCF) owners in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar Colony, developed by the Ludhiana Improvement Trust, similar violations by owners of SCFs in the Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar locality, also carved out by the LIT and now transferred to the municipal corporation, have come to light.

Fate of ‘associate schools’ hangs in the balance
Ludhiana, October 1
The fate of 263 "associate schools" in Punjab, which do not fulfil the conditions laid down by the Punjab School Education Board, hangs in the balance as Education Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka has asked the board to take necessary action against the schools. The file pertaining to the issue was recently moved to the board by the Education Minister.

Shopkeepers protest against anti-encroachment drive
Ludhiana, October 1
Shopkeepers of Mata Rani Chowk today held a protest by downing their shutters and blocking the road leading to the Zone A office of the MC here in protest against an anti-encroachment drive of the municipal corporation. The shopkeepers alleged that they had been forced to hold a protest because the MC was confiscating two-wheelers parked outside their premises, that too within the yellow line.

Shopkeepers of Mata Rani Chowk hold a protest against the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation; and (right) shops lie closed in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Photos: Inderjeet Verma

Migrants, youngsters throng Youth Akali Dal rally venues
Ludhiana, October 1
A large number of youngsters and party members turned up for rallies organised by the Youth Akali Dal today. Termed as the "chetna rally" at Pakhowal Road near Bhai Wala Chowk, "lalkaar rally" at a wedding resort and "hamla bol rally" at another venue, Majithia visited the three spots to prepare the ground for the next Lok Sabha elections.

Migrants sit in front of the stage to listen to Akali leaders during the “lalkar rally” in Ludhiana. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan

Commuters bear the brunt
Ludhiana, October 1
Traffic norms were violated during Youth Akali Dal president Bikramjit Singh Majithia's visit to the city. Commuters were held hostage in the name of traffic diversions for the convenience of VVIPs to pass through with ease.

Close shave for Amritsar family in road mishap
Ludhiana, October 1
Five persons of a family had a miraculous escape after the Tata Indica car they were travelling in got stuck in an open drain near the Jalandhar bypass today. The incident took place this morning when Lakhwinder Singh (27) of Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar in Amritsar, along with his wife Simranjit Kaur (23), son Karandeep Singh (2) and two relatives, was heading back home from Delhi.

Commuters look at a car that got stuck in an open drain on the NH-1 near the Jalandhar bypass on Tuesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma

COMMUNITY

Govt schoolteachers hold protest
Ludhiana, October 1
Against the “anti-education” policies of the government, the Government School Teachers Union held a protest outside Mini Secretariat here today. The teachers raised slogans against the government and alleged that the teachers of Punjab were being given a “step-motherly” treatment.

Government schoolteachers hold a protest outside the Mini-Secretariat in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan

104 units of blood collected
Ludhiana, October 1
To mark National Voluntary Blood Donation Day, the Punjab Medical Representative Association (PMRA) conducted a blood donation camp at the Punjabi Bhawan. As many as 104 units of blood were collected at the camp. Teams of doctors from the DMC&H and Deep Hospital made the camp successful.

Demand for dist status to Jagraon gains momentum
Jagraon, October 1
The demand of converting Jagraon from a tehsil to a district gained momentum today when the representatives of several non-governmental organisations and leaders of various political parties joined hands and vowed to launch collective efforts to realise the demand.

property tax
Mega camp starts in city today
Ludhiana, October 1
For generating awareness amongst city residents about property tax, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation will organise a mega training camp for them at Guru Nanak Bhawan tomorrow. This camp will be attended by a large number of industrialists, NGOs, Bar associations and the general public.

Union flags dot rly station
Ludhiana, October 1
While the railway authorities have failed to remove the posters pasted by the railway employees unions on the walls of the Railway station around six months ago, members of one of the unions have put up party flags on every inch of the station ahead of the annual general meeting (AGM) of the union.

Flags of a union at the railway station in Ludhiana. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan

RIMT team bags 3rd position in PTU meet
Mandi Gobindgarh, October 1
Students of the RIMT, Maharaja Aggrasen Engineering College, bagged the third position in the PTU Inter-College Basketball Tournament, which was held from September 20 to 24, by defeating SVIET, Banur, by 2 points. Chairman of the RIMT group Vijayant Bansal congratulated all the team members, Zeeshan Rasool, Anoop Khajuria, Ankit Joshi, Tribhuv Agnihotri, Rajat Singh, Gaurav Martolia, Sukhjeet S Gill, Rahul Rampal, Kulwinder S Sekhon and Sorav Manhas, at a function here today.

Members of the basketball team of the RIMT, Mandi Gobindgarh. A Tribune photograph

Illegal practice: 766 city clinics checked
Ludhiana, October 1
On the instructions of Deputy Commisioner Rajat Aggarwal, Civil Surgeon Subhash Batta has got checked as many as 766 clinics running in the city by teams of the Health Department.

World Vegetarian day
Many believe vegetarian diet gives peace of mind
Ludhiana, October 1
Sarabjit wouldn't be able to let a week pass without having butter chicken or tandoori chicken. But of late, he has turned completely vegetarian. He says having gone vegetarian is better for him, for it is a healthier diet for him, he says.

122 women from district to participate in state games
Ludhiana, October 1
The Punjab Sports Department has selected 122 women players from the district to participate in the Punjab State Women Games scheduled to be held from October 3 to 5 at Bathinda. These players will represent the district in 12 separate games ie athletic, basketball, badminton, hockey, kabaddi, kho-kho, handball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, lawn tennis and volleyball.

ZP chairman assumes charge
Ludhiana, October 1
Bhag Singh Mangarh and Parminder Singh Rangian were coronated as the chairman and the vice-chairman of the Zila Parishad here. The ceremony was attended by Bikram Singh Majithia, Revenue Minister, Punjab, among other dignitaries.

City celebrates World Day of Older Persons
Ludhiana, October 1
A state-level function was held at the Government College for Girls to mark World Day of Older Persons today.

6 dengue cases reported
Ludhiana, October 1
Six fresh cases of dengue have been reported from different hospitals of the city. Of these four are from Ludhiana district while two are from other districts.

knitwear club row
Club staff suffer too
Ludhiana, October 1
The controversy involving the Knitwear Club has been going on for the past three months and none of the groups is ready to step down. Amidst all this, the worst sufferers are the employees of the club as they have not got salaries for the past few months.

from schools
Gandhi Jayanti
Ludhiana: To mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a collage making competition was organised at GMT Public School on Tuesday. Students of classes VII to X actively participated in the competition. 

• Ludhiana Scan

CRIME

daylight shooting
Raids conducted to nab accused
Ludhiana, October 1
Under pressure after being pushed to a corner over the issue of politico-police patronage given to Gurjot Singh Garcha, the main accused of the yesterday shooting incident, the police today conducted raids at various places to nab the prime accused. Vikram Sharma and Gurjant Singh of Kanech village near Sahnewal had sustained leg injuries after they were shot at by Gurjot.

The police records the statement of one of the injured youths. A file photograph

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