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280 ITBP recruits pass out
Ludhiana, November 27
The passing-out parade of 280 (tradesmen) recruits of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police was held at the 26th Battalion ITBP Campus, Baddowal, here today. A spectacular display of drill, synchronised with the accompanying band, added colour to the ceremony.

Nirmal Singh Dhillon, Commissioner of Police, inspects the passing-out parade of ITBP recruits at Baddowal in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma

Proud moment for parents, kin
Ludhiana, November 27
The passing-out parade of 280 recruits of the ITBP brought immense joy to their families. A large number of parents and relatives of cadets were present during the parade here today.
Parents of a recruit, Sajid Sah from Uttar Pradesh, watch the passing-out parade. Photo: Inderjeet Verma

Two kidnapped girls rescued
Ludhiana, November 27
Two minor girls, who were kidnapped in separate incidents, have been rescued by the police. The police today arrested one of the accused. Suspecting rape, the police got the medical examination of both girls conducted.

Thieves strike at 2 shops 
Ludhiana, November 27
Thieves struck at two hosiery shops in the Ghas Mandi area and decamped with cash and hosiery items last night. The incident came to light when the owners of Rupam Store and Shekhar Store arrived at their respective shops and were shocked to find the premises ransacked.

Youth arrested with 25 gm of heroin in Jagraon
Jagraon, November 27
The Jagraon police have arrested a drug peddler and seized 25 gm of heroin from his possession. The accused has been identified as Vikas Gupta, alias Yamha, a resident of College Road, Jagraon. The youth was arrested by a police team from the CIA, Jagraon, near Kothe Khajuran village on the outskirts of Jagraon following a tip-off last night.

The accused in police custody in Jagraon on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph

Axing of trees draws residents’ ire
Ludhiana, November 27
The construction work on the proposed "school for meritorious students" is all set to start on the present hostel premises of the Government College for Boys here. Expressing concern over the axing of trees for the project, residents say the "lungs" of the city should not have been damaged by the government as the pollution level in the city has already reached alarming proportions.

Trees have been axed for the construction of the “school for meritorious students” in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma

Eve-teaser thrashed 
Ludhiana, November 27
The father of a victim of eve-teasing thrashed the teaser here today. An employee of a gold and jewellery showroom allegedly misbehaved with a girl when she had gone for a tuition near the showroom on the Mall Road near the BSNL telephone exchange.

Work on ‘school for meritorious students’ all set to begin
Ludhiana, November 27
To boost the morale of poor meritorious students, especially those coming from rural backgrounds, construction work on a "school for meritorious students" is all set to begin on 11 acres on the premises of the boys' hostel at SCD Government College here. The co-education school will be constructed at an estimated cost of about Rs 24 crore.

District Education Officer (Secondary) Paramjit Kaur Chahal looks at a map of the project at the school site in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma

COMMUNITY

chemist’s murder
Khanna shopkeepers block road 
Khanna, November 27
Enraged over the incident of firing in which a chemist was shot dead by an unidentified person at Samrala Road, Khanna, last night, the local shopkeepers blocked the traffic on Khanna-Samrala road for about an hour.

Shopkeepers block traffic on Samrala Road, Khanna, on Wednesday. A Tribune Photograph

Now, every teacher will have to check 250 answer sheets
Ludhiana, November 27
The teachers in the colleges/universities, will now be given equal distribution of duties. As per the recent decision taken during a meeting of the Panjab University, Chandigarh, all the teachers, be it in colleges or the university, will now be asked to evaluate at least 250 answer sheets of students (Undergraduate or Post Graduate or both) every year.

Union holds meeting
Ludhiana, November 27
A meeting of the Punjab Aided School Union was held at Nauria Mal Jain Model High School today. The dignitaries discussed about the problems being faced by the employees of aided primary schools, who had not been paid salaries for more than seven months. They said though the government had released the salaries of employees of high and secondary schools but those of primary school employees were still not disbursed.

MC goes slow on illegal ‘chowpatis’
Ludhiana, November 27
The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation seems to have failed to completely check the illegal chowpatis operating from different parts of the city. Though MC officials claim that three out of the six chowpatis operating from the city have been closed down, the remaining three are still operating openly.

A chowpati in the Ghumar Mandi area of Ludhiana. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan

Designer wedding cards in vogue
Ludhiana, November 27
Gone are the times when wedding invitations meant a simple card with a box of sweets form a local sweetmeat shop. Today, invitations foretell the kind of wedding party one will be hosting. These days, marriage invites are getting to be a glitzy and an exclusive affair. Wedding cards could be Swarovski-studded, they could match the bride's trousseau, they could come in multiple folds and, yes, they might just cost anything you can think of!

Pensioners urge govt to release DA arrears
Ludhiana, November 27
The Government Pensioners' Association has urged the Punjab Government to reconsider the decision and release arrears from January to June 2013 at the earliest.

Man takes poison outside police station
Ludhiana, November 27
A man took poison outside a police station here late this evening. The victim has been identified as Manish Kumar (28), a resident of Pritam Nagar in Haibowal. After taking the poison, the condition of the victim worsened and he was taken to the Civil Hospital.

Budhewal mill to crush 18 lakh quintals of sugarcane
Ludhiana November 27
Punjab Mandi Board chairman Ajmer Singh Lakhowal today said the Punjab Government was contemplating to set aside special budget for the disbursement of payments to sugarcane farmers for their crops and payments from this budget would be made from the next year. Inaugurating the 28th crushing season here at Budhewal Sugar Mill, Lakhowal said this mill would crush more than 18 lakh quintals of sugarcane this season.

Slum fire: Jagraon in dire need of fire brigade station 
Jagraon, November 27
The need for setting up a fire brigade station in Jagraon was felt yet again when a fire broke out in a slum area located near Gurdwara Nanaksar Sahib. This time, too, the fire brigade was called from Moga to douse the flames.

Army recruitment rally from Dec 3
Ludhiana, November 27
Army recruiting office, Ludhiana, will be organising an Army recruitment rally here from December 3 to December 9 for general duty candidates hailing from Ludhiana, Roop Nagar, SAS Nagar and Moga districts of Punjab, and for soldier clerk/storekeeper technical/technical from all districts of Punjab.

Expert blames fried diet for problems among children
Ludhiana, November 27
Everyone loves to have salty and spicy food. But this type of diet shoots up blood pressure among children in the age group of 10 to 16. This was revealed by Dr Shashank R Joshi, endocrinologist from Lilawati Hospital, Mumbai, while talking to Ludhiana Tribune.

City bus service ties up with new company
Ludhiana, November 27
Ludhiana City Bus Service Ltd (LCBSL) has tied up with a private company for the maintenance and operations of buses plying under the City Bus Service project. The new company, Prasanna Purple Mobility Solutions Pvt Ltd, would provide drivers, diesel and maintenance for the buses.

Work in progress at a workshop of the LCBSL. photo: Inderjeet verma

Secy clarifies on RTI authorities
Ludhiana, November 27
Secretary of the Local Bodies Department has issued orders that the Additional/Joint/Deputy/Assistant Commissioners of municipal corporations would continue to work as First Appellate Authorities (FAA) while the MC engineers and superintendents as Public Information Officers (PIOs) and all Assistant Corporation Engineers and Inspectors as Assistant PIOs.

DCC (Urban) holds meeting
Ludhiana, November 27
The District Congress Committee Ludhiana (Urban) president, Pawan Dewan, has said the Congress would "expose the misdeeds" of the ruling SAD-BJP at every level.

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Local councillors camping in National Capital
Ludhiana, November 27
With the Delhi Vidhan Sabha elections due on December 4, several Congress, Akali and BJP councillors have headed to Delhi. Not only this, but a Congress councillor, Sanjay Talwar, has also been appointed observer for the Delhi election and he is looking after affairs in the Dwarka constituency of the state.

FROM SCHOOLS
Annual function
LUDHIANA: Education needs to be improved on priority if the country wants to be recognised at the International level. This was stated by a leading environmentalist Baba Sewa Singh from Khadoor Sahib during the 11th annual function organised by Guru Nanak International Educational Trust, London. 

PAU NOTES
17-member French delegation visits varsity
A 17-member French delegation visited the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) on Wednesday to have an overview of the university, and to gather scientific know-how of Indian as well as Punjab’s agriculture. The delegation led by Kapoor Jain, Discover India, Green Voyage, France, comprised agriculture professors, progressive farmers and dairy farmers.

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Bond of friendship: Schoolchildren on their way back home in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan

CRIME

Gang of vehicle thieves busted
Ludhiana, November 27
With the arrest of two persons, the city police has claimed to have busted a gang of vehicle thieves and recovered two stolen motorcycles from their possession. The accused have been identified as Krishan Kumar of Prem Nagar and Shakel Ahmed of Welcome Colony in Delhi.

SPORTS

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BCM, Sacred Heart emerge champions
Ludhiana, November 27
Hosts BCM Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh road, and Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, BRS Nagar, emerged champions in the boys and girls' sections, respectively, of the Ludhiana Sahodaya School Complex Basketball Tournament (u-19) which concluded here today.

The winning team of BCM Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh road, with the trophy. A Tribune photograph

Stadium canopy work misses deadline again
Ludhiana, November 27
Despite a strict warning from the district administration, the installation work of canopy on the F block at Guru Nanak Stadium has again failed to meet the deadline. At a meeting with officials of the Punjab Mandi Board and Sports Department, Deputy Commissioner Rajat Aggarwal had given instructions to install the canopy by November 25. But, the Mandi Board authorities failed to comply with his instructions.

Dilpreet, Preeti sprint to glory in inter-zonal athletics
Ludhiana, November 27
The two-day Ludhiana District Inter-Zonal Athletics Meet organised by the Education Department concluded at Guru Nanak Stadium here today. Around 1,000 boys and girls took part in different track and field events during the meet.

Dist throwball championship
Ludhiana, November 27
The Ludhiana District Throwball Championship (subjunior, junior and senior boys and girls) will be held here at Everest Public Senior Secondary School, Moti Nagar, on November 28 and 29.

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