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acid attack on girl
City mourns victim’s death
Ludhiana, December 27
Women from different  walks of life took out a candlelight march in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office at the Mini-Secretariat here today to mourn the death of the acid attack victim, who was attacked in a saloon recently.
Students and staff of the OXL School of Multimedia hold a candlelight march to pay tributes to the acid attack victim; and
(right) activists of women organisations demand strict punishment for the accused. TRIBUNE Photos: Himanshu Mahajan
Despite ban, sale of acid goes unchecked
Jagraon, December 27
Despite repeated incidents of acid attacks on women, acid is being soled openly in
Jagraon.
Phase-II to get over today
Ludhiana, December 27
In a good news for the city residents, the second phase of laying concrete girders on the delayed Lakkar Bridge project will take place tomorrow. The first phase of laying concrete girders on a 35-metre portion of the bridge took place on November 23.
Workers prepare for the laying of concrete girders on the Lakkar Bridge in Ludhiana on Friday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
National award for farm institute director
Ludhiana, December 27
Dr MS Mahal, director, Punjab Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute, has received a national level award, Bharat Jyoti Award.
Three-year-old boy gets gift of hearing
Ludhiana, December 27
A team of surgeons headed by distinguished ENT specialist Dr JM Hans performed cochlear implant on a three-year-old boy from
Samrala. The child, Devansh, is deaf and mute since birth.
ENT specialists Dr JM Hans (right) and Dr Rajeev Kapila along with three-year-old Devansh after a cochlear implant surgery in Ludhiana on Friday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Health Minister clears the air
Ludhiana, December 27
While working for the Central Government's Rashtriya Bal Swasthaya Karyakaram (RBSK), homoeopathic and ayurvedic doctors appointed under the NRHM will not have to close their dispensaries in rural areas as had been decided earlier. This was stated by Health and Family Welfare Minister Surjit Kumar Jyani while talking to Ludhiana Tribune. He was in the city today to attend a zonal meeting of the Health Department.
Members of an NGO protest against the District Health Officer as the Health and Family Welfare Minister Surjit Kumar Jyani’s car passes by in Ludhiana on Friday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Industry flays govt on taxes, power supply
Ludhiana, December 27
Industrialists vented their ire on the Punjab Government for its failure to formulate a favourable industrial policy, imposing unbearable burden of local and other taxes and erratic power supply, in a meeting with state president of BJP Kamal Sharma. Minister for Local Bodies Anil Joshi was also present at the meeting.
Jackets define winter fashion in city
Ludhiana, December 27
Winter fashion is a lot about jackets for people of all ages. With the winter finally kicking in and the weather getting chillier, residents can be seen adorning new jackets.
Jackets of different styles are popular this winter in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Year
2013
ender
MC was at the receiving end throughout year
Ludhiana, December 27
The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation remained at the receiving end throughout the year. The civic body suffered and still suffers from acute financial crunch due to which several development projects got delayed.
A road outside Dhami Eye Hospital that caved in during the rainy season in Ludhiana.
A file photograph
On last day, candidates rush to submit forms
Ludhiana, December 27
The state of unemployment not only in the state but across the country can be gauged from the number of applications received for the posts of postman and Group D multipurpose staff at the Department of Posts here.
Board members take stock of horticultural research at PAU
Ludhiana, December 27
A six-member team of the board of management of Punjab Agricultural University
(PAU) visited the university campus to take an overview of the ongoing horticultural research.
A team of the board of management of Punjab Agricultural University inspect fruits grown in the orchards of the varsity in Ludhiana on Friday. A Tribune photograph
GADVASU students plant saplings
Ludhiana, December 27
The National Service Scheme (NSS) unit of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, in collaboration with the Society for Conservation of Flora and Fauna, took part in the beautification of Kundan Vidya Mandir School. They planted 22 different kinds of plant saplings in the herbal garden of the school.
Development should be beyond partisan agenda: Tewari
Jagraon, December 27
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said today that development agenda must be beyond partisan considerations.
Union Minister Manish Tewari tries to pacify Congress leaders during a clash that occurred during a public function in Ludhiana; and (right) haphazardly parked vehicles of the minister’s cavalcade in Ludhiana. Tribune photographs
Chinks in Cong come to fore again
Jagraon, December 27
Divisions in different factions of the Jagraon unit of the Congress came to the fore yet again during the Jagraon visit of Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari today.
Welcome Centre's move to probe spying case, BJP told
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 27
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari has dared the BJP to appreciate and welcome Union Government's decision to probe Gujarat spying case if its PM candidate Narendra Modi was naive in it.
From colleges
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Two drug peddlers held in Samrala; hunt on for woman gang leader
Samrala, December 27
The Samrala police have reportedly busted a gang of drug peddlers with the arrest of two gang members from separate places. Fifteen gm of smack was seized from their possession.
16-yr-old raped by neighbour
Ludhiana, December 27
A 16-year-old minor girl raped by her neighbour at the Bhola Colony on the Tajpur road here today.
Kite seller arrested
Ludhiana, December 27
Taking strict action against shopkeepers, who sell the plastic kite thread, the city police arrested a kite seller with banned Chinese plastic thread here today. The accused has been identified as Rajesh Kumar of Dhandra Road. The Police station Sadar recovered 10 boxes of Chinese thread from the kite seller.
Man arrested with 300 gm of heroin
Ludhiana, December 27
The city police nabbed a person and recovered 300 gm of heroin from his possession in the Dugari area yesterday.
Youth goes missing
Ludhiana, December 27
A 24-year-old youth was missing for the past 16 days from the Haibowal area. The parents of the youth have registered a complaint at the Police Station Division No 4. Manjit Singh, the father of the youth, said his son Parminder Singh went to the Chaura Bazaar for job on December 10 but did not return. A case has been registered in this regard.
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