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Get licence by Feb 4, health dept warns eatery owners
Ludhiana, January 14
District health officer (DHO) Dr Abnash Kumar has warned owners of all eateries to get their units registered or get the licences issues by February 4 or face action.
MC offers Rs 5-lakh relief, job to wife of deceased
Ludhiana, January 14
The imbroglio over the death of a sewer man, Surinder Kumar while he was cleaning of a sewer line on Saturday, was settled following a compromise between the municipal corporation authorities and unions of the Valmiki community.
Short supply of drugs ails aushadhi centre
Ludhiana, January 14
Generic medicines are still a distant dream for patients at Lord Mahavir Civil Hospital.
Reason: Some doctors are still prescribing branded drugs. Moreover, some generic drugs prescribed by doctors are not available at the Jan Aushadhi
Centre. Patients have no other option but to buy expensive medicines from the market.
Jan Aushadhi Centre at Lord Mahavir Civil Hospital, Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Ray of hope for drug addicts
Ludhiana, January 14
A 10-bedded de-addiction centre is coming up on the premises of Lord Mahavir Civil Hospital, Ludhiana.
Constructed in an area of 2,000 square yard with an amount of about Rs 55 lakh, it will house 10 addicts at a time. Addicts can also get free consultation at the
OPD.
The under construction de-addiction centre on the premises of the Civil Hospital. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
plying of buses
Drivers continue to flout norms
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 14
Giving two hoots to prescribed rules and norms of the route permits, drivers and conductors of buses plying on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla route continue to infringe rights of commuters and passengers depending on public transport.
Education department fails to update website
Ludhiana, January 14
A letter, mentioning the names of more than 1,000 schools from all over Punjab, which have been ‘closed’ as they did not fulfil the Right to
Education Act (RTE) norms has been uploaded by the Education Department on its official
website ssapunjab.org.
Dhaliwal is DSW of farm varsity
Ludhiana, January 14
The Registrar of PAU, Dr PK Khanna, said today that Dr Ravinder Kaur Dhaliwal had been appointed as the Director Students’ Welfare, while Dr Ashok Kumar had been appointed as the Additional Director of Research (Food Science, Nutrition and Engineering).
Punjab Govt to take steps for reconstitution of all nagar councils: Minister
Khanna, January 14
Giving no time frame for nagar council and nagar panchayat elections in the state, Local Bodies Minister Anil Joshi said the polls would be held after the completion of the delimitation process, which was in progress.
Punjab Congress
Factionalism creates confusion over ‘chakka’ jam
Jagraon, January 14
A lot of bewilderment prevails among the local workers of the Congress over the party's chakka jam programme against Punjab Revenue and Public Relations Minister Bikramjit Singh Majithia, who has been accused by notorious drug lord Jagdish Singh Bhola of being involved in the drug racket in Punjab.
Pulse Polio campaign from January 19
Ludhiana, January 14
The first national round of Pulse Polio campaign will begin on January 19. While chairing the meeting of the district task force today, Rajat Aggarwal, Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, asked for extensive monitoring of the campaign.
Shooting incident: Parties reach compromise
Ludhiana, January 14
The midnight drama between secretary of the district unit of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Happy Mittal and his NRI neighbour has resulted in a compromise.
Dyeing industry to go on strike from today
Ludhiana, January 14
Dyeing industry of the city has decided to go on a two-day strike starting tomorrow. The strike will be observed by the industry against the raids conducted by the Punjab Pollution Control Board recently.
Youth’s death: Police still clueless
Ludhiana, January 14
It has been over a day since Rahul Verma (25) was killed and his sister, Priya, was injured seriously by unidentified assailants at a house in South City, the police have not yet made any headway in the case.
Badish Jindal is member of EPFO executive committee
Ludhiana, January 14
Badish Jindal, president of the Federation of Association of Small Industries of India, has been elected as the member of the executive committee of the Employees Provident Fund of India. At a meeting of the Central Board of Trustees of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) held today in Delhi under the chairmanship of Oscar Fernandes, Union Minister for Labour and Employment and Minister for Road Transport, elections were held for the post of the executive committee member of the organisation.
Plethora of performances on Day 3
Ludhiana, January 14
The third day of the 18th National Youth Festival saw participation of teams from different states in various events at the
PAU. Teams from Daman, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Goa, Karnataka,
Odisha, Rajasthan, Andaman and Nicobar, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir,
Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra presented their folk dances representing their culture and tradition.
A participant looks into the camera ahead of her performance at the 18th National Youth Festival held at the PAU in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Tribune Photos: Himanshu Mahajan
Sullen day for Diu
Ludhiana, January 14
The team from Diu was not allowed to perform in the folk dance competition today. The teams from Daman and Diu came with their teams at the National Youth Festival, but only the Daman team was allowed to participate in the
event.
Their music touches strings of soul
Ludhiana, January 14
Nisha Punni from Thiruvanthapuram in Kerala has already bagged two gold medals for her rendition of Veena at the national youth festivals in 2010 and 2012 and now, the 22-year-old is eying another first prize at the 18th National Youth Festival being organised at the
PAU. She has been learning the instrument since the age of eight, and says that nothing matches the delight of listening and playing to the musical instrument that touches the strings of soul.
Veena player Nisha Punni
Karnataka does justice to Manto’s play
Ludhiana, January 14
A play based on the story of renowned Punjabi writer Saddat Hassan Manto was performed by Karnataka team for an one-act play at Guru Nanak Bhawan today.
Participants soak in Pongal spirit
Ludhiana, January 14
Pongal was celebrated among participants and natives of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry today.
The festival of Pongal marks Tamil New Year, and was celebrated in a traditional manner by the people there.
Venue lacks facilities, say youths
Ludhiana, January 14
There venue should have been decorated and beautified intrinsically, said participants and officials from various contingents at the National Youth Festival.
It is a national festival, and care should have been taken by the Punjab government to make the event more vibrant," said Sushil Kumar, who has come with the Haryana contingent.
An artist gives finishing touches to his work, while police personnel relax in the background.
Man killed in mishap
Ludhiana, January 14
A 58-year-old man was killed in a road mishap
at the Chandigarh road near Ramgarh on Monday night. The deceased has been identified as Ram Gopal
Bawa, a resident of Jamalpur. The victim was father of Puneet Bawa, a scribe working with a vernacular daily.
from schools
Dance, folk songs mark Lohri celebrations
Lohri was celebrated at Sacred Soul Convent Senior Secondary School, Dugri-Dhandra Road. Students from Classes I to V danced to the tunes of bhangra and
giddha. Punjabi folk songs were sung by girls of classes VI to VIII, followed by an inspirational poem by the head boy of the school.
Students and staff members of Sacred Soul Convent Senior Secondary School, Dugri-Dhandra Road, celebrate Lohri. A tribune photograph
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