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single girl child
Pvt schools defy CBSE guidelines on fee waiver
Ludhiana, January 21
Not caring two hoots to the guidelines issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), private schools in the city have allegedly refused to give the fee waiver to the single girl child.
School allows illegal commercial activity from its premises
Ludhiana, January 21
The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has made tall claims about going strict on encroachments in the city, but it has failed to notice a violation in the posh Sarabha Nagar locality. A school has illegally converted a building inside its premises into a godown for storing scooters.
A truck loaded with scooters parked
outside New High Senior Secondary School, Sarabha Nagar, in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
A Tribune photograph
Rs 116-crore water project gets nod
Ludhiana, January 21
After adopting a dilly-dallying attitude for three years, the Centre finally approved a Rs 116-crore water supply project for Ludhiana today.
CITU workers hold protest outside Tewari’s house over LPG prices
Ludhiana, January 21
On the second day of the mass movement launched by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions
(CITU) to focus on the demands of the common people, trade union workers, including women, held a protest today outside Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari's house against the hike in the prices of LPG, the direct disbursement of subsidy on LPG and denial of an industrial package
to Punjab.
CITU workers carry LPG cylinders during a protest in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
delay in aadhaar cards
Poor LPG consumers find the going tough
Sahnewal, January 21
For an average earner purchasing a cylinder today especially without an Aadhaar card is one of the most difficult tasks ever. As the distributors have refused to give subsidised cylinders without their Aadhaar cards’ bank linkage, consumers are finding themselves in the most difficult situation ever.
Mother-child hospital to be ready by June: Official
 Ludhiana, January 21
A 100-bedded mother-child hospital is coming up on the premises of Lord Mahavir Civil Hospital,
Ludhiana. Being constructed on 3.50 acres, it is estimated to cost Rs 18
crore. Disclosing this, Gurpinder Singh Sandhu, Subdivisional Engineer, Punjab Health Systems Corporation, said, "We started the construction work in January last year.
The mother-child hospital that is coming up on the premises of Lord Mahavir Civil Hospital
in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet verma
Year on, scaffolding yet to be removed
Ludhiana, January 21
It has been a year since Ram Bilas (38) lost his eight-year-old daughter and was left bedridden after the motorcycle he was riding collided with the wooden scaffolding installed outside a house on the Dr Sham Singh Road. However, no lesson has been learnt from the tragic incident as nearly a year on the scaffolding is yet to be removed.
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| Construction material lying on a road in Ludhiana; and (right) the victim Ram Bilas, along with his child, at his house in Ghumar Mandi on Tuesday. Tribune Photographs |
Teachers up in arms over govt’s move
Doraha, January 21
Schoolteachers are up in arms against the Punjab government’s move to shift male teachers to boys’ schools and their female counterparts to girls’ schools in the state.
All is well at old-age home, says DC
Ludhiana, January 21
Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, Rajat Aggarwal visited the old-age home of District Red Cross yesterday evening. He was accompanied by Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Neeru Katyal Gupta and Assistant Commissioner (General) Shena Aggarwal.
Students get ready for R-Day function
Ludhiana, January 21
Students from across the city schools have started rehearsing for the Republic Day function at SCD Government College. Officials of the Education Department said around 2,500 students from over 50 schools will participate in the function on January 26.
Raid bares mess in hospital
Ludhiana, January 21
A team of the Health Department today raided Dr DN Kotnis Hospital at Salem
Tabri. The team found the drug de-addiction centre was not maintained as per the prescribed norms.
A tattered mattress in a ward at Dr DN Kotnis Hospital. A
Tribune photograph
Railway overbridge to be inaugurated on Jan 25
Khanna, January 21
The railway overbridge on Lalheri Road will become operational from January 25.
The railway overbridge, made at a cost of Rs
10 crore, is almost complete, but has been not made public yet as it has been closed for an inauguration.
Green and clean Ludhiana on this crusader’s mind
Ludhiana, January 21
Working towards making the environment cleaner and greener is a passion for Dr Arvind Kaur
Walia, a lecturer of environmental science at Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Gujjarkhan Campus.
a blissful sip: A girl takes shelter under a shed to enjoy a cup of tea as it rains
in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
UCPMA delegation meets Labour Minister
Ludhiana, January 21
A delegation of the United Cycle and Parts Manufacturers Association (UCPMA) had a meeting with Minister of Labour Bhagat Chunni Lal, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Chaudhary Nand Lal and Principal Secretary Labour Vishivjeet Khanna.
Four SHOs transferred
Ludhiana, January 21
Four Station House Officers (SHOs) have been transferred following the orders of Commissioner of Police NS Dhillon.
BUSINESS NEWS
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Ludhiana, January 21
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e-shopping in vogue among Ludhianvis
Ludhiana, January 21
Residents of Punjab’s industrial hub are increasingly taking to online shopping. Preferring to buy products online, many residents have started combing websites for best deals.
Online shopping portals, by offering a wider range of products and heavy disounts, are catching residents’ fancy. A Tribune photograph
pulse polio drive
1,19,305 children immunised
Ludhiana, January 21
As many as 1,19,305 children were immunised during the Pulse Polio drive of the Health Department today.
Lectures mark Dietetics Day
Ludhiana, January 21
The Department of Dietetics of the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), under the aegis of the Indian Dietetic Association (IDA), celebrated Dietetics Day today.
Class IV employees hold meeting
Ludhiana, January 21
A meeting of the Class
IV Government Employees Union was held here today. The meeting was presided over by district chairman Sajjan Singh.
Gang busted, loot worth lakhs of rupees recovered
Jagraon, January 21
With the arrest of three persons, the Jagraon police claimed to have busted a gang of thieves that was active in the area for the past several months. The accused have been identified as Sarabjit Singh, alias
Sethi, of Chooharchak village in Moga; and Veer Singh, alias Veeru, and Gursewak Singh, alias
Sewak, both residents of Dhudike village in Moga.
crime briefs
Two arrested with 720 bottles of cough syrups
Ludhiana: The Division No. 5 Police have nabbed two persons and recovered 720 bottles of cough syrups from their possession. The accused have been identified as Deepak Soni, a resident of Patel Nagar, and Munish Kumar, alias Mani. They were nabbed during a routine check at a naka near the Bus Stand area on Monday night. Deepak was earlier booked for helping notorious habit-forming drug supplier Pawan Goyal of Moga. Deepak managed to escape when the police conducted a raid at Transport Nagar last year and recovered habit-forming drugs worth Rs 100 crore.
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