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Now, online test for learner’s licence
Ludhiana, January 30
Want to get a learner's licence? Go through the rulebook and be conversant with traffic symbols.
An applicant will now have to score at least 60 per cent marks in the online test for getting the
licence. If the applicant fails to score well, he or she will have to apply for it again after a week.
Transport Minister Ajit Singh Kohar inaugurates the online system of learner's licence on Thursday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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TB patients gasp for breath
Ludhiana, January 30
Patients suffering from tuberculosis had to return without medication and tests following strike by the tuberculosis wing staff.
Demanding revision in salary, the employees are on indefinite strike since Wednesday.
Employees of the tuberculosis wing of the Health Department hold a protest in
Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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60-yr-old man dies following quarrel
Ludhiana, January 30
A 60-year-old man died following a quarrel with his son-in-law and his parents outside a mediation cell near Lakkar Bridge today.
The victim was identified as Surinder Arora.
Industrialists to adopt 11 rotaries
Ludhiana, January 30
The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has decided to hand over 11 roundabouts to industrialists for maintenance for five years.
Industrialists have already agreed to it.
Fountain Chowk in Ludhiana will be taken over by industrialists for maintenance. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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Poor turnout for telecast of EDUSAT programme
Ludhiana, January 30
The Educational Satellite (EDUSAT) programme on the safety of school vehicles received a poor response from private schools today. Not even a single school bus/van driver attended the telecast of ‘Safe School Vahan Scheme’ programme that was broadcasted at 30 EDUSAT laboratories in various government schools this morning.
Parents’ body formed to redress complaints
Ludhiana, January 30
A body named ‘Parents ‘Association’ has been formed to help the parents, who have complaints against the ‘arbitrary’ decisions of private schools. The office-bearers invited parents to join the association.
Make them repent, if they comment
Such comments are not made when the police personnel are around colleges and schools. But in their absence, boys can be seen passing comments. High security should be in place. Eve-teasers should be dealt with an iron hand. They should be given exemplary punishment to instil fear in their
minds.
Guest faculty lecturers boycott classes
Ludhiana January 30
Peeved at the Punjab Government for getting police cases registered against the agitating guest faculty lectures at
Bathinda, the guest faculty lecturers working in government colleges staged a protest and boycotted the classes here today.
Guest faculty lecturers raising slogans against the state government at SCD Government College in Ludhiana on Thursday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
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Independent councillors accuse MC official of bias
Ludhiana, January 30
About half a dozen independent councillors of the Municipal Corporation (MC) are up in the arms against a senior official of the B&R division of the civic body for allegedly adopting dilly-dallying tactics and not clearing the files of the works pertaining to their wards.
Admn, police pay tributes to martyrs
Ludhiana, January 30
Officials of the Administration and the Police, led by Deputy Commissioner Rajat
Aggarwal, observed a two-minute silence to pay tributes to all freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the nation, at the Mini-Secretariat here today. A contingent of the Punjab Police reversed weapons as a mark of respect. |
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| Punjab Police personnel pay homage to the Father of the Nation on the Martyrs' Day at the office of the Deputy Commissioner in Ludhiana on Thursday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Legal aid clinic opened at Chakar village
Jagraon, January 30
On the instructions of the Supreme Court of India, the Punjab Legal Services Authority
(PLSA) has started a ‘Legal Assistance Clinic’ at Chakar village near
Jagraon. The aim is to provide legal assistance to the residents of far flung villages of Jagraon area.
Race against time: A jockey participates in the time-trial bullock cart race on the opening day of the 78th Kila Raipur Sports Festival on Thursday.
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Mayor inaugurates Rs 1.6-cr road project
Ludhiana, January 30
Mayor Harcharan Singh Gohalwaria and former Mayor Hakam Singh Gaispura inaugurated the Rs 1.60-crore project of a single-cycle RCC road from GT Road to the Sovereign Exports here today.
Zonal Commissioner inspects works in municipal wards
Ludhiana, January 30
Zonal Commissioner (B) Kamlesh Bansal today visited various wards in the city to see if the works were being carried out smoothly.
In ward numbers 9, 14, 17 and 18, works pertaining to laying of roads and inter-locking tiles, estimated to be worth over Rs 3 crore, are being carried out by MC contractors.
ASHA workers seek salaried jobs
Ludhiana, January 30
A meeting of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) was held in the city today.
ASHA district in-charge Kuldeep Kaur Jassowal said, "The main demand of the activists is that they should be brought under a minimum pay-scale. We are given allowances after a woman gives birth to a child. We demand regular salaries."
Minister’s vehicle sans high security plate
Ludhiana, January 30
Transport Minister Ajit singh Kohar's official vehicle was without a high security registration number plate.
A Transport Department official said: “High security number plate is mandatory for new vehicles.
An official vehicle of the Transport Minister without high security number plate. A
Tribune photograph
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FROM COLLEGES
Industrial visit
Ludhiana: Training and placement cell and Indian Society for Technical Education
(ISTE) Student’s Chapter of Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology
(GNIMT), Gujarkhan Campus, Model Town, Ludhiana, organised an industrial visit for its BCA final year students to AVON Cycles Limited, GT Road,
Ludhiana.
FROM SCHOOLS
Poster-making contest
Ludhiana: To judge the knowledge of students in computer applications, MS Paint (Poster Making), MS Word (Poster Making) and MS PowerPoint Presentation Competition were organised by GNPS Model town Extension for students of Classes III to V.
Risky affair: Open wires on the road pose threat to visitors outside Children’s Park in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet
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Youth Akali Dal activists burn an effigy of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in Ludhiana on Thursday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
Sangrur resident
booked for rape
Ludhiana, January 30
The Ladhowal Police has booked a resident of Bhawanigarh in Sangrur district on
the charges of rape and blackmailing a married woman. The accused has been
identified as Bittu of Bhawanigarh in Sangrur.
kila raipur sports fair
Defying trend, games draw crowds on Day 1
Kila Raipur, January 30
Fog failed to deter sports enthusiasts of the region from flocking to this village to watch bullock cart races on the inaugural day of the Kilaraipur Rural Sports Fair, popularly known as Mini Olympics.
for better infra
11 sports bodies in the city asked to coordinate with MC
Ludhiana, January 30
The Municipal Corporation (MC) has asked 11 sports associations to interact with its officials on regular basis so as to maintain and improve the sports facilities in the city.
The MC pool awaits funds for maintenance. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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cricket tourney
Deepin shines as KVM advance into next round
Ludhiana, January 30
Deepin Chitkara once again played the pivotal role as Kudnan Vidya Mandir
(KVM) registered its third consecutive victory in the inter-school matches to advance into the next round of the Coca-Cola Cricket Cup. |
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| A batsman plays a cover drive during an inter-school match for the Coca-Cola Cricket Cup at
SCD Government College in Ludhiana on Thursday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
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