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MC removes encroachments
Ludhiana, February 7 Led by tehbazari superintendent of Zone D JS Sekhon, the MC team issued 140 challans to shopkeepers in Jawahar Nagar Camp for creating obstruction on the roadside by stacking furniture, racks and merchandise. Photographs of the encroachments, which were clicked taken yesterday, were attached to the challans as evidence of the violation, said Sekhon. The MC staff removed at least 12 flower stalls from the roadside near Durga Mata Mandir, removed three push carts from the Feroze Gandhi market and removed the temporary vegetable market from J Block of Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar. Sekhon said four vehicles were impounded from Gian Singh Rarewala Market. Of the vehicles impounded by the MC staff, two were displayed for sale by a car bazar dealer, while two others, parked alongside the road, were being repaired outside a motor workshop. He said the shopkeepers in all commercial hubs had been sternly asked not to place their goods on pavements or alongside roads and streets, and to also ensure that their vehicles and those of the customers were parked in the designated parking areas.
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Councillor’s supporters give cops 48 hrs to arrest accused
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, February 7 The firing incident and damaging of vehicles parked outside the councillor's office yesterday had triggered an angry protest on the NH-I, resulting in a massive traffic jam which caused inconvenience to a large number of commuters. At least 12 persons, including Focal Point Station House Officer Gurtej Singh, were hurt when the protesters allegedly threw stones at a police party. "We have given a 48-hour deadline to the police for arresting the accused, Gurpreet Singh, alias Kakka, and his accomplices. If the police fail to arrest them, we will launch an agitation," said Arvind Kumar, personal assistant of the councillor. The police have registered an attempt-to-murder case and slapped several sections of the Arms Act against Gurpreet Singh and his 10 accomplices, including Mandeep Singh, Chhota, Mona and Tubbay. The case has been registered on a complaint of the councillor. The complainant has stated to the police that last evening he was riding a motorcycle along with his friend Raju Patel. When he reached Steet No. 2 in Baba Deep Singh Nagar, Gurpreet Singh and his men intercepted them and assaulted them. Radhe Krishan said Gurpreet Singh fired shots from his double-barrelled gun. He said both of them ran for their life and managed to hide in a house. He alleged that Gurpreet Singh and his accomplices also damaged some vehicles. A high alert was sounded after several migrant labour organisations joined the protest. The protesters, brandishing sharp weapons, created panic among residents. Sources said sensing the gravity of the situation, the Commissioner of Police deployed all Station House Officers of the city on the spot. The police have lunched a massive manhunt to nab the accused. The police have rounded up a few persons in connection with the shooting incident and they are being interrogated.
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BSP protests against ‘lawlessness’, price rise
Ludhiana, February 7 Addressing the rally, party leaders expressed concern over the growing "lawlessness" in the state with several mafia groups indulging in drug trafficking, land grabbing and illegal sand mining allegedly under the patronage of senior government functionaries. They said the people in Punjab were being throttled under the burden of undesirable taxes in the name of property tax, regularisation fee for illegal colonies and hike in power and water rates. To add to the misery of the poor people, the government had utterly failed to curb the rising prices of essential items. The BSP leaders also charged the Punjab government with resorting to political vendetta by implicating political opponents in false criminal cases and also usurping the central funds meant for the welfare of Dalits and weaker sections. Senior BSP leader Lalji Prasad Gautam said the UPA government was on its last leg. "People are now fed up with scores of scams, corruption and anti-poor and anti-people policies of the Centre, and they are just waiting for the next elections to throw this government out," he said. |
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Poisonous fodder leaves 10 head of cattle dead
Ludhiana, February 7 The authorities maintained that the cattle died by consuming fodder offered by an outsider. "We check the ingredients of the fodder before serving it to the cattle. The cattle died by consuming fodder offered by an outsider," said Sapra. He said the police were informed about the incident and the carcasses of the cattle had been sent to a veterinary hospital. The police have not ruled out foul play behind the incident and are checking the CCTV footage to find out as to who offered the fodder to the cattle. ‘Outsider gave fodder’: The authorities maintained that the cattle died by consuming fodder offered by an outsider.
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90-year-old Azad Hind Fauj veteran in penury
Ludhiana, February 7 Once a proud soldier of the Azad Hind Fauj, Narender Singh is now at the mercy of residents of Dholewal as there is none from his family to take care of him. He has been staying at Government Senior Secondary School, Dholewal, since 1950. He usually spends his day at the general store near the school. Tarakki Lal Thapar, owner of the store, says, "Naredner Singh belong to Dabehar Kalan village in Rawalpindi district of Pakistan. He had 28 family members, but during the 1947 riots, only he and his sister survived while all other members were murdered. Narender SIngh and his sister then shifted to India." His sister Kulwant Kaur died in 1970. Since then, he is being looked after by area residents. Thapar, who is also president of the Dholewal Welfare Society, said,"I have been a student of Government Senior Secondary School, Dholewal. I know Narender Singh since my childhood days. He is a noble soul. He comes to my shop daily. We share tea and snacks. People living near the vicinity of the school fulfil his other daily needs such as meals." Narender Singh said, "I do not get pension or any other relief from the government. Last year also, I had met one of the senior officers of the district administration regarding pension. However, nothing has been done so far." What the Deputy Commissioner says
Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Rajat Aggarwal said, "I will send a representative to meet him soon. He is most welcome to stay in our Old-Age Home being run by District Red Cross. We will adjust him even if we have a shortage of space. He can meet me anytime in the office. As far as his pension is concerned, we will do something as per the law." |
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Staff of TB, AIDS wings call off strike
Ludhiana, February 7 Jagtar Singh, president of the Ludhiana TB Employees Association, said they
had met MD of the National Rural Health Mission Hussan Lal and he had given them an assurance that their demands would be fulfilled. Central TB Division had sanctioned increments to the employees, which were to be implemented from April 2013. However, the Health Department failed to do so following which employees of the TB wing went on strike. After getting an assurance from the Director General of the National AIDS Control Organisation, the AIDS Control Employees Welfare Association also called off its strike and resumed work. They were on strike demanding a revision in their salary and regularisation of services. |
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Science and technology entrepreneurs’ park Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, February 7 Under the skill development programme, the trainees will also be getting a stipend of Rs 2,000 for pursuing the courses, said Puneet Singh. Also, those who want to set up their own businesses would receive free counselling on entrepreneurship, he said. Some of the free courses started by the Department of Science and Technology include mobile repair, hardware networking, welding and AC repair. Puneet Singh said paid courses in IT are also being run at the technology park. These include software training and development of mobile applications under the aegis of Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College. “As some of the IT companies have also set up their offices on the premises, the trainees get to work on live projects and are trained by developers themselves,” said the department head. The park is offering office space to start-ups at nominal rates besides guidance and support for a year, he said. Harnoor, an engineering student who started a website development consultancy, said he was ably guided during his training in website development and also got adequate support for the consultancy he set up.
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Medical camp
Ludhiana: Ludhiana Mediways Hospital organised a free multi-specialty medical check-up and awareness camp at Gurudwara Shri Guru Ravidas Sabha, Barewal on Friday. More than 200 patients were provided free consultation by a team of medical experts. The patients also availed benefit of free sugar and BP tests. Medicines for many common ailments were distributed among needy patients. Grant given
Villages under Dakha constituency will be transformed. This was stated by MLA Manpreet Singh Ayali while granting a cheque of Rs 40 lakhs for Sawadi Kalan village on Friday. The villages will be given facilities at par with the cities. Safe drinking water, sewerage facility and concrete roads will be provided in every village, said Ayali. Eye check-up camp
Mohandai Oswal Hospital conducted a Free Eye Check-Up Camp at Cheryu Hospital, Dholewal, in Ludhiana on Friday. Nearly 120 patients were benefitted from the camp. Fifty patients were checked for eye-sight and 20 patients were given specs free of cost. Protest
Contract Multipurpose Health Workers Union staged a dharna outside Civil Surgeon’s office on Friday. “From the past six years we are struggling to become permanent employees but no step has been taken by the government in this regard,” said Kiranjit Kaur, president of the union. She said the employees would continue with the struggle until they were made permanent. Seminar
A special seminar for women belonging to minority group was held in Ludhiana on Friday and the main stress was laid in raising their standard of living. Councillor Daljeet Singh was the chief guest on the occasion. He said women hold important position in society and the programme was being held under the aegis of the Central Government.
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Motion IIT-JEE to launch its first centre in city
While evaluating local educational trends in Punjab, Motion IIT-JEE is going to launch its first centre in Ludhiana. According to company executives Motion IIT-JEE will hold bi-yearly baseline talent search examination at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU). Director Achint Goel said the students could come directly to the venue on February 9 to give the exam and to avail the scholarship worth Rs 1 crore. International hair,
make-up artists visit VLCC
International fame hair and make-up artists Vanera Nurakhenova and Farida Abylbekova, who belongs to Eastern Europe, visited VLCC Centre at Ferozepur Road on Friday. They are on their trip to various branches of VLCC Health Care Limited in Jammu, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Chandigarh. Maruti launches new car
Maruti Suzuki’s new dream car ‘Celerio’ was launched by Libra Autocar (Maruti dealers) in Ludhiana on Friday. It was launched by Ranjeet Singh Dhillon (MLA Ludhiana East). Redefining hospitality
Soon to open Hyatt Regency, Ludhiana, will redefine city’s hotel experience by providing a right blend of impeccable service and luxury. It offers 168 contemporary guestrooms, including four types of luxury suites measuring 409 sq ft (38 sq m) each with a work station and high speed internet connectivity. For the discerning business traveller, the Regency Club rooms offer complimentary transfers, broadband wireless internet and access to the Regency Club private lounge that serves continental breakfast, cocktails and refreshments. Akash Institute announces scholarship test
Aakash Educational Services Limited, an institute for medical and engineering aspirants, is conducting the Admission-cum-Scholarship Test (ACST) for its medical/IIT-JEE/foundation Courses 2014-15. Students of Classes VIII and IX will be eligible for the foundation courses, while students of Classes X and XI can take part in the engineering and medical courses.
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Artscape 2014: A delight for the senses
Ludhiana, February 7 Gopal Krishan Sharma, a pensioner, has captured an episode from the folklore 'Sassi Punnu' in one of his paintings. Artist Rupa Arora has depicted the life of today’s women, who despite the freedom granted by the modern society are still facing discrimination. Homemaker Sonia Kumar has brought to the fore the life of an acid attack. With symbols such as flowers and a cozy home representing a happy life, the transition to a darker life is shown using symbols such as dry leaves. Septuagenarian Hardev Kaur's painting shows fickleness of life through the metaphorical inflated but empty balloon. Other artists participating in the exhibition include Rubi Arora, Ambika Nayyar, Navdeep Kaur, Mandeep Kaur, Nivanjeet Kaur, Anchal Gupta, Jagroop Singh, Aneesha Modi, Bhawna Saxena, Kulwant Seehra, Jaswinder Kaur, SK Garcha, Gurpreet, Monika Jangra, Jaswant Singh, Ravinder Ravi, Amar Singh and Harimohan. After a long wait
Finally, MS Randhawa Art Gallery is hosting an art exhibition. The space, till a few months back, was being used to run a book shop. Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi president said the gallery would provide a platform to artists to showcase their works. Janmeja Johl from Punjabi Sahit Akademi said being a non-commercial art gallery, artists could display their works after paying a nominal fee. Those interested can contact Punjabi Bhawan for the same, he said.
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GCG hosts inter-college competition
Ludhiana, February 7 More than 100 students from 10 colleges participated in various events. The principal motivated the students to organise exhibitions to display their works of art. She said fine art was a creative subject, with the help of which people could exhibit their emotions through colours. Renu of the SDP College for Women won the first prize in spot landscape competition. In best out of waste competition, Vandana of the Government College for Girls was victoritous. In pot decoration, Payal Kamboj of Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women bagged the first prize, while in clay modeling, the top honours went to Amanpreet Kaur of Guru Nanak Girls College. The card making competition saw the host college’s Jasleen Kaur emerge victorious, while in the file decoration competition, Anshika Aggarwal of SDP College for Women stood first. Krishna of the Khalsa
College for Women won the mask painting competition, while Arshdeep Kaur
of Guru Nanak Girls College won the poster-making competition.
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Suspected swine flu case reported
Ludhiana, February 7 Symptoms of Swine Flu
Headache, chills, cough, fever, loss of appetite, aches, fatigue, running nose, sneezing, watery eyes, throat irritation, nausea and diarrhoea Precaution
Arrangements by the Health Dept
In Ludhiana district, 44 isolation beds and 41 ventilators have been reserved for suspected swine flu patients in all major hospitals and medical colleges. There is no shortage of medicine/VTM bottles and other logistics.
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Different strokes: For the love of art
Ludhiana, February 7 "Art is my passion. I wanted to take up a profession that could get me closer to artists. By providing students and artists with brushes not only do I get the satisfaction of helping them in creating their works of art, I also get to see their work and get invited to exhibitions as well," he says.
Fazluddin has over 40 different varieties of brush, ranging from number 0 to 60. He says sometimes, he picks up rejected brushes and fixes them to perfection, which enables him to keep the costs minimal for himself and his buyers.
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Minister lays foundation stone of animal dispensary at Khanna
Khanna, February 7 Ranike said the Punjab Government was providing 35 per cent subsidy to scheduled caste women and 25 per cent to women belonging to general category to start animal husbandry occupation. Apart from it 50 per cent subsidy for cattle shed and 50 per cent subsidy on machinery used are also given for the purpose. He said the needed block-level animal hospitals would be constructed at the cost of Rs 40 crore and Rs 20 crore would be spent for repair of existing animal hospitals. He said the appointment of chairman and staff of the proposed Punjab Cow Save Board would be done soon and the stray animals would be kept in the proposed gaushalas in respective cities.
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PRTC pensioners hold protest
Ludhiana, February 7 Krishan Lal, president of the PRTC Pensioners Association, Ludhiana, said if the department failed to pay their pension within the next two days, they would intensify their protest. Jagdish Singh, general secretary of the association, said a state-level meeting of all pensioners would be held at the bus stand, Patiala, on February 12. "We will decide our next course of action there," he added. Prominent among those who took part in the protest were Bachittar Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Hardev Singh and Suresh
Sood.
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Cloudy weather to continue, sunny days after Feb 10
Ludhiana, February 7 Dr KK Gill, Assistant Professor, School of Climate Change and Agricultural Meteorology, PAU, said the weather would remain the same in the next 24 hours. "The city might also witness thundershowers in the next 24 hours, which means there will be chill in the air. We are expecting clear weather only after February 10," Dr Gill added.
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Police crack whip on traffic violators
Ludhiana, February 7 "Black films have been banned by the Supreme Court. This is a serious violation of the Motor Vehicle Act. We have fined the vehicles which were violating the law," said station house officer
(SHO) Vinod Kumar. Some residents, caught during the drive, were seen trying to use their political clout to avoid being
challaned. The police officers on duty, however, did not let go of the violators, refusing to speak to anyone on their behest.
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Two proclaimed offenders arrested
Ludhiana, February 7 The Station House Officer of the Sadar police station, Amandeep Singh, said the duo was nabbed following a tip-off. While Sunil was wanted in a snatching case, Bachitter was wanted by the Uttar Pradesh police in a culpable homicide case not amounting to murder. Thieves nabbed
The police nabbed two thieves and recovered a stolen motorcycle, camera, five mobiles from their possession. Umesh Kumar of New Madhopuri and Sanju Kumar of Shivpuri were arrested by the Sunder Nagar police following a tip-off. It was learnt Umesh is a habitual offender and had recently come out of jail.
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1 held with 8 gm of heroin
Jagraon, February 7 The alleged drug peddler was arrested by a team of Anti-Narcotics Cell of Jagraon police
near Kothe Khajura village during routine patrolling. The police have registered a case against the accused under the NDPS Act at Jagraon city police station and further investigation is on. Giving the details of the drug seizer, Jagraon Station House Officer (SHO) Muhamad Jamil informed that the accused was arrested by a police team led by ASI Pritam Singh during patrolling near Kothe Khajura village last evening. “The police team stopped a suspicious youth and during search, 8 gm of heroin was recovered from his pocket. Following this the police arrested the youth,” said SHO Jamil.
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Nav Bharti lads lift basketball title
Ludhiana, February 7 In the boys’ final, Nav Bharti Public School faced a weak challenge from their opponents, Government Multipurpose School, Patiala, as the former romped home triumphant 42-30. The local lads went into an early lead and managed to hang on to it till the long hooter. Gurwinder Singh fashioned Nav Bharti School's victory as he made 22 baskets. In the match to decide the third position, Nav Bharti Public School of Ludhiana (Jr) survived a scare against Punjab State Sports School, Jalandhar, before scraping past with a wafer thin margin of just one point (45-44) in which Ajit Kumar contributed 18 points for the winning side. The final in the girls’ section, played between Government Senior Secondary School (GSSS), Mall Road, Amritsar, and Khalsa Girls Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, turned out to be a one-sided affair as the Amritsar eves came out victorious 57-34. Likewise, the match between Apeejay School, Jalandhar, and Government Senior Secondary School, Sardoolgarh (Mansa), turned out to be a mismatch as the former won without being challenged (41-19). Deputy Commissioner of Ludhiana Rajat Aggarwal will be the chief guest at the prize-distribution function. The winners in both the sections received a cash prize of Rs 50,000 each in addition to the trophies while the runners-up pocketed Rs 30,000 each. The teams finishing third got richer by Rs 20,000 each. Gurpreet Singh Toor, JP Singh, Teja Singh Dhaliwal and Vijay Chopra, all office-bearers of the Ludhiana District Basketball Association, along with coaches, players and Kartar Singh Sehmbey, District Sports Officer, Ludhiana, watched the finals.
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Agricultural varsity all set for college basketball league
Ludhiana, February 7 While speaking to The Tribune, Teja Singh Dhaliwal, general secretary, Punjab Basketball Association, said the league would be organised in four phases. "The matches of the league will be organised at basketball courts of Punjab Agricultural University as well as Guru Nanak Stadium here. The best teams of the state will compete against each other," he said. Harjinder Singh, basketball coach of the Sports Authority of India, said matches would be organised every weekend. "Teams from colleges such as SCD Government College, Government College for Girls, Punjab Agricultural University, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, all from Ludhiana; Government College, Amritsar, DAV College, Jalandhar, will participate in the league. Both the basketball courts have been revamped," he said.
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