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Sukhbir lays stone for Rs 135 cr effluent treatment plant
Ludhiana, March 4
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today laid the foundation stone for an effluent treatment plant on the Tajpur Road here today. Sukhbir said the government would spend Rs 135 crore on this project.
Deputy Chief Minister
Sukhbir Singh Badal lays the foundation stone for the plant on
the Tajpur Road. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
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Public at receiving end of ministerial staff’s strike
Ludhiana, March 4
General public has been at the receiving end of the ongoing strike of the ministerial staff. People visiting the Civil Surgeon’s Office to get birth, death and other certificates are greeted by empty chairs. Work at the office has come to a halt since the staff went on strike, which will continue till March 6. |
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| Visitors read a notice displayed at closed counters at the office of the Civil Surgeon in
Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
DC removes red beacon from his vehicle
Ludhana, March 4
Deputy Commissioner Rajat Aggarwal today got the red beacon removed from his official vehicle. He said: "I got it removed on the directions of the Government of Punjab that were published in the newspapers. Hopefully, we will soon get an official notification in this regard."
City docs resent MCI's decision
Ludhiana, March 4
Taking a weird decision, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has decided to shrink its own jurisdiction. It has reinterpreted its code of ethics being applicable only to individual doctors and not doctors' associations.
ASHA workers, ANMs to promote family planning
Ludhiana, March 4
In a fresh attempt to make the latest family planning measures available at the village and block level, Accredited Social Health Activists
(ASHA) and Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) have been assigned the task of selling contraceptives, oral pills, copper-T and other devices to eligible couples by the Health Department under the contraceptive social marketing
(CSM) theme.
Crime is an ‘event’ forgotten at MC
Ludhiana, March 4
Several cases have been registered by the Vigilance Department and some FIRs have also been lodged against 37 employees of the Municipal Corporation. However, in a majority of cases, inquiries are yet to see the light of day.
PAU prof loses job
Ludhiana, March 4
After a show-cause notice was issued to an associate professor Punjab Agricultural University
(PAU), his services were terminated by the varsity authorities. This associate professor was accused of financial irregularities worth crores of rupees, which caused financial loss to the varsity.
Working women hostelers seek uninterrupted supply
Ludhiana, March 4
Punjab Agricultural University’s working women hostel is without a hotline (uninterrupted power supply) facility. Hostel inmates rue that all other hostels have a hotline facility and when there is power cut, students suffer.
A view of the working women’s hostel on the PAU campus in
Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
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Meritorious students of KCW awarded
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Ludhiana, March 4
Recognising the endeavours of girls, who rose above the ordinary in various fields, 51st annual prize distribution function was organised in Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, today. Dr. Daljit Singh, principal, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital,
Ludhiana, presided over the function.
Students with their certificates and prizes at the Khalsa College for Women in
Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
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Teachers of private schools to gherao assembly on March 7
Ludhiana, March 4
The teachers and employees at government aided private schools in the state have been protesting for demand of merger in government school cadre.
The Punjab State Government Aided Private School Teachers and Employees Union had decided to ‘gherao’ the state assembly on March 7.
Private colleges
Non-teaching staff hold protest in city
Ludhiana March 4
A state level rally of Private College Non-Teaching Employees Union of Punjab and Chandigarh was held here yesterday. Before the rally, non-teaching employees from various colleges of the state assembled at the Arya College, Ludhiana.
BKU demands reservation for Jats in Punjab
Ludhiana, March 4
The Bharti Kisan Union (BKU) has criticised the Centre for what it termed as gross discrimination with Punjab by denying reservation to the Jat community in the state under the Other Backward Classes
(OBCs).
Dressed for occasion: Students in a joyful mood after a farewell party at Guru Nanak Girls College, Model Town,
Ludhiana. Tribune
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IMA holds emergency meeting
Ludhiana, March 4
An emergency general body meeting of the Indian Medical Association, Ludhiana, was held in the city. Members of the association took a serious note of the increasing number of protests being held against the doctors in the region.
Doctors’ association observes pen-down strike
Ludhiana, March 4
The Punjab Civil Medical Services (PCMS) Specialist Doctors' Association of the Civil Hospital today organised a gate rally and held a pen down strike to press their long-pending demands.
PAU gets city bus service
Ludhiana, March 4
On the request of Punjab Agricultural University, the Ludhiana City Bus Service Ltd has started the bus service through PAU Campus. Two mini-buses plying under the LCBSL project had started passing through the varsity campus and several persons are availing the facility.
Rehri-fari union members allege extortion
Ludhiana, March 4
The Hindu Sikh Jagriti, Mhatarsathi Sangathan and Anti-Corruption Morcha met the Police Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner in favour of rehri-fari union here.
Members said the Punjab Mandi Board had given the contract of collecting money from rehri-ferri members, for a year, to a contractor at Sabzi
Mandi, near Janadhar Bypass.
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‘Mr & Mrs 420’ star cast comes calling to city
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Ludhiana, March 4
The star cast of an upcoming Punjabi movie, “Mr & Mrs 420”, visited the city today. The actors, including Yuvraj Hans, Jassi Gill, Babbal
Rai, Swati Kapoor and Avantika Hundal, were here for the promotion of their movie.
The star cast of Punjabi movie
"Mr and Mrs 420" poses for a photograph during the promotion of their film in
Ludhiana. Tribune
photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
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BUSINESS NEWS
Vehicle inspection camp till March 9
The Dada Motors and Mahindra are organising a 75 point mega free check-up camp. The camp started on March 3 and will end on March 9. The camp was inaugurated by Suraj Dada, chairman, Dada Group, and Vinay Kumar, area service manager,
Mahindra. During the camp various discount schemes and daily lucky draw will be rolled out for the delight of the customers.
LUDHIANA SCAN
Hall inaugurated
The District Congress Committee (Urban) president, Pawan Dewan, and block president Satwinder Singh Jawaddi inaugurated Dr VN Tiwari Hall at Government High School in Jawaddi village on Tuesday. The Union Information and Broadcasting minister, Manish
Tiwari, had issued a grant of Rs 4 lakh from his discretionary funds for the construction of the hall.
Fraud case
FIR against Ludhiana firm
Ludhiana, March 4
The State Excise and Taxation Department has lodged an FIR against proprietors of a
Ludhiana-based firm for having played fraud with the state by showing bogus sales of diesel generator sets to a firm of
Rajasthan.
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The future of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal’s "dream-project" of eight-laning of Ferozpur Road seems bleak as the Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the process of award of eight-laning work from Jagraon Bridge to Sidhwan Canal.
