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Bluetooth, new tool to cheat
Ludhiana, March 25
The recent advancement in technology has revolutionised mobile connectivity. So much so, students are adopting new tools to cheat during the examinations.
Lok Sabha poll: Congress mahila wing chief joins SAD
Ludhiana, March 25
The District Congress today received a jolt with the chief of the Mahila Wing, District Congress Committee Ludhiana (rural) — Neelam Kohli — quitting the party to join the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal (third from left) presents a siropa to Neelam Kohli at Meherban village, Ludhiana, on Tuesday. A Tribune Photograph
T20 matches
Police tighten noose around bookies; 4 held
Ludhiana, March 25
Tightening the noose around the betting system, the city police have arrested four bookies for allegedly betting on the T20 World Cup matches.
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| Police officials show the customised exchange recovered from the possession of the four bookies; and (right) the accused
in police custody in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Tribune Photos: Himanshu Mahajan. |
Bookies just pawns, main accused still at large
Ludhiana, March 25
The arrest of four bookies has revealed that they are mere pawns as the main accused — running the betting business in the city — is still at large.
Summer treat: Four special trains to run from April 1
Ludhiana, March 25
To accommodate the heavy rush of passengers from April to July, the Northern Railways will run four summer special trains through the city from April 1.
Four summer special trains will halt at the Ludhiana railway station to ease passenger rush during the summer months.
A File photo
 Building and Roads Department
Staff shortage mars works
Ludhiana, March 25
The civic body is facing an acute shortage of technical staff. As per norms, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation needs at least 111 engineers. It, however, has only 33 engineers in the Building and Roads Department, with the majority of them being senior officials (executive engineers and superintending engineers).
The state government has failed to recruit more engineers, affecting the ongoing developmental works in Ludhiana. A file photo
Brick-kiln workers demand wage hike
Ludhiana, March 25
Brick-kiln workers led by the Lal Jhanda Punjab Bhatha Mazdoor Union staged a district-level protest at Chatar Singh Park here today. The workers marched toward Labour Commissioner’s office on Gill Road to demand revision of their wages.
Brick-kiln workers shout slogans outside the Labour Commissioner’s office in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
No parking space at hospitals
Civic body fails to make any headway
Ludhiana, March 25
The civic body has served notices on around 30 hospitals in Zone D seeking reply within 15 days on as to why they had not made proper arrangements for visitors to park their vehicles on the premises.
Territorial Army: 5,000 turn up for selection
Ludhiana, March 25
Over 5,000 youths turned up on the first day of the recruitments for the 103 Infantry Battalion of
Territorial Army’s Sikh Light Infantry.
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| Aspirants wait for their turn during a recruitment drive in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Tom Alter in city to promote movie on honour killing
Ludhiana, March 25
Actor Tom Alter was in the city today to promote the upcoming movie “Honour Killing”. The veteran actor was accompanied by director Avtar Bhogal and writer Rajinder Singh
Aatish.
Veteran actor Tom Alter in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Non-board classes
PSEB to announce results on March 31
Ludhiana, March 25
After the teachers of government schools raised hue and cry, the education department changed the dates of result for non-board classes. According to the fresh directions, now the result of non-board classes will be announced on March 31 and the parents-teachers meeting will be held on April 7. Earlier, the Education Department had given instructions to hold the parents teachers meeting on April 26 to announce the results.
600 units of blood collected at PAU
Ludhiana, March 25
A blood donation camp was organised by the students of Punjab Agricultural University, today. Camp was held at Gurudwara Singh
Sabha, PAU. Gurshaminder Singh, a student, said ‘Social Workers Association’ is a group of university which organises various blood donation camps every year.
Volunteers donate blood during a camp organised at Gurdwara Singh Sabha, PAU, Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Declare Ludhiana hyper sensitive, Bains urges CEC
Ludhiana, March 25
The Independent candidate Simarjeet Singh Bains met the Chief Election Commissioner of India VS Sampath at New Delhi today and submitted a memorandum to him, demanding that the Ludhiana constituency be declared as a highly sensitive constituency.
school uniforms
Parents hold protest against school
 Jagraon, March 25
A high drama was witnessed at Roop Vatika School, Jagraon, when a large number of parents of the children studying in the school held a protest against the school management for allegedly forcing the school children to purchase new school uniforms and books from the school at high prices.
Parents of children studying at Roop Vatika School protest against the school management
in Jagraon on Tuesday. Tribune photo: himanshu mahajan
CMC Nursing College celebrates alumni day
Ludhiana, March 25
The College of Nursing, CMC celebrated alumni day today. The induction ceremony was started by a prayer followed by presentation of mementos and badges to the new members.
Pallavan holds graduation ceremony
Ludhiana, March 25
Pallavan, a pre-school, franchised from Delhi, organised a graduation ceremony for children here today. It was an initiative to wish them good luck for their future in primary school.
A child receives a prize during the graduation ceremony at Pallavan, a pre-school, in Ludhiana
on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
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Industrial visit
Ludhiana: An industrial visit to Kandhari Beverages Private Limited, Nabhipur plant, was organised by the Department of Business Administration,
RIMT-Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mandi Gobindgarh. The visit was organized for the students of MBA final year. The objective of the visit was to give industrial exposure to the students and to familiarise them with the mechanism used for bottling and to show them practicalities of the Quality and Marketing Department.
BUSINESS NEWS
Workshop
Ludhiana: A validation workshop was organised under the chairmanship of Vinod
Thapar, chairman, Knitwear Club at Hotel Gulmor to conduct an on-site analysis of the business dynamics and need assessment of Ludhiana Knitwear Cluster with a view to doing its gap analysis in order to work out an action plan to enhance the cluster competitiveness. The workshop was organized by Apex cluster development services which is the field agency selected for the diagnostic purpose by SIDBI which is the nodal agency for the upcoming project. The workshop was attended by prominent members of the industry.
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Annual bhandara
The 6th annual bhandra by Baba Amarnath Langar Committee will be held at Tajpur Road from June 25-July 27. Langar Committee, President Harvinder Happy said every year langar was held for the devotees for 24 hours.
1 held with cough syrup bottles
Ludhiana, March 25
The city police have arrested a person for possessing bottles of cough syrups.
In all, 50 bottles were recovered from his possession during a check.
DMCH to host sports tourney
Ludhiana, March 25
In its golden jubilee year, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital is all set to organise the North Zone Inter-Medical and Dental Colleges Tournament (NOZIT) 2014.
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