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22 in the fray after withdrawal
Ludhiana, April 12
Now, there are 22 candidates in the fray for the Ludhiana Lok sabha seat. The Returning Officer today issued the election symbols to all candidates. Some of symbols, such as “green
chilli”, “mixie”, “gas cylinder”, “cot”, “battery torch”, are
interesting.
Manpreet Singh Ayali campaigns in Ludhiana on Saturday. A Tribune Photograph
Government teachers without salary for seven months
Ludhiana April 12
The various cadres of teachers working in government schools of state were hopeful that they will receive salaries after March 31. But even after the end of the fiscal year a large number of teachers are still deprived of salaries. Some of the teachers had not been receiving salaries from last seven months.
Few takers for night shelters, admn apathy to blame
Ludhiana, April 12
Though the administration has set up three night shelters in the city for the poor, these remain empty most of the times these days. A few persons (around 60), who use these night shelters, said the night shelters were a great help during the winters while in summers, people preferred to spend nights in the open. Social activists, however, said thin occupancy at night shelters was because of a poor state of the “rain baseras”. They allege the authorities have neglected these night shelters and no facilities were provided there.
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Kejriwal rallies chaos
Ludhiana, April 12
The Aam Aadmi Party's road show turned out to be a pain the neck for commuters. Traffic jams were witnessed at various places in the city.
(From left): AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal garners support for party candidate HS Phoolka; rally spells chaos on roads; and children sit atop a vehicle during the AAP road show in Ludhiana on Saturday. Tribune photos: Himanshu Mahajan
Unkept promises disappoint social activists
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 12
Expressing resentment over the 'opportunistic' behaviour of senior politicians changing loyalties frequently, office-bearers and activists of various organisations have decided to remain aloof from election campaigns of candidates.
Harvesting to keep farmers off campaigns
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 12
Contrary to expectations of leaders, traditional gusto for the election campaign will be missing among farmers in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
Parents’ body goes
on hunger strike
Ludhiana, April 12
The activists of Private School Parent’s Wing today observed hunger strike at Jagraon Bridge seeking implementation of Right to Education Act (RTE) and action against private schools for fee hike.
Members of the Private School Parents’ Wing observe a hunger strke on Jagraon Bridge
in Ludhiana on Saturday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Stress can be a mess
Ludhiana, April 12
"Stress can cause cancer," said cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Naresh Trehan, who is also the chairman and managing director of Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon.
Row over release of body
Ludhiana, April 12
Employees of Christian Medical College and Hospital lamented that some unidentified persons took away a patient's dead body without paying bills this morning.
Collection of funds by headmistress
Ludhiana, April 12
The Anti-Copying Teachers' Front stated that allegations levelled against a school headmistress turned out to be true. The headmistress is accused of collecting funds from students.
Symposium on andrology
Ludhiana, April 12
Dayanand Medical College and Hospital along with South Asian Society for Sexual Medicine today organized 'Andrology Symposium' which was attended by 300 delegates from India and Pakistan. The symposium was inaugurated by the chief guest Dr Rupin Shah, president, SASSM, who lauded the efforts of organising members in making this conference a grand success.
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Woman crushed to death by truck
Ludhiana, April 12
A 35-year-old woman was killed after being hit by a truck on Gill Road here this morning. The deceased has been identified as Ranjit Kaur, a resident of Mair Colony in the Daba area.
Student attacked at PAU, case registered against 5
Ludhiana, April 12
An MSc-I student was injured after he was allegedly attacked by a group of five students at hostel number 7 of Punjab Agricultural University late Thursday night.
Man held for murder
Khanna, April 12
Khanna Police claimed to have solved the murder of a youth of the city in 24 hours and arrested a person allegedly responsible for the murder. The alleged accused was identified as Vicky Shukla, a resident of Khanna. The body of a youth was found on Lalheri road area. The deceased was identified as Mika (22) was an auto driver.
Man arrested with fake currency
Khanna, April 12
The police arrested a person and recovered fake currency notes worth Rs 9,000 from his possession. The arrested person was identified as Mani
Bhushan, a resident of Bihar and who was a head cook of a chicken centre of GTB Market,
Khanna.
Trials by athletics assn
Ludhiana, April 12
The Punjab Athletics Association (PAA) will hold trials to select state contingents (boys and girls) at Guru Nanak Stadium on April 15 from 9 am onwards.
Gurmeet Singh runs to glory
Ludhiana, April 12
Gurmeet Singh from Khanna clocked 34.56:04 minutes to finish ahead of others in the gruelling 10,000m race in the Open Ludhiana District Athletics Championship that concluded at Guru Nanak Stadium today. Chhinder Singh (36.06:57 minutes) and Rohit Kumar (37.48:78 minutes), both from Ludhiana, followed him to secure
the second and third positions, respectively.
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sought to project himself as a leader conversant with Punjab and its issues during his road show in Ludhiana, the candidates of the Congress and the Akali Dal continued trading charges.