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City Bus Service a parasite on MC
Ludhiana, May 25
The City Bus Service is costing the cash-starved Municipal Corporation Rs 2 lakh every day.
Although the operation and maintenance of buses are being taken care of by a private company, the civic body is shelling out Rs 38.90 per
kilometre.
The broom only swept expectations of voters: Ayali
Ludhiana, May 25
Voters from the rural segments of the Ludhiana Lok Sabha constituency are repenting for having voted for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) legislator Manpreet Singh Ayali, who trailed behind both the Congress and the AAP in the Lok Sabha elections, said this while talking to The Tribune today.
Multi-storeyed parking lot to be auctioned today
Admn to try its fortune
Ludhiana, May 25
The multi-storeyed parking complex at Mini-Secretariat will be auctioned tomorrow.
Woman ends life
Ludhiana, May 25
A 30-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping from the roof of her brother's house at Dugri village. The deceased was identified as Meenu. She is survived by her two children.
rule violations
Traffic police adopt novel ways
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 25
Besides continuing routine action against violators of traffic rules, the local police have adopted the ‘Gandhian’ way to discourage the violators.
A policeman pastes a warning notice on a car wrongly parked outside a school in Mandi Ahmedgarh. A tribune photograph
DC extends ban on hookah bars
Ludhiana, May 25
Deputy Commissioner Rajat Aggarwal has extended the ban on hookah bars under Section 144 of the CrPC.
Drizzle brings a ‘pleasant’ surprise for city residents
Ludhiana, May 25
Cloudy weather in the late afternoon followed by a drizzle brought some respite from sweltering heat the city witnessed earlier during the day.
Girls enjoy the light shower in Ludhiana on Sunday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Programme to tackle depleting water table started
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 25
The administration has launched a coordinated programme to check further depletion of water table in sensitive areas.
Premature babies
Government to bear cost of treatment
Ludhiana, May 25
The government will bear the cost of treatment of premature babies born at state-run hospitals and health centres. In Ludhiana, such cases will be referred to Christian Medical College and Hospital.
3,000 students get books, bags
Ludhiana, May 25
Noble Foundation Trust, a non-governmental organization, distributed school bags and books to about 3,000 children of 16 schools running under the name of Ma Sharda Vidyapeeth here today at Guru Nanak Dev
Bhawan. These schools are run by this NGO.
Students of Ma Sharda Vidyapeeth perform during the annual function of the Noble Foundation Trust at Guru Nanak Dev Bhawan. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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Carnivalesque: (Clockwise from top) Students of Sacred Heart Convent School take out a march past to celebrate its golden jubilee; a girl holds the school flag; students perform during the procession; and a girl dressed as a fairy during the carnival in Ludhiana. Tribune Photos: Himanshu Mahajan
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Paediatricians attend workshop on Mission Uday
Ludhiana, May 25
The Ludhiana Academy of Paediatrics (LAP) organised a workshop on ‘Mission Uday’ and ID Surveillance for the paediatricians of the city.
IMA holds general body meeting
Ludhiana, May 25
A general body meeting and continuous medical education (CME) was organised by the Indian Medical Association at IMA House today.
Superior varieties of mango arrive in city
Ludhiana, May 25
Various varieties of mangoes such as
Alphonso, Malgova and Neelam have started arriving in the city in small quantities but the prices are expected to be high. The city market has been receiving 15 to 20 tonnes of mangoes each day and depending upon on the variety, the price ranges between Rs 60 and Rs 200 per kg in the city.
Punjabi Sahit Akademi forms new committees
Ludhiana, May 25
The first meeting of the newly elected office-bearers of the Punjabi Sahit Akademi was held today.
City high on fashion quotient
With many fashion institutes opening in the city and fashion designers and models descending every now and then, Ludhiana has become a pure fashion fiesta. The students of the fashion institutes actively participate in these shows and leave no opportunity to model around and also enjoy the limelight and attention they get from the media.
Want to serve society, says Punjab Kokila Rajni Arya
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 25
Having chipped to educate people of the state against social evils through her songs, Rajni Jain
Arya, Punjab Kokila, and PTC Music Award Winner 2010, has decided to guide budding artists in service of society.
Rajni Jain Arya will impart free training in music to young aspirants. A
Tribune photograph
Bridging the cultural gap
Ludhiana, May 25
Danish damsel Anita Lerche got bewitched by Punjabi culture after listening to the folk song “Latthe Di Chadar” aboard a bus.
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50 new clinics
Jiva Ayurveda will be opening 50 new clinics across the country by 2015 with mission of 'taking Ayurveda to every home'. Through these clinics, Jiva Ayurveda will offer Ayurvedic treatment for lifestyle and degenerative disorders such as diabetes, joint pains, skin disorders, obesity.
A doctor talks to patients during a free medical check-up camp in Ludhiana.
Tribune photo: Inderjeet Verma
2 held with 400-gram drug powder
Jagraon, May 25
The Jagraon police have arrested two alleged drug peddlers, including a woman and seized 400 grams of drug powder from them. The accused were identified as Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Galib Kalan village near Jagraon and Paramjit
Kaur, a resident of Gidarwindi village, near Sidhwan Bet.
Kila Raipur club squeeze past city’s Sports Club
Ludhiana, May 25
 In
a battle of nerves, Grewal Hockey Club of Kila Raipur managed to squeeze past
Sports Club, Ludhiana, 9-7 during the ongoing Fifth Olympian Prithipal Singh
Hockey Festival at Bibi Surjit Kaur AstroTurf Stadium in Jarkhar village.
Players with the chief guest during the hockey festival
at Jarkhar on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
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A Haryana resident died while three others suffered injuries, one critically, when an overspeeding private bus lost control and went on to hit a railing at the elevated road near BL Kapur Hospital today.
Accidents involving passenger buses have accounted for three deaths in past one week. With most bus services being run by politicians or their henchmen, the traffic police and the transport department, allegedly, fail to take any action against the drivers.
