Student’s rape: Victim’s parents, kin stage dharna
Ludhiana, July 9
Day after the DEO’s visit to Government School in Sunet, the parents of the rape victim, along with the residents of the village, staged a dharna outside the school and demanded registration of a case against the schoolteacher and transfer of the principal.
Residents and relatives
of the victim stage a protest outside a school at Sunet village.
Tribune photos: Himanshu Mahajan |
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DO Gurjit Singh with a police official outside the school. |
Teachers sitting outside the school as the protest goes on. |
MC officer alleges political interference
Ludhiana, July 9
Over an “illegal” construction at Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar, the owner of which has been served notice by the building branch of the MC, Harbhajan Singh Dang, husband of SAD councillor Surjit Kaur Dang, allegedly had a tiff with senior officials of the MC.
Traffic hazard: An open pit on the Mall road poses threat to commuters.
Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
Man robbed of bike; purse snatched
Ludhiana, July 9
The Sarabha Nagar police today registered two cases of roadside robbery and snatching.
The first incident took place on the night of July 6 when Manoj Singh, an employee of a restaurant, was returning home.
Power cuts sap residents’ energy
Ludhiana, July 9
With the weather gods remaining merciless, the power scenario in the region has worsened. Faced with a huge gap between the availability and demand for electricity, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited
(PSPCL) has imposed power cuts on the domestic consumers.
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Sorry state: (Clockwise from top left) An open manhole poses a threat to commuters near Chand Cinema; a big hole on the NH1 drain near Greenland School; another uncovered portion of NH1 drain; and a pit dug up by a telecom company on Ferozepur Road near Rajguru
Nagar.
Photos: Inderjeet Verma
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Union Budget
Residents voice expectations
Ludhiana, July 9
The NDA government will announce its maiden budget on July 10. Residents have high hopes from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. All attempts are expected to be made to present a comprehensive Union Budget 2014-15.
Union Budget
PAU expects special agri package
Ludhiana, July 9
Experts at Punjab Agricultural University
(PAU) are expecting announcements in the General Budget on a special package for the agriculture sector in the state that would address the present day problems of farmers.
The state is facing an agrarian crisis. Debt ridden farmers committing suicides has become a major issue.
Reduction in grant perturbs teachers
Doraha, July 9
The Punjab Government’s decision to reduce the grant to private aided colleges by 15 per cent and make contractual appointments instead of regular ones has come as a shock to the teachers.
Parents express resentment over admission process
Ludhiana, July 9
Parents of candidates seeking admission protested against the ‘back door entry’ of students after the release of the cut off list for B Com at Kamla Lohtia Sanatan Dharam College here today.
Students jostle to have a look at the cut-off list for BCom first year admissions at Kamla Lohtia Sanatan Dharam College,
Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
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Education Dept’s drive against drugs
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 9
The Education Department has decided to launch a coordinated movement to make the masses aware about causes and consequences of drug addiction.
While the preparations for the drive have already begun, the actual programme will start from September 22 to 25.
Stink emitting from mortuary engulfs Civil Hospital
Ludhiana, July 9
The Civil Hospital is not in the pink of health. Stink emanating from the mortuary has engulfed the area. Those coming for the identification of bodies go through a harrowing time.
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| Visitors avoid passing the mortuary at the Civil Hospital (left) in
Ludhiana. Photos: inderjeet Verma |
Bittu seeks sewage treatment plant
Ludhiana, July 9
Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu has requested the Union Government to give a green signal to the setting up of a sewage treatment plant in the city. He has also urged
the Centre to provide the necessary financial assistance to the industry
for installing water treatment plants.
MC union members meet commissioner, press demands
Ludhiana, July 9
A delegation of Municipal Karamchari Dal met MC Commissioner Pradeep Aggarwal here today and presented their charter of demands.
Led by chairman Vijay Danav, the delegation said that all their demands were heard patiently by the commissioner, who assured that the demands, which were to be fulfilled at his end, would be met soon while those that needed to be sent to the state government, would be presented to higher authorities at the earliest.
Industrialists meet Deputy CM
Ludhiana, July 9
A delegation of the Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertaking met Punjab Deputy Chief Minister. Members apprised him of their problems. They said the industry department had okayed setting up of more than one manufacturing units on the same plot, but Punjab State Power Corporation Limited
(PSPCL) was objecting to it.
Delegation meets MLA, SDM
Jagraon, July 9
A delegation of Nagar Sudhar Sabha today met Jagraon MLA SR Kaler and SDM Apneet Rayat. The members handed over a memorandum of demands to the MLA and the SDM.
sapling plantation
Going the green way, city inches closer to aim
Ludhiana, July 9
As the city attempts to make a Guinness World Record of planting 1 lakh saplings within an hour on July 20, the enthusiasm for the campaign is catching on, with a number of institutions and organisations espousing and expressing approval to join the campaign ‘Earth Hour of Ludhiana’.
3 minor fire incidents reported in district
Ludhiana, July 9
Three minor fire incidents took place in the district today. A fire broke out in a scrap yard of SV Exports. Sanjeev, an employee, said it took the fire brigade about an hour to control the fire. No major loss was
reported.
MC Commissioner meets officials
Ludhiana, July 9
MC Commissioner Pradeep Aggarwal held a meeting with officials of the building branch today. All Assistant Town Planners, draftsmen and building branch officials attended the meeting.
Pending work at Suvidha Centre angered the Commissioner.
31 fined for smoking at public places
Ludhiana, July 9
Following the directions of Civil Surgeon Dr Subhash Batta, a team of health officials fined 31 persons fro smoking at public places. An amount of Rs 6,100 was collected as fine.
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Medical camp
A round the clock medical camp is going on at Dharamshala in Sihora village after the diarrhea outbreak. 37 patients were examined till 5 pm, out of which 2 new cases of diarrhea were reported on Wednesday. The remaining were old cases of diarrhea or pain in abdomen and other ailments.
Man booked for kidnapping son
Ludhiana, July 9
High drama was witnessed at Aman Nagar on Ferozepur Road when a woman, along with her relatives, claimed that somebody had kidnapped her 12-year-old son this morning.
Later, it came to light that the boy was forcibly taken away by his father.
Police officials record the statement of a relative of the kidnapped
boy in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
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Man commits suicide
Ludhiana, July 9
A 30-year-old man committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his house in the Pavittar Nagar area here today.
The deceased has been identified as Krishan Kumar. The incident came to light this morning when Krishan’s wife, along with her father and children, arrived at the house. Krishan worked as a waiter.
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