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World Bank team reviews Budha Nullah project
Ludhiana, September 11
A review meeting on the Environmental Action Plan for Urban Transformation in Ludhiana and Amritsar was held by consultants from the World Bank, Nikhil Kulsipatil and Saumya
Chaturvedula, here today.
sand scam
10 yrs on, record goes missing
Ludhiana, September 11
After about 10 years of revelation of a sand scam in the Municipal Corporation in 2003, for which the Chief Vigilance Officer, Local Government, Punjab, had marked an inquiry, the civic body officials now say that “particular record has gone missing”.
Nature’s beauty revealed: A peacock dances in the fields of the Punjab Agricultural University campus in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Off road: A truck that overturned at Cheema Chowk in Ludhiana on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Kalvari
Church-CMCH controversy
Police ‘lathicharge’ protesters
Ludhiana, September 11
Thirteen persons, including Samson Dogar, secretary of Kalvari Church, and his supporters, suffered injuries as the police used force to disperse agitators who were protesting against the management of Christian Medical College and Hospital
(CMCH) today.
Members of Kalvari Church protest in
Ludhiana. A Tribune photograph |
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Realtor’s family cries foul
Ludhiana, September 11
The family of realtor Gulshan Kumar, owner of GK Estate, has cried foul claiming that he is being targeted by a nexus, involving politicians and police officials.
Savitri Devi, mother of Gulshan Kumar, alleged that two Punjab Police inspectors, who had taken Rs 1.11 crore from his son on interest, had orchestrated a plan and slapped two false cases on her son.
Rural medical officers not paid salaries for 3 months
Ludhiana, September 11
Punjab rural medical officers have not received
their salaries for the past three months. The Ministry of Rural Development disburses the salaries. The doctors have been running from pillar to post to get their hard-earned money.
Rural medical officers outside the office of the ADC in
Ludhiana. Photo:
Inderjeet Verma |
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Bid to preserve heritage
Ludhiana, September 11
The Tamil Nadu government has taken the initiative to digitise manuscripts to preserve the intellectual heritage of the state.
Let alone taking such a step, the Punjab government has not even lent any support to people who have been working for the past 11 years in digitising old documents and works related to Punjab.
poor garbage disposal in doraha
Civic body’s apathy to blame
Doraha, September 11
The College Road in Doraha is in a shambles. The garbage littered on this road proves problematic for the commuters travelling from the route.
Residents of the town rue that the council had failed to find any alternate place to dump garbage but for the College Road, which is a route mostly opted by school and college students, bank employees, etc to commute. |
Garbage dumped on the College Road in Doraha. A
Tribune photograph |
Anganwadi protest: 3 hurt as police resort to force
Ludhiana, September 11
Two anganwadi workers fell unconscious while three suffered minor injuries when the police resorted to force to stop them from blocking a road in the Shimlapuri area here today.
A large number of anganwadi workers led by
the Anganwadi Mulazam Union protested outside the office of Child Development and Project Officer.
The workers gathered outside the office of Rupinderjit Kaur, project officer, from where they decided to march toward the Canal Road. The police stopped them from entering the Juvenile Jail Complex.
(Clockwise from top) Women police tackle agitating anganwadi workers in the Shimlapuri area; a policeman locks the gate of the Juvenile Jail complex; and relatives of the jail inmates come out of the complex after the protest by anganwadi workers in Ludhiana on Thursday.
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Farm university all set for Kisan Mela
Ludhiana, September 11
The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) is all decked up for the two-day Kisan Mela to begin on the campus tomorrow.
However, the rain can play spoilsport on the concluding day. |
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| A worker decorates the entrance gate of the venue of the Kisan Mela on the eve of the fair’s inauguration at the PAU in Ludhiana on Thursday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
PAU to honour four progressive farmers at the fair
Ludhiana, September 11
The Punjab Agricultural Universty (PAU) will honour four progressive farmers on the inaugural day of the Kisan Mela tomorrow. The innovative farmers will be awarded with plaques, citations and cash prizes for their excellence in agriculture and allied activities.
Employee Provident Fund Scheme
Wage ceiling up
Ludhiana, September 11
Giving a jolt to employees, the government has raised the wage ceiling of the Employee Provident Fund Scheme from Rs 6,500 to Rs 15,000 per month.
This has been the
eighth revision since 1952. The wage ceiling was last revised in 2001 from Rs 5,000 to Rs 6,500 per month.
ring road project
CM seeks Nitin Gadkari’s intervention
Ludhiana, September 11
Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Parkash Singh Badal has urged Union
Shipping, Road Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Jairam Gadkari’s to direct officials to implement the ring road project in the city.
felicitation row
Cong leader writes to minister
Ludhiana, September 11
Congress leader and executive member of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Ishwarjot Cheema has written a letter to Local Bodies Minister Anil Joshi, complaining about the “politicisation of employees of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC)”.
Five-day engineering expo to be held in December
Ludhiana, September 11
The third edition of the Engineering Expo Ludhiana and Punjab Machine Tools Show will be held from December 12 to 16 at the GLADA grounds here.
The event is expected to attract more than 300 exhibitors and 30,000 business visitors.
College holds workshop on use of medicinal plants
Ludhiana, September 11
Under a bio-diversity conservation campaign, sponsored by the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology, Doraha College of Education organised a workshop on ‘Use of medicinal plants for wellness’.
COLLEGE NOTES
Debate held
Khalsa College for Woman, Sidhwan Khurd, near Jagraon organised a debate contest. As many as 22 students of the college took part in the competition. Harpreet Kaur of MA-I (History) bagged the first prize in the competition. She was followed by Gurleen Kaur of
BSc-III and Manpreet Kaur of MCom-I.
Students perform during a talent-hunt competition at the BCM College of Education in
Ludhiana. A Tribune photograph |
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FROM SCHOOLS
BCM students send relief material to flood victims
Ludhiana: Over 2000 students of BCM Senior Secondary School, Sector 32 A, have come forward to help flood victims in Jammu and Kashmir. They have donated things of daily use, including thousands of water bottles, blankets, sweaters and eatables etc.
Students of BCM School hand over relief material to Army personnel in Ludhiana on Thursday.
A Tribune photograph |
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LUDHIANA SCAN
Protest
The Rural Health Pharmacists’ Association will be holding a protest rally on Friday at Mohali regarding the non-fulfillment of demands. The association members will also extend support to Rupinder Singh, who is sitting on a hunger strike for the same cause. |
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| Members of the
United Cycle and Parts Association at a meeting in Ludhiana on
Thursday. A Tribune photograph |
2 members of chain-snatchers’ gang held
Khanna, September 11
The Khanna police claimed to have arrested two members of a chain snatchers gang and recovered a stolen motorcycle from their possession.
The accused have been identified as Rajinder and Rakesh, both residents of Uttar
Pradesh.
Two killed in road mishap
Mandi Ahmedgarh,
September 11
Two persons were killed and two were injured seriously when the tractor they were travelling in was hit by a speeding truck near Jagera Bridge on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla Road near here last night. The victims were returning from Chhapar
Mela.
Commuters look at the damaged tractor near Jagera village in Mandi
Ahmedgarh. A
Tribune photograph |
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Man tries to kidnap child
Ludhiana, September 11
High drama was witnessed at the railway station when a man tried to snatch a five-month-old girl from her mother’s lap.
Ravi Kumar, resident of Pritam Nagar in Haibowal, said he, along with his sister, was waiting for their train when a man arrived at the platform and tried to snatch the child.
Inter-district tournament: City shuttlers taste victory
Ludhiana, September 11
Hosts Ludhiana in the girls’ category while Amritsar in the boys category emerged champions in the Punjab State Inter-District Badminton Tournament (U-19) held at Shastri Hall near Guru Nanak Stadium today.
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