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New facilities at DMC Hospital
Ludhiana, February 18
As a part of the ongoing process of infrastructure development and improvement in patient-care facilities at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital
(DMCH) here, new areas were constructed and new major equipment recently installed in the hospital.
Mr Balraj Kumar, member of the DMCH Managing Committee, inaugurates new facilities in the Department of Microbiology in the hospital in Ludhiana on Sunday.
— Tribune photo by Inderjit Verma |
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Case registered after three months of murder
Ludhiana, February 18
The apprehension of Rampur village based family in the district that their engineer son was murdered and not killed in a road accident near Sherpur Chowk three months ago have come true with the chemical examination of the deceased's viscera stating he died due to intake of poison.
Medical camps a farce: Doctors
Ludhiana, February 18
Terming free or concessional medical or surgical camps being held in the city and elsewhere in the state a farce, some doctors have urged the Punjab Medical Council (PMC), as also the Medical Council of India, to hold a high-level probe against those defrauding people.
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youths taught an insensitive taxi driver, who ferried passengers from Ludhiana to Chandigarh daily, for being insensitive towards the plight of a fellow passenger. A middle aged passenger had to alight just after a distance of 3 km from the Samrala chowk after receiving a call about a sick relative. The driver insisted on a full fare of Rs 70 despite requests by other passengers. Later, when the taxi stopped for chai-pani at a dhaba midway, two young passengers quietly slipped without paying the fare.
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Children told to preserve heritage
Mandi Ahmedgarh, February 18
Terming the modern education as lame teaching without knowledge about fundamental information about cultural and historical heritage, Ms Paramjit Kaur Ahluwalia, a resident of Kilahans village and head of a family from the maternal clan of Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, has called upon women of society to spread among the young generation awareness about their rich history.
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| Ms Paramjit Kaur Ahluwalia shows a list of ancestors to her children and grandchildren at Kilahans on Sunday.
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Bank staff flays attack on trade union rights
Ludhiana, February 18
The state unit of the Punjab National Bank Officers’ Association, Punjab, affiliated to All India Bank Officers Association, has taken a strong note of increasing attacks on trade union rights of bank officers and employees, as also the pro-rich policies of the banks which had led to a virtual denial of banking facilities to the common man.
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| Mr S. Iyenger, general secretary of the All-India Punjab National Bank Officers Federation, addresses the general body meeting of the PNB Officers Association in Ludhiana on Sunday.
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Over 70 pc children given polio drops
Ludhiana, February 18
The health department here claimed to have covered more than 70 per cent of nearly 5.40 lakh children in the age group of 0-5 years under the second round of the pulse polio drive in the district today.
Over 1 lakh given polio drops
Mandi Ahmedgarh, February 18
The district health authorities claimed to have administered anti-polio vaccine to more than 65 per cent of targeted children in Sangrur district. The rest of the children will be provided vaccine during the door-to-door campaign in the next two days.
Sick children recover
Ludhiana, February 18
All five children taken ill yesterday after consuming a poison have recovered. Three of them, admitted to Sachdeva Hospital, were discharged this
morning.
City boy all set to try luck in Bollywood
Ludhiana February 18
A 20-year-old Shrikant Juneja has all the reasons to be happy and cheerful as a leading choreographer and Director Farah Khan has promised him a good role in her next venture Om Shanti Om. He is excited about his big break in the silver screen along with Shah Rukh Khan.
Shrikant Juneja with Farah Khan |
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