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Rs 760-cr drinking water, sewerage plan for city
Ludhiana, March 18
Minister for local bodies, industry and commerce Manora- njan Kalia today announced a special plan costing Rs 760 crore to provide drinking water and sewerage facility to the entire population of Ludhiana city.

Senior BJP leader Lala Lajpat Rai greets minister for local bodies, industry and commerce, Manoranjan Kalia at a function in Ludhiana on Sunday. Also seen in the picture is minister for jails, tourism, printing and stationery Hira Singh Gabria. — A Tribune photograph

Orchestrating dacoities from behind the bars
‘Kale kachewala’ gang members involved
Ludhiana, March 18
In a blatant evidence of organising crime from inside a jail, an incarcerated alleged leader of a notorious gang of ‘Banjara Robbers’, also notorious as ‘kale kachewala’ gang, had given accurate and graphic letters to his gang members about the the target victims living in various parts of the state.

Undertrial back in police net
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 18
The Dehlon police has succeeded in nabbing Kuldip Singh Khagura, one of the two undertrial criminal brothers who had made a daring escape from police custody at Latala village after chopping off a hand of a policeman and stabbing another about three months ago.

Leprosy survey from today
Ludhiana, March 18
The district leprosy society, headed by the deputy commissioner, will launch a focused house-to-house survey in the Daba Road area, a locality predominantly inhabited by migrant population, on March 19 to detect leprosy cases.

Preserve natural resources: VC
PAU kisan mela concludes
Ludhiana March 18
A two-day kisan mela at Punjab Agricultural University concluded today with the distribution of prizes to award winners in various events. Presiding over the concluding function, Vice-Chancellor KS Aulakh said that preservation of natural resources of water, soil and environment is a must for sustainable agriculture.

Dr. K.S. Aulakh with the prize winners of various competitions in the Kisan Mela.

LUDHIANA CALLING College farewells are fast changing their old avtar and turning into fashion shows. Such is the influence of fashion world on college-goers that a majority of them want to walk the ramp and fulfil their wish during the farewells. But in the process they burn a hole in their parents’ pockets, who have to pay for their dresses and also beauticians.

CJ lauds business houses for helping poor
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 18
Appreciating role of certain business houses in providing quality education to wards of poor and middle class citizens, Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Vijender Kumar Jain has called upon leaders of various social and religious organisations to extend cooperation to institutes being run by philanthropists. No government can alone provide perfect education in the state, he claimed.

Freedom fighters to be honoured on Martyrdom Day
Ludhiana, March 18
Desh Bhagat Yadgar Samiti, Punjab, will organise a function to honour freedom fighters, to mark the Martyrdom Day of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, at Punjabi Bhawan on March 23.

Tributes paid
Samrala, March 18
Tributes were paid to Hukam Chand Sharma, retired postmaster Samrala, father of SHO S.M. Singh and Amarjeet Singh, panchayat secretary Samrala at the local Bharti Palace by thousands of people, including intellectuals, police and civil officers, politicians and non-political organisations.

Novelist’s autobiography released
Ludhiana, March 18
Noted Punjabi novelist Jaswant Singh Kanwal's autobiography 'Puniya Da Chanan' (full moon light) was released today at Punjab Agricultural University.

Bid to grab commercial plot foiled
Ludhiana, March 18
A major attempt to grab a commercial plot in Shaheed Karnail Singh Nagar by two persons who employed more than 30 labourers for rapid construction was foiled with the tough resistance by the plot owner and intervention of the police and the media.

The place where the land grab incident took place on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

AGRICULTURE

Experts to chalk out cotton sowing plan
Ludhiana, March 18
The Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has convened a meeting of senior officers of the Punjab government and experts of Punjab Agricultural University to chalk out strategy for cotton sowing in the state on the suggestion of PAU vice-chancellor Dr K S Aulakh on March 19 at Chandigarh.

EDUCATION

417 receive degrees at convocation
Ludhiana March 18
Kumari Selja, minister for housing and urban poverty alleviation, conferred degrees on 417 students at the annual convocation of Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Gujjarkhan, here today. Honey Ahuja of PGDCA topped the list of meritorious students bagging the first position in Panjab University in exams held in April 2006.

Kumari Selja presents degree to a student of the GNKCW in Ludhiana on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Maya Devi School students felicitated
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 18
More than 200 students were felicitated at annual prize distribution function organised at Maya Devi Goyal Public School Pohir village near here on Saturday. Mr Justice Vijender Jain, Chief Justice the Punjab and Haryana High Court, was the chief guest and Mr Sumer Singh Gurjar presided over the function.

From Schools
Students awarded certificates
Ludhiana, March 18
Students of The Little Kingdom Nursery School, Gurdev Nagar, received their certificates from the director of the school, Tani Grewal, at the 2nd annual day function held on Saturday.

Khalsa College for Women alumni meet
Ludhiana, March 18
The Alumni Association of Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women held its alumni meet here today. It was attended by several old students of the college, many of whom are holding top official posts today. The Function began with the ceremonial lighting of the lamp by the college Principal Dr Manju Chawla and office bearers of the alumni association.

Malwa education council meeting
Samrala, March 18
The annual meeting of the Malwa Education Council Bondli-Samrala was held under the chairmanship of Jasmel Singh Bondli today.

College function
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 18
Karamjit Kaur and Jaspreet Kaur were adjudged the best performers at an annual function organised at Guru Har Krishan College for Women Phallewal near here yesterday. Vaishali Sofat and Amandeep Kaur were also felicitated for their achievements in academic and extra-curricular activities.

500 patients examined
Ludhiana, March 18
More than 500 patients were examined and free medicines distributed to them at a medical check up camp, organised at Rattan Multispeciality Hospital here today. A team of doctors comprising Dr Gagandeep S. Sachdeva (orthopedics), Dr Gaurav Mittal (pediatrics), Dr V.P. Dhand (medicine) and Dr Nancy Jindal (dental) conducted the check up of patients in their respective specialities.

SPORTS

IA men register 5-2 win
Ludhiana, March 18
Title holders Indian Airlines, Delhi fought back valiantly to register a 5-2 win over EME, Jalandhar to begin their campaign on a sound note in the 4th All India Guru Gobind Singh Gold Cup Hockey Tournament, organised jointly by the Ludhiana Sportsmen Welfare Association and PAU Hockey Club under the patronage of the Punjab Rural Sports Promotion Council.
A match in progress on the opening day of the 4th All India Guru Gobind Singh Gold Cup Hockey Tournament at PAU ground in Ludhiana on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

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