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Order on Chahal's bail plea reserved
Ludhiana, June 20
Additional Sessions Judge M S Virdi today reserved the orders on the bail application filed by former media advisor of ex-chief minister Punjab B.I.S. Chahal and his five relatives, in an attempt to murder and land grab case, for tomorrow.

955 students take CET at PAU
Result to be declared on June 22
Ludhiana, June 20
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, remained abuzz with activity as the common entrance test for B.Sc Agri (Hons) was conducted on the campus today.

Students take the CET conducted by the PAU on its premises in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Two held for making spurious kerosene
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 20
The Payal police has arrested two members of a gang involved in illegal preparation and trading of spurious kerosene oil and other fuel oils to farmers and owners of industrial furnaces. However, the kingpin of the gang is still at large. The police has seized the vehicle used in transporting the spurious products and 1,900 litres of kerosene oil from their possession.

A journey into danger
Pvt buses in city are hazardously overloaded
Ludhiana, June 20
While the private sector is said to bring better service to the consumers, private buses in the city seem to be taking the opposite route.


Overloaded buses are a common sight in Ludhiana. — A Tribune photograph

FRAIL BUT BURDENED: A little boy rides a bullock cart as his father takes a nap on it in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Khangura moots web-based NRI register
Ludhiana, June 20
Congress MLA from Kila Raipur, Jassi Khangura, has suggested the setting up of a web-based NRI register for the benefit of non-resident Indians. This register, he said, could be launched within 90 days.

2 robbers nabbed, arms seized
Ludhiana, June 20
The Jagraon police today claimed to have arrested two robbers and recovered one countrymade .12 bore pistol along with two live cartridges, a gandasi, one scooter and cash amounting to Rs 800.

Sangat darshan
Ludhiana, June 20
The Municipal Corporation Ludhiana today organised a sangat darshan programme at its Zone C office, under the supervision of commissioner of MC Vikas Partap Singh.

COMMUNITY

Relief for docs recruited during tenure of Ravi Sidhu
Ludhiana, June 20
PCMS doctors, recruited during the tenure of Ravi Sidhu, the then chairman of the Punjab Public Services Commission, will get all pending financial benefits of annual increment and promotions of 4, 9 and l4 years from the period of their selection.

Poet Ravinder Bhattal felicitated
Ludhiana, June 20
The Bairagi Mahamandal, Punjab, today felicitated noted Punjabi poet and general secretary of Punjabi Sahit Academy Ravinder Bhattal at a function here.

Bairagi Mahamandal chief Krishan Kumar Bawa, along with Jagdev Singh Jassowal and Gurbhajan Gill, honours noted Punjabi poet Ravinder Bhattal in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Summer Camps
Children discover their abilities
Ludhiana, June 20
To help children utilise their time fruitfully, discover their abilities and hone their talents for the best overall development, summer camps have always been the favourite choice of parents in the city.

Budget growth oriented, says PAU V-C
Ludhiana, June 20
Vice-chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University Dr Manjit Singh Kang today hailed the state Budget presented by finance minister Manpreet Badal as growth oriented and forward looking. He said the agriculture, horticulture and dairy sectors had got pointed attention in the Budget, which would go a long way in improving the health of agricultural economy of the state. He also thanked the finance minister for enhancing the PAU annual grant to Rs 100 crore from Rs 80 crore.

Parties should celebrate Badal’s career: Dhillon
Ludhiana, June 20
In a show of his faithfulness, president of the Youth Akali Dal and MP Sharanjit Singh Dhillon has suggested that the golden jubilee of the political career of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal should be jointly celebrated by all the parties.

‘Mahindra and Mahindra too started from the city’
Ludhiana, June 20
While everybody knows that the Hero, Bharti, Oswals, Vardhamans and others, who have established their name in the industrial world have their origins in Ludhiana, not many people are aware that Mahindra and Mahindra, one of the leading automobile manufacturing companies in the country also has its roots in Ludhiana.

Anand G. Mahindra, vice-chairman and managing director of the Mahindra and Mahindra group in Ludhiana on Tuesday.

Industrially neutral: Chamber
Ludhiana, June 20
The Apex Chamber of Commerce and Industry has termed the Punjab budget as industrially neutral. There is nothing new in it and this is not a good trend.

It would be all in Punjabi in PAU
Ludhiana June 20
Punjab Agricultural University has issued "strict" instructions to all its employees that all inter and intra- official communication should be held in Punjabi only.

Airline selects air-hostess institute student
Ludhiana, June 20
It is a dream come true when one finds herself in the profession one aspires for. What could one expect when selection proceeds before the completion of the course? All set to start her career as an air hostess with Jet Airways, Harleen Bagga today expressed these views while adding that she had also been selected for Kingfisher Airlines.

Opportunity for Ryanites
Ludhiana, June 20
Ryan Group of Institutions has entered into an association with International Education Centre, District School 42, British Columbia, with the purpose of providing various career opportunities abroad to the students of Ryan & St Xavier's Group of schools.

MBA CIT at MTS college
Ludhiana, June 20
Master Tara Singh Memorial College for Women has endeavoured to initiate MBA CIT i.e. Master in Business Administration Commerce and Information Technology, which is affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh.

CRIME

Man, beloved in judicial custody
Jagraon, June 20
Veerpal Kaur, 21, of Jhoraran and Baljinder Singh, alias Raj of Heran, were arrested by the Raikot police under sections 328, 366, IPC, yesterday. They were today produced before Gurdarshan Kaur SDJM, Jagraon, who remanded them in judicial custody till July 4.

Singing contest for best singer
Chandigarh, June 20
The Yaadgar-e-Rafi Society, Chandigarh, is holding the first round of the singing competition for the best singer award in male and female categories for senior participants above 18 years of age on June 24, 2007 at Punjab Kala Bhavan, Sector 16, Chandigarh, at 8.00 am.

HEALTH

Hospital to hold expo on diabetes awareness
Ludhiana, June 20
SPS Apollo Hospitals will hold a "Diabetes Awareness Expo- 2007" here on June 23 and 24. Addressing a news conference here today, the director, medical services of the hospital, Dr G.L. Avasthi, informed that the alarming rise in the number of diabetics over the past few years had reached epidemic proportions and had become a major health concern.

(from left) Dr Gurpreet Singh, Dr Ramanbir Singh, Dr G.L. Avasthi and Dr S.P. Singh address a news conference in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

25 kids with cleft lip treated for free
Ludhiana, June 20
Since the inception of Smile Train Project at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital here on March 14, cleft lip of 25 children has been treated with the congenital deformity surgically corrected, that too absolutely free of cost.

ADMINISTRATION

Tehsildar’s office being renovated privately
Ludhiana, June 20
Hundreds of people visiting the tehsildar (east) office at the basement of the mini-secretariat have to look for drinking water elsewhere as the water cooler there is not functioning. At the same time tehsildar Kanwar Narinder Singh is getting his office renovated privately these days.

Renovation work at the tehsildar (east) office in full swing in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

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