
A woman riding pillion tries to shield her baby with dupatta from the showers in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed
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Members of the Urban Estate Welfare Society, Ludhiana, plant saplings.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma
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MC Poll
Electoral officer reviews arrangements
Ludhiana, July 31
The administration has made elaborate arrangements for the conduct of civic body elections in the city.
It’s much ado about nothing, says
former UK Mayor
Ludhiana, July 31
“There is too much sound and fury involved with the municipal corporation elections in the city. The high-pitched campaign is seldom translated into action after the poll and most promises are usually forgotten, only to be reiterated in the next elections.
Sangat Darshan
Plaintiffs caught unawares
Ludhiana, July 31
Sangat darshan, a programme to redress the grievances of common man by the district administration on every Tuesday, was cancelled today due to the forthcoming municipal elections.
Girl found dead
Ludhiana, July 31
Just three days after a girl was found raped and murdered in Rajugur Nagar, another four-year-old girl was found dead under mysterious circumstances on a street in block-E of BRS Nagar this afternoon.

Teej fad: Little girls join in
Students of Everest Playway School celebrate Teej in Ludhiana on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph |

LIVING ON THE EDGE: People living on the banks of the Gill canal keep their fingers crossed as the canal overflows.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
Shaheed Udham Singh’s sacrifices remembered
Ludhiana, July 31
“This was my duty and I have done it. There is no sense of dying in old age. I like to die young,” said Udham Singh after shooting
O’Dwyer. These words of Shaheed Udham Singh were remembered as Shaheed Udham Singh Memorial Trust commemorated the 67th martyrdom of Shaheed-e-Azam Udham Singh a function held at pensioners’
bhawan, here today.
Welfare body memo to ward candidate
Ludhiana, July 31
A meeting of the core committee of the Rishinagar F-Block Welfare Association was held here today. The office-bearers/executive members submitted a memorandum to Congress candidate from ward No. 55 Sneh Lata.
Tricycles given to five
Amloh, July 31
Speaking at a function organised under the Sarab Sikha Abhyan (SSA) here yesterday, district education officer (elementary) Roshan Lal Sood said the government has launched various schemes under SSA to educate physically-challenged children to make them self-sufficient. The chief guest distributed 5 tricycles, 5 wheel chairs and 11 hearing aids to physically-challenged children.
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