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Blast at cracker unit leaves owner dead

Ludhiana, September 23 A powerful explosion in an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in a house at Peeru Banda Mohalla, Salem Tabri, left a man dead and his wife and a son badly wounded this afternoon. Relatives of the deceased at Peeru Banda Mohalla in Ludhiana on Sunday.— Photos by Inderjit Verma

Sitting on powder keg
Ludhiana, September 23
Residents of Peeru Banda Mohalla are virtually sitting on a tinderbox of their own making. Most of them are manufacturing crackers illegally.

Bhagat Singh inspires youth

Ludhiana, September 23 The Naujawan Bharat Sabha today demanded the constitution of a national-level commission to discover the missing drafts of four books written by Shaheed Bhagat Singh, while in prison during a state-level Janam Shatabadi convention held here.

A rally being taken out by the Naujwan Bharat Sabha to mark the birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh in Ludhiana on Sunday. —Photo by I.V.

A rally being taken out by various organisations to mark the birth centenary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh in Ludhiana on Sunday. —A Tribune photograph

Railway overbridge spills misery
Jagraon, September 23
The construction of the bridge over the level crossing on the tehsil road, Jagraon, was started in December 2006, with a target to be completed by February 17, 2008. Now even after the passage of nine months, only 30 per cent of the target has been achieved.

Patwari booked for meddling
Ludhiana, September 23
The police has booked a patwari, Jatinder Kumar, on the allegation of tampering with the record pertaining to encroachment at Jawaddi village.

1 injured in freak accident
Ludhiana, September 23
An unidentified passer-by was seriously injured in a freak accident in New Aman Nagar this afternoon when a transformer fell on him after a jeep hit the pole.

LUDHIANA CALLING A fashion designer from Mumbai learnt a sure shot way to sell her designs to the richie rich of the industrial town. As she could not manage to attract enough buyers, a friend recommended that the moment a visitor comes to her stall, she should “drop name of one of the ladies from the whos who family of Ludhiana and say she bought a couple of suits and saris only yesterday. And use the first name so that the visitor thinks that you know her well,” the friend suggested. The designer did so and, interestingly, she not only sold off her entire collection, but managed to bag some future orders too.

COMMUNITY

Cops fail to trace three missing students

Amloh, September 23 Residents of this and nearby towns are worried over the disappearance of Stiphen Maseh (12), son of Ramesh Maseh and a Class VI student of Government Senior Secondary School (Boys) here.The boy after coming from the school went to play in the nearby street in the evening of September 18 but never returned. Prior to this, Raj Kumar (15), son of Sunil Kumar of ward No. 7 went missing on July 28.

Stiphen Maseh (File photo); His mother, Kirna, and grandmother talk to mediapersons at their house in Amloh on Sunday. —A Tribune photograph

Letters

Cop booked for missing machinery
Ludhiana, September 23
The city police has finally conceded that the machinery worth lakhs of rupees, confiscated from an industrialist in 1994 was missing from police custody, by registering a case against a head constable today by holding him responsible for the alleged crime.

Three khadi clusters to be set up
Ludhiana, September 23
Khadi and village industry that provides employment to a large number of people across India is being modernised. The khadi and village industries commission also plans to introduce an “electronic charkha”, for improving the efficiency of work.

‘Stop locking VAT registration numbers’
Ludhiana, September 23
Taxation lawyers here said the Excise and Taxation Department was harassing the business community unnecessarily by locking their registration numbers “unlawfully”.

Cropping pattern puts stress on groundwater
Ludhiana, September 23
The high level of production of rice and wheat in Punjab has come at a heavy cost. The experts say the most prevalent cropping system in Punjab and the entire Indo-Gangetic plain is a wheat-rice rotation. While Punjab has only 1.53 per cent of the total geographical area of India, it produces 22 per cent of total wheat and 12 per cent of total rice in India.

Paddy rates fall due to rain
Khanna, September 23
Unexpected rains in the last 24 hours took farmers by surprise. Although, no major damage to crops was reported from any part of district but farmers had a tough time in shielding their grains in mandis.

Anishka is ‘Hungama’ captain
Ludhiana, September 23
Anishka Sharma, a Class V student of Saraswati Modern High School here, has been selected as Hungama TV captain, the auditions for which were held at BCM School. An excited Anishka said it was a proud moment for the entire family when they got a call from the organisers about her selection.

Huge turnout for school panel poll
Khanna, September 23
The sub-divisional headquarter town of Khanna today witnessed hectic activity all through the day, as a large number of registered voters turned up to caste their votes to elect the 20-member management committee that would run the affairs of the A.S. High School Trust and Educational Society for the next three years.

From Colleges
KIMT students bring laurels
Ludhiana, September 23
The students of the Khalsa Institute of Management and Technology for Women (KIMT) brought laurels to the institute by securing excellent marks in BCA fourth semester examination held in June 2007 by Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar.

City gets taste of humour
Ludhiana, September 23
The artistes of Rang Manch Rang Nagri treated the audience at Punjabi Bhawan to a good dose of humour last night through the play “Neem Hakeem”.

HEALTH

Assault on Doctors
IMA to hold protest on Sept 26
Ludhiana, September 23
The local branch of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) while taking strong exception to increasing assaults on doctors and a recent case in which a local doctor was booked for alleged negligence, has decided to hold a protest march in the city on September 26.

SPORTS

LBA lad finishes second in state championship
Ludhiana, September 23
Lakhwinder Singh Punnu, a trainee of the Ludhiana  Badminton Academy (LBA), has finished runners-up in the Punjab State Men's Badminton Championship held at Gandhi Sports Complex, Amritsar, today.

LDCA conducts cricket trials for women

Ludhiana, September 23 Twenty aspirants attended the trials conducted by the Ludhiana District Cricket Association at the Khalsa College for Women ground here today. The trials were organised to select the Ludhiana women’s team (u-19) for the forthcoming Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournament scheduled to begin on October 1.

The Ludhiana District Cricket Association conducts trials on Sunday at Khalsa College to select women’s team (u-19) for the Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournaments slated to begin on October 1. — A Tribune photograph

Fans optimistic about India’s win
Twenty20: Cricket frenzy grips city
Ludhiana, September 23
The Chak De India slogan seems to be working well with the team India as it goes on the winning spree in the ongoing Twenty20 Cricket World Cup.

Ludhiana’s Twenty20 cricket tourney postponed
Ludhiana, September 23
The second edition of the Ludhiana District Twenty20 Cricket Tournament, scheduled to begin here today at the Government Institution of Textiles and Knitting, Rishi Nagar, has been postponed.

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