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Punjab School Athletics Meet
Use of steroids on the rise
Ludhiana, December 26
Steroid intake has not spared even schoolchildren who are engaging in massive usage of performance enhancing drugs in the 53rd Punjab School athletics meet which are under way at Guru Nanak Stadium here.
Though the organising authority District Education Department is on its toes to curb the menace, the use of steroids is at its peak as the students are easily able to go scot-free as the department cannot afford testing measures in school games.
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| Used vial of injections at Guru Nanak Stadium in
Ludhiana. —Photo by Inderjeet Varma |
Teachers shun seminars
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 26
Hundreds of teachers, associated with various trade unions, boycotted seminars organised under the Sarab Sikhya Abhiyan at schools here and surrounding
villages today. Senior functionaries of these organisations addressed the protest rallies at these schools.
Government teachers protest against organisation of seminars at Ahmedgarh on Wednesday.
—Photo by Mahesh Sharma
Electricity Security
Industrialists to stage dharna on Dec 31
Ludhiana, December 26
Peeved about the electrcity board’s decision to collect electricity security in advance, the local industry has decided to protest against the Punjab State Electricity Board near the Vishwakarma Chowk on December 31st.
Teachers burn an effigy of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal at Government Senior Secondary School in Ludhiana.
— A Tribune photograph |
Brick-kiln owners blame govt for decline in production
Ludhiana, December 26
Brick kiln owners today blamed the government for not taking up enough infrastructural development projects thereby resulting in 25 per cent decline in production within a year all over the state.
80-year-old man manhandled,
dies
Khamano, December 26
An 80-year-old resident of Lakhanpur village died under mysterious circumstances on December 23. As per the information,family members of Gurbaksh Singh were in the house when a neighbour his brother, Malkiat Singh, came and started abusing them.
RISKY
AFFAIR: The damaged barricade of Jagraon bridge poses a risk to the life of many commuters who cross the bridge in Ludhiana.
—Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
Eco contest for kids
Ludhiana, December 26
Volvo Group has announced a global environment contest for schoolchildren. Children between 13 and 16 years can take part in this competition. This was stated in a press note issued here today.
(A)suvidha centre
Ludhiana, December 26
Chaos was witnessed at the Suvidha centre as parents stood in a queue to get the date of birth certificates of their wards attested. The chaos followed the decision of the Punjab School Education Board to hold Class V examinations in February.
PAU pensioners to stage dharna
Ludhiana, December 26
Pensioners of Punjab Agricultural University(PAU) will organise a 'dharna' in front of the Thapar Hall for streamlining the pensioner scheme. Sources said more than 2,500 employees, including teachers, technical and non- technical staff, had not been paid their pension dues for the month of November,even.
DARE
DEVILS: PSEB workers risk their lives to repair power supply line in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
— A Tribune photograph |
Dr Aulakh to be honoured
Ludhiana, December 26
Dr Pushpinder Singh Aulakh, working as Director, PAU Regional Station, Abohar, has been selected for the Harpal Kaur Memorial Award for 2007.
Trust seeks plot for Udham Singh Bhawan
Ludhiana, December 26
The 108th birth anniversary of Shaheed-e-Azam, Udham Singh, was celebrated by a trust named after the martyr here today.
Gas geysers can kill!
Ludhiana, December 26
As the mercury continues to dip, those using instant gas water heaters (geysers) need to exercise caution in the wake of a few cases of adverse effects of the gadget having been reported in the region during past few days.
New Year bash by Lime Light Foods
Ludhiana, December 26
Lime Light Foods today announced that it would organise 'Royal Challenge-Fashion TV Hot Couture Night' on the New Year eve at Chimney Heights near
Chandigarh. Addressing a press conference, Munish Bajaj, director of the company, said "It will be largest New Year bash in the region. The vent will include a fashion show and dance performances."
Models at the press conference in Ludhiana. — Tribune photo by
Sayeed Ahmed
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