L U D H I A N A

Crackdown on units stealing power
LUDHIANA, Oct 5 — The Enforcement Wing of the Punjab State Electricity Board has unearthed cases of massive power theft by industrial units. In the past few days, a penalty of Rs 68 lakh was imposed on the owners of a dyeing factory and a furnace.

GNEC students go on strike again
LUDHIANA, Oct 5 — The first and second year students of Guru Nanak Engineering College are once again on strike, demanding that the new rule regarding supplementary examination imposed by Punjab Technical University should be rolled back.

Aulakh’s stint as VC comes to end
LUDHIANA, Oct 5 — Dr. K.S. Aulakh’s brief stint as Vice-Chancellor of PAU came to an end as Dr. G.S. Kalkat took charge today. It may be recalled, that when he proceeded on leave for two months on August 1, the board of management of the university decided at a meeting held at Chandigarh on July 28 to appoint Dr. Aulakh as VC in his place.

• Kalkat resumes charge

Chemists observe bandh
LUDHIANA, Oct 5 — Most of the chemist shops in the city remained closed here today. The bandh was peaceful though minor fights between rival groups of chemists were reported at some places.

Pindi Street in Ludhiana, the main market of chemists in the city, wears a deserted look due to a bandh by an organisation of the chemists on Thursday.  — Photo by Rajesh Bhambi

PVVI stops vaccine production
LUDHIANA, Oct 5 — The Punjab Veterinary Vaccine Institute, which has its laboratory on the PAU campus, has stopped producing anti-rabies vaccine. As a result the farmers and general public fond of pets have been put to a lot of inconvenience.

Festival buying yet to pick up
LUDHIANA, Oct 5 — The markets, at this time of the year, are generally full of shoppers for the festival season. But this year the scene is somewhat different.

‘Technocrats help to increase production’
LUDHIANA, Oct 5 — Dr Rita Sharma, Joint Secretary of the Union Ministry of Agriculture, visited the farms of Dr Daler Singh at Ladhowal and those of Mr Darshan Singh Tabiba at Hayatpur village to review the development activities.

COMMUNITY

A thought for the deprived
LUDHIANA, Oct 5 — The festival season starting from Dasehra and lasting till Christmas sees a lot of spending by the people. While the rich splurge money on expensive gifts and burn crackers worth lakhs, the poorest of the poor do not have money even to light candles. Many in the city feel that Mother Teresa’s favourite hymn “Whatever you do to the least of my brethern that you do unto me,” should be the guiding spirit behind celebrations this year.

Tiny tots of Shanti Niketan Adarsh Vidyalaya dressed up as characters of the Ramayana at a fancy dress competition in Ludhiana.

Fancy dress to celebrate Dasehra, Diwali LUDHIANA, Oct 5 — To celebrate the festivals of Dasehra and Divali, a fancy dress competition of tiny tots was held at the Shanti Niketan Adarsh Vidyalaya here today. All the kids were dressed up as characters from the Ramayana. In group A, Gagandeep, Sahil and Muskan were declared first, second and third, respectively.

Tribune lensman manhandled
LUDHIANA, Oct 5 — Rajesh Bhambi, a photographer working with The Tribune, was manhandled by a group of persons opposing the Bandh call given by the All-India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists here today.

Pre-Vayu Sainik Camp
LUDHIANA, Oct 5 — More than 350 air cadets drawn from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh are particpating in a pre-Vayu Sainik camp organised at Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur.

• Sangat darshan