L U D H I A N A

Top stories | Community | Crime

Education | Culture | Health | Administration

TOP STORIES

VC in spot over remarks against minority 
Ludhiana, March 8
The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Vice-Chancellor, Dr K.S. Aulakh, is in the thick of a controversy following his alleged remarks against a minority community while inaugurating the PAU Youth Festival here on Wednesday.

They don’t believe they’re free

Ludhiana, March 8 It is like a rebirth for Khem Chand and his family, who have spent four years in the captivity of a brick-kiln owner as bonded labourers.  Khem Chand and his family, after having been freed from the captivity of a brick-kiln owner. — Photo Inderjeet Verma

Anti-eveteasing staff for city: DIG’s gift to women
Ludhiana, March 8
Giving a sort of a gift to women on the International Women’s day, the Ludhiana Police Range DIG Rohit Chowdhry, today announced a number of plans and measures to bring down the crime rate against the fairer sex in the region besides providing them better platforms to air their grievances or seek justice.

COMMUNITY

DYC holds rally against communal violence

Ludhiana, March 8 Activists of the District Youth Congress, led by its president Mr Parminder Mehta, today took out a peace march in the city to pay homage to victims of communal riots in Gujarat and elsewhere and later held a rally around the statue of the Father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, near the Municipal Corporation headquarters to condemn the senseless killing of innocent persons at the hands of miscreants and communal and fundamental elements.

YC activists hold a rally in protest against communal violence, in Ludhiana on Friday. —IV

Now it’s Zila Shikayat Nivaran Manch
Ludhiana, March 8
With the exit of the SAD-BJP coalition and a new Congress government led by Captain Amarinder Singh taking over the reins, the district-level weekly ‘sangat darshan’ programme has been given a new name of ‘Zila Shikayat Nivaran Manch’ (district complaints redressal forum) by the new Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Aggarwal, who assumed office earlier this week.

‘Progressive women not accepted’
Ludhiana, March 8
On the eve of International Women’s Day, two sports stars, Suman Sharma, the first women basketball player to get Arjuna Award for excellence in the game and international star Aparna Ghosh, who still feel that there is little respect for progressive women in the country.

Boy falls into manhole
Ludhiana, March 8
An eight-year-old boy, Vinayak Khosla, who had to appear for his third standard annual science examination, here on Friday could not do so as his left arm was broken when he fell into an open manhole.

Bindiya is Basant Queen
Ludhiana, March 8
Ms Bindiya was chosen Basant Queen while Ms Parmeshwar Kalra was the runners-up at the Basant Queen contest, organised by Venus Ladies club here today at Malhotra Palace.

CRIME

Youth falls from roof, dies
Ludhiana, March 8
Om Parkash, a 22-year-old youth died after falling from the rooftop of his house in Sherpur on Wednesday night. His body has been handed over to the family after a postmortem.

Pauta calls the new Budget ‘anti-employee’
Ludhiana, March 8
The Punjab Agricultural University Teachers Association (PAUTA) has condemned the Union Budget tabled by the Finance Minister in the Lok Sabha. Calling it an “anti-employee” Budget the teachers maintained that the if the proposed Budget was accepted as such, it would severely affect the university teachers in particular and employees in general.

Seminar on career  options
Ludhiana, March 8
A seminar on ‘Job opportunities and career planning in IT’ was organised at Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology, Gujarkhan Campus, here today.

CULTURE

When beauty meets suffering 

Ludhiana, March 8 “I have tried to portray the emotions, passion, talent, beauty and sufferings of women in most of my works. And I get the inspiration from day to day life”, said city-based talented painter Prerna Behal, a youngster brimming with youthful exuberance and whose style evokes awe from connoisseurs of art. Prerna will organise her first exhibition of Modern Art Paintings, pots and lamps at Lakshmi Ladies Club.

Mushaira in Sahir’s memory
Ludhiana, March 8
The Sahir Memorial Society, organised a mushaira on Wednesday evening in Sahir Auditorium, S.C.D. College, to pay tribute to Sahir Ludhianavi. Poets from Mumbai and other cities participated in the mushaira. Mr B.S.Parihar, general secretary of the society, said Sahir abhorred war. 

HEALTH

‘Help women help themselves’

Ludhiana, March 8 The Department of Health Education and Family Welfare, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, organised a seminar on ‘Population Increases, Women Decreases’ on March 7, 2002 on the eve of International Women’s Day at Sherpur Government School. From left: Ms A.K. Bansal, Dr Sukhwant K. Mann, Ms Amarjit K. Bhullar, Ms Kuldip Kaur, Ms Inderjeet Kaur and Dr D.S. Gill at a seminar on Women's Day in the Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, on Friday.

Poor woman needs money for kidney transplant

Ludhiana, March 8 With tears streaming down her face, 70-year-old Bhajan Kaur narrates the sufferings of her daughter Kiran, who has been diagnosed with kidney failure. Kiran receives twice-a-week dialysis treatment in Christian Medical College and Hospital here. Dr Basant Pawar with Kiran Bala and her mother in a ward of Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana.

Lawyers donate blood
Ludhiana, March 8
The Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital organised a blood donation camp in collaboration with the Bar Association, Phagwara, in which 56 lawyers donated blood at the court premises.

Transfers of cops
Khanna, March 8
The new Senior Superintendent of Police at Khanna, Mr Devinder Singh Garcha, has transferred all the SHOs and post heads of this police district, except the head of the CIA wing at Khanna and the SHO of the Payal police station. The orders were issued here today.