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MC scheme on public parks runs into trouble
Payments to PMCs withheld for several months
Ludhiana, June 26
The ambitious scheme of the Municipal Corporation to entrust the upkeep and maintenance of public parks in the city to ‘park management committees (PMCs) has run into trouble and almost without exception, the payments to the PMCs, maintaining hundreds of parks, has been withheld for the past more than seven months due to objections raised by auditors of the Local Government Department and ambiguity in the government directions in this regard.

Staff show ‘withdrawal’ symptoms
Ludhiana, June 26
Government employees continue to criticise the Punjab Government for freezing the DA and the other allowances in the state Budget proposals.

Government employees stage a dharna to oppose the Punjab Budget proposals, in Ludhiana on Wednesday. —IV

CRESCENDO: Musical fountain takes its charm to the top in Rose Garden, Ludhiana. — Photo Pradeep Tewari

Man alleges bungling in records
Ludhiana, June 26
Though the district administration officials say that their working is transparent, the charges of a 66-year-old man, Mr Bhajan Singh, belies this claim. This man of Santokh Nagar in Ganesh Puri here says that he has been chasing officials of the Revenue Department for the past two years to obtain an authentic copy of a revenue record of his land in Dhandra village.

Industry awaits subsidy for revival
Ludhiana, June 26
Hundreds of industrial units in Punjab are desperately awaiting the subsidy that is now overdue since 1996. According to rough estimates made available by various small and medium-scale industrial associations, the state government is supposed to pay about Rs 400-crore subsidy to the industrialists who set up their units from 1996 onwards. 

New schedule for centralised admissions
Ludhiana, June 26
In view of the non-declaration of the Class XII arts-stream results, the schedule for centralised admissions to the BCA, B.Com, M.Com and M.Sc (IT) courses to be held in the SDP College for Women here has been revised.

COMMUNITY

Yatra began much before registration
Ludhiana, June 26
While officially the registration for Amarnath Yatra began only yesterday, pilgrims have been visiting the shrine for over a month now. According to some of the pilgrims, the yatra started about a month ago and on an average 25 to 30 pilgrims have been visiting the shrine daily via the Baltal route.

CRIME

Flesh trade racket busted; kingpin, 6 held
Ludhiana, June 26
The division number five police yesterday trapped SAS Nagar-based Subhash Rana, kingpin of a flesh-trade racket, some of his clients and girls alleged to be prostitutes and booked them under Sections 3,4 and 5 of the Immoral Traffic ( Prevention) Act of 1956.

BUSINESS

Probe into PSIEC functioning sought
Ludhiana, June 26
Charging the Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation (PSIEC) with neglecting the interests of the small-scale industrial sector, the Focal Point Association (FPA) has urged the Punjab Government to order a vigilance inquiry into the working of the corporation with special reference to financial mismanagement and rampant corruption in the public sector undertaking.

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1,818 candidates appear  for PAU CET

Ludhiana, June 26 The Punjab Agricultural University conducted the Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to BSc (agriculture) and Bachelor of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry here today. Candidates appearing for the Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to the BSc (agriculture) and Bachelor of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry courses queue up outside an examination centre to get their admit cards checked before the  commencement of the test in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — IV

Fighting drugs, creating awareness

Ludhiana, June 26 Various programmes were organised today to commemorate World De-addiction Day today. A function was organised by the Civil Surgeon’s office at the Women Jail. It was presided over by the Civil Surgeon Dr J.S. Bhuller. Inmates of the Women’s Jail at a programme organised in connection with World De-addiction Day by the district health authorities in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — IV

Strike hits work in DMCH
Ludhiana, June 26
Smooth working at the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital was once again hit as the members of employee’ union continued their strike. In the morning, the union members forcibly took out the staff of the telephone exchange with an aim to paralyse the communication network inside and outside the hospital.

SPORTS

Cagers target elusive medal 

Ludhiana, June 26 A squad of 28 of the Sikh Regiment Centre is attending a training-cum-conditioning camp on the basketball courts of Guru Nanak Stadium here. These men are preparing for the Inter-centre (Cluster) Basketball Championship to be held at Pune in September. Players of the Sikh Regiment Centre at a training-cum-conditioning camp in Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana. — Photo Inderjeet Verma