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Ex-head of Improvement Trust acquitted in Vigilance inquiry
Ludhiana, July 1
A former Chairman of the Improvement Trust Ludhiana and BJP ideologist-cum-RSS activist has been acquitted in a Vigilance inquiry initiated against him early this year to investigate his alleged role in irregularities committed in the allotment of plots under various schemes of the trust.

FOLLOW-UP
In PAU punishment does not fit the crime
Ludhiana, July 1
Is the punishment for speaking to the Press against the working of the university, doing private practice while working on the campus and molesting a girl student is almost same on the Punjab Agricultural University campus?

MC officials in dock over bylaw violations
Ludhiana, July 1
The noose is slowly but surely tightening around the necks of quite a few officials of building wings of almost all the Municipal Corporations in Punjab who were said to be a party to grave violations of building bylaws in the major towns of Amritsar, Jalandhar and Ludhiana during last five years. 

‘Ghuggi’ has a dig at music videos

Ludhiana, July 1 “People are themselves responsible for the proliferation of music videos which cannot be watched in family sitting rooms. If every household pledged not to watch such programmes, we will bring the mushrooming industry to its knees,” asserts comedian Gurpreet Singh of the ‘Ghuggi Express’ programme fame, which is being aired on Zee Network’s Alpha Punjabi Channel. Gurpreet Singh of ‘Ghuggi Express’ fame with wife Kuljit Kaur and three-year-old daughter Sukhandeep

City girl tops in BA exam
Ludhiana, July 1
Harpreet Kaur, a student of the Government College for Women, has stood first among city students by securing 1904 marks out of 2400 in the BA final examination, conducted by Panjab University this year.

COMMUNITY

Legal notice slapped on 7 Cong rebels
Ludhiana, July 1
In a move that might further intensify the ongoing faction fighting between senior functionaries of the ruling Congress party in the city, the party MP, Mr Gurcharan Singh Ghalib, has served legal notice on seven party rebels, charging them with defaming him and causing damage to his reputation by levelling false and unfounded allegations.

FDI in print media opposed
Ludhiana, July 1
Mr Katar Singh Bowani and Dr Arun Mitra secretary and assistant secretary, respectively, of the Communist Party of India (CPI), Ludhiana, have criticised the government’s decision to allow foreign direct investment in print media.

Local bodies officials transferred
Ludhiana, July 1
The Department of Local Government, Punjab, has issued new posting orders to several senior officials, including Superintending Engineers, Executive Engineers and Municipal Town Planners, in various local bodies of the state.

• Kamalinder Singla is Political Adviser

Delayed US justice adds to father’s grief
Ludhiana, July 1
For Sunil Virmani it has been a long and unending ordeal. He lost his 20-year-old only son Manav Virmani in most tragic circumstances and though one year has passed, he is yet to learn as why his son was killed and who were the persons responsible for his death in Canton Mississippi in USA. 

• Award for Dr Alag

CRIME

8 kg of poppy husk seized
Ludhiana, July 1
The Jodhewal police has registered a case under Sections 15, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act against Harbilas Singh, a resident of Habas village, following seizure of eight kg of poppy husk from his possession yesterday. 

• Minor girl raped

‘Exploit Punjab’s tourism potential’
Ludhiana, July 1
The president of the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) , Mr B. K. Gupta, has suggested that Punjab should focus on religious and cultural tourism as the state had a rich heritage which could attract tourists not only from all over India, but from across the world as well. Besides, FHRAI, Mr Gupta is also the president of the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Northern India (HRANI).

‘Focus on religious, cultural tourism’
Ludhiana, July 1
The President of the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) , Mr B.K. Gupta, has suggested that Punjab should focus on religious and cultural tourism as the state has a great history which can attract the tourists not only from all over India, but from across the world as well.

AGRICULTURE

Workshop for farmers
Ludhiana, July 1
Punjab Agricultural University will organise a training workshop on ‘Information technology in agricultural development’ for members of the Punjab Kisan Club, an organisation of progressive farmers, at the Farmers Service Centre on July 4.

EDUCATION

Building for patients’ kin opened
Ludhiana, July 1
The education system in the state is being rationalised, the staff position in the senior secondary schools had been reviewed and posts of surplus teachers were in the process of being shifted from those schools where the number of students of a particular stream was not up to the fixed norms, Education Minister Khushal Behl claimed.

PAU scientists’ book released
Ludhiana, July 1
The book, ‘Tillage for sustainable cropping’, written by Dr P.R. Gajri, Dr V.K. Arora and Dr S.S. Prihar, scientists of the Department of Soils, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has been published by the International Publishers M/s. The Haworth Press, New York.

Colleges hail govt decision
Ludhiana, July 1
Affiliated colleges have welcomed the decision of the Punjab Government to retain the computer courses, including BCA, M.Sc (IT), PGDCA, in affiliated colleges saying it is timely and a step in right direction, as the computer science and application is an integral part of all the streams of education. 

• Bachittar Singh appointed DEO

PSEB directed to refund money to complainant 
Ludhiana, July 1
The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has quashed a demand for Rs 38,462 on account of consumption of energy for period from June 1995 to July 1996 on the basis of average consumption, which was raised by the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) from Mr Chattar Singh a resident of Subhash Nagar, Ludhiana.

CULTURE

2-yr-old Vanshika IBCA queen

Ludhiana, July 1 ‘Thirkan’, a cultural programme for small children organised by the Indo-British Cultural Academy (IBCA), was held here last evening. Mr Amit Verma, Director, IBCA, said the function was organised to bring out the talent of the children. More than 100 children participated in the show. Ishan presented a dance number on ‘Main nikla gaddi leke...’ and Noor on ‘Ambarsar de papad...’. Kids present a cultural item at ‘Thirkan’, a programme organised by Indo-British Cultural Academy, in Ludhiana on Sunday evening. — Photo Inderjit Verma

HEALTH

DMCH management flays union
Ludhiana, July 1
The management of the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital at an emergency meeting here today condemned the strike of the employees-union. The meeting was presided over by Mr Brij Mohan Munjal, president, DMCH Society.

• Rs 1 cr for development