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Two shopkeepers released on bail
Tension eases in the Gur Mandi area
Ludhiana, July 6
After day-long tension, peace returned to the Gur Mandi area today evening following the release on bail of two of the three shopkeepers, who were arrested yesterday evening by the police on charges of making duplicate audio and video CDs.

Mounted police on guard in Gur Mandi as shopkeepers kept their shops closed in protest against police raid on the shops yesterday evening. — Photo Inderjeet Verma

Students await gazettes
Ludhiana, July 6
Even though Punjab Technical University has declared the results of BBA and BCA final year students, no gazettes for the same are available this year. The university has prepared independent results of each college and dispatched them across but no merit list or gazettes have been prepared by the university this year.

PLUS TWO RESULTS
Toppers do their village proud

Machhiwara, July 6 The feeling that these three classmates — Jarnail Singh, Ranjit Kaur and Jagpinder Singh — belonging to semi-literate lower middle class families have achieved a remarkable feat and done this sleepy town proud is yet to sink in. TOPPERS ALL: (from L to R) Jarnail, Ranjit and Jagpinder — who bagged the first, second and fifth position in the Punjab board Class XII exams — flash the victory sign outside their school in Machhiwara on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Stray pig mauls child; residents up in arms Ludhiana, July 6 It turned out to be a horrendous day for 12-year-old Chintu. As the child, a resident of the New Shivpuri locality in the old city area, was standing outside his house, a stray pig caught hold of his leg and dragged him to a nearby vacant plot. Chintu, who was bitten by a pig, lies on a bed in hospital His parents and the area councillor stand beside him. — Photo IV

PF scam detected in 2 colleges
Khanna, July 6
A Provident Fund scam worth lakhs of rupees came to light in two colleges of the city run by the AS High School Trust and Management Society. The matter was raised by a management member, Mr Krishan Murari Bedi, in the budget meeting of the trust held on June 28.

‘Govt can help end DMCH row’

Ludhiana, July 6 “If asked, we will definitely try to end the ongoing stalemate between the union and the management of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital. To the best of my knowledge, no party has sought our intervention so far. BEARING THE BRUNT: A patient from Mansa district being moved by her relatives from the DMCH to an other hospital due to unhygienic conditions prevailing in the hospital as the working of the hospital has suffered due to the stalemate between the DMCH management and agitating employees. — Photo Pradeep Tewari

• Meeting held to end stalemate

COMMUNITY

Garbage cleaned out of a drain waiting to be disposed of for the past two days at the main market in Machhiwara on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Life under Lakkar bridge
Ludhiana, July 6
Towards Society Cinema end of the Lakkar bridge along a wall behind the shops there are three temporary shanties covered with faded polythene sheets of various hues. The inmates of these shanties, mainly rag-pickers and re-saleable garbage collectors, have chosen the place for the advantages it offers.

Maharaj Singh’s barsi observed
Sahnewal, July 6
The barsi of Maharaj Singh, the first freedom fighter of Punjab who laid down his life in 1856, was observed at his village Rabbon (Uchi), yesterday. The bhog ceremony was performed at the gurdwara especially constructed in his memory.

• Transport strike

CRIME

Contractor booked for labourers’ death
Ludhiana, July 6
The Focal Point police yesterday registered a case under Section 304-A of the IPC on the statement of Assistant Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana, against Sunny, a contractor in the Focal Point area, The complainant had stated to the police that the accused had forced two labourers, Neeraj and Raj Kumar, to enter a sewage hole where both of them died due to suffocation.

Crime reform body chief held
Ludhiana, July 6
The Focal Point police has claimed to have arrested the district president of the All-India Crime Reforms Organisation on the charges of taking money from a city resident in lieu of getting his son released from police custody.

Online education centre inaugurated

Ludhiana, July 6 Browser Broadband, an online education centre fully backed by v-satellite system, was inaugurated at Tagore Nagar here today. Mr Sukhbir Singh Dhaliwal, director of the institution, said over 100 courses related to networking, software engineering and those in MCSE were available for students. Kids view the site, tribuneindia.com, after the inauguration of a cyber cafe and online education centre at Tagore Nagar in Ludhiana on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

LRDAV College students shine
Jagraon, July 6
Students of LRDAV College here have done well in BA I, II, and III examinations conducted by Panjab University this year. Twentythree students scored first division in BA I and the pass percentage in the class was 72.

• School panel formed

SPORTS

Namdhari XI, Punjab Police in semis
Ludhiana, July 6
Namdhari XI and Punjab Police, Ludhiana, prevailed over their opponents Doraha Club 2-1 and B Baker Club 1-0 respectively, to secure their berths in the semifinals of the First Alankar Tony Memorial Gold Cup six-a side Hockey Tournament being organised by the Aryan Hockey Club at the astroturf ground of Punjab Agricultural University here today.