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Youth’s kin blame friends for murder
Dhamot (Payal), October 8
His desire to drive a Bullet motor cycle, coupled with the treachery of his friends, led to the death of 25-year-old Ravi, who was allegedly murdered by them at Garkhal village in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, yesterday.

Ravi’s sister cries inconsolably after the news of his murder reached Dhamot village, near Payal, on Wednesday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Parents seek President’s help in solving son’s death case
Ludhiana, October 8
The parents of 21-year-old Ashish Hansi, an IAS aspirant who had allegedly committed suicide more than eight months ago, have written to the President of India, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, to intervene in the matter and help them get justice.

Heavy rush to submit board exam forms

Ludhiana, October 8 Long queues were seen outside the local office of the Punjab School Education Board as over 2,500 students turned up on the last day today to deposit the examination forms and fee. Even though 12 counters were set up by the board office, it still took two hours for privately appearing candidates and some private academy owners to get the work accomplished.  Heavy rush outside the Punjab State Education Board office in Ludhiana. — A Tribune photograph

Surprise check on DTO’s office
Ludhiana, October 8
Mr Anurag Verma, Deputy Commissioner of Ludhiana, today conducted a surprise check on the District Transport Officer’s (DTO) office in the morning today to review the working of the office after the launch of ‘‘suvidha’’ scheme.

COMMUNITY

IHRO regrets scholars’ ‘disrespect’ to Takht
Ludhiana, October 8
The International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO) has expressed shock at the action of some Sikh scholars based at Chandigarh and their supporters abroad who ‘‘have started to challenge the authority of court of Sri Akal Takht Sahib,’’ the only religion-political takht and a unifying force and inspiration for Sikhs worldwide.

Fruit vendor or traffic hazard? : The Kacheri Road in the city is dotted by encroachers. To add to the problems are encroachments by shopkeepers who cover the roadsides with their knick-knacks. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

Arhtiyas’ demands conceded
Sahnewal, October 8
Arhtiyas of five mandis, including Lakhowal, Jandiali, Koomkalan, Katani and Dhanansu, had demanded that they should be given the receipt of the quantity and the quality of the produce in the mandi itself.

‘Blast’ victim  succumbs to injuries
Ludhiana, October 8
The mystery surrounding an alleged blast at Peeru Banda Mohalla in Salem Tabri yesterday morning deepened today when one of the injured women died at a private hospital here today afternoon.

SDM honours blood donors Machhiwara, October 8 A function was organised yesterday to boost the morale of young members of the Emergency Blood Donors Association, Machhiwara, who had saved many lives recently by donating blood. The function was organised by the association at Dasehra Ground here. The SDM, Samrala, Mr Jaspal Singh Jassi, presents appreciation certificate to a volunteer of the Emergency Blood Donors Association in Machhiwara on Tuesday. — Photo by Ravi Inder Singh Makkar

Dasehra leaves city air, water bodies polluted
Ludhiana, October 8
Dasehra got over but the air in the city was left polluted due to the burning of the effigies. Moreover, hundreds of polythene bags could be seen littered in city water bodies. Residents thronged the canals and river banks to immerse idols of various gods and oat saplings and left the polythene bags carrying these.

Pensioners hail setting up of day-care centre
Ludhiana, October 8
The day-care centre for senior citizens that was inaugurated on October 1 become operational today. The centre set up by Mr Gursewak Singh Madhok is the first of its kind in the city. The centre is located at 1124-A/3018-A, Gurdev Nagar, Ludhiana.

READERS WRITE
Punjab Govt urged to scrap unjust tax on phones
The recent Supreme Court ruling upholding the right of state governments to impose sales tax on monthly rentals of telephones being charged by the BSNL is ‘unfortunate’. It has angered crores of phone subscribers across the country. They urge the BSNL and NGOs to file a review petition in the Apex Court against the ruling.

Oil tanker crushes boy to death
Ludhiana, October 8
A nine-year-old boy, Sunny, was crushed to death by an oil tanker this morning. Sunny, son of Raju, a resident of Akhara, was working at a tea stall opposite Government School, Jagraon.

CRIME

Dowry demand ‘forces’ woman to end life
Doraha, October 8
A married woman allegedly committed suicide by setting herself on fire yesterday evening. The deceased had a two-year-old daughter. The woman, Hardeep Kaur (26), took the extreme step when her in-laws allegedly threatened her of dire consequences for not bringing Rs 40,000 from her parents’ house at Hans village in Jagraon.

Man posing as constable arrested
Doraha, October 8
The Doraha police has arrested a person who was posing as a police constable at Kaddon Chowk, Doraha, late last night. The Doraha police in charge, Mr Darshan Singh, had set up naka with his police party at the Kaddon Chowk where he stopped a Maruti car (No. PB 02L-2266) which was being driven by an imposter who was wearing police uniform.

Five held for carrying poppy husk
Ludhiana, October 8
Five persons have been arrested in separate cases for possession of poppy husk in the district. The Haibowal police yesterday arrested Narvair Singh alias Gopy, a resident of Dera Futakula village in Hoshiarpur district, from Partap Singh Wala village and seized 10 kg of poppy husk from his possession. He was booked under Sections 15, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act.

Bag containing Rs 1.75 lakh snatched

BUSINESS

Gifts galore in market for Divali
Ludhiana, October 8
With Divali round the corner, the market is flooded with a huge variety of gift items. People not only exchange gifts with friends but also give expensive items to officers, bankers and people in high places to curry favours.

The market is flooded with gift items for the forthcoming Divali. — Tribune photographs

Industry seeks scrapping of exim form
Ludhiana, October 8
The Ludhiana Electroplating Material Dealers Association has urged the state government to review the introduction of exim form and to rid the trade and industry of this cumbersome and meaningless procedural wrangle.

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BCM school wins dance trophy

Ludhiana, October 8 The entire campus of Kundan Vidya Mandir reverberated with the sounds of ghungroos, drum beats and folk music as 15 schools affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) participated in Sahodaya Dance Competition here today. A team of folk dancers stepping down the hall of Kundan Vidya Mandir after taking part in inter-school Sahodaya competition on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Teachers’ body hails appointment of Dr Manmohan Singh
Ludhiana, October 8
Prof Jaspal Singh, general secretary of the Punjab Government College Teachers’ Association has appreciated the state government for transferring Dr Manmohan Singh to Higher Education Department as Secretary. Dr Manmohan Singh has recorked as a lecturer, Principal and DPICC and is well-versed with the functioning of this department.

NSS volunteers taught vocational skills
Ludhiana, October 8
The 10-day NSS camp being held at the Khalsa College for Women concluded yesterday and a cultural programme was organised by the volunteers on the occasion. They displayed their talent in the form of self-composed poems, songs and through dance items and a choreography depicting the “cheating” in the present education system.

Engg college gets 18 more seats for M Tech
Ludhiana, October8
The All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has approved 18 more seats for admission to MTech (computer science and engineering) at Guru Nanak Engineering College from this session.

Inter-school maths test on Nov 9
Ludhiana, October 8
The regional corporate office of Castle Education Centre, Sarabha Nagar, will organise its sixth open mathematics test on November 9 at Guru Nanak Public School.

COURTS

Lok Adalat for traffic challans on Oct 18
Ludhiana, October 8
A special Lok Adalat for clearing the backlog of thousands of traffic-challan cases will be organised on October 18 by the District Legal Services Authority under the supervision of its Chairman, Mr Baldev Singh, District and Sessions Judge, Ludhiana.

CULTURE

An affair with Bharatanatyam
Ludhiana, October 8
The Nrutya Bharti School of Dance is probably the oldest and one of the few schools of dance being run by Pinky Chaudhary, who is also the founder member of this institution and has been running the organisation for the past 12 years in the city.

Cultural bonanza for city, courtesy NZCC
Ludhiana, October 8
The North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC) and Punjab Tourism Development Corporation will organise a cultural bonanza from October 10 to 12 in which more than 60 artistes from all over India will participate. This was stated by Mr Gamdoor Singh, in charge Amaltas Hotel, Ludhiana. 

‘Mirch Masala’ to be presented  on Oct 11
Ludhiana, October 8
Art Theatre, Ludhiana, will present a comedy “Mirch Masala” on October 11 at 7.30 pm at the open-air theatre of Punjabi Bhavan here. The show is being organised in collaboration with the Punjabi Sahit Akademi, Ludhiana.

HEALTH

GTB Hospital to hold 40 medical camps
Ludhiana, October 8
The management of Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib Charitable Hospital, in collaboration with the Ludhiana District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union, has chalked out a comprehensive programme of organising 40 free medical check-up camps in different parts of the district from tomorrow.

7 more dengue patients
Ludhiana, October 8
Seven patients suffering from dengue-like symptoms have been admitted at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) in the past 24 hours. Five patients are from Ludhiana while two are from Batala (Gurdaspur).

SPORTS

Hockey Revival Club to hold under-14 meet
Ludhiana, October 8
The inaugural meeting of the newly formed Youngsters Hockey Revival Club was held here today under the chairmanship of its president, Mr Shitar Singh Bajwa. The club has been formed to spot budding hockey players and hone their skills.

ADMINISTRATION

IT raids on hosiery unit continue
Ludhiana, October 8
Raids on the local hosiery units by sleuths of the Income Tax Department continued for the second day today following complaints of irregularities in the tax returns of the units.

Octroi auction yields 1.61 cr