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Rs 585 crore earmarked for constituency-wise development
Ludhiana, December 29
The state government has chalked out a comprehensive programme for the fast all-round development of the state. The funds for this purpose are being sanctioned through the District Planning and Development Board for various projects, both in rural as well as urban areas.

Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats, Irrigation and Power, Mr Lal Singh, presides over a meeting of the District Planning and Development Board in Ludhiana on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Concealed income of Rs 2.3 cr surrendered
Ludhiana, December 29
The survey operations launched by the Income Tax Department here on six customs clearing agents, operating at Inland Container Depot, Dhandari Kalan, have paid rich dividends as the firms have surrendered a total concealed income of Rs 2.3 crore and further agreed to clear the tax liability by March 15 next.

Few takers for police scheme
Ludhiana, December 29
Public often criticises the police for not doing enough for safeguarding their property. However, this time it is the police, which is at the receiving end of public apathy. It concerns a special Neighbourhood Watch Scheme introduced by the police that has not got a matched response.

City has tremendous potential: mall owners
Ludhiana, December 29
The city will have at least 15 malls within the next two or three years. While a section of market observers feel that there will be a “shedding down”, there are others who opine that the city has enough potential to “accommodate” all these malls and are expecting big profits.

Two children die in mishap
Ahmedgarh, December 29
Tragedy struck a family when two children died and their parents were injured seriously when the car they were travelling in collided with a mini-truck near Latala village on the Raikote-Ahmedgarh road near here today. A cleaner of the truck was also injured in the accident.

COMMUNITY

SAD rally at Raikote on Jan 2
Ludhiana, December 29
The SAD is preparing for a show of strength at Raikote on January 2. According to Akali sources, the Jannuary 2 rally will mark the beginning of the Akali campaign for the Assembly elections due in early 2007. The party supremo, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, will be the main speaker at the rally.

Overflowing sewerage flood roads

Ludhiana, December 29 With sewerage overflowing in Phase-7 of Focal Point, the roads in the area have been converted into pools of water causing inconvenience to the commuters in the area. The industrialists have complained that they have been writing to the local civic body to solve their problem but nobody has come to their rescue. Sewage water collected on a road in the Focal Point area in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Most women take up jobs for financial independence
Ludhiana, December 29
If one looks around these days, women are found working in each and every field hitherto unknown and unexplored by women. Ludhiana Tribune made a survey to find out the driving force behind women that made them leave their hearth and kids behind to make their own careers.

Blankets given
Ludhiana, December 29
Bharat Overseas Bank Limited, Ludhiana branch, distributed blankets and sweaters among the poor and needy old persons at Lepers Colony here today. The blankets were distributed by senior officers of the branch.

CRIME

5 held with LPG cylinders containing water

Ludhiana, December 29 The city police and the District Food and Supply Office (DFSO) have in a joint operation busted a gang of tricksters, which allegedly used to dupe scores of LPG consumers in the city by selling them gas cylinders containing water on rickshaw-rehris in the city. The five accused, charged with selling LPG cylinders containing water, in police custody in Ludhiana on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Chemist held
Khanna, December 29
The police has arrested a chemist shop owner and recovered a big haul of banned medicines from his car. A case has been registered against him at the Payal police station.

BUSINESS

Free trial of broadband connections
Ludhiana, December 29
In the wake of aggressive marketing strategies of private players in the telecommunications sector, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has come out with a festive offer of free trial broadband connections for two months from the commencement of 2006.

‘Centre’s policies crippling Punjab steel producers’
Ludhiana, December 29
Mr P. D. Sharma, President, Apex Chamber of Commerce and Industry Punjab, said here today that policies of the Central Government were crippling the steel producers of Punjab. Duty exemptions were available to steel producers in many parts of the country and adjoining states were having more facilities compared with the same in Punjab. Steel ingots and billets were coming to Punjab from far off places like Bhuj.

Greeting cards flood market Ludhiana, December 29 New Year greetings being sent by e-mail are the flavour of the season, yet greeting cards of various colours and hues and beautiful language have flooded the market, but these cards do not come cheap. A girl finds it difficult to choose a New Year greeting card from the variety on display at a store in Ludhiana. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Admission panic grips parents
Ludhiana, December 29
Panic has gripped parents whose wards are seeking admission to leading schools here this year. Though kindergarten teachers warn such parents not to transfer their anxiety to the children, the worried parents are leaving no stone unturned to prepare the child for the “big interviews”. Others are busy looking for right “approach” for getting admission to prestigious schools.

Moved by friend’s death, old classmates set up welfare fund
Ludhiana, December 29
Moved by the death of one of their classmates due to kidney failure and lack of funds, all students of the 1996 B.Sc. Agri (Hons) batch of the College of Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), who joined at Sukhdev Singh Bhavan of PAU, decided to set up a common welfare fund, in which they could deposit money, which could be used by anyone of them at the time of emergency.

‘Parents’ cooperation needed to curb copying’
Ludhiana, December 29
To stop copying — the biggest problem during examinations — the parents should extend full cooperation to the teachers. Education helps in the development of an individual and thus the children who get a chance to study are very fortunate.

NSS camp concludes

COURTS

Recall 2005
Year of Lok Adalats at District Courts
Ludhiana, December 29
The year 2005 would be remembered in the judicial history of the city as the year when large number of judges, especially from the Supreme Court, came under one roof for the first time for participating in the National Level Lok-Adalat held here on April 10.

Active social, physical life is mantra of good health
Ludhiana, December 29
Longevity has been a spectacular achievement of our time. The age structure of India's population shows an unmistakable trend toward an increasing proportion of the elderly. The country's population in the age group of 60 years and above is increasing more rapidly than the population as a whole.

55 units of blood donated
Samrala, December 29
A blood donation camp was organised by N.S.S. volunteers of Government Senior Secondary School Ghungrali Sikhan and Malwa College, Bondli, Samrala, at Government Senior Secondary School, Ghungrali Sikhan, in which 55 units of blood were donated.

Anti-drug campaign