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Sand mafia makes hay while officials sleep
Doraha, January 3
Much against the directions of the Irrigation Department and with a view to get more profit, sand is being regularly taken out of the Sirhind River between Buani and Rara Sahib villages. This has increased the risk of floods.

Parties working on permutations, combinations
Ludhiana, January 3
While the SAD has announced its candidates for six out of 12 Vidhan Sabha seats of this district, the Congress is yet to make its decision about its candidates.

Birmi keeps the guessing game on
Ludhiana January 3
Sitting Congress legislator from Ludhiana Rural constituency, Mr Milkiat Singh Birmi, has kept everybody guessing about his future course of action.

Chawla to campaign for Dhanda
Ludhiana January 3
With Mr Amarjit Singh Chawla, an ex-member of the Punjab Public Service Commission, agreeing to campaign for him, the Ludhiana West candidate of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Mr Harish Rai Dhanda, has all the reasons to smile.

Cong leaders set to join SAD: Sukhbir
Ludhiana, January 3
Shiromani Akali Dal general secretary, Mr Sukhbir Badal, today claimed that at least 10 senior Congress leaders, including some sitting and ex-legislators, were in line to join the Shiromani Akali Dal.

Zail Singh's daughter joins Congress

Loan waiver gives relief to Congress in Punjab
Ludhiana, January 3
The decision of the Union Cabinet to waive Punjab’s loan of Rs 3727 crore which was outstanding for the past many years has come as a big relief to the Congress government in Punjab headed by Captain Amarinder Singh with the Vidhan Sabha poll less than two months.

Young participants at a theme party organised by Lovely Lotus School to welcome the New Year in Ludhiana on Wednesday. —Photo by I.V.

Nod to clusters bodes well for industry
Ludhiana, January 3
With the approval of industrial clusters by the Ministry of Small Scale Industries of the Central Government, industries like hosiery and fastener manufacturers have started to look up.

Placement cell of PAU in the offing
Ludhiana January 3
In a meeting with students of the College of Home Science and College of Agricultural Engineering at the Wheat Auditorium today, the Dean, Postgradaute Studies, Dr S.S. Chahal, disclosed that a proposal to set up an independent placement cell, under the direct control of the Vice- Chancellor, was under active consideration.

COMMUNITY

NGOs pour city’s woes out before Chief Justice Jain 

Ludhiana, January 3 Issues of ever-increasing pollution in the city, poor garbage disposal, violation of building bylaws, polluted Budda nullah, open slaughtering of animals and illegal plying of autorickshaws took centre stage once again today with the Chief Justice (CJ) of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mr Justice Vijendra Jain, expressing his dismay on the sorry state of affairs after meeting representatives of various NGOs. Mr Jain asked local officials to redress the problems and provide greener and cleaner environment to the residents.

The Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court listens to representatives of NGOs in Ludhiana on Wednesday. —Photo by I.V.

Female foeticide: Awareness must to avert tragedy

Ludhiana, January 3 The Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mr Vijender Jain, expressed deep concern over the evil of female foeticide and skewed sex ratio in the state. Speaking at the annual function of local lawyers today, he appealed to all sections of society to come up against the evil. The Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mr Vijender Jain, addresses lawyers in Ludhiana on Wednesday. —Photo by I.V.

Thousands of devotees participate in Nagar Kirtan

Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 3 Thousands of devotees from the town and surrounding villages participated in a Nagar Kirtan organised by Sikh religious organisations here today. The ‘kirtan’ was organised under the aegis of the Kalgidhar Federation and Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee, Singh Sabha, to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, which falls on January 5. Children display their skill in martial arts during a Nagar Kirtan at Ahmedgarh on Wednesday.— Photo by Mahesh Sharma

4 booked for assault
Khanna, January 3
The Samrala police has registered a case of trespassing and assault against a group of persons.

Car-crazy Ludhianvis wait for new  models
Ludhiana, January 3
The year 2007 promises to be a year of stylish and luxurious cars. Most of the car manufacturers in the country are believed to be bringing in different models suited to the public purse and taste.

Course on renewable energy-based technologies
Ludhiana, January 3
A week-long course on renewable energy-based technologies was organised at Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College (GNDEC) by the Mechanical and Production Engineering Department under the ongoing golden jubilee celebrations here recently. 

DBIMCS welcomes New Year
Mandi Gobindgarh, January 3
The Desh Bhagat Institute of Management & Computer Sciences at Mandi Gobindagrh celebrated New Year with festivity mixed with religious fervor on the campus. It started by chanting prayers and mantras and performing a havan in the new Management Building Complex at 10 am. Dr Zora Singh, Chairman, Desh Bhagat Group, Mrs Tajinder Kaur, Vice-President and Mrs Shalini Gupta, Director, DBIMCS, performed the ritual. Shabad kirtan was recited and all faculty and staff members offered prayers. They prayed to God for giving them courage to accomplish the ongoing task of the institute successfully and attain great heights.

Honour for city lecturer
Ludhiana, January 3
Dr Gursharanjit Singh Sandhu, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics of SCD Government College, has been selected by the National Board for Higher Mathematics, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, to represent the country at the International Congress of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2007) to be held at Zurich, Switzerland, from July 16-20, 2007. 

National award for PAU student
Ludhiana, January 3
Mr Rahul Laxmanrao, a student of Punjab Agricultural University, has been honoured with national award by the Indian Society of Technical Education for the best MTech thesis. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 10,000 and a citation. The society also gave a certificate of achievement to his advisor Dr V.K. Sehgal, coordinator of research (Agricultural Engineering). Laxmanrao worked on ‘Development of low-cost polisher for turmeric rhizomes’.

Super-specialists save patients with multi-organ problems 
Ludhiana, January 3
Diseases often attack multiple body systems, which then need a team work by super-speciality doctors so that the complete treatment can be given to reduce the suffering of the patient under one roof.

] What if I am a slum dweller, even I can make a house. A child makes a house with sand near a slum on Pakhowal Road in Ludhiana on Wednesday. —Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Health Dept gears up for pulse polio drive
Ludhiana, January 3
The Health Department here is all set for the pulse polio immunisation drive in the district on January 7 when more than 5.39 lakh children in the age group of 0-5 years will be administered polio drops.

Health Watch
Don’t let cold catch you off guard
Winter evokes images of sparkling snowflakes and skaters gracefully gliding across the ice. But it can also be a time of illness and injury, if people fail to take adequate health and safety precautions.

SPORTS

Channa Alamgir to promote hockey
Ludhiana, January 3
Upset over the debacle of the Indian hockey team in the Doha Asian Games, a number of former Olympians and hockey enthusiasits besides NRIs have come forward to put the game back on track. They have resolved to work together so that the game could regain its lost glory.