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Delimitation of wards
Cong may move court
Ludhiana, April 29
The Congress is learnt to have decided to exhaust all available options to get the “deliberate errors” in the process of delimitation of wards in the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation rectified. In the first instance, the party will file objections to the proposals. If these are not accepted, the party will move the court.

Exam superintendent assaulted
He had stopped boys from copying
Ludhiana, April 29
Kamal Kishor, a senior lecturer of SCD Government College, has paid the price for being sincere to the examination duty. Appointed as a centre superintendent by Panjab University at Arya College for Boys here, Kishor was beaten up by a group of students in the college last evening.

Minister: Road repair at the earliest Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 29 Even two months after observance of the Road Safety Week by the government, the condition of almost all roads connecting the town with surrounding localities is pitiable. PWD minister Parminder Dhindsa interacts with a delegation of SAD activists near Ahmedgarh on Saturday. — Photo by writer

A tiger relaxes on a hot day at Tiger Safari in Ludhiana on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Jugiana sans water for a month
Sahnewal, April 29
Residents of Jugiana village, 8 km from Sahnewal, have finally raised a hue and cry due to the complete snapping of water supply to the village for the past one month.

Suicide: Father wants case reopened
Ludhiana, April 29
His four-year-long battle, to get justice for his IAS aspirant son who was allegedly forced to commit suicide, does not seem to end as this desperate father has now knocked at the doors of chief minister, Parkash Singh Badal.

LUDHIANA CALLING Fruit juices are popular summer drinks, particularly among the health conscious. Call it the initiative of enterprising spirit, the latest offer from sellers of juices are vegetable juices. So do not be surprised if your favourite juice wallah offers you a cool mix of gourd, bitter gourd, tomatoes and other such veggies in a variety of flavours ranging from pudina to dhaniya.

COMMUNITY

A herd of buffaloes take a dip to cool themselves. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Approval likely to small units in green category
Ludhiana, April 29
Minister for Jails, Tourism and Cultural Affairs Hira Singh Gabria has stated that the government was considering to accord approval to the small industrial units of the green category to continue to function in the residential areas so that the new power connections and other facilities could be provided to such units.

‘Sirhind Fateh Divas’ on May 12 Ludhiana, April 29 The Bairagi Mahan Mandal, Punjab, will observe ‘Sirhind Fateh Divas’ at Baba Moti Ram Mehra Gurdwara, Fatehgarh Sahib, on May 12. Krishan Kumar Bawa, president, All-India Bairagi Mahan Mandal, along with other functionaries releases a poster at the state-level meeting in Ludhiana on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

MCPI (U) flays state govt
Doraha, April 29
The Marxist Communist Party of India (United) today criticised the Badal government and termed it no better than its predecessors. Party leaders and workers met at K.K. Kaushal Memorial Bhavan, Doraha, and condemned the Badal government as it failed to fulfil its poll promises and played with the sentiments and faith of the common man.

Minister gives grant to goushala Ludhiana, April 29 Minister for Jails, Tourism and Cultural Affairs Hira Singh Gabria today participated in the “Gau poojan” function held at the Krishan Balram Goushala on the Pakhowal road. It was organised by the Goushala Committee. Hira Singh Gabria inspects Krishan Balram Goushala in Ludhiana on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

DIMT holds lecture on ‘Capital Structure’
Doraha, April 29
The Doraha Institute of Management and Technology, Doraha, has organised an extension lecture on ‘Capital Structure’ by Vijay Asdhir, principal, Kamal Lotia S D College, Ludhiana.

GNIMT students shine
Ludhiana, April 29
Students of the Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology, Gujarkhan campus, have once again bagged several merit positions in the list released by Punjab Technical University recently.

‘Kirana da Kafila’ released
Ludhiana, April 29
“I feel that through the power of the pen one can bring in a lot of social changes in society and one does not need any other weapon,” said gazal writer Amarjit Kaur Naaz. Today not only her second poetry book was released but she has been awarded with the first Bibi Dalip Kaur Yaadgari Puraskar constituted by her son Daljit Singh Jassal.

HEALTH

Hambran hospital goes into CMC hands

Ludhiana, April 29 Hira Singh Gabria, minister for jails, called upon the private institutions and NGOs working in the field of providing medical facilities to come forward and join hands with the government for improving the medical and healthcare delivery for the poor living in the rural and remote areas. Onkar Singh Pahwa (right) of Avon Cycles and John Pramod (left), director, CMCH, felicitate Hira Singh Gabria, minister for jails, at Mata Kaushalya Devi Pahwa Charitable Hospital in Hambran (Ludhiana) on Sunday.

City doctor chairs CME session
Ludhiana, April 29
Narotam Dewan, chief surgeon, Dewan Hospital, here was invited as faculty to chair scientific session at mid-term CME -2007 organised by the Association of Surgeons of India at Jalandhar last week. Abdul Hye, president of the association, was present, among others, on the occasion.

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