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Man held for leaving infant daughter at orphanage
Child restored to mother; 3 others also booked
Khanna, May 19
Paying for his heartlessness in leaving his infant daughter at an orphanage, Rajesh Sood, a resident of Moga, is cooling his heels in police custody after being booked along with three other members of his family under Section 317 of the IPC.

Suicide by saas
Bahu held from Mohali; let off
Ludhiana, May 19
The case of suicide by a mother-in-law because of harassment by her daughter-in-law generated immense heat today with the railway police first arresting the accused daughter-in-law from Mohali and later releasing her allegedly under pressure of senior Punjab and Railway police officials.

Relatives of Dilip Kaur stage a demonstration outside railway police station in Ludhiana on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

FRUITY TREAT: An afternoon siesta on a bed of watermelons in Ludhiana. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Peace returns as tension defused in Mullanpur
Ludhiana, May 19
Normalcy returned to the region today with no major protest or demonstration taking place other than minor tension in Mullanpur Dakha due to a protest by activists of Damdami Taksal and other radical Sikh organisations who demanded the ban on the entry of Sacha Sauda chief in Punjab.

Petrol station looters nabbed
Ludhiana, May 19
The focal point police has claimed to have busted a gang expert in looting petrol stations at gunpoint or by throwing red chilli powder in the eyes of salesmen in the region.

DEATH TRAP: One never seems to learn a lesson. A manhole remains uncovered for an accident to happen in Ludhiana. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Sikh organisations take out protest march
Amloh, May 19
A protest march was taken out from gurdwara Singh Sabha here today against the anti-Panthic activities of the Dera Sacha Sauda chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. The protesters passed through the main bazaar and presented a memorandum to the SDM Amloh.

Peace march held
Samrala, May 19
Hundreds of workers and leaders belonging to various organisations hold a peace march in the city, against the gathering to solve the issue, here today. The march demonstrated regardless of Section 144 throughout Punjab.

NRI gifts valuables to poor girls
Khamano, May 19
A NRI Gurpal Singh, resident of Nanol, near here, has contributed valuables worth almost Rs 55,000 at three marriages of poor girls in the Khamano area.

Saluting the prowess of great Indian Mind
Ludhiana, May 19
Saluting the great Indian Mind that is being recognised world over, speakers at the HCL Mind Conclave here last night underlined the need to harness the widespread talent across the country. They said people like Laxmi Niwas Mittal, Narayan Murthy, Sunil Bharti Mittal and others were not exceptions, but just examples of the great Indian mind that has made its mark felt across the globe.

                                                                     Ajai Chawdhry

City Muslims seek dismissal of Hyderabad policemen
Ludhiana, May 19
The All-India Majlis Ahrar Islam Hind has condemned police firing on the Muslim protesters in Hyderabad, which left seven persons dead. They were protesting against the bomb blast in the Mecca mosque of Hyderabad, in which five persons were killed on Friday.

40 couples to marry today
Samrala, May 19
Chief Minister of Panjab Parkash Singh Badal will come here today to participate in a public function in which about forty new couples are likely to get married.

Kent RO to increase turnover Ludhiana, May 19 Buoyant on market for water purifiers Kent Mineral RO systems is expecting its turnover to increase to Rs 100 crore from the existing Rs 60 crore within a year.                                                                                                                  Mahesh Gupta

Rajasthani food fest at Park Plaza
Ludhiana, May 19
Rajasthani food festival is being organised at hotel Majestic Park Plaza in its Punj Spice restaurant. The festival brings the best cuisine picked up straight from majestic palaces in the land of maharajas. According to Sabya Sachi Chatterjee, the Rajasthani food festival is being organised on popular demand.

Over 100 women get beauty tips
Ludhiana, May 19
More than 100 women, including young girls, attended a five-day personal grooming workshop at Grace Beauty Clinic, which concluded, here, today.

Colourful Rajasthani articles in city

Ludhiana, May 19 An exhibition of Rajasthani fabrics, handlooms, dress material for salwar suits, Rajasthani Ghagra choli, quilts and paintings of Mughal style is being held at Nehru Sidhant Kender and will continue till June 5.

The eye-catching colourful fabrics, bedcovers and dress material at Rajasthani handloom exhibition in Nehru Sidhant Kender are a great hit with city people. — Photo by Sayeed Ahmed

EDUCATION

Teachers flay surrender of 151 posts of lecturer
Ludhiana, May 19
The teaching faculty has condemned the manner in which the Higher Education Department was ‘restructuring and rationalising’ the education system.

Capability Enhancement Programme
Underprivileged students selected
Ludhiana, May 19
Youngsters are the stars of the future-India and it is the responsibility of society to shape them as per the requirements of 21st century. The different organs of society, including parents, educationists, politicians and policy makers have to play pro-active role to shape the destiny of our young generation to make them good citizens of India.

179 students awarded B.Ed degrees on convocation

Ludhiana, May 19 The eighth annual convocation of BCM College of Education, Chandigarh road, was held in the college campus today. One-seventy-nine students were awarded B.Ed degrees on this occasion. Prof R.C.Sobti, vice-chancellor of Panjab University, Chandigarh, presented degrees to the students. PU vice-chancellor, Dr Sobti, giving degrees to students of BCM College of Education, here, on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Inderjit Verma

P&G pledges Rs 1 cr for Shiksha Project
Ludhiana, May 19
Procter and Gamble, in partnership with Child Rights and You (CRY), has launched Shiksha-2007 Project for the third year.

Pandhi urges CM to revive ETT posts
Mandi Gobindgarh, May 19
Dalip Singh Pandhi, former minister and senior Akali leader, in a letter to the Chief Minister of Punjab has urged to revive three vacant posts of ETT teacher of Fatehgarh Sahib district. These posts were filled by Pendu Vikas, director, and Raj Kamal Choudhry, by transferring three teachers from Ludhiana.

PG students of SCD college conferred degrees

Ludhiana, May 19 The Punjab Government is making serious efforts to restructure the higher education system in the state as per the requirements of the 21st century and with in few months every government college in the state will have at least one computer lecturer to give basic computer training to the students. Students of SCD Government College at annual convocation in Ludhiana.

BCET bids adieu to students
Ludhiana, May 19
B.Tech pre-final year students of the Bhutta College of Engineering and Technology (BCET) organised a farewell party for outgoing final year students of electronics and communication engineering (ECE), computer science and engineering (CSE), mechanical engineering (ME) and electrical engineering (EE) branches here today.

Prize distribution function held
Ludhiana, May 19
The annual prize distribution function of Saraswati Schools comprising Saraswati Modern School, Civil Lines, Ludhiana, Saraswati Modern School, Pratap Singh Wala and St. John's Preparatory School was held at Nehru Sidhant Kendra here yesterday evening.

Fatima, Nakul win poetry recitation contest
Ludhiana, May 19
Hindi and English poetry recitation competitions were held in both the branches of Kundan Vidya Mandir School here today. In the city branch, the competition was held for students of primary section. The poems chosen by the students were thought provoking. The function was presided over by the Headmistress of the school Namita Raj Singh.

 

JD institute fashion show today Ludhiana, May 19 JD Institute of Fashion and Technology will hold "Inked", their annual fashion show at Sutlej club tomorrow. The show will feature India's top models like Amanpreet Wahi, Kajal Srivastava and Twinkle etc and is choreographed by India's ace choreographer Kaushik Ghosh. Budding designers of JD Institute wear dresses which are to be showcased on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Children dress up as characters from books
Ludhiana, May19
To inculcate the habit of reading and making books popular among children, Peace Public School, is celebrating the month of May as “Readers are leaders” month.

Medical check-up
Ludhiana, May19
Students of Sutlej Public Senior Secondary School underwent routine medical check up here yesterday by an efficient and well trained team of doctors from Ludhiana.

COURTS

City Centre Scam
Garg blames Sibia for wrongdoing
Ludhiana, May 19
The suspended executive officer of the Improvement Trust Ludhiana, D. C. Garg, who is involved in the infamous City Centre Scam, has moved a regular bail application before the court.

                                                                                           Chetan Gupta

Chetan Gupta’s police remand extended
Ludhiana, May 19
Judicial Magistrate Kuldeep Singh today extended the police remand of Chetan Gupta, who was arrested in connection with the City Centre scam, till May 22.

180 examined at ayurvedic medical camp

Mandi Gobindgarh, May 19 A week long camp was organised by Desh Bhagat Ayurvedic College and Hospital concluded here today. Diseases like piles, fistula-in-ano were treated by a team of specialist doctors headed by Dr Narinder Singh. Dr Narinder Singh with chairman and principal of Desh Bhagat Ayurvedic College and Hospital at a medical camp organised at the college in Mandi Gobindgarh on Saturday. — Photo by Bhushan Sood

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