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Acid Attack
Victim succumbs to burns after 3

months Ludhiana, June 28 After nearly three months of suffering and pain, Sandeep Kaur, the main victim of the infamous acid attack by a spurned lover, succumbed to her burns in hospital late last night.

Sandeep Kaur’s mother and other relatives wail in Ludhiana on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Ludhiana, June 28 An hour of downpour today morning left many city roads waterlogged. All low-lying areas and a few posh areas of the city were inundated throwing the normal life out of gear for quite some time.

A kid enjoys rain as he cycles through a waterlogged road in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Brown Road residents  stage a dharna in protest against waterlogging of the ir houses after showers on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Distributors’ decision to stop home delivery of cylinders
Consumer Association seeks PM’s intervention
Ludhiana, June 28
Anticipating the immense inconvenience to be faced by people across the state following the decision by the distributors of not supplying gas cylinders at the consumers doorstep from July 2 onwards, the Ludhiana Cooking Gas Consumers Association has sought the intervention of the Prime Minister (PM) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister to take immediate steps to solve this problem.

Farmers’ suicides
BKU disputes Badal ‘s statistics
Ludhiana, June 28
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lakhowal) today disputed the claims of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal that only 11 farmers had committed suicide between January 1 and June 23, 2007. The union said about 80 farmers had committed suicide during this period.

COMMUNITY

Tributes paid to Kargil war hero Ludhiana, June 28 Tributes were paid to martyr Capt Vijayant Thapar, VC, who had made the supreme sacrifice in the Kargil War , on his 8th martyrdom at Samadhi Shree Baba Gajjuji Thapar Memorial at Gurdev Nagar here. People pay tributes to Vir Chakra awardee Capt Vijayant Thapar. — Tribune photo by Inderjit Verma

Saint Kabir
Preparations to celebrate 609th anniversary
Ludhiana, June 28
Preparations are on in full swing for the celebrations of the 609th birth anniversary of Bhagat Kabir to be organised here on June 30.

Banker’s honesty impresses customer
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 28
Appreciating the honesty of Gurmit Singh, cashier at local branch of Punjab and Sindh Bank, Raj Kumar Sharma, a customer of the branch, has impressed upon the higher authorities to recognise the fomer’s integrity.

Road widening at the cost of trees
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 28
With the development versus environment debate going on unabated, the Punjab Roads and Bridges Development Board (PRBDB) has started the process of widening of the Ludhiana-Sangrur road as per the original plan, against which a number of social leaders and environmentalists had raised their voice.

SAD leader distributes cheques Mandi Gobingarh, June 28 The SAD-BJP government will be concentrating on the development of the state, said Randhir Singh Bhambri, a senior Akali leader. SAD executive member Randhir Singh Bhambri distributes cheques for developments at Ladpur village on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Bhushan Sood

Tantrik booked for duping man, wife
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 28
The Khanna police has booked a tantrik for allegedly duping a resident of Ajnali village near here on pretext of performing miraculous acts for getting his wife released from the influence of her paramour. The lover of the woman was also arrested but later released on bail.

Judicial remand for 4 till July 10
Jagraon, June 28
Kulwant Singh of Chuharchak, Balwant Singh of Rasulpur, Balwinder Singh of Jhoraran and Shamsher Singh of Dangian were today remanded in judicial custody till July 10 by Gurdarshan Kaur, SDJM, Jagraon.

Suneja secures 89.8 per cent in BSc III Ludhiana, June 28 A summer workshop at Creative Arts Institute (affiliated to BSP, Kolkata) concluded here yesterday. Around 25 children participated in this event. The participants were taught various activities like drawing, making mats, hangings, papercrafts, dance etc. The workshop concluded with an exhibition of the works of the students and a competition of poetry and story recitation. Students of Love Dale perform Hawaiin dance on the concluding day of their summer camp in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Poor marks in science
Parents seek re-evaluation
Mandi Gobindgarh, June 28
Students of some schools, their parents and teachers are worried about the future of students who are shown to have failed in science securing zero to four marks in the matriculation examination of the Punjab school education board this year.

PU annual exam
Tarun, Beant first in college
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 28
Students of MA I (political science) of Swami Ganga Giri Janta College for Women, Raikot, have brought laurels to the institute by excelling in the annual examination conducted by Panjab University.

Teachers resent seminars during summer vacations
Ludhiana June 28
At a salary of Rs 6,500 to Rs 11,000 per month the state government wants primary school teachers to attend seminars during summer vacation.

Star Voice of India 2 city students among top 12 Ludhiana, June 28 Two students from Ludhiana, Ishmeet Singh of Government College for Boys and Arshpreet Kaur of the Ramgarhia College, have made it to the final “12 bemisaal” of the reality TV show, Amul Star Voice of India. Ishmeet and Arshpreet (with bouquets) with Purva Puri and Ashim Nagpal in Ludhiana on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Diabetes-related complications
Facilities inadequate, feel experts
Ludhiana, June 28
Even as the incidence of diabetes is increasing in the country at an alarming rate and the Indian population being more prone to the condition, the healthcare services to manage diabetes and fight the subsequent complications, are simply inadequate.

DMCH to hold lecture on stroke tomorrow
Ludhiana, June 28
The health education cell of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) will organise a lecture on stroke on June 30 to make people aware of its symptoms.

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