Ludhiana Rotary holds seminar on drug abuse

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, Updated At : 02:35 AM Nov 22, 2025 IST

Unlock Exclusive Insights with The Tribune Premium

Take your experience further with Premium access. Thought-provoking Opinions, Expert Analysis, In-depth Insights and other Member Only Benefits

Yearly Premium ₹999 ₹349/Year

Yearly Premium $49 $24.99/Year

The Rotary Club of Ludhiana (Midtown) organised a seminar titled ‘Say No to Drugs’ at Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College. As many as 400 students participated in the seminar.

Speaking at the seminar, Dr Vikas Loomba from Christian Medical College and Hospital stressed on the fact that in order to control the menace of drug abuse, the community needed to start sensitising children of various schools and colleges.

He emphasised that prevention was always better than cure. The major factor pushing the youth towards drugs was peer pressure or a feeling of loneliness. Pankaj Sharma, president, Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertaking also interacted with the students.

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

Designed and developed by : SORTD

Unlock Exclusive Insights with The Tribune Premium

Suggested Articles