Ludhiana figures among worst HIV-hit cities

Monday 2 November '09

Ludhiana has now got a dubious distinction of being among the cities most severely affected by AIDS, with the city having been placed under “A” category of HIV positive.

Sikh bodies call for Punjab bandh on Nov 3, schools in a fix

Sunday 1 November '09

The call of 'Punjab Bandh' by Dal Khalsa on November 3 has led to confusion among educational institutions in the city.

70 suffer burn injuries

Monday 19 October '09

More than 70 people suffered burn injuries from fire crackers and reached various hospitals for treatment on Diwali night in the city.

Ludhiana leads with 31 failed khoya samples

Saturday 17 October '09

Majority of the sweets samples taken by the District Health Department from Ludhiana district have been declared failed by the public health laboratory, Chandigarh.

20 of 25 sweet samples fail test

Thursday 15 October '09

Majority of the samples of different sweets and khoya collected by the district health Depatment Ludhiana have failed to fulfill the parameters of quality.

Stay away from sweets, CMO to residents

Wednesday 14 October '09

Like every year, this time also the district health department has conducted raids at various sweet shops and their workshops and found that spurious khoya...

Flawed survey leaves kids with fewer facilities at AIE centres

Tuesday 13 October '09

A flawed survey by the government school teachers for identifying school drop-outs and “never enrolled children” for Alternative Inclusive Education (AIE) centres has resulted in a large number of children remaining deprived of these facilities.

Amend domestic violence act to plug its misuse against men, demands NGO

Monday 12 October '09

Swatantra Awaz Welfare Organization, a non-government organisation, has demanded amendments in Domestic Violence Act.

Apart from beggars’ home, govt to provide shelter to old and special children

Sunday 11 October '09

Along with the Beggar Home, the city will get three more homes for the underprivileged.

Mid-day meal: residents’ protests bear fruit

Friday 9 October '09

Persistent efforts and protests by the residents of Ambedkar Nagar Welfare Society under the leadership of Dr Surjit Singh, a social worker ...

Teachers, master trainers lock horns

Monday 5 October '09

A year after the launch of Padho Punjab - a project of the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan in collaboration with Pratham, a non-governmental organization, government school teachers and master trainers are at loggerheads.

Hospital offers free medical facility for freedom fighters

Sunday 4 October '09

A city-based charitable hospital has come forward for the cause of freedom fighters and is offering free health services to them.

Teachers irked by directive to hold ‘test’

Saturday 3 October '09

The teachers of the government schools, who have just finished evaluating first trimester examinations of all the classes...

42000 enrolled, only 49 get jobless allowance

Thursday 1 October '09

Official red tape is virtually depriving the state’s jobless from unemployment allowance.

Helpdesk set up in state to create awareness on prohibition of chemicals as weapons

Wednesday 30 September '09

Over 500 industries in India (the 12th largest manufacturer of chemicals), have declared their products under the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention Act of which India is a signatory among 188 countries under the UN charter.

Fiery treatment awaits effigies of evil

Monday 28 September '09

Tomorrow the city will witness Ravana effigies go up in flames at 32 places.

Gaekwad Railway Salon may house Vadodara City Museum

Monday 28 September '09

After a gap of six years, the state government and the district administration is considering a plan to house the Vadodara City Museum in the Gaekwad Railway Salon.

Computer equipment lying idle for 16 yrs in this office

Saturday 26 September '09

The District Bureau of Employment Generation and Training, it seems, is trapped in a time warp.

Vegetable, fruit prices continue to soar

Friday 25 September '09

Scanty rainfall in different states has resulted in soaring of prices of fruits and vegetables, which is burning a hole into the common man’s pocket. There is hardly any vegetable which is less than Rs 40 per kg and the prices of fruits are also on the higher side.

CMO warns against use of spurious khoya

Thursday 24 September '09

The Chief Medical Officer, Ludhiana, Dr Maninderjit Singh has warned the owners of sweetmeat shops against indulging in adulteration in a meeting held recently.

City NGO to provide mobile mortuaries

Wednesday 23 September '09

Samvedna Trust, a city-based NGO, plans to set up five mobile mortuaries to preserve unclaimed bodies till the time they are cremated.

Exams deferred as schools wait in vain for datesheet

Wednesday 23 September '09

Examinations in around 40 pc of government schools in the district could not be conducted as they did not receive their date sheet in time.

Exam system streamlined

Monday 21 September '09

Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan has steamlined the examination system in the state for junior classes.

NGO makes Ramzan memorable for Muslim inmates in state jails

Friday 18 September '09

Muslim prisoners in the state will not remain deprived of the festivities of the month of Ramzan just because they are confined behind the four walls of a jail.

Ludhiana first in state to have logistic post air service

Wednesday 16 September '09

The Speed Post Centre at the Ludhiana railway station has become a first such centre in the state to have a logistic post air service.