Top Headlines http://www.indianexpress.com/index.php Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12 : 23 : 00 +05:30 indianexpress.com http://static.expressindia.com/frontend/iep/images/logo.gif Indian Express logo http://www.indianexpress.com/index.php Feed provided by indianexpress.com Ashutosh meet: security beefed up http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ashutosh-meet-security-beefed-up/549875/ The local police has fortified Sector 32, near Vardhman Spinning Mills, Chandigarh Road, where religious meet the controversial godman, Ashutosh Maharaj will begin on December 5. DMCandH docs attend Perth meet on ‘child abuse and neglect' http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dmcandh-docs-attend-perth-meet-on-child-abuse-and-neglect/549877/ The doctors from the Pediatrics Department of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCandH), Dr Harmesh Singh Bains (Professor and Head of Pediatrics Department) and Dr Deepak Bhat (Assistant Professor of Pediatrics) recently attended a conference on "Child abuse and neglect" at Perth, Australia. Firm roped in to quicken servant registration work http://www.indianexpress.com/news/firm-roped-in-to-quicken-servant-registration-work/549878/ Irked by a lack of response from the general public, the Ludhiana Rural Police has hired the services of a private firm for registration of all migrant labourers, domestic helps and even orchestra girls. Special kids treated to song and dance, sport on World Disability Day http://www.indianexpress.com/news/special-kids-treated-to-song-and-dance-sport-on-world-disability-day/549879/ The World Disability Day was observed in different ways by different organisations. School principals told to have weekly feedback about teachers from monitors http://www.indianexpress.com/news/school-principals-told-to-have-weekly-feedback-about-teachers-from-monitors/549876/ Now the principal and headmasters of government senior secondary schools of the state will conduct weekly meetings of class monitors, who will give feedback about the teachers to the school heads. Govt takes ‘fortified' route to sell flour to APL families http://www.indianexpress.com/news/govt-takes-fortified-route-to-sell-flour-to-apl-families/549379/ Finding no takers for the wheat allocated for consumers in the above poverty line families, the Department of Food and Civil Supplies has started using this wheat to make fortified flour for the same beneficiaries. Road widening work on NH-1 leaves BSNL subscribers in a lurch http://www.indianexpress.com/news/road-widening-work-on-nh1-leaves-bsnl-subscribers-in-a-lurch/549380/ Widening of National Highway NH-1 from Ludhiana to Amritsar by National Highway Authority of India has left many subscribers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited in a lurch. Radical bodies, Ashutosh followers lock horns http://www.indianexpress.com/news/radical-bodies-ashutosh-followers-lock-horns/549381/ With just two days to go for the religious congregation organised by the Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan, some radical Sikh groups tore down posters of Ashutosh Maharaj, the dera head, and even burnt them in the Mini Secretariat. GADVASU registrar retires http://www.indianexpress.com/news/gadvasu-registrar-retires/549382/ SK Jand, Registrar, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, retired on Wednesday. Excise dept issues notices to 3,0621 units http://www.indianexpress.com/news/excise-dept-issues-notices-to-3-0621-units/549383/ State Excise and Taxation Department has put names of 3,0621 units on their official website mentioning that department will be doing the scrutiny of the value added tax (VAT) of these units.