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Tribune News ServiceLudhiana, February 16 Fifteen students from Government Senior Secondary School, Chaunta, tested positive for Covid today. In addition, one mathematics teacher and one peon also t

Punjab Municipal Election Results 2021 Live Updates: The counting of votes for 2,302 wards of eight municipal corporations and 109 municipal council-nagar panchayats in Punjab is underway.

Punjab Municipal Election Results 2021 Live Updates: The counting of votes for 2,302 wards of eight municipal corporations and 109 municipal council-nagar panchayats in Punjab is underway.

Punjab Municipal Election Results 2021 Live Updates: The counting of votes for 2,302 wards of eight municipal corporations and 109 municipal council-nagar panchayats in Punjab is underway.

Punjab Municipal Election Results 2021 Live Updates: The counting of votes for 2,302 wards of eight municipal corporations and 109 municipal council-nagar panchayats in Punjab is underway.

Norms of apartment, property regulation Act diluted in Ludhiana

Ludhiana: The Malwa Central College of Education for Women, Civil Lines, here, celebrated Basant Panchami with fervour. The event was organised by the cultural committee of the college. The function s

Hardeep Singh Dibdiba, grandfather of young farmer Navreet Singh who was killed during tractor parade in Delhi on January 26, has urged the farm union

Ludhiana: Four inmates of the Ludhiana Central Jail were booked for possessing eight mobile phones and 23 sachets of tobacco during a surprise checking. The Jail Department has launched a probe to verify connivance of any jail official in the matter. The jail inmates have been identified as Daljit Singh Gurvinder Singh Vishal Kumar and Gurvinder Singh. Investigating officer Assistant Jail Superintendent Puneet Garg said suspecting the possession of some banned things a surprise checking was conducted in the jail during which mobile phones and tobacco sachets were recovered from the four inmates. Earlier also such recoveries were made by the Jail Department but officials or other persons who facilitate the entry of such banned things in the jail were not identified in most of the cases by the department.

Ludhiana February 16ATC Bashers along with M Jain Superkings NB Scorchers Techno Finishers and Redhill Rippers scripted victories in their respective matches on the third day of the 4th JITO Premier League being organised by the youth wing of the Jain International Trade Organisation on the SCD Government College ground here today. The highlight of their win was an unbeaten 40 runs by Kanav Jain. The second match was played between M Jain Superkings and Sweet Touch Strikers in which the former came out triumphant by six wickets. In other matches NB Scorchers defeated SP & SV Riders by 30 overs; Techno Finishers beat Bhomia Sunrisers by four wickets and Redhill Rippers overpowered Charlie Strikers by 12 runs. Sixteen teams are taking part in the week-long league being organised with the theme 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao'.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana February 16The pre-board examinations of various classes in government schools have started. A teacher at Government High School Kot Mangal Singh said one teacher in the school had come as Covid positive. A visit to Shaheed-e-Azam Senior Secondary School for Girls Bharat Nagar Chowk showed that students were made to sit on floor. Gurpreet Kaur a student appearing for her science pre-board exam said sitting on the floor was not easy especially when exams are going on. Students from classes VI to X are appearing for various examinations in the pre-board examinations.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana February 16The Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC) Ludhiana has bagged a research project 'Modelling interrelationships among air quality crop residue burning soil moisture and crop yield using geospatial technology' from the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). Dr Brijendra Pateriya Director PRSC stated that this pilot study was a novel attempt to evaluate the interrelationship among air quality crop residue burning soil moisture and crop yield. The project team is led by Dr RK Setia senior scientist along with Dr Sharad Gupta of the PRSC and Dr H Sembhi from the University of Leicester United Kingdom. Dr Setia said the effect of initial soil moisture on the concentration of emitted gases due to the crop residue burning and also the effect of residue burning on wheat yield in parts of Central Punjab would be studied using satellite remote sensing. Dr Gupta added that the interrelationship among crop yield — soil moisture — crop residue burning-air quality would also be evaluated.

Sports CorrespondentLudhiana February 16The Punjab Softball Association will organise selection trials to select the Punjab teams (men and women) at the Guru Nanak Stadium here on February 18 from 10am onwards. PN Passi honorary general secretary of the association said selected players would attend a coaching/training camp before finalising squads to take part in the 42nd Senior National Softball Championship scheduled to be held from March 20 to 24 at Bharatpur in Rajasthan. Aspirants have to bring copy of Aadhaar card and two passport size photographs. Meanwhile trials to select the Ludhiana district senior men and women teams will be held at the same venue from 11.30 am onwards and selected players would participate in the Senior Punjab State Softball Championship. Players are told to bring their two passport size photographs along with Aadhaar cards.

After obtaining the information an RTI activist raised questions over the poor condition of many roads in the city. Vigilance probe sought Alleging irregularities Rohit Sabharwal of the Council of RTI Activists has sought a Vigilance inquiry into the use of Rs 212 crore on the maintenance of roads. Alleging irregularities Rohit Sabharwal of the Council of RTI Activists has sought a Vigilance inquiry into the use of Rs 212 crore on the maintenance of roads. Besides around Rs 176 crore were spent on new road works during the five years. Sabharwal said: “A huge amount of around Rs 212 crore has been spent on the maintenance of roads by the MC Ludhiana in the past five years.

Ludhiana February 16The Ludhiana police claimed to have arrested a man who had brutally killed his neighbour over old enmity in New Shimlapuri. The JCP said on February 10 Jora Singh (55) was standing near his house and the accused came on his motorcycle and started throwing stones at stray dogs. When the deceased stopped the accused from doing the same the latter turned furious and attacked the victim with a sharp weapon. The accused also had old enmity with the victim as a few months ago both had a scuffle over some issue. During preliminary questioning the accused confessed that after killing Jora he had thrown the sharp weapon (knife) on an empty plot on the Dhandra road.