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Sports CorrespondentLudhiana February 13The Ludhiana District Cricket Association (LDCA) an affiliated unit of the Punjab Cricket Association will organise trials to select players (U-19) on February 15 at GRD Global Education Institute Hambran Road. Satish Mangal president LDCA said the trials were being held for the cricket session 2020-21 in accordance with the decision of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) since the Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournaments were suspended midway last year due to Covid-19 and now the board has directed the state associations to instruct the district bodies to hold the selection trials afresh so that the tournaments could be accomplished. Players born on or after September 1 2001 are eligible for these trials. The selected players will represent Ludhiana district in the state championship he said.

Fire at Ludhiana hospital, 132 evacuated

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana February 13A person lost his life to Covid while 30 persons tested positive for the virus in the district today. Now the total positive cases in Ludhiana are 26283 and 1013 persons have lost their lives since March 2020. Three more students from Government Senior Secondary School Sekhewal have tested positive and with this the total number of students who are positive from this school has reached 15. Four students from MAM Public School Samrala have also tested positive and one teacher from GSSS Bhaini Baringa is also positive. “School students and teachers attending need to follow all precautions while attending the school.

Harshraj SinghTribune News ServiceLudhiana February 13Members of the Omaxe Market Association on Pakhowal Road held a protest against the management of Omaxe for allegedly ignoring their issues. Shopkeepers alleged that registry of shops was not being done even after nearly two years of getting possession. They also blamed the company for imposing 'unexplainable' maintenance charges and electricity charges. He said there was no problem related to maintenance electricity charges waterlogging and sewerage. He said electricity charges were collected as per the government norms.

Manav ManderTribune News ServiceLudhiana February 13Ventilators at the Civil Hospital have started gathering dust as the ICU facility has been suspended. It was in October last year that the hospital had got 18 ventilators operational and catered to critically ill patients during the pandemic. In March 2020 a woman from Amarpura who was Covid positive died a few hours after reaching Rajindra Hospital. She was referred to Patiala as she was in need of ventilator and Civil Hospital Ludhiana was not having the same. After the incident the demand for installation of ventilators at the Civil Hospital was raised and the hospital got 18 ventilators and afterwards there were negligible referrals as staff were also available.

Ludhiana February 13Cash amounting to Rs80 lakh and a bunch of incriminating documents including multiple bills receipts and cheque books were seized by the Ludhiana chapter of the State GST department during a search and seizure operation from a local trader in Mandi Kesar Ganj here today. The action was taken on a tip-off by a team of state tax officials comprising Manu Garg Dharminder Kumar Davinder Pannu and inspectors Munish Kumar Ashwani Kumar and Rishi Verma. It was done after Punjab Taxation Commissioner Nilkanth S Avhad and Additional Taxation Commissioner-1 Showkat Ahmad Parry had asked the Deputy Commissioner of State GST to take action in the matter. After recovering huge amount of cash the state tax officials while following the protocol called the officials of the Income Tax Department on the spot for handling the heavy amount of cash. The Income Tax Department officials counted the cash in the presence of the state GST authorities.

Ludhiana: The Internal Quality Assurance Cell and Department of Hindi of Arya College Girls Section organised a 15-day workshop on human values under its ongoing Gyanvardhini Shrankhala. In the workshop the students were imparted knowledge on moral values and social awareness and those values were also cited with examples from Hindi novels dramas poems and stories. Principal Dr Savita Uppal appreciated the efforts of IQAC and said that students will be immensely benefitted from such programmes. He stressed upon the need to follow and observe traffic rules in our daily lives. Principal Maninder kaur appreciated the efforts of NSS Unit of the college and advised students to follow traffic rules in their daily lives.

Ludhiana February 13Members of the Rehri Phari Federation Ludhiana and the National Association of Street Vendors of India have urged the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) to first set up vending zones instead of taking action against them. He said a number of street vendors have faced harassment as their carts were being removed from different areas. If their carts are removed from streets without setting up the vending zones how will they earn and return the loan amount? All registered vendors should be shifted to the vending zones first” he said. Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu said he had given instructions to Tehbazari head Neeraj Jain for shifting the vendors to the identified sites for vending zones.

Harshraj Singh Tribune News Service Ludhiana, February 13 Though the city falls in the seismic zone 4, a high damage risk zone, it has become a hub of illegal constructions that give an open invita

Ludhiana: Jaspreet Mohan Singh, who after retiring as principal had turned an artist, has been facilitated with Excellence Award 2021 in the field of .

Ludhiana, February 6 Dr Darshan Singh Barri, former welfare officer of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, passed away. He breathed his last at the Civil Hospital, Lud

After allegedly committing both murders, he fled from there and called his nephew. On the phone, he told his nephew that he had killed both his wife and daughter and now he is going to end his own life by jumping into the Doraha canal.

Ludhiana February 10Residents of Rajiv Gandhi Colony led by the Karkhana Mazdoor Union members today staged a protest at the Sherpur office of the Municipal Corporation Ludhiana. The people demanded the problem of choked sewers in the colony should be resolved as soon as possible. They also demanded that safe drinking water supply should be restored and broken water pipes should be repaired. “The residents have been suffering due to problem of choked sewers at Rajiv Gandhi colony. JE Harinder Singh said that the problem has been resolved at Rajiv Gandhi Colony.

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