20032025-LT-01.qxd 3/20/2025 12:44 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune PART OF DOMORIA BRIDGE LIKELY TO OPEN TO TRAFFIC TODAY CELEBS SHARE THEIR VIEWS ON INT'L DAY OF HAPPINESS ACTOR SANJANA SANGHI VISITS GOLDEN TEMPLE Residents are likely to get some relief as a part of bridge has been completedand traffic will be restored on it. P2 For me, happiness is all about embracing life with a positive mindset, says Shivangi Verma. P4 She reminisced about her childhood trips from Delhi to Amritsar by train with her mother and brother. P4 » » » FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY MAX 30°C | MIN 16°C YESTERDAY MAX 29°C | MIN 16°C SUNSET THURSDAY 6.34 PM SUNRISE FRIDAY 6:25 AM THURSDAY | 20 MARCH 2025 | LUDHIANA CM hands over appointment letters to 951 ETT teachers Tells them to act as a catalyst of education revolution in state to benefit common man Tribune News Service Ludhiana, March 19 Achieving a new milestone in government recruitment, the state government, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, on Wednesday created history by giving 52,606 jobs to the youth merely in 36 months of assuming the charge of office. Addressing the gathering at a function to hand over appointment letters to 951 ETT teachers, the Chief Minister congratulated the youngsters for getting the jobs, thereby becoming active partners in the social and economic development of the state. He said the state government was working tirelessly for the holistic development of Punjab for which young and qualified youth were required. Mann said for the same, the state government had embarked the massive recruitment drive for putting the state on a high-growth trajectory. The Chief Minister called upon the newly recruited teachers to act as a catalyst of the education revolution in the state by further improving the A teacher receives appointment letter from CM Bhagwant Singh Mann in Ludhiana. ASHWANI DHIMAN standard of education to benefit the common man. He envisioned that the teachers equipped with the latest teaching practices should impart quality education to students so that they could excel in life. The Chief Minister said it would help rejuvenate the entire education system of he state for the well-being of students with the teachers actually acting as agents of change in the education sector in the prevalent times by ensuring quality education to students. He said teachers of government schools were the best as they were well qualified and capable but they were put on non-teaching duties too during previous regimes. However, he said, his government had made sure that the services of teachers were utilised solely for teaching purposes. Mann said earlier, schools were vacant but water tanks in front of schools were full as teaching aspirants climbed on them due to agitation. However, his government had reversed the trend by giving jobs to the youth who were now teaching students and contributing to the progress of the state. He said earlier, convent educated leaders, who were not aware of basic realities of the state, had ignored this key sector due to which Punjab lagged behind on the path of progress. The Chief Minister asked the newly recruited teachers to motivate students for acquiring education as per their interests so that they could carve a niche for themselves. He said the teachers must discharge their duties in a befitting manner and become role models for the pupils so that they could also excel in life. He reiterated that the state government fills all posts as soon as they become vacant. He said a foolproof mechanism had been adopted for the entire recruitment process due to which not even a single appointment, of these over 52,000 jobs had been challenged so far in any court. Mann said it was a proud moment for the state government that the youths had been given government jobs on the basis of merit. He said it was a matter of pride and satisfaction for him that all jobs had been given completely on the basis of merit, without any corruption or nepotism. The state government was ensuring that no one from the state migrates abroad so that dreams of freedom fighters were fulfilled. He added that reverse migration was already being witnessed in the state and youth were returning from abroad to serve here due to strenuous efforts of the state government. Pay property tax, sewer charges by March 31 to avoid penalty Civic body officials directed to expedite recovery of dues Tribune News Service Ludhiana, March 19 With March 31 the last day to pay property tax and watersewer user charges without penalty, residents are left with just 12 days to pay the pending tax for the current financial year without facing any penalty. Municipal Corporation (MC) Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal also conducted a meeting with the officials concerned and directed them to expedite the recovery of pending tax from residents. The officials have also been directed to act strict against defaulters in case they fail to submit the pend- ing tax with the authorities. Mayor Inderjit Kaur and the MC Commissioner have also directed officials to spread awareness among the residents through bulk messages or any other medium so that residents could pay their taxes without any penalty. The civic body officials said the residents would have to pay a 20 per cent penalty and 18 per cent annual interest on delayed payment, if they fail to pay the tax by March 31. The Mayor and MC Commissioner appealed to the residents to pay taxes on time to avoid penalty. They said funds collected in the form of taxes was used for taking up development works in the city and providing basic amenities to the residents. For facilitating the residents in submitting the taxes without penalty, the civic body has decided to keep zonal suvidha kendras open on Saturdays and Sundays too. The kendras will remain open on March 22 (Saturday), March 29 (Saturday), March 30 (Sunday). These will be open on March 31 also (a government holiday due to Eidul-Fitr) during working hours. For avoiding long queues, residents can also submit property tax and water-sewer user charges online by visiting www.mcludhiana.gov.in. Residents pay tax at the Municipal Corporation's Zone D office in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Milk trader attacked, robbed of gold chain Inmates clash at Central Jail, 2 injured Tribune News Service Ludhiana, March 19 Around 12 miscreants surrounded a Maruti Swift car on the Ferozepur road on Tuesday night and attacked the milk trader and his assistant sitting in the vehicle with sharp weapons. His friend was also accompanying them. The robbers looted a gold chain of the trader and a mobile of his friend. The injured, who were admitted to the Civil Hos- Himanshu Jain is Ludhiana DC Assistant also suffered injury, mobile looted from bizman’s friend pital, were identified as Pritpal Singh (42), a resident of Sidhwan Bet, and Bunty (24) of Nihal Singh Wala village. Pritpal Singh said he was a milk businessman and was sitting in his Swift car with his friend Sukhwinder Singh and assistant Bunty Tribune News Service Ludhiana, March 19 Just after the two days’ visit of AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to the city, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Jitendra Jorwal is transferred. Himanshu Jain, a 2017 batch IAS officer, who was the Deputy Commissioner, Roopnagar, will be the new Ludhiana DC. Jain also remained as the Additional Principal Secretary to CM Bhagwant Mann. The transfer of DC Jorwal has come as major surprise in the IAS lobby and political circles. A 2014 batch officer, Jorwal took charge as the Ludhiana DC in September 2024. In about six months, he has been shifted. resident of Dakha village and he had been demanding money from him for the past sometime. As he had refused to give money to the person, the attacker kept a grudge against him and attacked him and his companions. The injured were rushed to the Civil Hospital. Pritpal got stitches on his head. The victims had lodged a complaint in the matter, following which the police have launched a probe. 20 encroachments removed from govt land in Transport Tribune News Service Himanshu Jain on the Ferozepur road in front of the Verka milk plant on Tuesday night when around 12 persons vandalised his car. When he tried to oppose them, the miscreants attacked him with sharp weapons and injured his assistant Bunty. The victim said the attackers took away his gold chain and his friend Sukhwinder’s mobile phone before leaving the scene. The complainant said the main suspect was a Ludhiana, March 19 Cracking the whip on violators encroaching upon the government land, the Municipal Corporation (MC) removed around 20 encroachments (shanties) from government land in Transport Nagar here on Wednesday. Tehbazaari inspector Sunil Kumar said the action against encroachments has been taken on the directions of civic body Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal and Zonal Commissioner (Zone A&B) Neeraj Jain. The civic body had recently received a complaint against the encroachments on government land. In the complaint, it was also stated that the encroachments were becoming hindrance in movement and parking of vehicles in the Transport Nagar area. The tehbazaari inspector said the drive against encroachments would continue in coming days. MC workers remove encroachments from Transport Nagar in Ludhiana on Wednesday. c m y b Tribune News Service Ludhiana, March 19 Inmates clashed inside the Central Jail, Ludhiana, and two of them suffered injuries. The injured were taken to the Civil Hospital by the jail authorities. One of the inmates, who suffered serious head injuries, told mediapersons that he was attacked by another inmate with an onion peeler and when he was trying to save himself, he hit his own hand 5 kg of ganja seized, Bihar native nabbed Ludhiana, March 19 The Basti Jodhewal police have arrested a man and seized 5 kg of ganja from his possession. The suspect was identified as Jahid Ansari, a native of Bihar at present staying in Bank Colony here. ACP (North) Davinder Chaudhary in a statement issued stated that the SHO, Basti Jodhewal police station, Inspector Jasvir Singh, had received a tip-off on Tuesday that the suspect was involved in smuggling of ganja and he was possessing a huge quantity of the drug. Accordingly, the SHO, along with the police team, conducted a raid at the whereabouts of the suspect and nabbed him. The police also seized 5 kg of ganja from him. He was arrested near a school in Kakowal village. The ACP said a case was registered against the man and the court sent him to oneday police remand. In further questioning of the suspect, the entire drug supply line would be busted and big suppliers involved in the racket be arrested. — TNS with the same cutter. As per sources, hearing the commotion in the jail barrack on Tuesday evening, security personnel reached the spot and took the injured to the hospital located in the jail but seeing their critical condition, they were sent to the Civil Hospital for further treatment. One inmate got stitches on his head while the other suffered injuries on his fingers. One of the injured inmate, Tarun, said in 2021, he had a theft case against him. He came out on bail and started working at a factory. He was declared a proclaimed offender (PO) by the court in the case. Now, he had been in the jail for the past one year. Tarun said a friend from my neighbourhood was also lodged in the jail. One inmate was forcing his friend to consume drug deaddiction pills available at the de-addiction centre. He had told his friend not to take the pills as he might get addicted to the same. But the suspect started abusing Tarun and hit him on the head with an onion cutter. The alleged assailant also hit his own hand with the cutter. Doctors administrated stitches on his head. Clashes between inmates occur frequently in the Central Jail. Earlier also, such incidents had occurred and the authorities need to take steps to prevent such clashes. Waiter robbed of bike, mobile by six masked robbers City resident loses ~7.76L to cyber fraud Tribune News Service Ludhiana, March 19 A young waiter became the target of a brazen robbery on Monday night near Gahaur village in Dakha. Sukhraj Singh, a resident of Detwal village, was robbed of his motorcycle, mobile phone and hard-earned money as he returned home after his shift from a Mullanpur marriage palace. As the victim traversed the road connecting GT Road to Gahaur village, six individuals, with their faces covered with masks, ambushed him. They were on two motorcycles, swiftly surrounding Sukhraj. Brandishing a weapon, they instilled fear in him, leaving him with no choice but to surrender his belongings. The robbers seized his motorcycle, his mobile phone and Rs 800 cash he carried. After committing the crime, the suspects escaped, speeding off in the direction of Ludhiana. Afterwards, Sukhraj sought help, reporting the incident to the Dakha police. Responding to the victim’s complaint, officials from the Dakha police station reached the scene to initiate a probe. Dakha DSP Varinder Singh Khosa confirmed that a case of snatching had been registered on Tuesday. He emphasised the police’s commitment to swiftly identifying and apprehending the culprits. The police started examining the footage from CCTV cameras installed throughout the area. They hope these would provide clues to identify the robbers and they would be arrested soon. Tribune News Service Ludhiana, March 19 A city-based resident lost Rs 7.76 lakh to a cyber criminal. The fraudster had told the resident that his bank account was hacked and on the pretext of solving the issue, the suspect stole the money. The complainant, Inderpal Singh, a resident of Guru Nanak Nagar, told the police that on February 21, 2025, he had received a call from some unidentified number and the caller told him that his bank account was hacked and to sort out the issue, the caller demanded details of his ATM card and bank account. The complainant said he did not pay heed to the claims of the caller and put his phone number on silent mode. After sometime, when he checked his phone, he was shocked to see that Rs 7.76 lakh were stolen from his bank account. Afterwards, he lodged a police complaint and after investigation the cyber cell police station on Tuesday registered a case in the matter.