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Colleges in Ludhiana
[colleges near Ludhiana, Punjab]
1.
Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College
Gill Rd, Ludhiana, Punjab 141006 -09855400448
2.
Christian Medical College Ludhiana
Brown Rd, Ludhiana, Punjab 141008 - 0161 5010809
3.
GNDEC- [ Engineering Institution]
Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College is an engineering institution
Gill park, Gill Road
Ludhiana, Punjab 141006.
09855400448
4.
DMC-Medical college
Ludhiana, Punjab 141001 - 0161 2405501
5.
Khalsa College of Management & Technology for Women
Jhansi Road, Civil Line, Ludhiana, Punjab 141001 -0161 2429558
6.
Baba Kundan college-Dental college
Sarpanch colony,Near Jamalpur Awana.
7.
Khalsa College For Women
Ghumar Mandi, Ludhiana, Punjab 141001 -0161 2420987
8.
Sikh Missionary College
1051, Kucha No 14, Field Gunj, Ludhiana, Punjab 141008 - 0161 2661050
9.
BCM College of Education
Ludhiana, Punjab
10.
Guru Nanak Girls College
Model Town, Ludhiana, Punjab 141002 - 0161 2423872
12.
Baba Jaswant Singh Dental College
near water supply tank,New Moti Nagar,Chandigarh Road.
Phone: +91-161-2677367, 2677702
Fax: +91-161-2677326
Ludhiana ex-Mayor Nahar Singh Gill dead
Former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh condoled his death and said Mr Gill was a loyal and hardworking member of the Congress who always worked to strengthen its cadre.
Capt Singh said during his term as Mayor of Ludhiana, he worked hard for the overall development of the town and endeared himself to the people with his simplicity and positive approach.
''His death has created a vacuum which would be difficult to fill.''
Angry villagers block Punjab highway
National Highway 95 was blocked around 9.30 p.m. Friday by residents of Ghaduan village. They blocked the highway alleging that three people, including a woman, were attacked in the village and the police had failed to arrest the attackers.
There was a traffic jam on over 10 km stretch of the highway, and scores of cars, buses and trucks were stranded. It was opened for traffic early Saturday.
'Some agitated villagers blocked the highway. They alleged that some miscreants had attacked them,' a police officer said here.
Ghaduan sarpanch (village head) Sarabjit Singh said: 'Savitri Devi and her two sons were attacked by the widow's brother-in-law Ravinder Sood and a dozen miscreants Friday evening. There is some old ancestral property dispute between them.'
'When we intervened, Sood attacked us. We called the police but they did not arrest them. They let them go without taking any action. We blocked the highway to make our voices heard,' he said.
He alleged that the villagers were forced to come out on the highway due to police inaction.
The police officer said: 'Heavy police force was called on the spot. The traffic is moving freely. We are keeping a close tab on the situation.'
Savitri Devi's family said her husband died under mysterious circumstances about two years ago. They alleged that Sood murdered him and Savitri Devi had filed written complaints to senior police officers.
Ludhiana gets Rs 1,120-cr package
Ludhiana: Punjab’s deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has announced a Rs 1,120-crore package to speed up development of Ludhiana. The city recently rated as ‘best to do business in India’ by none other than the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the ‘Manchester of Asia’ has now got eight new developmental projects worth Rs 1,120 crore to further boost facilities.
He also announced the sanction of four-laning of Ludhiana-Moga-Talwandibhai road—to be completed by March 2011.
The deputy CM inaugurated Jagraon Railway over bridge on Jagraon – Raikot – Barnala road besides laid the foundation stone of eight-laining of road along Sidhwan canal touching Ferozepure road (40 crore), pedestrian under passes near Agar Nagar and Administrative complex (Rs 7.80 crore) covering of ganda nala and beautifying the road (28 crore) and construction of road in alignment with budhan nala to provide another bypass for the city (Rs 30 crore).
Badal threw the Jagraon Railway overbridge open to the traffic, solving the major problem of traffic being faced by people going from Jagraon to Raikot and Baranala. He said the present SAD-BJP government has created a World record by completing 15 rail overbridges worth Rs 300 crore in last two years and was set to complete 13 more ROBs in next 18 months. He added 15 more ROBs are in the pipeline and work on them would start in the next financial year.
Badal said Punjab government would soon announce Rs 2,500 crore package for improving civic amenities in urban areas and a core group of SAD-BJP government was giving final touches to this package, keeping in view the rising aspirations of urban people from this government. Punjab was adopting a unique model of e-sewa kendra—to become operational by March 2011. He said each e-sewa Kendra—catering to average population of two lakh—would provide 17 citizen services. He said a network of e-sewa kendra to be set up on the pattern of Karnataka Model.
Later during the day, Badal laid the foundation stone of Rs 80 lakh project to beautify the entry point at Ferozepur road to be constructed near Octroi point.
The ambitious Rs 40 crore project of eight-laining the road along Sidhwan canal to Ferozepur road, constructing the southern bypass of Ludhiana was put on fast track. This Chinese joint venture company would complete this project with in six months, easing the traffic flow in the city.
Ludhiana Airport
Ludhiana airport is spread over an area of 124.27 acres, at an elevation of 833.76 ft. The airport terminal has the capacity to handle arrival and departure of 20 flights. The dimension of the runway is 4800 ft by 100ft.
The expansion plan of Sahnewal Airport, to manage passenger flights was forwarded on 10th April 2007. The airport was previously efficient in handling 40- small seater planes. Earlier the Halwara Air Force Base was selected for expansion plan for passenger aircrafts. But was dropped due to security reasons.
ITS REALY TRUE........WOW
Ludhiana, Aug. 15 : A man in Ludhianapushed a bus, weighing 3,500 kilogram or 35 quintals, upto 10 feet using an iron rod on the eve of Independence Day (Aug. 14).
Rakesh Sharma attempted this daredevil act to earn a place in the record books. The iron rod was placed around his neck.
"This is my ‘world record’. I created this record today to mark the occasion of 15 August because before this a person in England created a world record by pushing a vehicle weighing 17 quintals. So I want my country''s name to be on top of the list. I want to register this record of mine in Guinness Book of World Records," said Rakesh Sharma, the daredevil perform.
After pushing the bus on Friday, Rakesh dedicated the feat to celebration of India’s 63rd Independence Day.
Sharma already holds various records under his name in the Limca and Guinness Book of World Records.
Previously, he had lifted a five-kilogram-weight attached to his eyes and had pulled a motorcycle with his ears.
Besides, his world record attempt, Rakesh has done 96 push ups with one hand within a minute and wants to build up a capacity of pulling heavier weights with just one ear.
About Ludhiana
Ludhiana is centrally located on the National Highway 1 from Delhi to Amritsar, and is connected to the Indian capital city of New Delhi by road and frequent train service.
Ludhiana is the richest district in the state of Punjab, and includes the most expensive fertile land of all of India........Read More