K. K. Garg

After taking action against two officials of the forest and wildlife department of Sariska following the death of a relocated tiger, the Rajasthan government has now transferred Field Director and Chief Conservator of Forest, Sariska, K K Garg.

'Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has imposed advance consumption deposit (ACD) scheme based on the last one year's consumption, on the furnace industry and other bulk consumers. This will affect the furnace industry, which is already reeling under a crisis.' This was stated by induction furnace association of north India president K K Garg on Tuesday.

Tall claims of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited to provide uninterrupted power supply have fallen flat. From Friday onwards, the industrial units have been facing cuts.

Rising operational cost due to hike in customs duty and input rates is pushing over 100 induction furnace units and steel rolling mills of Ludhiana to the verge of closing down.

A gruesome murder incident involving killing of an elderly couple and their domestic help in Kajheri in 2007, reached its conclusion, when the court of district and sessions judge K K Garg handed down life imprisonment to accused Rajiv, a Bihar resident.

There has been a striking rise in the stipend being provided to students recruited for training in various companies.This has now become a placement trend in professional colleges.

Irked by the failure of the budget in giving relief to the ailing industry, industrialists have formed a chamber of industry and commercial entrepreneurs to highlight the needs of the industry.

A new association, Furnace and Allied Industries Association (FAIA), has been formed on Friday. And 50 industrialists are members as of now. Interestingly, Vaishno Gupta, who a week ago unsuccessfully contested elections of Ludhiana Furnace Alliance, has been elected as FAIA president.

A team of the Food and Drugs Administration department Haryana on Thursday swooped down on four chemist shops and one unlicensed premises.

Despite a few industrial associations backing out of their protest scheduled for December 16, the ones which plan to go ahead with it held a meeting at the office of the Chamber of Industrial and Trading Enterpreneurs (CITE), which represents 18 associations.

One person died and 10 others were injured in a boiler blast that took place in a secondary steel manufacturing company in Phase VII, Focal Point, on Wednesday morning.

He also said that people should ensure that such people did not become their representatives for the sake of their children's safety.

The tiger found dead in Sariska reserve last month was poisoned, according to a forensic report whose finding may lead to concern over the safety of other translocated big cats there.

One of the oldest and also popular alumni bodies of students in the city, the PEC Old Students Association (Pecosa) has officially abandoned its old website following a dispute with a former alumnus.

The furnace industry of Ludhiana has claimed that due to the weekly offs imposed by Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), it will face production loss of Rs 1,000 crore.

A delegation of city businessmen led by furnace industry representatives met the new Union minister of steel, Ramchandra Prasad Singh at his office in New Delhi recently. The businessmen held a brief discussion with the minister over the issues being faced by the industry especially the factories located in Punjab.