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Husband, friends booked for rape of minor
Girl married off forcibly
Ludhiana, May 17
A 10-month-long struggle of a minor girl to get criminal action against her husband and some of his friends who allegedly forced her mother to marry her off without her will has finally borne fruit when the Jagraon police today registered a case of forcible marriage and rape against the accused persons, some of whom belong to affluent families of Jagraon. The police has also booked her mother for marrying off the minor girl.

Gas cylinders in coaches, no big deal for Railways
Ludhiana, May 17
Do the railway authorities wake up from deep slumber only after they are shaken by a tragedy and do not bother about the violation of fire safety norms on a regular basis?

Blocked lifeline: An exit door blocked with luggage on the Guwahati-Jammu Mail in Ludhiana on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

7 of train fire victims belonged to one family
Ludhiana, May 17
The search for seven missing members of a family from Hyderabad came to a tragic end here this morning with postmortem examination and identification by relatives confirming that the seven remaining unclaimed bodies at the Civil Hospital were in fact of the missing persons.

• Victims assured of best treatment

Dowry death in Phillaur
Phillaur, May 17
A newly married woman of Basti Jodhewal, Ludhiana, was allegedly killed for dowry by her in-laws in Phillaur early this morning causing tension in the area.

Kanchan Rani’s mother being consoled by her relatives outside the Civil Hospital, Phillaur, on Saturday. — Photo Pradeep Tewari

Ludhiana DC transferred
Ludhiana, May 17
In a major reshuffle , in which 60 IAS officers were recently shifted in the state , the Deputy Commissioner of Ludhiana , Mr Anurag Agarwal , has also been transferred . He would be swapping places with the Deputy Commissioner, Bathinda, Mr Anurag Verma.

COMMUNITY

Johar reviews progress of development works
Ludhiana, May 17
Mr Harnam Dass Johar, Higher Education Minister, has said the state government was committed to provide all basic amenities to the urban population in the state and more than Rs 100 crore has already been released for carrying out these works in the different cities and towns of the state.

Bank staff strike on May 21
Ludhiana, May 17
In response to a call given by the All India Bank Employees Association, the bank employees in Punjab will observe strike on May 21.

1 killed as well caves in
Sahnewal, May 17
One person was killed and another injured while they were digging a well on the Jandiali road, near here, last evening.

DC inaugurates school for slum kids
Ludhiana, May 17
The Nishkam Seva Ashram today started a school in Jamuna slums, situated along the Pakhowal canal. There are around 150 hutments in the area. Since these people live in abject poverty, education always seemed out of their reach.

Notice of motion to schools on donation issue
Ludhiana, May 17
Taking up a public interest litigation (PIL) with allegations of charging ‘hefty donations and other charges’ for giving admissions to pre-nursery, nursery and LKG classes by five leading CBSE-affiliated city schools, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered the issuance of notice of motion to the principals of these school and other respondents returnable by July 3.

More land sought for law college
Ludhiana, May 17
Mr Harnam Dass Johar, Higher Education Minister, Punjab, has announced that the process to arrange sufficient land for the Law College, to be started in the city, has been initiated and a four-storeyed new building of the college would be constructed, where all latest facilities for the students, including a library, would be provided.

Parents give reminder to ADC
Ludhiana, May 17
The parents’ association which had submitted a complaint to the Additional Deputy Commissioner against Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School, Sarabha Nagar, and DAV Public School, BRS Nagar, accusing them of demanding donations for admissions of children to nursery or KG classes two months ago, has now sent a reminder.

Environment awareness campaign
Ludhiana, May 17
Staff of the Mai Bhago College for Women, Ramgarh (Ludhiana) organised an environment awareness campaign for the students of Government High School, Ramgarh, under the aegis of the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology, Chandigarh.