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Taxman visits 4 city jewellers
Ludhiana, September 21
The Income Tax Department today conducted simultaneous surveys of four leading jewellers of the city and seized incriminating documents and unaccounted jewellery from some places.

Lust ties rakhi bond into knots, 2 end life
Ludhiana, September 21
The conflict arising out of the transformation of a Rakhi bond into an illicit relationship led to suicide by a couple in a hotel room in Bhadaur House last night. A pocket diary found in the room revealed why the couple, Harwinder Singh, 37, and Amritpal Kaur, 21, entered into a suicide pact. Forty-one pages of the diary were found filled with highly emotional statements in which the man has expressed his guilty conscience for having ditched his wife and children and at the same time his inability to come out of the illicit relationship.

In need, her own money is no use to her
Ludhiana, September 21
Rules should be people friendly, but many a times they end up being a stumbling block, doing more harm than good. The case of 66-year-old Rughbans Kaur of Model Town, who is battling for life, is one such instance. She has suffered a brain haemorrhage and has terminal cancer and is admitted in the local Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital since August 13. 

Second wife kills first, gets life term
Ludhiana, September 21
A city court has sentenced Gurjeet Kaur of Santokh Nagar to rigorous life imprisonment on the charge of killing the first wife of her husband, Paramjteet Kaur. She had set her ablaze in connivance with her husband, Balwinder Singh, who died during the trial.

LUDHIANA CALLING Things have been moving at snail’s pace after the Punjab Local Bodies Minister, Chaudhry Jagjit Singh, laid the foundation stone of a flyover (at Lakkar Bridge) that would connect Civil Lines with the old city. Not many people are happy with the slow pace of work. But everyone is not unhappy either. Non-cooperative public Gear load Bad roads

CRIME

6 booked for cheating
Jagraon, September 21
The Raikot police, on the complaint of Mr Sadhu Singh, a resident of the Tajpur Road area, Raikot, has registered a case under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, IPC, against travel agent Kulbir Singh Dhillon, Navjot Kaur, alias Joti, Gurdev Singh Dardi, Tej Kaur, Amar Rani and Bittu of Barnala.

BUSINESS

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ABVP activists burn Principal's effigy
Ludhiana, September 21
The local unit of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) held a demonstration and burnt the effigy of Principal of the DAV Public School, BRS Nagar, in front of school premises to protest against what the ABVP vice-President, Mr Sandeep Kapoor, called "use of unfair methods in the recently held elections to the Punjab University Senate for the graduate constituency".

PAU approves appointment of three heads
Ludhiana, September 21
The Board of Management of Punjab Agricultural University today approved the appointment of three heads of departments at a meeting chaired by Dr Kirpal Singh Aulakh, Vice-Chancellor.

Polytechnic teachers support GNEC faculty strike

Ludhiana, September 21 The teachers of Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College (GNEC), who are protesting against the suspension of a faculty member following a controversy about his mishandling a student, today got a shot in the arm when the teachers of Guru Nanak Dev Polytechnic College also joined their stir. Three students on indefinite fast at Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College in Ludhiana on Tuesday. — Photo by SA

From Schools & Colleges
93 participate in painting contest

Ludhiana, September 21 A district-level painting competition was held today at Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Bharat Nagar Chowk, by the Indian Red Cross Society under the guidance of Principal Kamaljit Kaur. The theme of the contest was “my school”. Winners of a district-level painting contest held at Girls Senior Secondary School, Bharat Nagar Chowk, in Ludhiana on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Woman saved

Ludhiana, September 21 Dr Baldev Singh Aulakh, Urologist and Transplant Surgeon of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital has saved the life of a 37-year-old female by performing a 10-hour-long rare kidney surgery. The patient had blockage in both the kidneys. Her left kidney had failed completely due to the blockage because it was not detected early, a hospital spokesperson disclosed. A patient convalsces at the Dayanand Medical College Hospital after a rare kidney surgery was performed on her.

SPORTS

Women’s hockey on Sept 24, 25
Ludhiana, September 21
The second edition of the Ludhiana District Ranjodh Grewal Memorial Hockey Tournament for Women will be held here at Guru Nanak Stadium on September 24 and 25, according to Mr Sukhbir Singh Grewal, president, District Women Hockey Association, Ludhiana (DWHAL).