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Taxmen raid 20 premises
Ludhiana, February 21
Officials of the Direct Investigation wing of the income tax department conducted surveys on more than 20 premises, including offices and residences of leading business stores of property dealers, home furnishing outlet and others in the city. Undisclosed income worth crore of rupees is expected to be revealed after these surveys, said sources.
PAU website
goes offline
Bills not paid, says host; Varsity says not true
Ludhiana, February 21
The Punjab Agricultural University website www.pau.edu.com is offline due to "non-payment of dues". The PAU authorities have rubbished the allegations by Anoop Gupta of Cyberframe Solutions that a payment of Rs 37,000 stood against PAU - charges of Rs 27,000 till February 18,2008, and Rs 10,000 as annual maintenance charges.
Pile Up
Rs 2 lakh for kin of deceased
Ludhiana, February 21
The PRTC has constituted a committee to probe yesterday's accident in which a PRTC bus mowed down several vehicles killing two and injuring six persons.
PCR squad loses fuel to serve
Ludhiana, February 21
The functioning of the police control room (PCR) motorcycle squad has been hit owing to the drastic cut in its fuel supply.
This squad, considered the best deterrent to crime, has been rendered ineffective. From unlimited petrol supply six years ago to seven litres last year and finally three litres now, the motorcycle fleet is forced to stand more on the roadside than patrol city roads.
PCR bike parked on a road side. — A Tribune photograph |
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Woman’s kin thrash husband, father
Ludhiana, February 21
A dispute between a couple, married for 18 years now and having a 16-year-old son also, brought their respective parents at loggerheads and caused tension on Tibba Road where two persons were injured allegedly due to chemical spray by the relatives of the woman.
MLA demands Shatabdi from Ludhiana
Ludhiana, February 21
Jassi Khangura, MLA, Congress, has sought a third ''people-friendly" Shatabdi train from Ludhiana to Delhi as Ludhiana constitutes 45 per cent of the inbound Shatabdi traffic to Delhi together with 30 per cent of the outbound traffic from Delhi.
Regularisation of service
Govt employees’ families threaten relay fast
Mandi Ahmedgarh, February 21
Families of as many as 52 state government employees have threatened to start a relay fast in case services of their bread winners were not regularised soon.
Freedom fighter’s statue to be relocated
Samrala, February 21
Kin of late Girdhari Lal Sharma, a freedom fighter of Palaudi village, having agreed to shifting of his statue from Machhiwara Chowk, the civil administration has initiated the process to install the memorial at a more suitable place. Besides controlling the accident rate, the move will facilitate residents pay floral tributes to the freedom fighter according to their convenience, claimed the authorities.
Guru Ravi Dass birth anniversary celebrated
Ludhiana, February 21
Various social and political organisations celebrated the 631st birth anniversary of Guru Ravi Dass here today.
RMS employees hold dharna
Ludhiana, February 21
Activists of the All-India RMS and MMS Employees Union and the National Union of RMS and MMS Employees today organised a dharna at railway station here to press for implementation of their pending demands, which were conceded during the strike on April 19, 2007.
RMS employees hold a dharna at the railway station to press for the acceptance of their demands in Ludhiana on Thursday.
— A Tribune photograph |
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