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Woman accuses husband of bigamy
FIR lodged 27 years after first complaint
Ludhiana, May 3
Twentyseven years after a woman accused her husband of bigamy, the Payal police has finally lodged an FIR and arrested the accused, a multimillionaire property dealer from Vikas Nagar, last midnight amidst intense family drama.

15-mark question out of syllabus
Law students at the receiving end
Ludhiana, May 3
A day after the affirmation given by the PU Vice-Chancellor, Dr RC Sobti, that strict action will be taken against erring paper setters, the law students found themselves in a Catch 22 situation as a 15-mark question from the paper of Taxation Law, IV semester, was out of syllabus.

BJP issues show-cause notice to Grewal
Ludhiana, May 3
Local BJP leader Sukhminder Singh Grewal is in trouble with the national BJP executive deciding to issue him show-cause notice for his recent statement in which he claimed that the Badal father-son duo wanted to eliminate him.

COOL DIP: Amateur swimmers of Ludhiana can now heave a sigh of relief with municipal corporation authorities appointing a coach at its swimming pool. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Price Cut Fallout
Steel buyers get good bargains
Ludhiana, May 3
The downward trend in steel prices is finally percolating to steel-consuming industry, which has started offering products at reduced rates.

PCCTU Poll
Bickering over list of candidates
Ludhiana, May 3
The district-level elections of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) are scheduled for tomorrow but the two factions have already started flinging mud at each other.

Zila Parishad Poll
Polling staff already deputed
Ludhiana, May 3
Sumer Singh Gurjar, deputy commissioner, has asked all political parties and candidates to fully cooperate with the election machinery engaged for conducting free and fair elections to 12 panchayat samitis and one zila parishad in the district on May 12, an official press note said here today.

COMMUNITY

Press crucial for success of democracy: Mattewal
Ludhiana, May 3
International Press Freedom Day was jointly organised by the India Media Centre and the Punjab Union of Journalists in Hotel le Baron here today.

• Body found

School attack suspect held
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 3
The Sudhar police has arrested Gurinder Singh of Jangpur, who along with his other accomplice had been booked under various sections of the law by two police stations for allegedly attempting to murder Jaswant Kaur and attacking Rajjoana Public School two days ago.

Biz Word
SBI Life records profit
Ludhiana, May 3
SBI Life Insurance Company Limited announced that it had recorded a net profit of Rs 34 crore for the financial year ending March 31.

PU VC’s address provokes teachers’ panel
Sobti says he was insulted
Ludhiana, May 3
The Government College Teachers Association and a large number of SCD Government College lecturers have condemned Panjab University, Chandigarh, vice-chancellor, Dr R.C. Sobti’s address during the annual convocation of the college here yesterday.

From Schools
KVM holds meet on dietary habits
Ludhiana, May 3
KVM organised a health talk by Dr Prashant Anand, a nutritionist from Delhi, on the school premises here today.

Tiny tots perform a dance during the award ceremony at BCM School; and (right) a contestant expresses his views during the inter-school declamation contest at Nehru Sidhant Kender in Ludhiana. — Tribune photos by Inderjeet Verma

 

COURTS

3 get life term in murder case
Ludhiana, May 3
The court of additional sessions judge M S Virdi has sentenced a woman, Munno, and her two sons, Charanjit Singh and Meet Ram, of Model Town, Khanna, to undergo rigorous life imprisonment on the charges of killing a neighbouring woman, Paramjit Kaur, in September 2003.

Save your skin from scorching sun: Expert
Ludhiana, May 3
The rise in mercury and scorching sun rays can wreak havoc on the general health and especially skin, which needs special care during this particular season.

• Basic rules for sun protection

French surgeon performs knee surgery
Ludhiana, May 3
More than 60 orthopaedic surgeons from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh witnessed a mobile-bearing total-knee replacement surgery performed by world renowned orthopaedic surgeon from France Dr Jean-Louis Briard at SPS Apollo Hospital here today.

SPORTS

Punjab, J&K karatekas dominate
Ludhiana, May 3
Hosts Punjab and participants from Jammu and Kashmir dominated the proceedings on the inaugural day of the 6th All-India Ashihara Karate Championship being held at Vandana Palace, Link Road, here today.



Participants in action on the opening day of the All-India Ashihara Karate Championship organised in Ludhiana on Saturday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

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