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Liquor worth Rs 4.5 lakh seized
Cases smuggled for Zila Parishad poll
Ludhiana, May 8
The state excise department has seized 300 cases of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth more than Rs 4.5 lakh from the Nurpur Bet village here today.

Limping Lakshmi to get back pace
Ludhiana, May 8
Doctors at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) have a special patient — Lakshmi, a female elephant who was brought here by four persons from Ambala.

Lakshmi being examined by veterinary doctors at GADVASU Hospital in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Two get life in murder case
SGPC chief’s media adviser acquitted
Ludhiana, May 8
Court of the Additional Sessions Judge Gurbir Singh has sentenced Sarabjit Singh and Inderjeet Singh of Khanna to undergo life imprisonment on the charges of killing Jaswinder Singh of Khanna.

Gang of yarn thieves busted
Ludhiana, May 8
The city police has busted a gang of yarn thieves
while they were planning to commit yet another theft late last night.


Yarn thieves in police custody. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Mother of three shown the door
MLA marks inquiry but cops just won’t act
Ludhiana, May 8
Jyoti, 25, a mother of three, who was shown the door by her husband, a sweet meat seller of Haibowal, is finding it hard to feed her children.

BJP leader Mehra found dead
Ludhiana, May 8
Suresh Kumar Mehra of the BJP, former PA to deputy speaker Satpal Gosain, was found dead near Bhattian village this morning.

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Three minors sent back home
Ludhiana, May 8
Three minor boys, who had gone missing from Haibowal yesterday, were traced by the police and restored to their anxious parents today.

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Youth found dead
Sister cries foul
Jagraon, May 8
Body of Parminder Singh, alias Pinda, of Sidhwan Kalan (22), was found lying on the outskirts of the village in mysterious circumstances today.

Malls pulling in young shoppers
Ludhiana, May 8
Newfound mall culture in Ludhiana has opened a Pandora's box for compulsive city shoppers, giving them an access to their preferred international brands on much competent prices.

COOL STUFF: Youngsters hover around shopping malls to pick kurtis designed by Indian designers. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Cut in steel rates meagre, says industry
Ludhiana, May 8
Large steel producers might have agreed to reduce steel prices but the local industry today termed it as “meager” compared to the increase they affected in the past few months.

IT dept seizes Rs 1.36 cr
Ludhiana, May 8
The income tax department seized Rs 1.36 crore from various parties after the raids that were conducted yesterday.

Members of the Sarkari School Sikhya Bachaoo Manch agitate in front the Mini Secretariat in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Corporal punishment goes unchecked in schools
Ludhiana, May 8
Corporal punishment continues unchecked in a few schools, with a large number of teachers and even the administration taking it to be the best option to discipline children.

Seminar on Canadian education
Ludhiana, May 8
"If you seek a truly international educational experience, Canada is the place for you," said Parvinder Burn, CEO (South Asia), Canadian Education Consultancy Services (CECS), during a seminar at Guru Nanak Dev Polytechnic (GNDP) yesterday.

From Colleges
Corporates hunt for talent at RIMT
Mandi Gobindgarh, May 8
The RIMT-Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), Mandi Gobindgarh, organised a campus placement drive for BBA and BTech and diploma engineering students on Wednesday.

Winners of a poetry competition at Sanatan Vidya Mandir School in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Tiny tots enjoy a pool party at B.D. Goenka Public School in Ludhiana. — A Tribune photograph

Auditions for music show today
Ludhiana, May 8
Zee TV will hold auditions for its programme “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sangeet Ka Dwitiya Vishwayudh 2008” here tomorrow.

Critically ill migrant needs financial help
Ludhiana, May 8
Arun Kumar, a 27-year-old migrant daily wager from Uttar Pradesh, is critically ill and might die in the absence of timely financial help to continue his treatment.

150 medicos donate blood
Ludhiana, May 8
To mark International Thalassemia Day and World Red Cross Day, the departments of transfusion medicine and paediatrics of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) jointly organised the 9th medicos blood donation camp here today.

Medicos donate blood at a camp organised to mark World Red Cross Day and International Thalassemia Day at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Symposium on glaucoma at CMC
Ludhiana, May 8
The department of physiology at Christian Medical College (CMC) organised a postgraduate symposium on “glaucoma” here today.

Docs’ paper finds place in European journal
Ludhiana, May 8
A paper “Can we perform coronary artery bypass grafting on the basis of computed tomographic angiography alone? A comparison with conventional coronary angiography,” has been published in vol 33 of the prestigious European Journal of Cardio Thoracic Surgery.

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