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Powercom: Promises fall flat
Ludhiana, May 29
Punjab State Power Corporation (Powercom) has failed to redress the grievances of consumers who are still suffering on account of powerless nights.
Astrologers, tantriks chicken out
Ludhiana, May 29
Astrologers and tantriks today failed to accept the challenge put forth by the Taraksheel Society of Punjab, an NGO working to disengage people from the clutches of superstition, and chickened out.
Blindfolded motorbike ride by Samrat Shankar
ACP may land in trouble
Ludhiana, May 29
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) might land in a soup for giving green light to a blindfolded magician for a daredevil motorcycle ride.
Power cuts during vacations
Blessings in disguise for parents
Doraha, May 29
Even though the electricity department continues to face consumers’ wrath due to the frequent scheduled and unscheduled power cuts, a few distraught parents and guardians are, however, grateful to it especially during summer vacations as it has become difficult to tighten the noose over the unruly kids whose TV hours they are finding difficult to fix any more.
Naushehrvi to be honoured today
Ludhiana, May 29
Literary figures of the region will honour noted Punjabi writer Hamdardveer Naushehrvi at a function to be organised in Samrala tomorrow. Well-known playwright Ajmer Singh Aulakh will preside over the function. This was stated in a press note issued here today.
Wasting water? Beware, MC adopts zero tolerance
Doraha, May 29
If on- the- spot fines are any indication, the Municipal Corporation has finally decided to adopt zero tolerance when it comes to keeping a check on the problem of water crisis.
De-addiction Drive
NSS volunteers launch door-to-door campaign
Doraha, May 29
Students of Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, carried out a de-addiction drive at Balala and Lopon villages today.
Mobiles, accessories stolen
Ludhiana, May 29
Thieves struck at a mobile repair store, JM Communication, located on the Barewal road and decamped with mobiles and accessories worth nearly Rs 50,000 here today.
Device to remove artery blockage in India
Ludhiana, May 29
“SilverHawk Atherectomy Device”, a device that drills and removes blockages in arteries, has been brought to India.
Two flee after stealing car
Ludhiana, May 29
In yet another incident of theft, thieves stole a car parked outside a house located opposite a gurdwara in Kitchul Nagar area here today.
Cheque-bounce cases
Two get one-year jail
Ludhiana, May 29
Court of Judicial Magistrate Yukti Goyal has convicted two persons in cheque-bounce cases. They were ordered to undergo sentence of one year each. They were also ordered to pay a fine of Rs 5,000 each.
Hockey
Jarkhar Academy taste victory
Ludhiana, May 29
Jarkhar Academy prevailed over Grewal Hockey Academy, Kila Raipur, 5-3 in the junior section on the pen-ultimate day of the inaugural edition of Olympian Prithipal Singh Six-a-Side Hockey League at Mata Sahib Kaur Stadium, Jarkhar, near here today.
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Ludhiana, May 29
