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False Claim
No action likely against Parteek
Ludhiana, June 6
A day after 17-year-old Parteek Bajwa took everybody for a ride claiming that he bagged a job with NASA, no action is likely to be taken against him for want of a complaint.
Life term for daughter-in-law’s murder in Canada
Punishment right, say fellow villagers
Saharan Majra, June 6
"People who kill women should be given the worst of punishment so that nobody can dare to eliminate them.” This was a common sentiment echoed by villagers of Saharan Majra village in Ludhiana district near here, whose native Kamikar Singh Dhillon was ordered life term in Canada yesterday.
‘He must prove charges on
her character’
Issru (Ludhiana): “We do not comment on decision of the Canadian Court to award life sentence to killers of our daughter. But we do want that he should be asked to prove allegations he levelled against her character in the court.”
Tab on tormentors in place
 Ludhiana, June 6
To keep a tab on snatchers and eve-teasers, the city police installed eight close-circuit television cameras
(CCTVs) in the posh Sarabha Nagar market here today. The CCTV cameras were installed in collaboration with shopkeepers. A mini-control room with televisions to monitor activities was also installed in the market.
A CCTV camera at the Sarabha Nagar market in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Tapping the right foot is in
Ludhiana, June 6
With changing times, especially with the introduction of reality shows, dance seems to be changing it’s meaning with youngsters.
Unwelcome Return
Hostile villagers ensure couple’s ouster
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 6
Succumbing to social pressure, a Dalit of Tota Puri Colony in Kup Kalan village in Sangrur district, near here, disallowed his son and daughter-in-law to live in his house. His wife was also asked to leave the house, as she had sympathised with the couple, who had married against the wishes of their parents two years ago.
A mass marriage being conducted by the Punjab Nishkam Sewa Dal in Ludhiana
on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
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City Concerns
Allot separate place for protesters
Ludhiana is a city burdened with traffic, accidents are a norm here and administration has no solution. Ferozepore road being the busiest road causes a lot of trouble for the commuters.
Plantation drive by pollution control board
Ludhiana, June 6
Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), Ludhiana, has launched a plantation drive on the World Environment Day. The campaign was started by planting saplings at Ason Industries, Bhagwan Chowk, Ludhiana, by Lalit Sharma (board member) and MChauhan (Xen), PPCB, in co-ordination with the United Cycle and Parts Manufacturers Association, Ludhiana.
Toppers honoured at school
Doraha, June 6
The PSEB class X merit holders of Guru Nanak Model Senior Secondary School (GNMSSS) were felicitated at a function organised on school campus here today.
500 NCC cadets attend camp
Khamano, June 6
A combined annual training camp under the aegis of the 19 Punjab Battalion NCC, Ludhiana, is being held at JNV, Farour, near here,
Insurance employees meet
 Ludhiana, June 6
The eighth divisional conference of the Northern Zone Insurance Employees Association
(NZIEA), divisional committee, was held today. The conference was presided over by Harbans Singh, divisional president. Annual report of the Ludhiana divisional committee was presented by Amarjit Singh, divisional secretary, on behalf of the outgoing committee.
Anil Kumar Bhatnagar, general secretary of the Northern Zone Insurance Employees Association, during a conference in Ludhiana on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
200 examined at medical camp
Ludhiana, June 6
The Rising Youth Association (RYA) organised a free medical check-up camp in association with Ludhiana Medicity at Rotary Bhawan here today.
A potter tends to his earthen pots as sales pick up in summer in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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‘New-genre poetess, writer assertive of rights’
Ludhiana, June 6
"New genre writers/poetess have come out of the shackles of subjugation by men and have become assertive of their rights as is evident from their written accounts," said Dr Sukhjit Singh during the release of
Dahleez, a book by Kamalpreet Sanghera. The book was released at a special function organised at Punjabi Bhawan yesterday.
Dehleez, an anthology of poems, implies to the age old "parameters" set up by men for women and the newfound aggression in them, which prompts them to "rebel" against the dictates.
New 66 kV grid to supply power to 52 villages
Khamano, June 6
Residents of 52 villages in Fatehgarh district can now hope to get uninterrupted power supply with a 66 kV grid having been commissioned in Hargana village near here a few days ago. The grid was inaugurated by former Lok Sabha deputy speaker Charanjit Atwal.
A view of the standing paddy crop ahead of the transplantation season, which commences on June 10, in
Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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Rs 214.30 cr for sewerage
Ludhiana, June 6
Hira Singh Gabria, minister for jails and tourism, Punjab, yesterday said the state government was spending Rs 241.30 crores for providing sewerage facilities to the city residents. Gabria made this statement while laying the foundation stone of sewerage lines at Preet Nagar, ward number 7. The cost of laying 6-km sewerage lines at Preet Nagar and Baba Jeewan Singh Nagar will be about Rs 1.75 crores.
Timber shop gutted
Ludhiana, June 6
Fire broke out at Amar Singh Mohan Singh and Sons, at the Timber Market here, on Friday night. Two fire fighting vans were sent to douse the fire.
Public Parks
Haven for lovebirds, headache for others
 Ludhiana, June 6
Public parks of the city are fast becoming a haven for all sorts of unlawful activities, be it gambling, eve-teasing, snatching, suicides and even drug addiction. Those visiting these parks are experiencing the best and the worst of both worlds.
GAMBLING DEN: Streetchildren play cards at Rose Garden in
Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
2 tipsy cops suspended for extorting money
Mullanpur Dakha, June 6
SSP, Ludhiana, Rural, Harinder Singh suspended two cops of the Jagraon police, when they were found in drunken state collecting money by stopping the vehicles on the National Highway near Chowkiman village.
Five injured as auto-rickshaw overturns
Ludhiana, June 6
Five passengers were injured following a collision of auto-rickshaw and scooter at Baba Than Singh Chowk, here, this afternoon.
Smack, cocaine replace poppy husk, opium
Courier caught in police net
Ludhiana/Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 6
If disclosures made by couriers nabbed by the police are any indicator, the industrial city and surrounding localities have become the epicenter of drug addiction. Smack, cocaine and heroine are fast replacing poppy and opium among addicts in the age group of 19- 30 years.
Despite registration of large number of cases under the NDPS Act, the police has failed to nab real culprits, who enjoy the patronage of political leaders.
Bhagwant Singh, In charge, CIA, Bahadur Singh Wala, interrogates
Jasbir Kaur. Photo: Mahesh Sharma
One held for SIM card fraud
Jagraon, June 6
The police booked and arrested a shopkeeper on Friday for selling SIM cards on fake identities.
The accused, identified as Raman Kumar of Karnail Gate, was running a provision store and a book store.
Three booked for land grab
Raikot, June 6
A septuagenarian, farmer at Rachhin village, has accused his neighbour of fraudulently getting his land transferred. Jagir Singh (72), in his complaint to Ludhiana SSP (rural) Harinder Singh Chahal had stated that he used to live alone in his 17 Kanal house.
Minor blackmailed into gangrape, case registered
No arrest made so far
Jagraon, June 6
A minor girl of Chuhar Chak village near Ajitwal has complained of being gangraped by a group of youths continuously for many days after blackmailing her as they had recorded the rape scene on their mobile phone.
Mohit shines in Mahajan Juniors win
 Ludhiana, June 6
The Mahajan Juniors recorded an emphatic 67-run victory over the Coaching Centre to begin their campaign in a style in the 15th edition of the Chaman Lal Malhotra Cricket Cup Tournament (U-14) being played at MGM Public School,
Dugri, here, today.
The match between Coaching Centre and Mahajan Juniors in progress at MGM Public School, Dugri, on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
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Ludhiana, June 6
