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Renowned weightlifter not allowed to participate
Ludhiana, June 26
Domicile status came in the way of arguably one of the deserving candidates to hold the Queen’s baton.Arjuna awardee weightlifter Tara Singh, who has 38 National Games records under his belt, was not allowed to run with the baton during its relay. Reason — he does not belong to the city.
A nightmare for veteran players
Ludhiana, June 26
The worst fear of elderly sports persons came out to be true during the Queens baton relay as several of them were seen getting dehydrated due to heatstroke.
Docs protest against Clinical Establishment Bill
Small hospitals, medicos for its
withdrawal
Ludhiana, June 26
Terming the Clinical Establishment Bill as a move of the Central government to eliminate small hospitals and clinics, city doctors observed a "black day" today by organising protest meetings in small groups.
Seminar marks Anti-Drug Addiction Day
Mandi Gobindgarh, June 26
District police, Fathegarh Sahib, and Desh Bhagat Institute of Advance Computer Sciences, Mandi Gobindgarh, organised a seminar on the occasion of International Anti-Drug Addiction Day.
Cops to monitor rehabilitation of drug addicts
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 26
Terming drug addiction to be the main hurdle in ideal development of wards of certain professions like transport, garage management and automobile repair, the police has launched a co-ordinated movement to monitor family affairs of addicts desirous to get rid of the menace.
Cops organise play on drug abuse
Ludhiana, June 26
The Punjab police along with the Punjab Medical Representative Association (PMRA) in its drive against narcotics, drug abuse and its repercussions on society at large organised a play at Sherpur in Ludhiana.
City MP raps Badal on water issue
Ludhiana, June 26
City MP Manish Tewari today rapped Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for his attempts to exploit the alleged public sentiments by raising the issue of the distribution of water in a wrong way.
... says small-scale units state govt’s responsiblity
Ludhiana, June 26
The development of small-scale industry is the sole responsibility of the state government but the Akali-BJP government is always alleging step-motherly treatment by the Centre although most of the development activities and industrial packages in the state are funded by the Centre.
2 cyclists die in accident
Samrala June 26
Two cyclists sustained grievous injuries after being hit by a speeding private bus near Kohara at about 8 pm last night. A highway police patrolling party took them to a private hospital from where they were referred to a hospital in Ludhiana.
Dirty water supply upsets residents
Ludhiana, June 26
Owing to the non-cleansing of the water supply tank in E Block of Shaheed Bhagat Singh
(SBS) Nagar, residents living in Housefed houses are constantly falling sick after drinking its water.
Contaminated water in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar being shown through the PAU water-testing kit;
Phtos: Inderjeet Verma
Now, chartered autos on call
Ludhiana, June 26
People who don’t want to travel in autos packed with passengers or can’t afford hired cabs, will now be able to call chartered autos on a telephone call.Dhanda Autoneeds has launched the much-needed service in the city and chosen 4545454 as their telephone number. Harish Rai
Dhanda, chief parliamentary secretary, flagged off the fleet of 20 vehicles.
Eating joints’ mania can be fatal
Doraha, June 26
“Time bound home delivery of munchies and that too at the cost of a life! No way warranted!” Even the customers agree but fail to think rationally when
personalised.
Meet on N-security implications
Ludhiana, June 26
Safeguarding nuclear weapons, technological advancement and use of nuclear energy for food, agriculture, water processing and power, increasing the role of armed forces in reformed security calculus, evolving positive and constructive state behaviour are the key issues that need to be addressed in the context of nuclear security, said Milan Naidu, Lt-Gen and Former Deputy Chief of Army Staff, while addressing members of the Ludhiana Management Association on the topic "Nuclear security and its implications in India".
Hike In Gold Prices
Yellow metal fails to charm people
Ludhiana, June 26
Gold prices have seen a record increase in the past a few months. Gold, which the Indians earlier bought for an investment purpose, is now out of their reach. Now, its price of Rs 18,910 per 10-gram is making people to shy away from buying it. The demand of the yellow metal failed to increase even during the wedding season or during festivals like Akshaya Tritiya. Prices of gold have increased 90 times during the past 40 years
Mud mortar replaces cement
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 26
In order to fight with shortage of sand and gravel following blanket ban on the mining along the riverbeds in the state by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, people of the area have started using mud mortar to fix the bricks.
A mason uses mud mortar to construct a boundary wall at Dehlon village near Ahmedgarh. Photo: Mahesh Sharma
Blood Transfusion
Patient dies after toll plaza staff detain donor
Phillaur, June 26
Rakesh Kumar, a resident of a nearby Sindhwan village, died for the want of blood transfusion as Gurmukh Singh, a resident of the same village could not reach Ludhiana Hospital due to the heavy traffic and lackadaisical attitude of Ladhuwal toll plaza employees. Gurmukh was supposed to donate blood to Rakesh.
Abduction, Murder Case
Kin seek extradition of conspirators
 Ludhiana, June 26
Though the police nabbed the killers of Vikramjit Singh, son of an industrialist who was kidnapped and murdered four years ago, but the victim’s family is demanding extradition of key conspirators who are allegedly conducting their criminal activities from Dubai and the United Kingdom.
Vikramjit Singh
Quick bucks, girlfriend lured him to commit crime
Ludhiana, June 26
It’s been four years since Vikram's family lost their only son to abductors, who kidnapped him for ransom but his family has not been able to come to terms with reality as they still have no clue why the perpetrator of his crime eliminated him for money.
The main accused in Vikramjit’s murder case Jagminder (first from right) and Rajinder (centre) in police custody in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Inderjeet Verma
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