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Abusive caller walks into honeytrap
Ingenius fire department staff help catch the culprit
Ludhiana, June 30
The voice of a girl proved to be the undoing for a youth, who used to abuse helpline operator of a fire brigade located near Laxmi Cinema.
The abusive caller had become a headache for the fire department as he
had made it a routine to call on this number.
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Traffic signals show all three lights at the same time, leaving commuters confused at Aggar Nagar in
Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Cong leader shot at
Jagraon, June 30
Pritam Singh Akhara, a Congress leader, was shot from a point blank range at Akahara village today morning. Akhara, a former district general secretary of the Ludhiana district and the right hand of Jagmeet Singh Brar, a former MP from
Faridkot, was attacked when he along with other villagers were returning from a crematorium.
5,000 taxpayers to file returns again
Rs 60 cr goes to suspense account
Ludhiana, June 30
The income tax department has transferred Rs 60 crore to the suspense account as the
e-TDS returns filed by nearly 5,000 tax payees were found to be incorrect.
All 5,000-tax payees will now be required to file their returns once again. The returns had been filed for 2008-09.
Electric trees on the blink
Ludhiana, June 30
The project of installing electric trees, put up as a “beautification mark” throughout the city about four-five years ago by the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation, has turned out to be a complete failure. Installed by paying crores of rupees, neither the authorities nor the contractors or the area councillors have paid any heed towards its maintenance, with the result that all these trees have “died”.
‘Punjab is where our hearts belong’
Ludhiana, June 30
Having fallen head over heels in love with ‘Punjabiat’, actors Jimmy Shergill and Neeru Bajwa are ready with their next Punjabi flick, ‘Mel Karade Rabba’.
Jimmy Shergill and Neeru Bajwa strike a pose during the promotion of their forthcoming film “Mel Karade Rabba” at Waves Multiplex in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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Man, daughters allege hospital apathy
Sahnewal, June 30
A man and his two daughters, who were admitted to the local civil hospital on Saturday, have alleged that the doctors did not treat them properly. They also complained that the police, too, was not ready to take immediate action against those responsible for landing them in such a position.
Harbans Singh with his daughters Ramandeep Kaur and Jaswinder Kaur at the civil hospital,
Sahnewal.
Photo by the writer |
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Price Rise
BJP, farmers’ body for mass agitation
Ludhiana, June 30
As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today held a “thali kharkao” (beat the plate) protest here to mark what it terms a mass agitation against rising prices of essential items and hike in prices of petroleum products, the Bharti Kisan Union
(Ekta) rapped the government for decontrol of oil prices and announced that 17 bodies of farmers would hold a statewide protest at district and sub-division levels in Punjab on July 7. |
BJP activists beat plates to protest against rising prices of essential items and hike in oil prices, in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
BKU decries experimentation with modified seeds
Ludhiana, June 30
Lambasting the state government for permitting experimentation with genetically modified seeds of different crops, the Bharti Kisan Union-Ekta (BKU) has alleged that soil, water and air in the state had been polluted to the extent of being poisonous.
Doctor’s Day Special
Living up to Hippocratic oath
“We make living by what we get but we make a life by what we give,” the adage of Winston Churchill is the principle adopted by some doctors in the city, who have chosen to make charity a part of their professional etiquette.
Booking of Sarpanch
Village chiefs rally around accused
Raikot, June 30
Sarpanches and other key figures of the area have come out in support of sarpanch Jagdeep Singh of Rajoana village, who was booked recently for forcibly laying a pipeline through the fields of a villager, opening fire and intimidation.
Chemists allege harassment by health officials
Ludhiana, June 30
Following the "checks" conducted on retail pharmacies in Jawahar Nagar Camp and adjoining areas by health officials, a group of chemists locked up their stores and handed over the keys to civil surgeon Dr Satwant Bhalla at his office.
Dist Planning Committee
Chairman for speeding up of development works
Ludhiana, June 30
Bhag Singh Malha, chairman, district planning committee, Ludhiana, has asked officials of various departments to speed up the pace of ongoing development works in the city.
He also asked the officials to ensure that funds under public welfare schemes were properly
utilised.
Vet Varsity
Most seats filled in first counselling
Ludhiana, June 30
Almost all 59 seats of Bachelors in Veterinary Science (BVSc), 19 of Bachelors in Fishery Science
(BFSc) and 26 of BTech Dairy Science Technology of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
(GADVASU) have been filled in the very first counselling here today.
From Colleges
Annual day
LUDHIANA: Talwinder Singh bagged the Mr Sethi Study Circle (SSC) title and Rupinder was crowned with Miss SSC during their annual day event titled Horizon organised here today.
Students of Sethi Study Circle participate at their annual day event in Ludhiana on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
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PAU Notes
Course for farm women
LUDHIANA: The Directorate of Extension Education is organising a course on ‘Using domestic materials for preparing decorative and useful items’ in the Kairon Kisan Ghar from July 27 to 29.
City lad to weave magic on TV
Ludhiana, June 30
City lad Rajesh Kumar will be participating in “India’s Magic Star”, a show to be telecast on a private entertainment channel. This show will open the doors to the rarest of magic forms such as levitation, teleportation, escapology etc.
Lineman electrocuted
Phillaur, June 30
A lineman of the Punjab State Electricity Board, Satnam Singh, was electrocuted in nearby Masani village today when he was working on a power transformer to repair the electric lines.
Six held for snatchings
Ludhiana, June 30
With the arrest of six persons the city police claims to have busted a gang of snatchers, who had been active since last few months.
According to sources, the gang was behind over 100 snatching incidents as several cases went unreported.
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From left: Mohit, Amrinder, Johny, Rinku, Baljeet and Sunny.
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2 held for tampering with stamp duty receipts
Ludhiana, June 30
The police has arrested two members of a gang of swindlers which had been cheating the government treasury by tampering with stamp duty receipts issued on behalf of sellers of property.
Man held with 50-kg ganja
Ludhiana, June 30
The Focal Point police has nabbed a person with 50-kg ganja from the GT Road, near
Dhandari. The accused has been identified as Vijay Rao, a migrant from Bihar.
The accused was carrying two black bags on a rickshaw. On suspicion the police asked Vijay to open the bag.
The accused in police custody in Ludhiana on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph |
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Man shoots at youth for stalking daughter
Raikot, June 30
A man shot at a youth who was bothering his daughter for quite some time. The victim has been identified as Gurpreet Singh Grewal, an
NRI. The girl, who was taking IELTS coaching from Pandori village in Barnala district, was being stalked by the boy.
Obscene CDs
Crackdown on shopkeepers
Jagraon, June 30
The Ludhiana police has launched a drive against shopkeepers selling pirated and obscene CDs and DVDs in the area.
The Jagraon Sadar police raided Galib Kalan village and arrested Sanjeev
Kumar of Shastri Nagar with 75 pirated CDs.
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