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Pay fine or land in jail
Ludhiana, January 24
Pay fine or go to jail seems to be the new mantra of the city police, which is finding it difficult to sensitise residents about traffic sense.
From Tuesday, the traffic police will start pasting challan stickers on vehicles parked in no-parking zones. If the offender fails to pay the fine, he might land in jail for three months.
Youths break car windshield, flee with bag
 Ludhiana, January 24
Motorcycle-borne youths fled with a bag containing documents and signed cheques by breaking the windshield of a car that was parked in front of the Civil Hospital here today.
Cops look at a broken windshield near the Civil Hospital in Ludhiana on Monday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Army woos youth for recruitment
Ludhiana, January 24
The Indian Army is one of the best in the world as it focuses more on the quality of men in uniform rather than on machines. The Army needs good engineering and management professionals to meet the global standards in terms of research and development for indigenous technology apart from duties in infantry and artillery divisions.
After disease, it’s distress
Lepers served vacation notice
Doraha, January 24
More than 50 leprosy afflicted patients, including women and children, are in trouble as they have been served a notice to vacate the Bhagwan Mahavir Kusht Ashram, where they have been residing for the past more than 10 years.
They have been directed by the Subdivisional Officer of Doraha, through a notice served on June 9, 2010, to vacate the place in 15 days, failing which further action would be taken by the department.
Leprosy victims at Bhagwan Mahavir Kusht Ashram of
Doraha.
MC to review tenders for LED streetlights
Ludhiana, January 24
After failing to get bids for the tender for installing LED streetlights in the city, the municipal corporation has now an exercise to have a look at the terms and conditions in the tender document to ensure participation in the ambitious energy saving project.
Streetlights will be replaced by LED lights in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: HImanshu Mahajan
Trenches along road irk Barewal residents
 Ludhiana, January 24
Trenches dug along the main Barewal road for the laying of sewers have made the lives of residents miserable. To make it worse, a water line has burst due to the digging work and has inundated residential areas along the road.
Many houses have become inaccessible due to digging in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
From Colleges
IBM hires 40
At least 40 students were selected by the IBM during a placement drive at Government College for Women here on Monday.
From Schools
R-Day celebrations
LUDHIANA: Lord’s Divine Public School, Grewal Colony, Noorwala Road, celebrated Republic Day with patriotic fervour on the school campus in Ludhiana on Monday.
Cops act tough on cars parked outside banquet hall
 Ludhiana, January 24
Cracking the whip on wedding guests who caused a massive traffic jam near a local banquet hall on Pakhowal road by erratically parking their cars in the middle of the street, cops towed the vehicles and levied hefty fines on their owners.
A cop being dragged by his colleague following heated arguments near the Rivera
in Ludhiana on Sunday night. A Tribune photograph
PAU staff on glass-breaking spree
Exercise part of beautification drive
Ludhiana, January 24
Employees of the cash-strapped Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) went on a glass-breaking spree, as they smashed windowpanes of the underground parking near the campus library here today.
PAU employees break the glass of the underground parking near the library in Ludhiana on Monday. The shattered glass will be replaced by a new one as part of a beautification exercise Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Honour for BCM Aryans
Ludhiana, January 24
Students of BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, have got the rare opportunity to perform at the Wagah border this Republic Day.
All set for D-Day:
A dress rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in progress in Ludhiana on Monday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Slanderous SMS
Aggrieved by police inaction, doctors to move HC
Ludhiana, January 24
Expressing discontent over the role played by the police in “exposing” the persons behind the circulation of a defamatory SMS against a group of city doctors, Dr Hardeep Singh, Dr Satish
Nauhria, Dr Satish Ohri and Dr SC Garg have decided to file a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh.
Ekta Yatra
BJP’s gimmick to ‘foment communal tension’
Ludhiana, January 24
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched the “Ekta Yatra” to hoist the National Flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar not out of its sense of patriotism but to “foment communal tension and create saffron terrorism”.
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Peekaboo |
The sun sets on the horizon on a cold Sunday evening in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
20-yr-old electrocuted
Khamano, January 24
A youth of nearby Kalewal village was electrocuted at his house last night.
According to sources, Gurnam Singh (20) suffered an electric shock while trying to connect a CD system. He died on the spot. His wife was in the kitchen while the other members of his family were away when the mishap took place. The victim had got married just two months ago.
102 units of blood donated
Mandi Gobindgarh, January 24
Desh Bhagat Group of Institutes organised a blood donation camp to commemorate the 113th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose here today. A human organ donation awareness camp was also held.
Rickshaw-puller flees with
Rs 1.5 lakh
Jagraon, January 24
A village resident lost ` 1.5 lakh to a rickshaw-puller, after the latter made good with the money the victim had left with him here yesterday. The victim had come to the town to shop for his son’s marriage, which was scheduled for next week.
Two youths snatch purse, victim injured
Jagraon, January 24
A Haryana-based family fell prey to snatchers here yesterday after two motorcycle-borne youths escaped with a purse on the Tehsil Road here last night. The victims had come to the town to meet a relative.
2 arrested for car theft
Jagraon, January 24
The Ludhiana (rural) police arrested two members of a gang of car thieves near here last evening.
The accused were stated to be from well-off families and belonged to the Bhinda gang, the police claimed.
Man killed in accident
Jagraon, January 24
A middle-aged man was killed in a road accident near Sidhwan Kalan village on the Ludhiana-Ferozepur highway last night. The victim has been identified as Jagtar Singh, alias
Tari, of Sidhwan Kalan village. According to sources, Jagtar Singh was walking on the highway when he was hit by an unidentified vehicle.
Players shortlisted for sports wings
Ludhiana, January 24
Around 1,800 boys and girls attended the four-day trials conducted by the Sports Department, Punjab, to shortlist players for its wings and speed fund academy. These trials were organised in different age categories in basketball, football, wrestling and cycling.
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