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A child dressed up for a tableau sips water during a procession on the eve of Parshuram Jayanti in
Ludhiana on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Son of gun house owner shot at
Ludhiana, May 4
While the police is struggling to crack the murder case of Namdhari leader Avtar Singh who was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne youths near Sahnewal on April 12, in a similar incident, the son of a gun house owner was shot at by unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants at Guru Nanakpura late last night. Personal enmity is suspected to be the reason behind the assault.
Wife, paramour arrested for strangling NRI
Ludhiana, May 4
It was the wife, who along with her paramour, a kabaddi player, strangled her 28-year-old NRI husband on March 3 and threw the body along the road near Guru Gyan Vihar.
‘Free ride’ female robbers strike again
Ludhiana, May 4
Striking thrice in less than a fortnight, a group of women robbers stalking the city has been giving elderly people nightmares. The gang’s four smartly dressed women who persuade people to hitch a ride in their vehicle are not good Samaritans. Employing their devious trap they have so far managed to rob two women of the Model Town area of their gold
jewellery.
Industry grapples with labour shortage
Ludhiana, May 4
The local industry is grappling with acute labour shortage with only 40 per cent of the work force working in various industrial houses across
Ludhiana. This has led to a drastic fall in production, resulting in huge losses to industrial units.
A large number of workers queue up to catch a train to Bihar at the Ludhiana railway station on Wednesday morning. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Women, too, feel the heat
Ludhiana, May 4
With a large number of labourers returning home, women, too, are feeling the heat, with no domestic help around.
Paddy transplanter gifted to PAU
 Ludhiana, May 4
To combat the problem of labour shortage in the state and to save water, the most important natural resource, depleting at an alarming rate in Punjab, Class has launched a paddy
transplanter, which will not only make the paddy-sowing process easier, but also solve many problems being faced by farmers.
Navreet Singh Kang, acting Vice-Chancellor of the PAU, is handed over a paddy transplanter in Ludhiana
on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
Kang to focus on non-plan grant hike
Ludhiana, May 4
Navreet Singh Kang, acting Vice-Chancellor of the PAU, has said since the state government is aware of the present financial position of the university, the main focus will be on the increase of non-plan grant to the PAU by at least 50 per cent.
7.98 lakh MT wheat here already
Only 2 pc left, expected by weekend
Ludhiana, May 4
A total of 7.98 lakh metric tonnes of wheat, 98 per cent of the 8.41 lakh metric tonnes expected, has arrived in the Ludhiana district so far, with the remainder expected to reach mandis by the end of this week.
Mercury turns the heat on hospitals
Pollution control board order still to be implemented
Ludhiana, May 4
In defiance of the orders of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), private as well as public hospitals in the district and the state at large are using mercury-based equipment.
A mercury-based thermometer and BP apparatus being used at a hospital in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Drug addiction board to be set up, says Badal
Jagraon, May 4
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday announced the government would set up a drug prevention board to wean away young people from addiction to drugs and alcohol. He was speaking during a ‘sangat darshan’ programme held in the town.
Chief Minister listens to the grievances of people during a sangat darshan
programme at Jagraon on Wednesday. Photo by writer
 Sewerage Project
Residents protest slow pace of work
Ludhiana, May 4
Residents of the Chander Nagar locality today staged a protest against the slow pace of laying new sewerage lines in the area, which had become a source of nuisance and a hazard to traffic.
Residents of the Chander Nagar locality protest against the slow pace of laying new sewerage lines in Ludhiana
on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
 Bittu’s Fast
DAy IV
Bhatti calls for effective steps to curb menace
Ludhiana, May 4
As the indefinite hunger strike by Ravnit Singh Bittu, Member of Parliament from Anandpur Sahib and president of Punjab Youth Congress, to focus on the menace of drug addiction in Punjab entered its fourth day today, comedian and actor Jaspal Bhatti shared the dais with the PYC chief to lend support to the cause of making the state drug-free.
Comedian Jaspal Bhatti lends support to Punjab Youth Congress president Ravnit Singh Bittu in his fight against drugs menace in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Two YC workers faint
Ludhiana, May 4
On the fourth day of the chain fast by the PYC here, led by Ravnit Singh
Bittu, two party workers — Raghbir Singh from Faridkot and Nirpal Singh from Dhuri — who were continuing the fast for the fourth successive day along with
Bittu, fainted around noon.
Aneurysm patient saved after complex surgery
Ludhiana, May 4
Having been investigated for two aneurysms, a 40-year-old male was recently brought to the department of neurosurgery of the CMCH, Ludhiana, with brain hemorrhage.
Food preservation project discussed
Ludhiana, May 4
To chalk out future roadmap, a first meeting of advisory committee of the NBSFARA Project entitled “Microencapsulation of bacteriocin for their controlled release” was held at the Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology here on Monday.
Summer Vacation
Kids spoilt for choice
Ludhiana, May 4
With summer vacation round the corner, city’s schoolchildren have already started making extravagant plans to make the most of their “longest annual holiday”.
ITI students compete in cultural events
Ludhiana, May 4
Over 500 students from eight zones of Punjab showcased talent during the inter-zonal cultural competitions organised by the department of technical education and industrial training, Punjab, at Guru Nanak Bhawan here today.
Students of ITI (Fatehgarh Sahib zone) perform gidha during inter-zonal cultural competitions in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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