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2 city teenagers still missing, feared drowned in canal
Ludhiana, May 24
Mystery surrounds the disappearance of two class 10 students of Green Land
School, who are feared to have drowned in the Sidhwan canal on Monday even as
relentless efforts by divers deployed by the police to trace them have not
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Sidharth Sharma (16), Gagandeep Singh (18)
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... While parents wait anxiously
Ludhiana, May 24
Their distress mounting with each passing hour, the parents of Siddharth and Gagandeep Singh the two class 10 students of the city’s Green Land School who are feared to have drowned in the Sidhwan canal on Monday, are anxiously praying for their safe return.
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Bawinder Kaur, mother of Gagandeep Singh,
Bharat Bhushan, father of Sidharth
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SHO summarily transferred; police chief denies ‘pressure’
Ludhiana, May 24
His refusal to kowtow to a local Akali leader has reportedly led to the police department transferring division no 5 police station house officer Sandeep Wadhera to the Bathinda range, though the latter says he not been relieved as yet.
Passengers stranded as buses ‘hijacked’
Ludhiana, May 24
Hundreds of passengers, both rural and urban, had to undergo a great deal of harassment when most mini and district buses did not ply on their regular routes on Tuesday.
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Meanwhile, MC goes in cleanliness overdrive on Pakhowal Road
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Ludhiana, May 24
The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation went into a cleanliness overdrive on the Pakhowal road as Bikram Singh
Majithia, patron of the Youth Akali Dal and brother-in-law of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh
Badal, was to pass from there.
CLEANING
ACT MC workers clean the Pakhowal road ahead of Akali leader Bikramjit Singh Majithia’s visit to Ludhiana
on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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City’s national achiever believes in ‘karma’
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Ludhiana, May 24
Simplicity, focused effort and self-help are the guiding hallmarks of Garima
Aneja, the national topper of class XII (in all streams i.e. commerce, humanities, medical and non-medical) in the Central Board of Secondary Education
(CBSE).
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CLOUD NINE Garima Aneja, a student of Sacred Heart Convent School who topped the country in the CBSE class XII exams (commerce) with 98 %, poses with her school principal, Sister Chantal, in
Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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LPG cylinders hard to come by for residents
Ludhiana, May 24
LPG consumers in the city are a harassed lot as despite making a number of rounds to gas agencies, they are not getting the supply
on time. Contrary to the belief that there is a LPG shortage in winter due to a rise in demand, consumers in the city are bearing the brunt in summer.
City residents SPEAK OUT
Excise inspectors get more teeth; industry uneasy
Ludhiana, May 24
With the excise and taxation department giving more powers to excise inspectors, the industry is feeling the pinch as they fear it will unleash the rule of “inspector raj”.
Power supply to 2 dyeing units disconnected
Ludhiana, May 24
Power supply to two dyeing factories on the Rahon Road here was disconnected yesterday by Punjab State Power Corporation Limited
(PSPCL) on the directions of the Punjab Pollution Control Board for failure to follow the norms for discharge of effluents.
A file photo of dyeing unit
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Rural students outshine urban in Jagraon schools
Jagraon, May 24
Breaking the common notion of urban students dominating the rural students in the results of any academic examination of a prestigious education board like Central Board of Secondary Education
(CBSE), the rural students of CBSE-pattern schools in Jagraon have surpassed the urban students that too by a considerable margin in the CBSE class XII examination results, which were declared yesterday.
Road rage takes ugly turn
Ludhiana, May 24
In a road rage, a car driver smashed the windscreen of a bus following an accident at Jagraon bridge here this morning.
The incident took place at around 10:30 am when a private bus heading towards Jagraon bridge hit the rear end of Hyundai car.
Policeman recovers a baseball bat that was used to smash the windscreen of a bus in Ludhiana on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
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Patwaris call off strike
Ludhiana, May 24
After remaining at loggerheads with the police, the members of the Revenue Patwar Union Tehsil, Ludhiana East and West, called off their strike here today, putting an end to a week-long impasse, which resulted in loss of revenue.
Painting competition
Doraha, May 24
A painting
competition was organised by the Pollution Control Board at Tagore
International Senior Secondary School, Sahnewal, on Tuesday.
From
colleges
Declamation contest
Ludhiana:
On the third day of seven-day special NSS camp being organised at Guru Nanak Girls College, a declamation contest was held among NSS volunteers.
Students of OP Bansal School excel
Mandi Gobindgarh, May 24
Students of OP Bansal School, Mandi Gobindgarh, excelled in recently declared CBSE Class XII result.
Gang of robbers busted, 3 held
Mullanpur Dakha, May 24
The local police claims to have busted a gang of robbers with the arrest of three of its members. The notorious gang had been active in the area for the past several years.
A police team led by SHO Prem Singh arrested Mandeep Singh, alias Ravi, of Bassian Bet village,
Manoj Kumar and Gurtej Singh on the outskirts of Kailey village.
2 youths rob businessman
Ludhiana, May 24
Two motorcycle-borne youths robbed a sewing machine manufacturer near Old Court Chowk in the wee hours here today.
Avtar Singh, owner of Gulab Sewing Machine, alleged that he was heading towards the railway station along with his son Daljit Singh when two motorcycle-borne youths came precursory close to their vehicle.
Aman to conduct camp for cagers
Ludhiana, May 24
The Punjab Basketball Association (PBA) has been inviting specialists from to hone the skills of upcoming
cagers. The PBA has now roped in Aman Mangat from the US to hold a camp for young
cagers.
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