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Cheaper imports hit local steel industry
Ludhiana, February 4
Cheap steel imports from china are turning out to be a curse for the domestic steel industry, which is already saddled with serious problems. Available at 35 per cent less than the price of local products, imported products have crippled the local industry.
Spectators turn stadium into garbage dump
 Ludhiana, February 4
A day after Guru Nanak Stadium played host to the Canada Kabaddi Cup, it was like a sea of litter.
Plastic bags, empty bottles, food packets and scraps of newspapers were strewn in the seating area as well as on the ground.
Plastic bottles, cups and boxes strewn at Guru Nanak Stadium after the Canada Kabaddi Cup in Ludhiana on Monday.
Photos: Inderjeet Verma
Bomb threat call sends police in a tizzy
Ludhiana, February 4
The city police went in a tizzy following an anonymous call at a control room today. The call was made from an international number and the caller claimed he had planted bombs at key locations of the city. Following the call, high alert was sounded and a massive search operation was launched. As the matter was sensitive, the entire operation was kept a secret.
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Revised rates of food items aggravate woes
 Ludhiana, February 4
The revised rates of food items at the railway station have only added to the burden of passengers.
A printed rate list of food items put up outside a vend at the Ludhiana railway station. The revised rates have put off passengers as they say eatables at the station are unaffordable.
Rain rings in chill again
Ludhiana, January 4
The city received 21mm rainfall in the past 24 hours. Officials at the meteorology department of Punjab Agricultural University said that the rain led to a dip in maximum as well as minimum temperature in the city.
Teachers' recruitment not on government's priority list
Ludhiana, February 4
It seems that higher education figures nowhere on the priority list of the state government.
Hundreds of posts have been lying vacant in government colleges for several years.
Now, download Aadhaar cards from UIDAI website
 Ludhiana, February 4
For residents, who have not received their Aadhaar cards despite enrolment in the first phase can now download the cards from the website.
Residents apply for Aadhaar cards at the post office in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
She is an inspiration for many women
Ludhiana, February 4
As far as fighting for one's rights is concerned, one doesn't need to be well educated. This was recently proved by Manjit
Kaur, a resident of Jalaldiwal village, when she was asked to put forth her views on MNREGA scheme, launched by the Central Government.
No need to get vaccinated for swine flu, warns health department
Ludhiana, February 4
With a number of swine flu cases being reported from different areas in the city, city-based doctors are asking residents to get vaccinated.
Cong councillors call off stir following Mayor's assurance
Ludhiana, February 4
The deadlock between a section of Congress councillors and Mayor Harcharan Singh Gohalwaria has come to an end. Following the Mayor's assurance, the Congress councillors called off their week-long strike today.
Staff, students unhappy with patchy work on PAU campus
Ludhiana, February 4
It seems that the re-carpeting of roads at Punjab Agricultural University was only to please the VVIPs.
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Programme
Ludhiana: A one-week faculty induction training programme through the ICT commenced at Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College on Monday. The event is being organised by the electronics and communication engineering department of the college in collaboration with
NITTTR, Chandigarh.
Four fresh cases of swine flu reported
Ludhiana, January 4
Four patients tested positive for swine flu in the city hospitals today.
Chemist nabbed with psychotropic drugs
 Ludhiana, February 4
The city police has nabbed a chemist and seized psychotropic drugs, including 35,000 capsules and cough syrups from the possession of the accused during a search conducted at a naka at Dehlon bridge here on last
evening.
The accused chemist in police custody in Ludhiana on Monday. Photo: Inderjeet verma
Yarn worth Rs 35 lakh stolen from hosiery
Ludhiana, February 4
Thieves struck at Shiv Om Impact, a hosiery unit, located at Bhadurke Road last night and fled away with yarn worth Rs 35
lakh. The activities of the accused have been caught on CCTV camera installed at the hosiery unit.
Namdhari XI, SAI start campaign in style
 Ludhiana, February 4
Namdhari XI of Bhaini Sahib and Sports Authority of India (SAI), Lucknow, began their campaign on a rousing note with authentic victories on the opening day of the seventh All-India Jagtar Memorial Hockey Tournament (boys U-21) being held at Olympian Prithipal Singh AstroTurf Stadium of the Punjab Agricultural University campus here today.
A match in progress on the opening day of the seventh All-India Jagtar Memorial Hockey Tournament (U-21) at the
PAU, Ludhiana, on Monday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Sports wing hopeful of getting grants
Ludhiana, February 4
The sports wing of the education department is hopeful that the Punjab Government will sanction a budget that will grant funds to uplift sports in schools from the next academic year. The authorities sent a proposal of Rs 40 crore for the next academic year to the government for the betterment of sports at the grass-root level.
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