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Two booked for taking money from jail inmate
Ludhiana, December 6
Two persons were booked on the charges of taking Rs 55,000 for bribing a police officer.
Two youths commit suicide
Ludhiana, December 6
An 18-year-old youth committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his house in Azad Nagar near Dhuri Lines today.
Man gets 10-yr RI for rape
Ludhiana, December 6
The court of Additional Sessions Judge RK Jain convicted Rishi Sood, a resident of Haibowal Kalan, Ludhiana, on the charges of raping a girl of Ghaziabad on the pretext of marrying her.
 auction of properties
GLADA nets Rs 6.24 crore
Ludhiana, December 6
The Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA) today sold 12 commercial sites and a residential plot through public auction in Sector 32-A, Urban Estate, on Chandigarh Road which yielded Rs 6.24 crore.
An auction of properties under way in Ludhiana.
Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Rail traffic goes haywire as truck falls on track
Ludhiana, December 6
Rail passengers were at the receiving end as traffic on the Amritsar-Ludhiana section went haywire after an overloaded truck fell off the railway overbridge on the rail tracks near the Manawala railway station in Amritsar district this morning.
demarcation of land
Revenue officials denied entry to college premises
Khamano, December 6
A team of revenue officials who had gone for the demarcation of a private college, Cordia Group of Institutes at
Sanghol, had to return empty handed as they failed to enter the premises due to the closed gate of the college.
25,000 paddy sacks still lying in grain market
Sahnewal, December 6
Though the paddy season is over from more than 15 days now, but nearly 25,000 paddy sacks are still lying unattended, waiting to be lifted, in the grain market of
Sahnewal. The requests made by Artiyas to the officials concerned, have failed to bear fruit.
Forum of bank unions holds demonstration
Ludhiana, December 6
The Ludhiana unit of United Forum of Bank Unions
(UFBU) today held a massive demonstration in front of State Bank of
Patiala, zonal office. The protest was a part of the chain of agitational programmes framed by the
UFBU.
Members of the United Forum of Bank Unions hold a demonstration in front of the State Bank of Patiala in Ludhiana on Friday. Photo: Inderjeet
Verma
Work hit at govt offices
Ludhiana, December 6
The State Ministerial Services Association continued its pen-down strike on the second day.
F&CC to be formed this month
Ludhiana, December 6
The Finance and Contracts Committee will be formed this month. This was stated by the Mayor Harcharan Singh Gohalwaria today. Ever since the new MC house was formed last year, the civic body has failed to form the F&CC.
Training in dairy farming
Ludhiana, December 6
Women will be imparted free training in dairy farming under the Dairy Farming Women Empowerment Scheme. Information regarding the scheme was given by Deputy Commissioner Rajat Aggarwal today.
1,200 turn up at recruitment rally
Ludhiana, December 6
A large number of youngsters turned up at the Army recruitment rally at Military Complex, Dholewal.
Riding high on adventure:
A Punjab Police personnel performs a stunt on the concluding day of the Punjab Prison Games at the Central Jail in Ludhiana on Friday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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LUDHIANA scAN
Dengue cases
As many as 4 more dengue patients have been confirmed from the city hospitals, out of them one from Ludhiana City and one from rural, on Friday. Two patients are from out of the district, one each from Kaputhala and Fatehgarh Sahib.
Ailing man needs help
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 6
A carpenter of Hargobindpura Mini Chhapar, the only bread earner of the family consisting of four children, wife and old parents, is in need of financial help as he is suffering from Bilateral Subclavian Artery Thrombus, a rare disorder.
Armed Forces Flag Day celebrated
Ludhiana, December 6
Armed Forces Flag Day was celebrated here today.
3 booked for rape
Jagraon, December 6
The Jagraon police have booked three persons, including the husband of the complainant for allegedly raping a married woman. The accused have been identified as Sandeep Kumar and his cousin Tarsem Lal, both residents of Jagraon, and Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Kothe Rahlan village near Jagraon.
Firing incident: Accused arrested
Ludhiana, December 6
The police have claimed to have arrested the accused who had fired gunshots during a function, killing two-year-old
Kumkum.
68 quintals of poppy husk seized, 3 booked
Raikot, December 6
The local police have booked three members of a notorious gang of drug peddlers involved in trafficking of banned products in this part of Malwa.
Trader robbed of cash, ATM card at gunpoint
Jagraon, December 6
A Goraya-based trader was allegedly robbed of cash, ATM card and a mobile phone by three unidentified youths on gunpoint on the
Ludhiana-Bathinda highway last night.
SDP
schools athletics meet
Gurmeet
best athlete
Ludhiana, December 6
 More
than 4,000 students of SDP schools namely SDP Senior Secondary School, Hazuri
Road, SDP Senior Secondary School, Basti Jodhewal, and OP Gupta Model Senior
Secondary School, Quilla Mohalla branches, competed in different events besides
fun games in the annual athletics meet organised at the SDP College for Women
near Daresi ground here today.
Girls take part in a sack race during the annual athletics meet at the SDP College for Women ground, Ludhiana, on Friday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
athletics
meet
GNPS lift overall trophy
Ludhiana, December 6
Hosts Guru Nanak Public School (GNPS), Sarabha Nagar, bagged the overall trophy
in the Sahodaya School Athletics Meet that concluded here yesterday.
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