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MC bylaws violation record missing
3 inspectors face criminal charges
Ludhiana, July 26
It sounds unbelievable but it is true that important record pertaining to gross violation of building bylaws in the construction of a commercial complex — Kammy Plaza — on Bindraban Road in the Civil Lines area here, has gone missing, and the Municipal Corporation administration has charged three building inspectors with the loss of official documents. 

Treasure hunt lands man in police net
Ghungrana (Ludhiana), July 26
He discovered a treasure but could taste riches for a few days only. Picked by the police for stealing gold, he was allegedly tortured so severely by the Dehlon police that he suffers from fits even today.

10-yr RI in dowry death case
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 26
Pronouncing a landmark judgement today in a dowry death case, Mr G.S. Gill, Additional Sessions Judge, sentenced rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and a fine of Rs 2,000 to Gurvir Singh for killing his wife.

Mother, two daughters commit suicide
Ludhiana, July 26
Mystery shrouds alleged suicides committed by a woman and her two young daughters, who were found dead reportedly after consuming some poisonous substance at their house in Giaspura Colony near Focal Point here yesterday as the police inquiries into the reasons behind the alleged act remained inconclusive.

Villagers urge DC to clear road Ludhiana, July 26 The residents of Thakerwal, Phulewal and several other adjoining villages in the Ludhiana suburbs are up in arms against some colonisers who have reportedly blocked the road connecting these villages. Residents of Thakerwal and Phulewal villages show a road map to the Deputy Commissioner, Mr S.K. Sandhu, in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Photo Rajesh Bhambi

WHO gives rabies control project to PAU professor
Ludhiana, July 26
The increase in the number of cases of rabies in India has caught the attention of the World Health Organisation (WHO) that has given a project to a local professor for its control and has also made him an Adviser to WHO to check the menace of stray dogs in Asia.

COMMUNITY

YC activists burn Musharraf’s effigy Ludhiana, July 26 Hundreds of activists of the youth Congress led by Mr Pawan Dewan, Chairman of the Indian National Youth Congress (Urban Development Cell), today burnt the effigy of the Pakistani military ruler, Gen Pervez Musharraf to mark the third anniversary of the Kargil conflict. YC activists burn the effigy of the Pakistan President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, on the third anniversary of the Kargil conflict, in Ludhiana on Thursday.

Phoolan’s killing condemned
Ludhiana, July 26
The Budh Dharam Parchar Samiti, Punjab, today condemned the killing of Phoolan Devi, who was a “living symbol of Dalit revolution”.

YRJD deplores repression against migrant workers
Ludhiana, July 26
The Yuva Rashtriya Janata Dal has criticised the SAD-BJP government for “repression and reign of terror let loose against the migrant population” by the police and other government departments at the behest of ruling party functionaries. 

Release POWs: Bitta
Ludhiana, July 26
The All-India Anti-Terrorism Front chief, Mr Maninderjit Singh Bitta, has asked the Pakistan Government to immediately release more than 50 prisoners of war who had been languishing in Pak jails for the past more than three decades.

• Dharna outside police station

• Father killed, son hurt in mishap
  

CRIME

Fake freedom fighters booked
Ludhiana, July 26
On the recommendation of the Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, Mr S.K. Sandhu, the Focal Point police has booked two persons on the charges of cheating the state government by applying for freedom fighter's pension with forged documents.

Truck crushes sleeping labourers
Ludhiana, July 26
In a tragic incident, one labourer was killed while another seriously injured when a lift-back truck ran over a number of labourers sleeping in a park at Partap Chowk here early in the morning.

Two booked for youth’s murder
Ludhiana, July 26
The Focal Point police today booked two migrant labourers for allegedly murdering another labourer, whose decomposed body was found from a house in Dhandari Kalan here late last evening. It is suspected that the deceased was murdered with sharp-edged weapons about three days ago.

2 pick-pockets nabbed
Ludhiana, July 26
Two persons allegedly picked pocket of a CID constable last evening at the busy Book Market here but the vigilant cop managed to arrest them soon there after.

AGRICULTURE

Dharna by farm technocrats Ludhiana, July 26 On a call by the Agricultural Technocrats Action Committee (AGTAC), Punjab, farm technocrats of the district held a protest rally. Farm technocrats stage a dharna to press for the acceptance of their demands in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Photo Inderjit Verma

Murder case accused acquitted
Ludhiana, July 26
Mr S.S. Arora, Sessions Judge, Ludhiana, has acquitted Somnath, a resident of Bhagwan Dass Colony, Salem Tabri, of the charges of kidnapping and murdering Manjit Singh of Patiala, for want of evidence.

3 acquitted in dowry death case
Ludhiana, July 26
Mr A.K. Sharma, additional sessions judge, Ludhiana, acquitted Rajpal Singh, his mother Balwant Kaur, father Harmel Singh of Kotla shamspur village, in the dowry death case of Harjit Kaur, as charges levelled against them could not be proved.

2-yr sentence for forging RC, driving licences
Ludhiana, July 26
Mrs Sukwinder Kaur, Judicial Magistrate, First Class, has convicted Kewal Krishan, a typist of old courts, Ludhiana, and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for two years, besides a fine of Rs 1000 on charges of forging driving licences and registration certificates of vehicles.

DC’s orders not enforced
Ludhiana, July 26
While the administration may claim to solve umpteen number of complaints on the spot at weekly sanghat darshan programmes, several officials do not take the orders seriously. This is evident from a case, which came up for hearing on July 12.

SSP transferred
Ludhiana, July 26
Mr Kuldip Singh, SSP, Ludhiana, has been transferred and Mr Harpreet Singh Sidhu has been posted in his place. Mr Sidhu was earlier posted as SSP, Patiala. The transfer is termed as routine one as other SSPs have also been shifted.