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Newly-wed dupes husband, in-laws
Decamps with jewellery, shagun amount
Ludhiana, December 25
In probably the first case of its kind registered here, a newly-wed woman duped her husband and in-laws and decamped with jewellery and ‘shagun’ amount given to her by her in-laws and relatives.

Jaspal Kaur (with head downwards) at the time of her marriage in Ludhiana.

VB books 2 cops on charge of extortion
Ludhiana, December 25
The Ludhiana Vigilance Bureau has booked the in charge of Dhandari police post and a Head Constable posted there on the charges of illegally confining a person and extortion under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The accused had kept a migrant labourer in illegal custody at the police post for almost a week.

Probe sought in land allotment
to liquor baron
Ludhiana, December 25
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for a CBI inquiry into the allotment of 50 acres of prime land to liquor baron Ponty Chadha in Mohali at throwaway prices.

CM supporters call off rally
Ludhiana, December 25
A rally proposed to be organised here today by the leaders loyal to the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, to express their solidarity with him was called off at the last moments for the reasons best known to the organisers.

Merry Christmas: A young boy dressed as Santa Claus in Ludhiana on Thursday. 
— A Tribune photograph

	Hosiery goods worth lakhs destroyed in fire December 25, 2003
	Another immigration racket busted, 5 held December 24, 2003
	Haul of smuggled liquor, 3 held December 23, 2003
	Psychopath killer, accomplice nabbed  December 22, 2003
	Encroachers gobble up MC areas again December 21, 2003
	Immigration racket kingpin had duped 24 youths December 20, 2003
	Lower rate of interest on civic arrears favoured December 19, 2003
	Encroachments: MC wary of influential defaulters December 18, 2003
	Kingpin of multicrore financial scam arrested December 17, 2003
	Pall of gloom descends on DMC December 16, 2003

Local units explore Chinese option
Ludhiana, December 25
Local industrialists have started exploring the option of getting their goods manufactured and fabricated in China. A number of leading manufacturers from Ludhiana are learnt to have made several visits to various Chinese cities in this regard.

Man drugged in train, expires
Ludhiana, December 25
A migrant, who was found in an unconscious state in a train coming from Delhi and was rushed to the Civil Hospital here yesterday by the railway police, breathed his last later in the day.

COMMUNITY

Santas, stars, bells and lights
all over city
Ludhiana, December 25
Christmas was celebrated at Ek Prayas (Institute for Children with Special Needs) on December 24, 2004. The Christmas tree was decorated with stars and bells. Colourful buntings’ were prepared by the children.

Santa selling Santas: A man dressed as Santa sells Christmas knick-knacks in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Photo by Pradeep Tiwari.

• GMT Senior Public School

• Everest Playway School

Braving the chill under
fog-filled sky
Ludhiana, December 25
Chandu, a tramp, collects waste papers, cardboard boxes, and other waste material and sells these for two square meals. Homeless, he used to sleep in one of the corridors of the markets of the city.

Small bonfires lit by the homeless help them pass cold winter nights out in the open. 
— A Tribune photo

‘Mutual trust key to communal harmony’
Ludhiana, December 25
The Congress legislator, Mr Surinder Dawar, has said that mutual trust, love for fellow human beings and tolerance was the key to communal harmony and peaceful coexistence.

Widow gets her daughter back after 3 months
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 25
Mamta, a widow, was united with her three-year-old daughter after three months. The girl had allegedly been kidnapped by the “second wife” of her assassinated husband. The police helped find her daughter after a court at Malerkotla issued warrants for the search of the house of the accused at a village in Uttar Pradesh.

Mamta with her three-year-old daughter.

‘Foeticide a heinous crime’
Ludhiana, December 25
“Foeticide is not only a heinous act against humanity but a serious crime punishable by law. Though the government has made laws against it, the practice continues.

NSS volunteers get tips on waste management
Ludhiana, December 25
On the fourth day of the National Integration Camp held at the Master Tara Singh Memorial College for Women Ludhiana, NSS volunteers from West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh started their day with a ‘prabhat pheri’ at 5.30 a.m. Later, Dr Arun Mitra an ENT specialist ,Ludhiana, delivered a lecture on “Waste management and suggested valuable means to save our environment.”

COURTS

4-year jail term for man, parents
Ludhiana, December 25
A city court has sentenced husband, mother-in-law and father-in-law of a woman to undergo imprisonment for four years on the charge of abetting her to commit suicide. A fine of Rs 1,000 each was also imposed on the accused.