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Rowdies rule the roads on Holi
Ludhiana, March 6
Holi revellers indulged in hooliganism in the city throughout the day with policemen watching helplessly. The situation became tense when the son of a city councillor and his friends threw eggs on a man saying his prayers in the balcony of his house. Residents of Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar demanded the Sarabha Nagar police register a case, but the police was working on a compromise till the filing of this report.

Holi revellers zip around Ludhiana without helmets. Inset: A 13-year-old boy who was injured in a fall from his vehicle on Saturday. — Tribune photograph

Kids come together for Holi fun
Ludhiana, March 6
Kid members of the Strawberry Club had fun splashing colours at one other at a Holi party organised by the club here today.

Sudhar Khalsa College director booked 
Ludhiana, March 6
The Jagraon police has booked the director of Khalsa College, Sudhar, under the Atrocities Against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989, for allegedly harassing an SC employee of the college and using certain words against him that are banned under the Act.

COMMUNITY

Come summer, pollution generators are on
Ludhiana, March 6
Even though the pollution level has reached an alarming proportion in the city, it seems that it does not bother the residents as well as the authorities concerned if the use of diesel-run generators is any indication.

He has donated blood 80 times
Ludhiana, March 6
“My aim is to donate blood 100 times. I will be able to achieve my goal in next five years as a person can donate blood only four times a year. Till date I have donated blood 80 times,” says Sudhir Mudgal.

Sewer project makes life miserable Samrala, March 5 Local residents, especially shopkeepers on the Samrala-Khanna road, are suffering owing to a sewerage project that has been on since long. The slow pace of the work on the project has brought shops on this road on the verge of closing down. Shopkeepers complain that while they are paying the electricity bills and rent, for more than the past four months they have not had any business worth the name. Work on the underground sewer project in progress on the Samrala-Khanna road in Samrala. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

Poultry farmers suffer losses
Ludhiana, March 6
Even as the bird flu scare has caused huge losses to poultry farmers who resorted to distress sale in some areas, retailers are pocketing the margin. While the poultry retailers here had claimed that they would lower the price of raw and cooked chicken, in most retail outlets, chicken continues to be sold at the old prices.

Even a horse is dependent on a motorbike to exercise in Ludhiana. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Readers write
Indifference to female  foeticide is a shame
It is unfortunate that people of this region have adopted an indifferent attitude to the scourge of female foeticide which has led to a skewed sex ratio. It is immoral that technology — ultrasound scanning — is being misused by doctors for minting money by perpetuating the tendency among couples to abort the female foetus. Thus, medical specialists who have pledged to save lives themselves connive with culprits to commit murder in the womb.

Rotary Ludhiana North wins photo contest

CRIME

Man attempts to set own house on fire, threatens suicide
Sudhar, March 6
An ex-serviceman of this town gave a sleepless night to the police and Halwara Air Force Station officials by first attempting to set his house on fire and later threatening to commit suicide if anyone broke into the room he had locked himself in. The man had also locked four children with him.

Two killed in road mishaps
Ludhiana, March 6
Hardeep Singh, a bus driver who lives in Boparai village, was booked under Sections 279, 304-A and 427 of the IPC yesterday. Hardeep was booked following a complaint by Mr Ranjit Singh, a resident of street No. 22 of Ashok Nagar mohalla.

Two satta operators held, cash seized
Khanna, March 6
The Khanna police has arrested two satta operators and recovered Rs 76,200 from their possession. Three mobile phones and some diaries have also been seized. The names of many prominent persons of the area have allegedly been mentioned in the diary and phones.

BUSINESS

Performance of banks reviewed
Ludhiana, March 6
Performance of banks in Punjab was reviewed during a meeting of state-level review committee here yesterday. Mr S.K. Awasthi, General Manager, Punjab National Bank, New Delhi, presided over the meeting.

From Schools
Class X students given farewell
Ludhiana, March 6
Class X students of Shanti Niketan Adarsh Vidya Mandir were given a warm farewell here today. There was bhajan recital and shabad. Shipra and Neha presented a skit “Samosa”. While Jasbir Singh danced on “It’s the time to disco”. Pawanjot and Gurpreet presented a skit “Nimbu pani” and Amardeep and his team presented a skit titled “Ghuggi da viah”.

CULTURE

Amaan, Ayaan Bangash perform

Board officials harassing docs, alleges IMA
Ludhiana, March 6
The district unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has complained to the Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), that some officials of the board were harassing doctors in the state by demanding money.

SPORTS

Grewal memorial hockey meet from March 8
Ludhiana, March 6
Six top women hockey outfits of the country will be vying for top honours in the Eighth All-India Mohinder Partap Singh Grewal Memorial Hockey Tournament to be held from March 8 to 12 at Prithipal Singh Stadium of Punjab Agricultural University.

Jaspreet bags 2 titles
Ludhiana, March 6
Jaspreet Kaur, a student of computer education (final year), won the 100m race to emerge the fastest runner in the eighth annual athletics meet of the Sat Guru Ram Singh Polytechnic for Women, Rishi Nagar, which concluded yesterday. Jaspreet bagged the javelin throw title too.