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Armed robbers strike in Mullanpur
Kill pregnant woman, injure husband; decamp with cash, jewellery
Mullanpur, June 16
Armed robbers struck at a house on the outskirts of this town early this morning and murdered a six-month pregnant woman, grievously hurt her husband and decamped with cash and jewellery worth lakhs.

The blood-stained bed and ransacked room tell the tale of murder and robbery in a Mullanpur house on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

Suspects fond of movies, cinema halls raided
Ludhiana, June 16
The city police today raided a number of cinema halls here in search of the criminals suspected to be involved in the Mullanpur robbery and murder incident, besides cautioning the people against such strikes in the next week. The dark nights would continue for a week. This is a golden opportunity for criminals to strike, especially on the outskirts of cities, towns or villages.


Policemen round up cinegoers as part of the drive to catch suspected robbers in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Lawyer alleges police inaction
Ludhiana, June 16
A Phillaur-based lawyer, who was allegedly beaten up by some local industrialists two years ago, has alleged that the police is not arresting the accused in his case though the court had issued non-bailable warrants against one of them.

Encroachments, poor amenities bane of city residents
Ludhiana, June 16
Residents of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, E-Block, Pakhowal Road, here are a harassed lot, with nobody to turn towards, as a result of proliferating unauthorised settlements on green belts and other vacant sites.

Development works reviewed at MC meeting
Ludhiana, June 16
In a bid to ensure the uninterrupted delivery of civic services and basic amenities to the city residents and check the availability of officials even on a holiday, Commissioner of Municipal Corporation S.K. Sharma today convened a meeting at his camp office. 

CMC’s ‘single supplier system’ under scanner
Ludhiana, June 16
Reports that Christian Medical College and Hospital was in the process of revising its policy for purchasing drugs and medicines for its in-house pharmacy, had kicked off a lot of controversy with both employees and local chemists, till now supplying medicines to the institution, protesting against the proposed 'single supplier' system, saying that it would not be in the interest of the patients and the CMCH.

LUDHIANA CALLING Mr Manish Tewari, a former president of the Indian Youth Congress, who unsuccessfully contested the last parliamentary elections from Ludhiana, has decided to have a permanent address in the city. He has rented a house where he will set up an office-cum-residence in the Model Gram area.

COMMUNITY

Ghalib lauds govt move on river waters
Ludhiana, June 16
In a significant political development, former member of the Lok Sabha, Mr Gurcharan Singh Ghalib has lauded the initiative of the Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, and his government, to solve the river waters dispute and the all-party meeting convened for the purpose.

A boy distributes sweetened water on the occasion of martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

Evasion of excise worth lakhs detected
Ludhiana, June 16
The local office of Excise Commissionerate has detected an evasion of excise duty to the tune of Rs 81.78 lakh by a local knitted fabrics and ready garments unit.

Petrol price hike flayed
Ludhiana, June 16
There has been widespread criticism of the latest hike in the prices of petroleum products like petrol, kerosene and LPG. While the Opposition parties like the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiromani Akali Dal-Badal reacted on expected lines, the common people also felt enraged, saying that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre had given them a shock in the very first month of its coming to power.

MCPI flays fuel, LPG price hike
Doraha, June 16
The MCPI today criticised the government for hiking the petrol, diesel and cooking gas prices and threatened to launch an agitation if the government failed to reconsider the hike.

Shuttler’s family gets help
Ludhiana, June 16
A number of good Samaritans came to the aid of the family of shuttler Harish Chander, who died in a road mishap in Kolkata on Friday. They include members of the Shastri Badminton Club, who use to visit the badminton hall daily for the past two decades and were witness to Harish emerging as the national champion.

At the Crossroads
At the Death — the ultimate relief
Some poems may outlive a poet but he has a limited space to cover during the course of his life. This is what has happened to Dom Moraes who passed away on June 2. His end was peaceful, although he was suffering from cancer, as his feeble heart came to his help. He slipped away quietly in his sleep, avoiding harsh radiation treatment and confinement in a hospital ward. 

CRIME

3 held with poppy husk
Ludhiana, June 16
Three persons, alleged to be poppy-husk smugglers, were arrested by the Sadar police yesterday from near the Seed Farm along the Dhussi Bundh on the Sutlej near here and booked under the NDPS Act.

• Abductor held

• Dowry demand alleged

• Fraud alleged

• Two held for rash driving

• Satta bookie held

• Knife seized

• Liquor seized

PNB launches customer care centre
Ludhiana, June 16
To give its customers the best, PNB yesterday launched customer care centre (call centre) and it would be accessible to customers through a national toll free number “1600 12 2222” and the call centre would primarily be providing the account-related queries and requests of customers of CBS branches, requests/ complaints about Internet banking services, requests/ complaints about ATM/ debit cards for customers, information about the various schemes and products offered by the bank, Mr Harwant Singh, General Manager of the bank, Punjab zone, said here.

Consumers hail move to form steel regulatory authority
Ludhiana, June 16
Shares of the major steel manufacturers like the state -owned Steel Authority of India Limited and the Tata Steel may have plummeted with the reported move of the government to constitute the Steel Regulatory Authority in the country, but the idea has enthused the steel consumers who had been demanding the setting up of such an authority for a long time.

Refrigerator sales up
Ludhiana, June 16
Despite the fact that it was a testing time for white goods industry due to sluggish market conditions, the LG Electronics had emerged with flying colours. As against the overall growth of refrigerator market from 9 to 10 per cent in terms of volume in the wake of a lot of price pressure, the LG has registered an impressive growth of 60 per cent.

AGRICULTURE

Seminar on dairy farming
Amloh, June 16
A seminar on dairy farming was organised by Animal Husbandry Department at Ghutind village near here on Wednesday. It was sponsored by Glaxo Smith Kline Ltd. Mr Sandeep Hans Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Amloh was the chief guest. Farmers of the Amloh Subdivision participated. 

Mr Sandeep Hans, SDM, Amloh, honours two farmers who have topped in milk production in the subdivision at Ghatind village on Wednesday. — Photo by Bhushan Sood

Farmers condemn Milkfed decision
Ludhiana, June 16
The Punjab Dairy Farmers Association has condemned the decision of Milkfed to slash the procurement price of milk. Mr Daljit Singh, president of the association, said the decision was anti-farmer, illogical and contrary to the ground realities in the region. Alleging a nexus between bureaucrats and private milk plant owners, he said the prices had been lowered to benefit the latter.

EDUCATION

Students harried as board sits on results
Ludhiana, June 16
Students usually seem to be at the receiving end. Whether they are appearing for board examination or when it comes to the results of those exams. The question papers may be out of course or leaked and thus cancelled or the results are not declared on the stipulated dates. Like it happened with the students of the class XII examination conducted by the Punjab School Education Board yesterday.

Role of financial services increasing
Ludhiana, June 16
A week-long AICTE-ISTE-sponsored Short-Term Training Programme got under way at the Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology, Gujarkahn Campus, Model Town, here on Monday. The main theme of the programme is ‘Emerging trends in financial services’. Participants, who are faculty in management and engineering colleges of a number of states, including Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and the home state, are participating in the programme.

From Schools & Colleges
Fun & frolic mark end of camp
Ludhiana, June 16
Summer camp in computer science, art and craft cum painting was organised by New Senior Secondary School, Sarabha Nagar from June 2 to June 16. An exhibition was organised by students to display work done by them during the fortnight. 

Students of the BCM school, Dugri Road, present a cultural programme on the concluding day of a summer camp on Tuesday. — Photo IV

• Impressive show by kids

• Creative club holds show

• Lecture on mutual funds