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End to elevated road project in sight
Ludhiana, October 5
The elevated road project between the Jagraon Bridge and Chand Cinema started by the local Municipal Corporation is nearing completion. The Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Mr S.K. Sharma, said the project would be completed “early next year". The MC general House had recently passed a resolution in this regard.
The long row of pillars erected for the elevated road project that was to be completed a year ago.
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11 proclaimed offenders held
Ludhiana, October 5
The proclaimed offenders wing of the police arrested 11 proclaimed offenders in September and traced 21 others, according to a press note. Nine of them were involved in theft, dacoity and snatching cases, 12 in drug trafficking and one in assault case.
Fire crackers seized in raid
Ludhiana, October 5
Deputy Commissioner Anurag Verma has appreciated the initiative of an unknown person, who provided vital information regarding the storage of a huge quantity of crackers and other fireworks in the congested area of Namak Mandi.
Selenium toxicity control experiments
Ludhiana, October 5
Human activities contribute substantially to the redistribution and cycling of selenium on a global scale. Anthropogenic activities, including disposal of coal-generated fly ash, mine tailings, agricultural drainage water, use of fertilisers and underground water for crop production and household sources such as dandruff shampoo, have been linked to selenium toxicity.
Waqf board employee held
 Ludhiana, October 5
The local Vigilance Bureau has arrested a rent collector clerk of the Jagraon Wakf Board on the charges of bribery and cheating a woman applicant.
Kamal-ud-Din, who is a tehsil level in charge of the Waqf Board office had allegedly accepted a bribe of Rs 36,000 from a woman to give her a plot on lease.
All good things come with some bad aspect. The much proclaimed health facilities in Ludhiana are really notable. There are some good medical institutions and private nursing homes offering probably the best available medicare in the country.
- Traffic nightmare
- A city of extremes
- DSP Sahib
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- Blind press conferences
- From best to worst
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