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5 killed as auto collides with bus
Ludhiana, August 12 Of the eight injured, six are undergoing treatment at the Civil Hospital here while two seriously injured have been admitted to Christian Medical College and Hospital and Dayanand Medical College and Hospital. The driver and the conductor of the bus reportedly fled from the site of the accident. The police have registered a case. The driver of the autorickshaw, Gurmail Singh, was also killed in the accident. Most passengers were women. They belonged to Azad Nagar in Shimlapuri. They were returning from Gurdwara Somsar in Tibba village. The bus was on its way to Sirhind from Ludhiana. The accident took place at Harnampura, adjacent to the ashram of Bapu Asa Ram. Apparently, the bus as well as the autorickshaw had taken the canal route to bypass the toll post at Doraha. According to one of the injured women undergoing treatment at the Civil Hospital, the auto driver lost balance after one of the wheels got delinked. The driver got panicky and hit the bus coming from the opposite direction. The impact of the collision was such that all 13 passengers inside the auto were thrown out. All injured were taken to the Civil Hospital here, where five of them were declared “brought dead”. Those killed were identified as Gurmail Singh (driver of the auto), Paramjit Kaur, Malti Devi, Manjit Kaur and Binder Singh. The injured include Preeti, Sunita, Darshan Kaur, Raji, Harjinder Kaur, Kulwant Kaur and Rama, who is only three years old, and another unidentified woman. It was chaotic at the Civil Hospital. There were no stretchers available to carry the injured and the dead. The injured had to be carried on wheelchairs. A number of people, mostly from Shimlapuri, reached the Civil Hospital to inquire about their relatives. A pall of gloom descended on Azad Nagar locality. The women had left in the morning to pay obeisance at Gurdwara Somsar.
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Chaos as traffic blocked at Dholewal flyover
Ludhiana, August 12 As a result of the mishap, the whole lane leading from the city to Samrala chowk was flooded with dried chaff and commuters were stranded in a huge traffic jam . Those stranded at the end of the jam had no idea what had happened . Even some policemen , who were watching the commotion silently, were of little help. Without identifying himself, this reporter asked three different cops as to what had caused the jam but none of them cared to give a reply. Some scooterists were using the raised pavement to get ahead of the stranded lane of cars. Though several cars remained stranded for hours on the stretch , the
situation was brought under control by allowing the use of the city-bound lane. Finally, it was around 12.15 pm. when a police officer signalled the traffic to move. As there was still plenty of chaff left on the road, some police officers present on the scene started grumbling that it was a premature move. A senior official of the
division number six police station told Ludhiana Tribune that the police was not registering any case in this regard. Mr Gurdial Singh, S.P,Traffic, could not be contacted on his cell phone to tell whether the traffic
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Doctor couple booked for fraud
Ludhiana, August 12 A case under Sections 406/420/465/467/469/471 and 120-B, IPC, has been registered against Dr Sumita and Dr Sumeet Sofat on a complaint by Mr Ramesh Pashan, a resident of Udham Singh Nagar. The complainant, charging the couple with forgery, fabrication of documents and hatching a conspiracy in respect of the plot owned by him, alleged at news conference here today that he had purchased the said piece of land in December, 1998, and the mutation was also entered in his name in the revenue record. According to Mr Pashan, he had got a general power of attorney registered in the name of Dr Sumita Sofat in October 2000, but later, after finding that the same could be misused, he got it cancelled. The cancellation deed was duly registered with the Sub-Registrar here in July, 2004. Dr Sumita Sofat was duly notified about the cancellation and a public notice was also got published in a vernacular newspaper. “However, she, in connivance with certain persons, got an agreement of the sale registered with the Sub-Registrar in February, 2005, in favour of her husband, Dr Sumeet Sofat, with the intention of cheating the complainant and unlawfully grabbing his property”, maintained Mr Pashan. The accused persons had misrepresented facts and had got the sale agreement registered on the basis of power of attorney which stood revoked more than a year ago, he said. According to the complaint, the sale agreement for the piece of land in question was a forged and fabricated document, prepared with the intention of occupying the said plot and causing financial loss to him. Mr Pashan alleged that Mr Jomin Chain, Mr Dharam Vir, nambardar of Fatehpur Awana, and Mr Jatinder Kumar halqa patwari of Threeke village in this district, were part of the conspiracy. The police said the matter was being investigated. No arrest had been made.
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Sikhs submit memorandum to SDM
Khanna, August 12 At about 9.30 am the workers of both parties and religious personalities gathered in front of the SDM’s office. Addressing the rally, Mr Devinder Singh Khatra said it was the Congress regime which was shielding the guilty of the anti-Sikh riots. He said Congress’ refusal to take action against its leaders had proved that the party was responsible for the massacre of Sikhs in 1984. Mr Harchand Singh Alipur, member of the SAD working committee, said the riots were a pre-planned programme.
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Passing Thru
What segments is the bank focusing on?
Our special focus is on increasing credit flow to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), apart from agriculture and retail segments. For SMEs, the bank will adopt measures like accepting warehousing receipts even from commodity exchanges. Besides, we plan to introduce a skills upgradation programme for entrepreneurs in small and medium enterprises. For the agricultural sector, the bank will encourage farmers to go in for agro-processing, for which it will assist them in framing proposals. Kindly elaborate on the skills upgradation programme. Under the programme, that will be launched soon, the bank, along with SIDBI, will identify entrepreneurs who will be equipped with adequate skills to meet global competition. Ludhiana is one of the 11 clusters across the country identified for this purpose. Tell us about the bank’s expansion plans. Punjab being an important market, we plan to open at least eight new branches by the end of this financial year. Over 20 more branches will be opened in other states. We have also got approval for opening branches in Veitnam, Quatar, Tanzania and Belgium and for upgrading its two centres in China. We are now waiting approval from the authorities in those countries. |
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Unique chikankari exhibition
Ludhiana, August 12 “It’s different from regular chikankari in the sense that products are highlighted with a lot of embellishments which include thread work, sequin work and mirror work. Normally, chikankari is done on pastel or very light shades but I have chosen a blend of many shades to highlight the intricacy of work”, said Pragati, who is all set to show-case her designer stuff during the exhibition. A topper from NIFT, Delhi, Pragati has designed this special collection for people looking for a good trousseau. The exclusive suits and sarees are made on purear semi-georgette, crepe and cotton.The range starts from Rs 400 and goes up to Rs 25,000 for a heavy embroidered saree. The young designer has already put up exhibitions at Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, and Chandigarh.
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Pvt bus operators ‘overcharging’
Amloh, August 12
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1 held with liquor, stolen mobiles
Ludhiana, August 12 The police had received information that Ram Kumar, along with his brother, was running a shop in the prime wholesale market of the city where smuggled foreign liquor and stolen mobile phones were being passed off to unsuspecting people at exorbitant prices. When a police party from Division No 3 descended on the shop this afternoon, a person, carrying a cardboard box, was intercepted while coming out of the shop. On search, the box was found to contain four 1-litre bottles of Black Label whisky and five bottles of imported champagne. Three mobile phones of Nokia brand were also found on the person of the shopkeeper, identified as Ram Kumar. The police suspected that the owners of the shop were working as conduits for the sale of smuggled foreign liquor and were also indulging in the trading of stolen mobile phones. A case under Section 379/411 of the IPC and 61/1-14 of the Excise Act was registered in police Division No 3 and the arrested person was being interrogated for more details.
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2 gold chains snatched
Ludhiana, August 12 As some of her neighbours met her outside, she started chatting with them.
Meanwhile, two youths came on a black motor cycle and snatched two gold chains from her neck. Passers-by claimed it was a Bajaj Pulsar motor cycle.
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Jagraon, August 12 Woman assaulted:
Ms Tapaswari of Mullanpur was allegedly pelted with stones by Kamal Kishor of her village. A case has been registered
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