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Gang of car thieves busted
Ludhiana, November 21
The Division Number 5 police today claimed to have busted a gang of car thieves, besides recovering three stolen cars, about 10 stolen ATM and credit cards and one pistol with live cartridges. One of the accused had procured the Press card of a media organisation based in London.

SP Rakesh Aggarwal addresses a press conference in connection with the busting of a gang of car thieves in Ludhiana on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

After Budda Nullah, dyeing units polluting forest land

Ludhiana, November 21 After having polluted Budda Nullah to alarming levels by discharging toxic chemical residues into it for years, dyeing industrial units of the city are now not sparing forest area on roadsides by dumping their waste water on it.

Chemical-laced water being discharged on forest land on the GT Road in Ludhiana on Tuesday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Doctor accused of fraud, denied bail
Ludhiana, November 21
A homoeopathic doctor, running a nursing home near Jalandhar bypass here, booked under various sections of IPC for cheating, misrepresentation and fabrication of documents, along with Section 15 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, has been denied anticipatory bail by the sessions court.

Man falls into dry well, rescued
Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 21
The Raikot police had to lower a cop into a 45-foot-deep dry well at Bhaini Baringa village, near here, last evening to rescue a resident of Kalsian village.

COMMUNITY

Foreign fellowship for Ludhiana doctor Ludhiana, November 21 Dr Harpreet S. Gill, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Satguru Partap Singh Apollo Hospitals, Ludhiana, has been awarded the prestigious 'Depoy Johnson & Johnson' foreign fellowship for the year 2006-07 by the Indian Orthopaedic Association (IOA). The award was announced at the IOA’s 51st annual conference held in New Delhi.                                                             Dr Harpreet S. Gill

Postal employees hold dharna
Ludhiana, November 21
Led by activists of the Joint Council of Action of Service Union, postal employees today held a day-long dharna at the Divisional headquarters of Ludhiana City Division at Head Post Office in Bharat Nagar Chowk here to press their pending demands. The dharna was staged in response to a call given by the National Federation of Postal Employees.

Ludhiana girl enters tele dance semi-finals
Ludhiana, November 21
Jahnvi Jain, an eight-year-old student of Sat Paul Mittal School, has done the city proud by entering the semi-finals of a dance competition show ‘Dhamaal Be Misaal’ on Zee's Channel SITI.

BUSINESS

Business house to charge DRI with defamation
Ludhiana, November 21
After getting a clean chit from the Supreme Court following raids conducted by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) against it, the Girnar Group of companies has now planned to file a defamation suit against DRI to the tune of crores of rupees.

From Schools
School opens club for road safety
Ludhiana, November 21
Keeping in view the rise in the number of road accidents involving teenagers, MGM School here has started a club to create awareness about traffic rules among children.

GNDEC to organise national conference
Ludhiana, November 21
The Department of Civil Engineering of Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College will organise a national conference on “Civil Engineering: Meeting the challenges of tomorrow” on November 24 and 25 on the occasion of completing golden jubilee. Mr Sukh Dhaliwal would be the chief guest.

PIFT seminar on textured paints
Ludhiana, November 21
The Pinnacle Institute of Fashion Technology (PIFT) organised a seminar on textured paints for its students here today. The seminar was organised by BIZZAR, a company working in India since past five years with most of its material and instruments imported from Italy.

COURTS

Courier company penalised
Ludhiana, November 21
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has penalised a courier company- DTDC Courier and Cargo Limited, for not delivering the parcel of a consumer to the company concerned. The company was directed to pay Rs 1000 as compensation to the consumer along with Rs 500 as costs.