Want to get rid of fly ash? Dump it on link roads
Ludhiana, January 2
Want to get rid of the fly ash? Dump it on link roads of a few villages near the city. This is what a few industrialists have done by throwing it on the roads connecting Wadi Mundian Kalan to the city.
Fly ash gets deposited on a road in Waddi Mundiyan much to the chagrin of residents.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma |
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Huge cache of addictive drugs seized
Ludhiana, January 2
Field staff of the health department seized huge quantity of addictive drugs, including capsules and nearly 1,200 bottles of cough syrup during a raid at a house in Model Gram here yesterday.
City Centre Scam
Hearing on challan inspection adjourned
Ludhiana, January 2
District and sessions judge G K Rai today adjourned the hearing on the application seeking inspection of the challan filed by Vigilance Bureau in the multicrore city centre scam.
CHILL PILL: Students of Khalsa College for Women basking in the sun.
—Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
Rupinder Kaur and Sukhvir Kaur with their school principal Moinder Singh who have been selected for World Universities football.
— Tribune photo by Vijay Bansal |
Teachers on warpath against mobile firm
Ludhiana, January 2
Retaliating strongly to the initiative taken by a mobile company for opening schools at a few villages and districts across the state, agitated government teachers are now sending SMSs to their colleagues to stop taking connections from a mobile company.
14 booked on first day of New Year
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 2
Peddling of drugs and narcotics, and gambling emerged as the major crimes reported at the majority of police stations falling under Ludhiana (Rural), Khanna and Sangrur districts on the first day of the New Year.
Burning of rice husk waste
Govt sitting on dyeing units’ proposal
Ludhiana, January 2
The issue of burning of rice husk waste in fields does not seem to bother the state government. At least that is what the lukewarm response to a proposal to use this waste after processing as fuel by the industry here indicates.
Motorists get tips on road safety
Jagraon, January 2
About 1 lakh people are killed every year in road accidents in the country and there is a need to educate people on following traffic rules, said DSP city Bhupinder Singh today while addressing people on the first day of the road safety week near on the Jagraon-Ludhiana road here yesterday.
DSP (city) Bhupinder Singh addresses people on the first day of the road safety week in Jagraon on Tuesday.
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Victims of bureaucratic wrangle
Ludhiana, January 2
They have been making rounds of corridors of babudom for the past many years but their struggle seems to be unending. But for them, the New Year began with the hope that their mission would finally be achieved.
Male fetus found in civil hospital
Mandi Gobindgarh, January 2
Quite a sensation was created on the premises of the local civil hospital after a male fetus was found hanging on one of the windows of the restroom in the emergency ward, here yesterday.
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