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Extortion racket busted
Kingpin Rajan was operating from jail; would target NRIs on phone

Ludhiana, January 14 The local police today claimed to have arrested kingpin of the notorious Rajan gang, who was running an extortion racket from the Central jail, where he was incarcerated for the past two years.

Three members of a Rajen gang who were running an extortion racket from inside the central jail in Ludhiana on Monday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

No sale deed executed on day one
Partial rollback in collector’s price
Ludhiana, January 14
No sale deed was registered on the first day after the partial rollback in hiked collector’s prices was implemented in the district today. Officials said the new prices had to be fed into the software for updating it.

Cleaning of Budda Nullah to restart
Ludhiana, January 14
Hopes of city residents to have a cleaner Budda Nullah were once again rekindled with the Budda Nullah Development Committee planning to restart the work from January 18 onwards.

Ruby Dhalla’s Case
Witnesses turn hostile
Ludhiana, January 14
The “mob justice” controversy involving beating up of two minors for teaching them a lesson for snatching the purse of Canadian MP,Ruby Dhalla, at Pohir village last week took an interesting turn with a large number of witnesses, including the two journalists and a few villagers, stating that the children were neither beaten up nor manhandled.

PAU pensioners to serve legal notice on govt Ludhiana, January 14 Pensioners of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) have decided to serve legal notice on the state government by February 1 if the latter fails to resolve the issue within 15 days. Sharanjit Singh Dillon, MP, addresses pensioners at Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana on Monday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Ludhianvis spent crores on Lohri
Ludhiana, January 14
India is a land of festivals and Ludhianvis seem to top the chart when it comes to spending on festivities, according to a study by faculty members of the department of economics, Kamla Lohtia College.

Power Shutdown
Power supply to Mall Road and Sutlej Club area will remain suspended from 10 am to 3 pm on Tuesday.

COMMUNITY

A heron on a lookout for its prey at the PAU agricultural farm in Ludhiana. —Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Row over construction of drain
Police begins probe amid charges, counter-charges
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 14
The Ludhiana (rural) police has initiated investigation into the initiation of construction work on a drain by the civic body of Kamalpura village in Raikot subdivision allegedly in contravention of the orders of a Jagraon court.

PAU staff observe black day
Ludhiana, January 14
The staff of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), including teachers and
non-teachers, observed a black day today to protest against the non-payment of pension and ill- intentions of the Punjab government by taking over university land.

Need to deal with terror firmly, feel NRIs
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 14
Terming reviving terrorism the genesis of alleged defective polices of successive governments at the center and state, a group of NRIs from Canada have called upon social and religious leaders to impress upon the administration to follow the western federal government that had curbed violence with a strong hand.

Soldier’s body consigned to flames Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 14 The body of Kuldeep Singh (23) of 53 Infantry Battalion (56 RR), who was killed in an avalanche at the Machhal sector in Jammu and Kashmir on January 10, was consigned to flames with honours at his native village Kanganwal today.

Soldiers reverse arms as a mark of respect to Kuldeep Singh at Kanganwal village, near Ahmedgarh, on Monday. — Photo by Mahesh Sharma

Resentment over arrest of trade unionists
Doraha, January 14
Kisan and trade unions workers have expressed resentment over the arrests of Kul Hind Kirti Kisan Sabha general secretary Lakhwinder Singh Bowani and BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) district president Darshan Singh Kohli by the Payal police from their respective places early yesterday morning.

Treatment plant excludes bar, wire drawing units
Ludhiana, January 14
The Ludhiana Effluent Treatment Society for Electroplating Units has decided that the common effluent treatment plant (CETP) in Focal Point here would not lift hazardous chemical generated by bar and wire drawing units.

Dowry victim accuses police of shielding suspects
Seeks intervention of CM, top police officials
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 14
Accusing the Sangrur district police of shielding suspects of a dowry case, registered at Sandaur police chowki over a month ago, a woman of nearby Barundi village has sought the intervention of higher authorities in getting the accused arrested.

EDUCATION

From Colleges
Mathematics symposium at LCET
Ludhiana, January 14
Ludhiana College of Engineering and Technology (LCET) under the aegis of Optima Mathematics Club organised a symposium on mathematical applications in engineering education on its campus here today.

From Schools
Students regale audience with dances

Ludhiana, January 14 The annual prize distribution function was held at Sanatan High School, Deep Nagar, Civil Lines, today. Vidhan Sabha deputy speaker Satpal Gosain and Bartiya Janata Party unit president Prof Rajinder Bhandari inaugurated the function by lighting the ceremonial lamp. Students of Bal Bharti Public School take a ride on a horse cart in Ludhiana on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

32 medicos complete course on life support
Ludhiana, January 14

The department of anaesthesiology and resuscitation at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) organised “Basil Life Support” (BLS) and “Advanced Cardiac Life Support” (ACLS) health care provider course, accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA), for the first time in Punjab.

DMCH managing society vice-president Amrit Nagpal presides over the concluding function of the life-support training programme in Ludhiana on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Bariatric surgery boon for type-II diabetics
Doraha, January14
The American Diabetes Association has recommended bariatric surgery for patients with type II diabetes and body mass index of 35kg/m² or more, as the surgery can markedly improve glycemia. 

SPORTS

Jarkhar Academy register win

Ludhiana, January 14 Jarkhar Academy and Sports Wing, Ludhiana, registered victories in the boys and girls’ sections, respectively, in hockey on the inaugural day of the 22nd edition of the annual sports festival at Jarkhar village, around 15 km from here, today. A hockey match in progress on the opening day of the 22nd Jarkhar Sports Festival in Ludhiana on Monday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Inter-varsity hockey meet from today
Ludhiana, January 14
The stage is set for this year’s edition of the North Zone Inter-Varsity Hockey Tournament for Men that begins at Prithipal Singh Memorial Astroturf Stadium of Punjab Agricultural University here tomorrow.

IPFL
Power woes continue as soccer players brave chill

Ludhiana, January 14 Electricity woes of Guru Nanak Stadium seem to be unending even on the 10th day today as neither the municipal corporation nor the district administration authorities have stepped in to resolve the problem after the Punjab Electricity Board snapped the connections due to the non-payment of bills. A power generator used by officials of the Ludhiana Football Association for the IPFL match between JCT and East Bengal in Ludhiana. — Photo by I.V.

20 shuttlers selected for school games Ludhiana, January 14 Twenty shuttlers have been selected to represent Punjab in the National School Games to be held at Panchkula from January 15 to 20. They were picked up from a coaching camp held from January 4 to 13 here.

The Punjab badminton squad that left for Panchkula to take part in the National School Games to be held from January 15 to 20. — Photo by I.V.

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