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Police leaves accident victim’s kin at bay
Dilly-dallies on post-mortem examination
Ludhiana, January 15
Relatives and friends of an accident victim today had a harrowing time at the hands of a team of the Raikot police, which showing scant sensitivity towards the deceased refused to go for the mandatory post-mortem examination.
Lumberjacks
in Kashmir,
beggars here
Ludhiana, January 15
Driven away from home by snow and unemployment owing to militancy, a number of woodcutters from Poonch and Rajouri areas of Jammu and Kashmir are going door to door here seeking alms these days.
Bomb hoax call causes a flutter
Ludhiana, January 15
Yet another hoax call of a bomb having been planted at the Dhandari and Ludhiana railway stations sent the police in a tizzy this morning. An unidentified person, claiming to be chief of banned terrorist outfit Babbar Khalsa International, called up at the railway landline at 9.15 am saying that bombs had been planted by his men at the Ludhiana and Dhandari railway stations and would go off at 9.20 am.
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| Sniffer dogs check luggage after a bomb threat was reported at Ludhiana railway station on Tuesday.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma |
Machine embroidery a lucrative option: Study
Ludhiana, January 15
According to a recent study on employment and income generating sources in Ludhiana, the potential of machine embroidery as a profession is immense as far as profit-making ventures are concerned.
BJP to pursue frauds by Cong men
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 15
Accusing Congress-backed councillors of ignoring development of the local town in the past, local BJP unit president Vijay Kumar Goyal has announced that the alleged misappropriation of funds and grants would be gotten probed by the vigilance department.
Office-bearers of the BJP with unit president Vijay Kumar Goyal (garlanded) at Ahmedgarh on Tuesday.
— Photo by Mahesh Sharma |
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Innovative cosmetic surgery gives
18-yr old new hope
Ludhiana, January 15
Eighteen-year-old Simran (name changed), a resident of Moga town, had a severe deformity of face for around eight years. She was operated upon for “fungal granuloma” at Jalandhar eight years ago but due to complications she was shifted to the
PGI, Chandigarh.
Protesting teachers burn copies of securities Act
Ludhiana, January 15
Members of the PCCTU drawn from various colleges of Ludhiana district staged a dharna outside the office of the deputy commissioner at mini secretariat today to register their protest over the recent amendment to the The Punjab Affiliated Colleges (Securities of Service Act of Employees) Act, 1974. They also burnt copies of the Act.
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