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10-yr-old helps nab robbers
Ludhiana, February 1
A heroic act by a 10-year-old boy led the police to nab a gang of robbers who had looted valuables worth lakhs from the house of a Shimla Puri resident on January 25.
The robbers in police custody in Ludhiana on Friday.
— Photo by Inderjit Verma |
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PSEB staff, farmers oppose privatisation
Ludhiana, February 1
Activists of Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) trade unions, over dozen farmer organisations and board workers today demonstrated at the office of the chief engineer against
privatisation.
Activists of farmer organisations, trade unions along with PSEB employees stage a dharna at the mini secretariate in Ludhiana on Friday.
— Photo by Inderjit Verma |
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Youngsters short on sleep
Ludhiana, February 1
Teenagers are damaging their health by not getting enough sleep because they are distracted by electronic gadgets like TV, music system and mobile phones in their bedrooms.
Police refuses to exhume ‘skeleton’
Ludhiana, February 1
Mystery shrouds the recovery of a skeleton from near the Mata Rani chowk during the sinking of a tubewell late last evening.
 Maan-made
TIME has stood still for Gurdas Maan. Even now when he does his typical jhatkas, matching step for step with young boys in Boot Polishan or romances Bhumika Chawla in Taare Gawah
Ne, the numero uno star of Punjabi entertainment industry does not look out of place, on screen or off.
Gurdas Maan
Hosiery
worker killed in fight
Ludhiana, February 1
A hosiery worker allegedly killed a fellow worker by hitting him with a rod on the head after they had an argument over pending work.
Hyder Ali had allegedly started drinking liquor instead of finishing the work when he had an argument with Sameer Ulla in Aman
Nagar, Model Town, this afternoon. Sameer Ulla is absconding.
A cop at the site of the crime. — A Tribune photo |
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Cold Break
No exemption for primary teachers
Ludhiana, February 1
Government elementary school teachers are idle these days. Reason: Punjab government’s announcement that primary schools would be closed for one week due to the intense cold wave in the region. However, teachers have been asked to attend school as usual.
Miffed farmers to besiege PM’s office
Ludhiana, February 1
Having failed to achieve pending demands of the farming community through extended negotiations, the Bharti Kisan Union
(BKU) has decided to launch an agitation on February 27 with lakhs of farmers and activists from all over the country laying indefinite siege to the office of the Prime Minister in Delhi.
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| BKU president Ajmer Singh Lakhowal (right) addresses mediapersons in Ludhiana on Friday.
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New media policy soon, says Majithia
Ludhiana, February 1
Minister for water supply and sanitation and information and public relations Bikram Singh Majithia exhorted the media to perform its duties freely and impartially.
He was addressing a function after inaugurating the new office of a local TV channel launched here today.
From advertising world to diamonds
Ludhiana, February 1
From teaching French to being a part of the world of advertising, renowned jewellery designer Vandana Munjal has come a long way. But the five years she has been into creating designs have been the most wonderful.
Vandana Munjal. — Photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
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Rs 50,000 for Kisan Club
Ludhiana, February 1
Honouring the recommendation of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) vice-chancellor Dr Manjit Singh Kang, Punjab agriculture minister Sucha Singh Langah has sanctioned an amount of Rs 50,000 for the construction of an office for the Naujwan Kisan Club, village
Alliana, district Ferozepur, for carrying out farming related activities.
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