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They wanted their land back, but got just another probe
Ludhiana, February 5
For Raj Nath and Sumitra Devi, it was the third day outside the office of the deputy commissioner today. They have been seeking action against a coloniser who deprived them of their land.
Nabbed, criminal consumes poison
Mandi Ahmedgarh, February 5
A hardcore criminal took a drastic step and consumed a poisonous capsule after being nabbed by a team of the CIA, Ludhiana (Rural), from a deserted place on the outskirts of Dhada Khurd village in Hoshiarpur district today. The criminal was shifted to the Civil Hospital, Jalandhar.
Timber Theft
3 cops suspended after inquiry
Mandi Ahmedgarh, February 5
Finding three policemen of Humbran police station guilty of facilitating theft of timber on forest department land, the Ludhiana (Rural) police has suspended them.
Dowry Death
Husband, father-in-law get 10-yr RI
Ludhiana, Feburary 5
A fast-track court has sentenced Kuldip Singh and his father Bant Singh of Rurka village to undergo 10 years rigorous imprisonment in a dowry death case. The body of Harjinder Kaur was found hanging with ceiling fan in bedroom of Kuldip Singh just less than three months after the marriage.
Encroachments removed
Ludhiana, February 5
The tehbazaari department of the municipal corporation today removed temporary encroachments at
Haibowal, Gopal Nagar, Sabzi Mandi, Aggar Nagar and challaned a fruit contractor who was instrumental in getting the roadsides encroached upon by fruit sellers.
A JCB removes encroachments on the roadside in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma |
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HIDE AND SEEK: Sun peeps through the clouds that hovered over the skyline in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
— Photo by I. V. |
Students of SRS Polytechnic for Girls all set to participate in a fancy dress competition in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma |
200 donate blood
Ludhiana, February 5
Two hundred units of blood were collected at a blood donation camp organised by the Blood Donors Council in collaboration with the department of transfusion medicine of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital at Rampura Phul yesterday.
Row in sub-registrar’s office
Work comes to a halt; one booked
Ludhiana, February 5
The sale deed execution work at the sub- registrar's office came to a halt in the this morning when activists of the Property Dealers Association and advocates entered into an argument with the sub-registrar over the entry of documents and waiting list of sale deeds.
Govt to use natural sources to meet power crisis
Ludhiana , February 5
Bikram Singh Majithia, minister for water supply and sanitation, information & public relations, science, technology, environment & non-conventional sources of energy said the state government as a part of its programme to harness the non-conventional energy resources had embarked upon a plan to augment more than 1500 MW electricity from different sectors of renewable energy, including small/micro hydel, biomass power projects, co-generation, waste to energy and solar thermal power generation projects.
Blood cancer patient needs help
Ludhiana, February 5
A one-year-old girl child Pallavi has been undergoing treatment for acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (blood cancer) in the paediatric ward of the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) here for the past two months. She has a hole in her abdomen due to which she was operated upon earlier.
Industrialists to participate in SAD-BJP rally
Ludhiana, February 5
The agitating industrialists have decided to participate in the rally being organised by the
SAD-BJP combine against the “anti-Punjab” policies of the Centre to express their resentment against the unprecedented rise in steel prices and failure of the UPA government to come to their rescue.
Justice Goel bereaved
Ludhiana, Feburary 5
RajMohani, mother of Justice Arvind Kumar Goel of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, died at DMC Hospital here early this morning following a heart attack.
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