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Where custodians are barely into sports
Kila Raipur, February 10
Though Kila Raipur games, also called Rural Olympics, have played a vital role in the promotion of sports in the region, they have failed to inspire inhabitants of the village to take to sports. The youth of the village have been staying away from sports for long.
Increase in prices of steel
Construction to get costlier
Ludhiana, February 10
Construction activity has received a blow, thanks to the increase in costs by 15 per cent to 20 per cent within the last 10 days.
Master Plan
Councillors in hurry to get their areas designated commercial
Ludhiana, February 10
With the MC constituting a committee to prepare a master plan, almost all councillors seem to be in a race to get their areas designated as commercial areas. As land is being sold for a skyrocketing price in the city, especially in the commercial area, councillors are trying hard to include places in their wards.
In Basta
Reason behind murder not known in four years
Mandi Ahmedgarh, February 10
Four years after a resident of Chapra village in Ludhiana district had accused his in-laws of allegedly murdering his father, the police is yet to reach a conclusion about the reason behind the murder.
DSP to inquire unsolved exposed cases
Ludhiana, February 10
The Ludhiana Tribune series on unsolved crime cases carried in the weekly “In Basta” column has evoked response from the police department with the city SSP ordering reinvestigation or relook into undetected murder cases where the victims were identified.
V-Day bug bites rural youth
Kila Raipur, February 10
For those who think celebrating Valentine’s Day is the domain of urban youth alone then think again. For, the rural youth are all geared up to express their feeling on February 14.
Construction of flats in park
Residents oppose LIT’s move
Ludhiana, February 10
The federation of park management committees has criticised the move of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) to convert a children’s park into a concrete jungle in Sant Ishar Singh Nagar under the optimum land use policy of the state government.
Library to come up with Canadian aid
Ludhiana, February 10
Ventura Custom Homes, Winnipeg, Canada, has decided to construct Saint Mother Teressa Memorial Library at Bhanohar village, near Ludhiana.
Immigration agents target Kila Raipur arena
Kila Raipur, February 10
Rural sports melas are the latest haunts of immigration agents. Such agents had a field day at the Kila Raipur sports festival. They could be seen distributing visiting cards and advertising their services.
150th anniversary of Kuka Movement
Ludhiana, February 10
A state-level function to mark the 193rd Parkash Utsav would be organised at Bhaini Sahib, headquarters of Namdhari Darbar tomorrow, as a part of a year-long celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of the Kuka Movement launched by Namdhari Satguru Ram Singh Ji in 1857.
Residents against six-laning of road
Khamano, February 10
Residents are up in arms against the proposed six-laning of the Ludhiana-Chandigarh road that would pass through this town. Few days ago a NHAI team visited Khamano to chalk out plan for widening this highway.
Don’t ignore children: SSP tells public
Mandi Ahmedgarh, February 10
Terming unconcern of parents toward their wards, as a major reason behind youth falling prey to addiction, Sangrur SSP Arun Pal Singh called upon residents of area to pay more attention towards their families. He said this during a police- public meeting organized at Malikpur village near here yesterday.
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| SSP Sangrur Arun Pal Singh convenes a police-public meeting at Malikpur near Ahmedgarh on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Mahesh Sharma |
Former PAU scientist takes pride in treating sick
Ludhiana, February 10
Physically-challenged, poor and sick people lying on the footpaths and crying for help in the industrial capital of Punjab is not an uncommon sight. In a city with sizeable migrant population, a large number of people continue to live in slums, that too, in unhygienic conditions with nobody to listen to their woes.
Despite mishaps, admn fails to cut trees
Karamsar (Rara Sahib), February 10
Eighteen months have passed since six persons, including four children, were killed in an accident that took place in this village after a truck in which they were travelling on a narrow road fell into a canal.
A notice board restricts the entry of heavy vehicles on a narrow road
along the Bathinda branch of Sirhind canal near Karamsar village in Ludhiana.
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Club urges govt to improve power supply
Ludhiana, February 10
Irked with poor power situation in the state, Knitwear Club,in a letter to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, urged the government to improve power supply by commissioning power generating units and outsourcing electricity.
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