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In Basta
Murdered farmer’s body untraced
Ludhiana, February 17
Over three months after Bhupinder Singh, a farmer of Hawaas village, was shot at in Salem Tabri here and the assailants took away his body as well, the police has been unable to trace the body or nab the accused.
Double Murder
Report: Sisters were suffocated
Doraha, February 17
The post-mortem report of the two aged unmarried women, who were found murdered at their home in Chankoiyan village on Friday night, reveals that the two were suffocated to death.
Ludhiana Calling
The other day during centenary celebrations of Khalsa Dewan at KCW, security personnel started checking the belongings of attending it, including that of the journalists, at the entrance of the venue. Fed up with this, one of the vernacular journalists asked the public relation officer whether they should enter wearing under-garments only. “For decades, we have been reporting, still the police fails to recognise us. This is disgusting”, he said.
Sans infrastructure, pupils at receiving end
Ludhiana, February 17
Class-V students studying in the zila parishad-run primary schools across the district may face difficulty while comprehending the English questions in the board examination scheduled to start from tomorrow.
Artistic to the core
Ludhiana, February 17
Creativity is his passion. After making pictures of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Guru Gobind Singh on a rice grain and weaving as small as one-inch cot with his hair, this time Yash
Momi, a teacher at BVD High School, Phillaur, has painted a colourful picture of Guru Ravidas inside a 40-watt bulb with oil and poster
colours. It took him at least eight days to accomplish the task.
Yash Momi holds a bulb wherein he painted a picture of Guru Ravidas. — Tribune
photo by Sayeed Ahmed
Teachers leave for Kapurthala to join protesters
To gherao education minister
Mandi Ahmedgarh, February 17
Responding to a call given by office-bearers of the Sarkari School Sikhia Bachao
Morcha, a large number of activists of various teachers’ unions left for Kapurthala today to gherao Punjab education minister to press for their long-pending demands.
Christians stage dharna
Ludhiana, February 17
Christians, including a few CMCH employees, have raised objections over the management of the Regional Cancer Centre, the foundation stone of which will be laid by finance minister Manpreet Badal on February 20.
Resume supply or face stir: Industry
Mandi Ahmedgarh, February 17
Terming frequent power cuts to be to grave for the survival of industrial units, its owners have threatened to launch a struggle if the supply as per the sanctioned was not resumed. PSEB authorities maintained that the power cuts were implemented after intimation in this regard was received from the higher authorities.
PSEB imposes mandatory power cut
Ludhiana, February 17
Power crisis in the state is going from bad to worse with the Punjab State Electricity Board asking owners of industrial units to observe two compulsory offs in a week with immediate effect, here yesterday. Earlier, there used to be one compulsory weekly off.
Italian firm offers reuse of wastewater
Ludhiana, February 17
With a view to promote reuse of the industrial and domestic wastewater for irrigation purposes, an Italian company, Water Treatment Technology, has invited the state government for studying the practical details of its wastewater reuse project for implementing it in Punjab.
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