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Indifference to Hockey
Match postponed due to water scarcity
Ludhiana, March 16
A perfect example of how seriously we take our national sport can be gauged from the fact that two crucial encounters were postponed till tomorrow due to scarcity of water.
Billu Badshah Murder
Accused take cops for a ride
Ludhiana, March 16
A number of accused in the murder case of alleged gangster Billu Badshah took the city police and mediapersons on a ride late last night by not keeping to their promise of surrendering to the police near Guru Nanak Stadium.
In Basta
Gangster Rana still fugitive, cops in dark
Ludhiana, March 16
It is almost two and a half years since a gangster Raman Rana, prime accused in the murder case of another gangster, Lalla, had escaped from the police custody. But there is no trace of him even though cops claim to have made a special squad to catch him.
Suspended cop runs amuck
Ludhiana, March 16
Just a couple of days after two cops were booked on an attempt to rape a girl in the civil hospital, another cop has been booked for allegedly stealing a car and causing injuries to two security guards of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) by rash driving.
Residents forced to inhale soot
 Ludhiana, March 16
Besides inhaling toxic pollutants in the air, the residents of Ashok Nagar on GT road are forced to breathe in soot. Thanks to a number of industrial units that are billowing poisonous smoke into the environment.
These units use wood and other materials as fuel and release the smoke into the air much to the chagrin of city residents who say that fine particles of ash make way into their houses besides nostrils.
Chimney of a dyeing company billows out thick smoke in Ashok Nagar in Ludhiana.
—Tribune photo by Inderjeet Verma
AK-47, weapons recovered
Ludhiana, March 16
The Barnala police is learnt to have recovered a number of dangerous weapons from the house of a former terrorist Amarjit Singh in Chachrari village falling in Jagraon subdivision.
Employees discuss problems with CM’s adviser
 Ludhiana, March 16
Representatives of the Mulazam Front, Punjab, held a meeting with Dr Daljit Singh
Cheema, adviser to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal at Wheat Auditorium of Punjab Agricultural University here today to discuss various problems faced by the front.
Employees from various departments, who form the Mulazam Front, Punjab, attend a meeting with adviser to the CM at PAU, Ludhiana, on Sunday.
—Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed
Economic Feasibility of Thermal Plants
Japanese team visits sugar mills
Budhewal (Ludhiana) March 16
A joint team of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and the Japan International Cooperation Agency are visiting a few cooperative sugar mills of the state to evaluate economic feasibility of proposed co-generation thermal power plants to be installed by the Punjab Energy Development Agency that will provide cheaper electricity to the mills. Cost of project is estimated to be Rs 752 crore.
37 milk samples fail test
Ludhiana, March 16
All 37 milk samples, brought by the consumers from several localities around Daresi Road at a camp organised by dairy development department here yesterday, failed the purity test.
At The Crossroads
Looking back to the future
When a lot of ideas crop up in the mind, it becomes difficult to provide them proper space for their release. One such idea is of the days gone by. Uncertainly, prevailed upon hopes and aspirations at the start of the career. Months rolled by like a rudderless ship before a port could be discerned. Shortly afterwards, mermaids enchanted the mind from afar with their display of colour and form. Some sirens could also be spotted, now and then, who bewitched with their songs.
Loudspeakers, a distraction for students
Ludhiana, March 16
Rajat, a Class X student, living near Pakhowal road was grappling with the last minute revision before the board exams that a sudden loud chanting of some religious hymns broke his concentration.
Forum justifies PUDA’s stand on NOC
Ludhiana, March 16
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has dismissed the complaint filed by a complainant, seeking directions to PUDA for issuing NOC.
Youth beaten up by mob
Ludhiana, March 16
Residents of Nanak colony here beat up a person suspecting him to be a cycle thief. He was hospitalised with severe injuries all over his body. Two PCR cops instead of saving the suspect and taking action, also allegedly also beat him up.
Mercury rise to hit cattle’s productivity: Expert
Ludhiana, March 16
A two-day national seminar on "Environmental control for plants, animals and fish" held at the Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) concluded here today. All dignitaries, scientists, delegates, researchers and participants were welcomed by the organisers.
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