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Violation of Bylaws
Town planner, 2 draftsmen nabbed
Ludhiana, March 25
The Vigilance Bureau today nabbed a municipal town planner, Amritsar MC, Shakti Sagar Bhatia and draftsmen Mohinder Pal and Nirmal Singh of the local MC in a case of building bylaw violation.

AIDS society fouls up on address
Ludhiana, March 25
The Punjab State AIDS Control Society(PSACS) is carelessly distributing pamphlets that bear the old address of the office and even its official website.

Complainant brother arrested for murder
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 25
The police has arrested Pyara Singh of Heran village, a farmer and complainant in the murder case of his brother Lal Singh, for allegedly killing his brother to implicate someone else in the case.

Traffic violators to pay more
Ludhiana, March 25
The district transport department (DTO) has decided to get tough with those flouting traffic rules by imposing heavy penalty on defaulters.

Rickshaw-puller gets 12-year RI
Ludhiana, March 25
The court of the additional sessions judge, A.K. Mehta, has sentenced Shashi Kant (27) of Shivpuri to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment on the charges of possessing poppy husk. A fine of Rs 1 lakh was also imposed on him.

Parents protest mandatory sale of stationery at school
Ludhiana, March 25
About 100 parents today staged a protest against the Tagore Public School authorities for selling stationery items along with course books. The parents staged a protest this morning after they were told by the book seller that books would be provided only after they agreed to take stationery items worth Rs 800.
Parents argue with teachers of Tagore Public School in Ludhiana on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

21 booked for water pollution
Ludhiana, March 25
The police has booked 21 residents in 10 different cases for polluting water bodies.

COMMUNITY

Corpus fund to boost research: PAUTA
Ludhiana, March 25
The Punjab Agricultural University Teachers’ Association (PAUTA) has expressed gratitude to the Punjab government for allocating Rs 50 crore corpus fund to Punjab Agricultural University to give impetus to agricultural research.

Violation of Bylaws
MC warns business complexes
Ludhiana, March 25
Municipal corporation commissioner Vikas Partap today warned representatives of around 45 commercial complexes to follow building bylaws or face the music.

Boiler Blast
Rs 10 lakh relief sought for victims’ kin
Ludhiana, March 25
Worker unions here have sought Rs 10 lakh each as compensation for families of workers who died in the boiler blast that took place at Mandi Gobindgarh yesterday.

Rally on female foeticide
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 25
To generate awareness on female foeticide and drug addiction, activists of the Registered Medical Practitioners Association, Punjab, organised a rally here today.

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180 BEd students get degrees
Ludhiana, March 25
The ninth annual convocation of BCM College of Education, Chandigarh Road, was held on the college campus here today. As many as 180 students of the college were awarded degrees by Prof S.S. Bari, registrar, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Lata Sharma bagged the first position in the college and fifth in Panjab University. 

Jubilant students of BCM College of Education with their degrees in Ludhiana on Tuesday.—  Photo by Inderjit Verma

SPORTS

Param Pun moves to second round
Chandigarh, March 25
Param Pun beat Paramvir S. Bajwa (6-2) in the first round of boys’ under-10 in the 4th L.D. Kapoor Memorial Tennis Championship that started at YMCA, Sector 11, here yesterday. The other budding players, who made into the second round were Parth Rastogi, third seed Nihit Rawal, Santbir Singh, Rishabh Sharda and Param Pun.

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