Cleaning up their act:
NSS volunteers of the Government College for women clean the college premises in Ludhiana on Sunday.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
Panchayat Poll Violence
Three held for assaulting BDPO
Mandi Ahmedgarh May 18
The Sudhar police has arrested three persons for allegedly assaulting a block development project officer (BDPO) after forcibly entering into his house at his native village Waraich, near here and threatening to kill him yesterday. Four other suspects are absconding.
Campaigning for PU Senate poll starts
100 SCD Govt College teachers back Mukesh Arora, Jagpal Singh
Ludhiana, May 18
Intense campaigning for the Senate elections of Panjab University,
Chandigarh, has already started in the city, which has strong lobby of contenders. The contestants in fray, for the elections scheduled to be held in September, have started targeting the voters from their respective constituencies. The competition is tough in two main constituencies- the teacher and the graduate constituencies. All four contestants from Ludhiana represent these two constituencies.
Khanna boy ranks 101 in IAS
Khanna, May 18
Aneesh Gupta of Khanna has made it to the Indian Civil Services and is ranked 101 in the country. An electrical engineer by profession, Aneesh is a pass out of Thapar Institute at
Patiala.
Speed demons go unchecked
Doraha, May 18
People commuting in private buses allege that there is literally no check on the speed limit of these buses. This, they say, should strictly be adhered to especially inside the octroi limits of the city. If stringent steps are not taken immediately, lives of a large number of people will be at risk.
Gang of car thieves busted, 3 held
Ludhiana, May 18
The city police has busted a gang of car thieves who confessed to have committed 30 cars theft in the state. Seven cars have also been recovered from the accused, as they were planning to sell them in the market.
Rejection of nomination papers
CPI for deferment of elections in villages
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 18
CPI leaders led by Kartar Singh Buani, district general secretary,
Ludhiana, have sought the deferment of panchayat elections in various villages, including Buani village, near here, where the returning officer had allegedly rejected nomination papers of at least nine aspirants on “flimsy” grounds.
Dyeing units dump fly ash on forest land
Ludhiana, May 18
After having left the Budda Nullah polluted by discharging toxic effluents in the water body, the Ludhiana dyeing industry is now turning the forest area around the city into a dump for fly ash threatening the many trees.
A heap of fly ash along the stretch of the GT Road in
Ludhiana. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma
Work on Ludhiana-Kolkata freight corridor starts
Ludhiana, May 18
Preliminary work for a dedicated freight corridor between Ludhiana and Kolkata, proposed in this years Railway budget has been taken in hand and an additional rail track on this route was being laid from the Kolkata side.
Bar revamped at Lodhi Club
Ludhiana, May 18
City’s Lodhi Club moved another step ahead in its endeavour to upgrade its facilities by opening a new bar for its members. A cultural programme was organised to celebrate the occasion last night. Deputy commissioner-cum-club president Sumer Singh Gurjar inaugurated the bar.
NSS volunteers hold rally against social evils
Ludhiana, May 18
NSS volunteers of Government College for Women today held a march in the city against social evils. The rally was flagged off by principal
R.K. Aulakh.
NSS volunteers of the GCW hold a rally in Ludhiana on Sunday.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma
ISKCON to build temple
Ludhiana, May 18
The local unit of ISKCON will build a temple on its four-and-half-acre Janpath Estate on the Canal road.
Contract buses causing mishaps: Assn
Ludhiana, May 18
While the DGP, Punjab, has directed all SSPs and bus operators to check over speeding of buses in the state for decreasing the accident rates, especially in the wake of burning of a bus in Ludhiana, the Small Scale Bus Operators Association Punjab has termed the contractual system adopted by the bus owners as the reason behind over speeding.
Letters
Parking woes
Woman held under NDPS Act
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 18
The local police has arrested a woman, Mukhtiaro, a resident of Kanganwal village, for allegedly acting as a courier for drug and narcotics smugglers and seized 4 kg poppy husk from her possession.
Body found
Ludhiana, May 18
The decomposed body of a middle-aged man was found near Amal Tas here this morning. According to the Salem Tabri police, the man may have been strangled to death a few days ago and the body thrown away.
Bank launches financial inclusion programme
Ludhiana, May 18
Punjab National Bank CMD Dr K.C. Chakrabarty inaugurated a pilot project on urban financial inclusion here today.
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