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Consumers queue up to buy fuel
 Demand goes up by 30 pc
Ludhiana, May 31
The prolonged wait for the government's verdict on fuel prices is causing uncertainty with consumers resorting to panic buying in bulk and the dealers, on the other hand, refusing fuel, leading to frequent altercations between the two.
Consumers queue up at a petrol station to buy diesel in drums in Ludhiana on Saturday. Tribune
photo by Sayeed Ahmed
World No Tobacco Day Today
Anti-Smoking Act goes up in smoke
Police looks the other way to complaints
Ludhiana, May 31
As many as 100 kiosks selling tobacco products located within 100 metres of different educational institutes in the city are cocking a snook at the Anti- Smoking Act that came into being four years ago.
Medicos vow to abstain
from tobacco
Mandi Ahmedgarh May 31
Constituents of a few medical, educational and social organisations vowed to abstain from the consumption of tobacco and tobacco products and associate themselves with the crusade launched against the menace so that others might be warned of its hazardous effects of tobacco.
Sukhdev’s House
Legal heir joins issue with trust
Ludhiana, May 31
Joining the issue of declaring martyr Sukhdev's ancestral house as a protected monument with Shaheed Sukhdev Memorial trust, a nephew of the martyr today said that he had himself donated it to the state government and the trust had no locus standi to claim it.
2 sewermen die of asphyxia
Ludhiana, May 31
Two sewermen died while cleaning a sewer manhole in Focal Point area here today.
City remains powerless for over eight hours
Ludhiana, May 31
The electricity supply was disrupted for more than eight hours in many areas of the city today, following "preventive maintenance" by the department. With mercury hovering around 40 degree celsius, the residents had to bear the severe heat without power.
Taxing Toll
NHAI facilities negligible
Potholed roads leave commuters fuming
Doraha, May 31
The potholed toll road, particularly between Sahnewal and Doraha or for that matter even beyond, speaks of the negligible facilities being provided by the National Highway Authority of India to the commuters in lieu of the exorbitant toll fee being charged.
A potholed toll road between Sahnewal and Doraha. A Tribune photo
Letters
Beware of astrologers
The number of tantriks and astrologers is increasing in Punjab, particularly in Ludhiana. Most of them come from other states to make huge amounts of money.
Rajasthani textiles exhibited
Ludhiana, May 31
Twelve artisans from Rajasthan have put up heir products at an exhibition organised by the Samrat Hath Karga Vastra Co-operative Society.
Centre to start crop monitoring: Sibal
Mandi Ahmedgarh May 31
While union minister for science and technology and earth sciences Kapil Sibal has claimed that technological development has made significant contributions in improving the “grain bowl” (Punjab) agriculture, a few leaders led by Congress legislator Jasbir Singh Jassie contended more research and development was required in agricultural equipment.
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The Gujjar protest today spilled over to the city with several members of the community staging a dharna and blocking traffic on the busy Jalandhar bypass against the Rajasthan government.
Heaps of course materials issued by the Punjab School Education Department (PSEB) are gathering dust at Punjabi Bhawan as there are no takers for
it. The course material were meant for private students appearing for Class VIII, X and XII PSEB board
examination. As guides of all subjects are available in the market, there is no taker for these course materials. Even education department officials consider these books as useless.
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