Capt Amarinder Singh, former Chief Minister, comes out of the court after a hearing in the City Centre scam case in Ludhiana on
Friday. — A Tribune photograph |
BSNL, LIC employees protest price hike
Ludhiana, June 6
Employees of various organisations held demonstrations against the hike in the prices of fuel and LPG cylinders.
3 take lift; flee with Innova
Khanna, June 6
Giving lift to three persons for Rs 240 cost the driver of an Innova dear. The incident took place on April 22 but it came to light yesterday when the police recovered the vehicle from near here following a tip-off.
Power Shutdown
Power supply to Manakwal, Mehmoodpur and Dhandra, GK Vihar, Sant Sunder Singh Nagar, Preet Nagar, Satjot Nagar, Roop Nagar and the adjoining area of Dhandra Road will be suspended from 9am to 3 pm on Saturday; and to Partap Nagar, Metro, K W Roler, Millerganj, Nanakpuri, Dashmesh Nagar, Bhagwan Chowk, and Munjal from 9 am to 2 pm on Sunday.
CPI holds dharna against hike in oil prices
Ludhiana, June 6
As a part of its nationwide campaign against the hike in prices of petrol, diesel and LPG, activists of the CPI today organised a dharna at mini secretariat to demand immediate roll back in oil prices. The party called upon the union government as also the state governments to initiate stern steps to check hoarding in order to bring down the prices of the other essential commodities.
CPI activists hold a dharna at the mini secretariat in Ludhiana on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph
Students switch to
electric two-wheelers
Ludhiana, June 6
It's not only the common man who has been hit by the price hike, students are also feeling the pinch.
Concerned over the increase in the prices of fuel, students are planning to switch to electric two-wheelers.
ON POWER: Students ride two-wheelers in Ludhiana.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed
Anganwari workers stage protest
Khanna, June 6
A large number of anganwari workers staged a protest near the Child Development Programme Office (CDPO) in support of their long-pending demands. The workers raised slogans against the government and demanded compensation and hike in their remunerations besides other things.
 Houses collapse in rain
Residents demand compensation
Khanna, June 6
A section of residents have written to the SDM demanding compensation for their houses, which collapsed due to rain on Wednesday.
A large number of houses were affected and roofs of many buildings collapsed in the rain.
A collapsed roof of a house in Khanna.
— A Tribune photograph
Booking of Leader
Workers’ body joins protest
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 6
Demanding cancellation of criminal case registered against All-India State Government Employees Federation vice-president Sukhdev Singh Bari, activists of the Mazdoor Mulazim Talmel Committee yesterday went to Sherpur town to join a dharna being organised there.
Letters
Customers dissatisfied at banks
3 booked for bid to murder
Jagraon, June 6
Sukhdev Singh, alias Debi, Keepa and his brother Ladi of Noorapura allegedly assaulted Gurinder Singh of the same village with dagger on June 3 with an intention to murder him.
Farmers urge govt to review paddy MSP
Ludhiana, June 6
Farmers here demanded that the government should declare different support rates for various varieties of paddy. The minimum support price for basmati should be at least Rs 2,000 per quintal, said Puran Singh Shahkot, general secretary (finance) of the Bharti Kisan Union, Punjab, at a press conference today.
PAU alumnus develops website on vegetation
Ludhiana, June 6
Balwinder Singh, an alumnus of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) and a landscape and crop consultant has developed a website:
www.landscapingpeople.com, which focuses on the beautiful trees and shrubs and highlights the trees species facing extinction.
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