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A tree of contention
Ludhiana, June 9
Elderly residents and cops of Kitchlu Nagar are jointly opposing the demarcation of a peepal tree in front of police post as certain residents are trying to encroach upon the area to set up a temple.
PAU to survey farmers’ suicide
Ludhiana, June 9
Punjab government has sanctioned a survey project on incidents of farmers' suicides on account of indebtedness in the Punjab state. Under the project, PAU’s department of Economics and Sociology is to undertake a survey.
292nd Martyrdom Day
Tributes paid to Banda Bahadur
Ludhiana, June 9
Tributes were paid to Baba Banda Singh Bahadur on his 292nd martyrdom day at a function organised jointly by the Baba Banda Singh Bahadur International Manch and Prof Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation at Bhai Randhir Singh Bhawan here today.
Jagdev Singh Jassowal (Centre) and Krishan Kumar Bawa (extreme right), patron and chairman of the Baba Banda Singh Bahadur International Manch, respectively, present portraits of the martyr to dignitaries in Ludhiana on Monday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Students of Guru Nanak International Public School dance during a summer camp in Ludhiana on Monday.
Tribune photograph: Sayeed Ahmed
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Doctor examines a patient during bone and joints camp in Ludhiana on Monday.
A Tribune photograph
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Swimmers get ready for the practice session in Ludhiana on Monday. Photo: Sayeed Ahmed |
Now, cell to trace stolen
vehicles
Khanna, June 9
Vehicle theft will soon be a thing of past with a company launching a GSM- based machine-to-machine anti-theft and vehicle-tracking
device. The 200-gram machine, to be fitted under the dashboard of a car,
can trace those stolen and also sends SMS alerts on owners’ mobile numbers.
Price Hike
People want change
at Centre: BJP
Ludhiana, June 9
Launching a scathing attack on the Union government for the ever-increasing prices of commodities, the Punjab unit of the BJP yesterday blew the election bugle and stated that if it returned to power at the Centre, it would help people come out of the present crisis.
Oil Price Hike
MCPI asks Left to withdraw support
Ludhiana, June 9
Punjab state committee of the Marxist Party of India (MCPI) today urged the Central leadership of the CPI and the CPM to withdraw support from the Congress-led UPA government in the Centre over the steep hike in the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG which, it observed, would break the backbone of the common man.
Now, work on Chandigarh road stopped
Ludhiana, June 9
After stopping the recarpeting work on the Humbran and the Gill roads for not fulfilling the terms and conditions for laying the roads, the municipal corporation has stopped the work on the Chandigarh road following a snag in a paver.
Letters
Slimming centres mislead
Those who look for a short cut to shed extra kilos are misled by the advertisements put up by slimming centres. Sedentary life-style, absence of physical activity and wrong food habits amongst the people have led to the mushrooming of these centres in the city.
8 booked for murder
Jagraon, June 9
Kuldeep Singh, Harpreet Singh of Toosa, Nikka Singh, Deepa Singh of Pakhowal along with six others have been charged for murder under sections 302, 307, 148 and 149 of the IPC by the Raikot police. Dharminder Singh and Kuldeep Singh of Pakhowal were attacked in their village with sharp-edged weapons on June 8.
Brick-kiln owner booked
Khanna, June 9
A brick kiln owner has been booked for not releasing the payment of 25 people due to which a pregnant migrant woman, whose husband was working in Bhullar Bricks at Chak Maphi village, died. A case has been registered under Section 304-A of the IPC has been registered against brick kiln Manjinder Singh.
Farmers worried about labour shortage
Migrants demand Rs 1,500 per acre; sowing starts tomorrow
Ludhiana, June 9
With the paddy session beginning tomorrow, the labour shortage has once again become a matter of concern for farmers. The labour, which charged Rs 600 per acre (paddy sowing) last year, has suddenly started demanding Rs 1,500 per acre, adding to farmers’ worries. It is expected that wages will increase further in the coming days.
Women clean the fields for sowing paddy in one of the villages in Ludhiana on Monday. Tribune photo: Sayeed Ahmed
Farmers let down over denial of agri package
Ludhiana, June 9
Farmers in the state have expressed resentment over Centre's reported refusal to include the state in a Centre-sponsored agricultural package. The farmers said the step-motherly treatment meted out to them had dampened their spirits, but they would struggle till the Centre realised their worth and made the state gain from the National Food Security Mission
(NFSM). They will start a state-wide agitation in support of their demands.
Anti-farmer polices: BKU stages dharna against government
Ludhiana, June 9
The district unit of the Bharti Kisan Union (BKU) staged a dharna outside the mini secretariat here today. The dharna was organised by the farmers against the inflation and "anti-farmer" policies of the Union government.
The Bharti Kisan Union (BKU) staged a dharna outside the deputy commissioner’s office in Ludhiana on Monday. Tribune photo: Sayeed Ahmed
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An irate mob forcibly removed and damaged a liquor vend from a green area near Karabara Chowk this morning.
