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Labourer’s girl ‘implicated’
in theft case
Ludhiana, June 10
A minor daughter of a bonded labourer was allegedly falsely implicated in a theft case when her father refused to work for the landlord for non- payment of dues.
ICICI Lombard to pay Rs 62,336
Damage to car in accident
Ludhiana, June 10
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has ordered the ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company to pay Rs 62,336 to a consumer on account of damage to his car in a accident. The insurance company was also directed to pay a compensation of Rs 2,500 for the mental pain and agony
suffered by the consumer.
Dyeing units to monitor effluents discharge
Ludhiana, June 10
To ensure discharge of effluents in the polluted Budda Nullah as per the pollution control board norms, the Federation of Dyeing Factories Association has created a monitoring and advisory cell that will monitor the discharge of toxic effluents and advise the dyeing units to check it.
Trucks carrying ration leave for Amarnath Yatra
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 10
Ravinder Puri, president of the Journalist Association, and Sukhdev Singh,
SHO, flagged off 10 trucks carrying ration for langar to be organised at Bal Tal, base camp for Amarnath
Yatra, in Jammu and Kashmir.
Trucks, carrying ration for Amarnath Yatra, flagged off at Ahmedgarh on Monday.
— Photo by Mahesh Sharma
Jobless visually challenged block traffic
Ludhiana, June 10
As many as 70 visually challenged unemployed youth staged a protest march against the state government here today. The protesters later sat on a dharna at Bharat Nagar chowk causing massive traffic jam. It took more than one hour for traffic to get back to normal.
Chip that makes mobile hand set safer
Ludhiana, June 10
A cell chip, first of its kind, and the only biologically proven way to eliminate damaging effects caused by electro-pollution was launched by a city-based company here today.
Training course for PSEB engineers
Energy efficiency, conservation need of the hour: Expert
Ludhiana, June 10
Stress was laid on energy efficiency and conservation by the experts from the Energy Resources Organisation in a 3-day training course for employees of central zone of Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), which commenced here yesterday. About 50 PSEB engineers are attending the course.
Postponed panchayat poll on June 22
Ludhiana, June 10
Panchayat elections in 46 villages of the district that were deferred last month on the directions of the State Election Commission will be held on June 22.
Cultural society holds third camp
Ludhiana, June 10
Having found a cultural expression in the ongoing summer camp at Punjabi Bhavan, a large number of participants from all age-groups are undergoing singing,
Bhangra, Gidha and other folk-dance classes.
Bhangra expert Ravinder Rengoowal takes a class during the summer camp in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
— Photo by Inderjit Verma
One arrested with illicit liquor
Khanna, June 10
The Khanna Sadar police arrested one person with illicit countrymade liquor from a resident of Khattra village. The accused has been identified as Ujagar Singh, who was carrying 12 bottles of liquor illegally near his village today afternoon. A case in this connection has been registered.
— TNS
IN FAIR HANDS: Agriculture students try their hands on pesticide sprayers on soya crop on the PAU campus in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
Farmers protest delay in power connections
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 10
Those farmers who have deposited huge amounts with electrical contractors for procuring transformers for commissioning of power connections under the Own Your Tubewell (OYT) scheme have threatened to launch an organised struggle in case their connections were not issued soon.
Net-house fabrication training at PAU
Ludhiana, June 10
Punjab Agriculture University will organise a training programme for artisans on net-house fabrication tomorrow.
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