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Mystery shrouds DMC worker’s death
 Ludhiana, June 18
Raju, a 22-year-old sweeper at Dayanand Medical College (DMC), died under mysterious circumstances at a temple in Pratapsinghwala locality this morning.
Relatives of the deceased alleged foul play, while temple authorities said he died after he fell down accidentally.
A police officer inspects the scene where Raju’s body was found in Ludhiana
on Wednesday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma
‘Peti’ Mafia At Rly Station
Excise staff on wild goose chase
Ludhiana, June 18
The “peti” mafia, actively operating at the railway station here and evading taxes worth crores by sending goods to different parts of the country without proper invoices and documentation, appears to have become stronger with the protection allegedly being extended to it by certain railway officials as also the railway police.
LIT complex awaits nod for auction
 Ludhiana, June 18
After crossing many hurdles, both legal and administrative, right from the conception to completion of construction, the commercial complex of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) on the Maharani Jhansi Road here is all set to be put under the hammer after the state government clears the proposed reserved price for the 2.22 acre complex.
Commercial complex of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust on Maharani Jhansi Road, Ludhiana, is all set to be thrown open
for public. —Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed
Endless ordeal for 5-yr-old rape victim
Ludhiana, June 18
Eight months after a five-year-old girl of Rampur village, near Khanna, was raped and thrown into a well to die by her uncle, her life continues to be an ordeal with her family suffering in silence.
Underage Driving
Stringent laws needed, feel residents
Ludhiana, June 18
Union women and child development minister Renuka Choudhury’s lashing out of parents for allowing underage children to drive and advocating amendment to relevant laws to bring such parents to the book has elicited a mixed response from city residents.
Co-pilot at 13!
Ludhiana, June 18
Thirteen-year-old Yuvraj Sehdev has brought laurels to the city by earning himself a co-pilot’s licence from Airtime Canada.
MC to improve roads around dry port
 Ludhiana, June 18
The municipal corporation will chalk out a comprehensive plan to improve roads and other infrastructure around dry port at Dhandari here under a centrally funded scheme aimed at providing better facilities for export promotion.
This was stated by MC superintending engineer Dharam Singh after conducting a joint inspection of the area.
Roads around the dry port at Dhandari, Ludhiana, are in bad shape.
—Photo by Inderjeet Verma
Bank employees hold protest against merger
 Ludhiana, June 18
Bank employees held a protest demonstration outside the State Bank of Patiala office in Miller Ganj here today.
The employees protested under the banner of Punjab Bank Employees Federation on a call given by the All-India Bank Employees Association and All-India Bank Officers Association.
Bank staff demonstrates in Ludhiana on Wednesday. —Photo by Inderjit Verma
Amanpreet Murder Case
Husband taken to Delhi for narco test
Ludhiana, June 18
The city police has taken Sukhdeep Singh, prime accused in the Amanpreet murder case, to the CBI laboratory in New Delhi for a narco test. DIG Ishwar Singh said the police would get into the depth of the case for which the lie detector test of the prime accused, who is the husband of the victim, was essential.
Letters
Better sense prevails
NRI police station registers first case
Ludhiana, June 18
The NRI police station, which began functioning on April 12, has registered its first case. The case was registered on a complaint made by an England-based non-residential Indian, Bhagwant
Kaur.
2 booked for assault
Jagraon, June 18
Avtar Singh and Ramandeep Singh of Manuke allegedly trespassed into the house of Bant Singh of their village on June 11 and assaulted him with iron rod and sticks. The local police has now registered a case under Sections 452, 323 and 34 IPC. Some dispute of land is said to be the reason behind. No arrest has been made so for.
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Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 18
udhiana, June 18
Ludhiana, June 18
