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Tehbazaari too weak for mighty encroachers
Ludhiana, June 26
The tehbazaari department of the municipal corporation today rued lack of infrastructure to deal with encroachments in the city.
The issue came up during the meeting of tehbazaari committee where the staff
said their working was plagued by old vehicles, lack of JCB machines, shortage
of Gypsies and labour and they had to face problems to store confiscated goods.
PSEB misuses mobile transformer
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Ludhiana, June 26
The innovative scheme of the Punjab State Electricity Board here to introduce mobile transformers in each division of the mega city has come in handy for the residents of C Block of Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar locality where a transformer burnt down on
Tuesday.
A mobile transformer has temporarily replaced a burnt-down transformer in C Block of Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar locality in Ludhiana.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma
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Dhanda inspects green belts
Ludhiana, June 26
In a bid to blow the lid off the notorious advertisement scam in the city, a local MLA and chief parliamentary secretary, Harish Rai
Dhanda, today inspected green belts, unipolls and kiosks carrying advertisements.
Anti-Drug Abuse Day
‘Availability behind rising trend of drug abuse’
Ludhiana, June 25
On the international Anti-Drug Abuse Day today, the National Integrated Medical Association
(NIMA) has pledged to motivate people for a healthy lifestyle and to stay away from drug abuse.
CATWALK: Students of the Pinnacle Institute of Fashion Technology take part in a fashion show in Ludhiana on Thursday.
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Power cuts cripple industrial units
Ludhiana, June 26
Production at hundreds of small and tiny units located around Gill Road has come to a halt due to 8-10 hours of power cuts for the last two days. Demanding an immediate improvement in the power situation, industrialists said they would be forced to shut operations if the situation continued.
Newborn premature baby needs help
Ludhiana, June 26
The baby of Meera Devi (CMCH Unit No. C7144697) is admitted in the paediatric intensive care unit of Christian Medical College and Hospital here since June 19.
This pre-term baby girl, weighing 1000 gm, was born at Barnala to a severely anaemic mother.
Infant dies during treatment
Khanna, June 26
A section of residents today raised slogans against the civil hospital authorities after the death of a seven-month-old boy.
The boy, identified as Gurveer Singh, was admitted to the hospital late last night.
Riya chief of Khamano block samiti
Khamano, June 26
Avtar Singh Riya, a block samiti member from Badla zone in this block was elected president of the local block samiti during the election held at the block samiti office under the returning officer-cum-SDM, Ravinder Kumar Khamano.
LMA to hold lecture on SEZs
Ludhiana, June 26
LB Singhal, director-general, Export Promotion Council, will address the members of the Ludhiana Management Association
(LMA) here tomorrow. Singhal will speak on issues related to SEZs.
Residents to boycott MC poll
Khanna, June 26
Some residents from ward number 10 have decided to boycott the MC elections as no developmental work was done in their ward for the past many years.
Servant decamps with Rs 18 lakh
Ludhiana, June 26
In the biggest-ever theft committed by a servant in recent times, a domestic help decamped with Rs 18 lakh from the home of his employer, Ashwani Kumar, owner of Sai Sales Ltd, on June 24.
Woman, girl commit suicide in different incidents
Khanna, June 26
A married woman and a girl here committed suicide after consuming some poisonous substance during the past 24 hours.
Aarti, wife of Hartesh, a resident of Nandi Colony, committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance.
Banks record 48 pc increase in advances
Ludhiana, June 26
To review the performance of the banks for 2007-08 in the district, a meeting of the banks and various government development agencies was held here today.
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