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Wholesale traders get smart
Ludhiana, July 3
The second day of transporters’ strike gave a tough time to the industry and traders who were unable to function smoothly as supplies came to a halt. Wholesale traders managed by the affair by using smaller vehicles.
Cop commits suicide
Ludhiana, July 3
Addiction to alcohol and family problem forced a head constable of the Dakha police station to allegedly commit suicide yesterday evening.
Climate wreaks havoc on Mattewara forest
Ludhiana, July 3
In a serious blow to the environment in Punjab, a large number of trees in different forest areas of the state have dried up due to the low water table, change in weather conditions and fungal attacks.
A Tribune team visited the Mattewara forest area spread in 1,700 to 1,800 acres
yesterday.
Trees in Mattewara forests have dried up. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed
Girls charm huge sums out of bigwigs’sons
Extort money by implicating them in false rape
cases
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 3
An inter-state gang of swindlers, including hoteliers, travel agents and self- styled social activists, are exploiting misguided innocent girls by extorting a huge sum from rich families by implicating their sons in false rape cases.
Happy seeder technology a boon for farmers: Economist
Ludhiana, July 3
An Australia-based research economist, Dr Rajinder Pal Singh, from department of primary industries, New South Wales, visited the PAU and interacted with
scientists.
Farmers urged to update knowledge
Ludhiana, July 3
A meeting of the PAU Kisan Club was organised in the Wheat Auditorium on the PAU campus in which farmers and farm women from different parts of Punjab
participated.
With pond blocking passage to government school
Girls forced to take risky detour
Sahnewal, July 3
The only lane that most of the girl students of Government Senior Secondary School here had been using for long to go to the school and return home has been blocked by a gargantuan pond that has gobbled
up the entire walking space in the absence of any check on part of the civic
authorities.
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| The path that has been permanently blocked by a pond; and (right ) water is inching towards the school gate.
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Pollution board raids 25 units
Ludhiana, July 3
The Punjab Pollution Control Board today raided 25 dyeing and electroplating units in the city following reports of death of fish in Harike. The local industry is accused of throwing toxic effluent in Budda Nullah that empties into the Sutlej.
City reels under drastic power cuts
Ludhiana, July 3
Normal life in the city has been thrown out of the gear due to the scheduled and unscheduled power cuts throughout the day at regular intervals. The total cuts being imposed on the urban and mixed feeders in city localities for the past couple of days range from anything between six to eight hours per day.
SAD, BJP in introspection mode
To form teams to assess poll defeat
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 3
Having received a blow in the recent municipal council elections, the
SAD-BJP alliance is now trying to take learning from the defeat. Both parties have decided to constitute teams that would investigate reasons behind their poor showing.
IMA chapter poll in Sept
Ludhiana, July 3
The district unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has decided to hold its annual elections in September.
Tree branch falls on street
Ludhiana, July 3
A branch of a full-grown tree snapped and fell in the Pindi Street in the wee hours today, evoking protests from residents of the area.
The branch fell around 5 am when nobody was
in the congested street except a morning walker. The
street usually teems with people during daytime.
The tree branch that fell on the Pindi Street
on Thursday morning. Photo: I.V.
Patient’s Death
Husband, associates go on rampage
Ludhiana, July 3
Following the death of Meenaz (22) and her infant last night, her husband Noor Alam supported by his associates went on a rampage, refusing to clear the outstanding bill of Christian Medical College and Hospital.
Dry cleaning to get costlier
Ludhiana, July 3
Getting your clothes dry-cleaned will get costlier as the price of petrol used by dry cleaners has nearly doubled.
4 booked for attack on MC team
Ludhiana, June 3
The city police has booked four persons for allegedly attacking a tehbazari team of the municipal corporation near Saggu Chowk last evening.
14 engines stolen
Jagraon, July 3
With sowing season in full swing, thieves have taken fancy to stealing diesel engines used for irrigation purposes from the fields of farmers in the district.
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Ludhiana, July 3
Himani and Victoria, both from Haryana, survived some anxious moments before romping home victorious against their rivals in the semifinals (girls u-12) on the penultimate day of the annual PAU AITA Total Tennis Talent Series Championship organised by the Total Tennis Academy on the Punjab Agricultural University campus courts here today.