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September Splash |
The city was lashed by heavy rain on
Friday. Tribune photo: Sayeed Ahmed |
Sanjana’s Death
Civil surgeon to form probe panel
Ludhiana, September 5
Following two days of protest by the family of Sanjana, who died on September 4, the district administration has approached the civil surgeon to constitute an inquiry committee to investigate the matter.
Train services to Delhi hit
Ludhiana, September 5
With the remodelling work to enhance operational facilities at New Delhi railway station getting under way, and the station remaining non-interlocked from September 6 to 14, train services on the Ludhiana-New Delhi section will be affected with cancellation or diversion of some trains or a change in originating or destination points on this route.
Special trains for Nanded
Ludhiana, September 5
In the wake of heavy rush of passengers during the third centenary of Gurta-Gaddi of Sri Guru Granth Sahib celebrations at Nanded in
Maharashtra, the Northern Railway has made arrangements to run special train between Amritsar and Nanded on three days later this month.
City gets Rs 2,000-cr projects
Sahnewal Airport to be upgraded: Sukhbir
Ludhiana, September 5
Five flyovers across Sidhwan canal will be part of various projects worth Rs 2,000
crore, exclusively for Ludhiana, which will be completed within three years.
Sukhbir Badal with industrialists in Ludhiana on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Rajesh Bhambi
Roads blocked at will as MC sleeps
Ludhiana, September 5
With no action by the Municipal Corporation against blocking roads and streets
in the city for personal, political or religious functions, it causes harassment to the public.
With the poor traffic management in the city where vehicle population is bursting at its seams, the situation becomes horrendous when the entire portion of a busy road or an intersection is either blocked by putting up
"pandals" for a religious function or roads are dug up for welcome gates and arches for a
"shobha yatra".
One side of the road from Old DMC Hospital to Dandi Swami Chowk remained blocked for the entire day causing obstruction to vehicular traffic in Ludhiana on Thursday. Tribune photo: Sayeed Ahmed
Sidhu’s film scores high with pind youths
Ludhiana, September 5
The premiere of Punjabi film “Mera Pind - My Home” was held at PVR Cinema last evening.
For once, rural youths present at the show was receptive to the underlying message in every dialogue. A college boy appreciated the director and the star cast for working on the subject.
Churches hold peace march
Ludhiana, September 5
As a part of the ongoing protests against the attacks on Christians in Orissa, the churches of the entire district organised a rally and peace march at Sarabha Nagar's Holy Cross Church today.
Body found from village pond
Mandi Ahmedgarh, September 5
A badly decomposed body of an unidentified person was found from a pond situated on the outskirts of Barundi village today.
GPS wins award in Turkey
Mandi Gobindgarh, September 5
A GPS team comprising Gulshan Kaur, Lehar Khanna, Savreen Kaur and Avishi Chopra, who participated in the 11th international convention of students quality control circles from August 26 to 28 at Istanbul, Turkey, won the prestigious
Juran Award.
Cops crack migrant murder case
Ludhiana, September 5
The police has solved a six-year-old murder case in Lalton village with the arrest of a man,
Harriya. Ram Dev, a migrant, had been murdered and buried near a water tank in the village.
Man jumps into river, saved
Khanna, September 5
A resident of Ludhiana was booked by the police for attempting suicide by jumping in a river at Khanna. The accused has been identified as Balwinder Kumar, a resident of Sanjay Gandhi Colony, Ludhiana.
2 ‘managers’ booked for duping
Khanna, September 5
The Khanna police today booked two sales managers of a private firm for duping a resident of Khanna of Rs 6
lakh.
Reduced air fares to boost business
Ludhiana, September
5
Announcement by a leading airline to slash air fares to London has
come as a relief for the industrialists having ties with the UK,
particularly at a time when prices of fuel are on the rise and the
industry passing through a tough phase of hike steel prices.
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