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Sacking of outreach workers makes it worse
Ludhiana, December 1
The termination of nine outreach workers at eight integrated counselling and testing centres (ICTC) of Ludhiana has left +HIV/AIDS patients in the lurch as they have no one to confide in.
Victims turn to quacks
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 1
The high prices of the standard antiretroviral therapy (ART) has forced hundreds of victims to depend on quacks and those practising alternative systems of medicine.
Cousins die as car rams into tree
 Khamano, December 1
Two persons were killed and one was seriously injured in a road accident near Hedon village on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana road when their Indica rammed into a tree. According to information, the victims were cousins and were in the transport business. They had gone to Chandigarh to attend a marriage.
The Indica which met with an accident near Hedon village on Tuesday. Photo: Gurminder Grewal
Illegal Constructions
Vigilance team in city
Ludhiana, December 1
A team of officials from the Punjab local bodies vigilance, Chandigarh, today visited the city and conducted a probe regarding three cases in zones A, C and D here following complaints by residents.
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Some pigeons feed on wheat while the others take flight in Ludhiana on Tuesday morning.
Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
Lottery trader killed near Choti Haibowal
Ludhiana, December 1
A lottery trader was killed and his servant injured after a few armed assailants assaulted them near Choti Haibowal late last night.
MC chief accused of contract killing
Jagraon, December 1
A woman councillor, Sarita Katyal, has accused the Jagraon municipal council president of having given a contract to kill her husband, Rakesh
Katyal, district vice-president of the BJP who was killed in a road accident recently.
Child’s Murder
Bloodstains on trousers nailed cop
Ludhiana, December 1
The bloodstains and the wild grass that got stuck to his trouser proved to be the undoing for the serving Punjab police constable, who was caught for the gruesome murder of the five-year-old child.
BJYM slams Centre on price rise
Ludhiana, December 1
Led by district president Sandeep Kapoor, activists of the BJYM yesterday slammed the UPA government in the Centre for the steep rise in prices of the essential commodities. They took out a protest marched from the Bharata Nagar Chowk in this regard.
BJYM workers raise slogans against hike in prices of essential commodities in Ludhiana. A Tribune photograph
Sukbir Badal a dreamer, says Tewari
Ludhiana, December 1
Ludhiana MP and the national spokesperson of the All-India Congress Committee Manish Tewari today asked Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal to deliver something instead of dreaming too big for all these years in power. “Your day dreaming has virtually pushed the state towards bankruptcy to the extent that your government does not have enough money to pay even the salaries of its employees”, he told
Sukhbir.
NSS cadets of Ramgarhia Girls College participate in an AIDS awareness rally in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
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SC directive lost in marriage din
Ludhiana, December 1
The silence of nights is being lost in the din of marriage season as hotels and marriage palaces play
music on very high decibels, giving sleepless nights to residents.
Excise officers stage dharna
Ludhiana, December 1
The All-India Association of the Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers staged a dharna and peaceful procession from Jantar Mantar to Parliament in New Delhi yesterday to protest against stagnation and serious pay erosion.
3 illegal constructions razed
Ludhiana, December 1
The municipal corporation today demolished various encroachments in zone-D following complaints to Municipal Commissioner AK Sinha.
Fake Bill Scam Probe
Crucial evidence being ‘overlooked’
Ludhiana, December 1
While probe into the multi-crore fake bill scam in the municipal corporation is still on, measurement books
(MBs), a crucial piece evidence that can help detect the source of forgery, is being “overlooked” by probe officials.
Unbundling of PSEB
Farmer bodies’ protest at Patiala on Dec 10
Ludhiana, December 1
A joint meeting of peasants and farm workers held here last evening under the aegis of the Kisan Sangharsh Committee has decided to hold a state-level protest at Patiala on December 10 against proposed unbundling of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB).
Gurdas Mann concert today
Fear of damage to stadium looms large
Ludhiana, December 1
The local Guru Nanak Stadium is set bear the brunt of frenzied fans who will witness Punjabi singer Gurdas Mann perform at the stadium tomorrow.
Athletes practise at Guru Nanak Stadium, venue for Gurdas Mann’s concert, in Ludhiana on
Tuesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Pay Scales
PAU employees continue protest
 Ludhiana, December 1
Punjab Agricultural University employees’ protest against the non-implementation of revised scales entered the sixth day today.
PAU employees take out a protest rally in Ludhiana on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
From Schools & Colleges
Importance of plants underlined
Ludhiana, December 1
A tree plantation drive was conducted at Guru Nanak Model Senior Secondary School,
Doraha.
2 held for killing trader’s wife
Khanna, December 1
The Bhadson police has arrested two Ludhiana residents for their alleged involvement in the murder of a 32-year-old wife of a
Bhadson-based businessman.
Chakar pugilists bring laurels
Jagraon, December 1
Boxers of Sher-e-Punjab Sports Academy of Chakar village have brought laurel to the academy by giving sterling performance during the 25th State Junior boxing Championship, which concluded at Seechewal yesterday.
International tourney from Dec 11
Khamano, December 1
Young Sports Club, Otalan, will organise its 26th International annual tournament from December 11- 13 in the memory of the late PS
Batra, reporter.
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Ludhiana, December 1
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 1
