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Public toilet structure turned into residence
Ludhiana, January 15
It appears the need for setting up public conveniences in the city, which are clean besides being convenient, does not carry much significance for the municipal corporation. Even though the civic body should have been constructing more such facilities, work on many of those that had been planned has yet to commence.
A PSEB meter installed on a wall of the public toilet.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Woman sets herself ablaze
Ludhiana, January 15
A 24-year-old woman allegedly set herself afire under mysterious circumstances and succumbed to burns in the Shimlapuri area here today.
Residents witness unique celestial phenomenon
Ludhiana, January 15
Residents were witness to a unique celestial phenomenon, an annular solar eclipse, claimed to be the longest of its kind in 1,000 years, here today.
Students of Government Senior Secondary School look at the solar eclipse in Ludhiana on Friday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
The moon eclipses the sun as seen by residents in Ludhiana on Friday.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Power Theft
Rs 32.4 lakh fine imposed on defaulters
Ludhiana, January 15
In a major operation covering three towns of Malerkotla, Dhuri and Sherpur, over one dozen teams of enforcement officials of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), drawn from four districts, carried out spot inspection of some 119 industrial and commercial establishments as well as residential premises yesterday and detected as many as 34 cases of theft and unauthorised use of electricity.
MC gives more time to encroachers
 Ludhiana, January 15
Getting lenient with the encroachers in Jawahar Nagar Camp, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation today gave them more time to remove their encroachments on their own.
Debris of a shop that was demolished by the municipal corporation on the Link Road in Ludhiana on Friday.
A Tribune photograph
Unidentified ‘weapon’ confounds cops
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 15
The Payal police appears baffled by claims and counterclaims by two groups, who happen to be scions of the late PEPSU chief minister, Gian Singh Rara
Wala, on the owner of an unidentified ‘walking stick gun’. Though the cops have begun a probe into the matter it is widely suspected the ‘weapon’ belonged to Rara
Wala.
Chhibber elected Bar assn chief
Ludhiana, January 15
Naval Kishore Chhibber was today elected president of the District Bar Association, defeating his nearest rival, Ashok
Mittal, with a margin of 136 votes. He had served as president of the DBA in 2006.
Naval Kishore Chhibber (third from left) after winning the elections for the post of DBA president in Ludhiana on Friday. A Tribune photograph
From Schools & Colleges
Students get tips on dental health
Ludhiana, January 15
A two-day free dental check up camp is being organised at DAV Public School here by Desh Bhagat Dental College and Hospital, Muktsar. Chairman Dr Zora Singh and vice-chairperson Tejinder Kaur inaugurated the camp.
A first — Cops hold health camp for migrants
 Ludhiana, January 15
The police department, in a confidence-building measure, today organised a medical camp for migrant
labourers, wherein more than 900 factory workers and their family members were examined.
Migrant labourers being examined at a medical check-up camp in Ludhiana
on Friday. A Tribune photograph
SAD leaders face off over property
 Ludhiana, January 15
Tension prevailed in the Chaura Bazar area after top SAD leaders locked horns over property dispute and staged a dharna against one another at Akalgarh Market here today.
SAD leaders stage a dharna following a property dispute in Ludhiana on Friday. A Tribune photograph
Harassed, vendors take to the street
 Ludhiana, January 15
Around 1,000 street vendors held a protest at the municipal corporation’s D-zone office here today against the treatment meted out to them by the civic body. The agitators raised slogans against the corporation officials and the mayor.
Street vendors hold a protest at D-zone office of the municipal corporation in Ludhiana on Friday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Park in dire need of facelift
 Ludhiana, January 15
It’s green but not clean. This is true for a public park near Dholewal Chowk on the GT Road that has been a victim of MC apathy. The park has a boundary wall, gate and trees but needs a facelift.
A public park near Dholewal Chowk on the GT Road in Ludhiana needs immediate attention.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Cane farmers urged to adopt new technique
Phillaur, January 15
With the prices of sugar skyrocketing and the area under sugarcane cultivation decreasing day by day, increasing the per acre yield was the only solution to tackle the problem, Punjab cane commissioner Dr Mangal Singh Sandhu after visiting Barrapind village, near Goraya, here today.
Free homoeo dispensary
Jagraon, January 15
The Ramgarhia Welfare Council of Jagraon today opened a free homoeopathic dispensary for the needy. The dispensary named as Bhai Lalo Ji Charitable Dispensary was situated in the middle of the city at Gurudwara Vishwakarma Mandir at Adda Raikot here.
Two arrested for bank fraud
Khanna, January 15
The police today arrested two persons for forging signatures of NRIs and withdrawing large amounts of money from their bank accounts in Khanna and the adjoining areas.
Youth booked for stealing jewellery from home
Ludhiana, January 15
The city police booked a youth for stealing gold ornaments and Rs 6,000 in cash belonging to his mother here yesterday. The case was lodged on the complaint of the mother.
Six arrested for thefts
Mandi Gobindgarh, January 15
The police arrested six persons for committing thefts in various parts of the town here today. The police got a tip-off that a group of persons was allegedly planning to target a factory or a commission agent’s shop.
Students vie for honours in sports meet
Ludhiana, January 15
A large number of students took part in Sportking Institute of Fashion Technology’s annual sports day at Satish Chander Dhawan Government College ground here today.
They competed in various disciplines, including fun games.
Students with their trophies after a sports meet organised in Ludhiana on Friday.
A Tribune photograph
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