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90-yr-old woman missing from old-age home for 15 days
Ludhiana, May 8
On the eve of Mother's Day the children and grandchildren of a 90-year-old woman who went missing under mysterious circumstances from an old age home in the city were frantically searching for her.
Three held for murder
Ludhiana, May 8
The police has succeeded in cracking a blind murder case of Durga Prasad, whose decomposed body was found from a room located in the Railway Colony on April 7, with the arrest of the three accused in this connection.
Kho-Kho Match
Jubilation in silence
Ludhiana, May 8
Celebration of triumph found a new expression when the team from Tagore Nagar Deaf School, Ludhiana, clinched the trophy during the 2nd All-Punjab Boys’ Kho-Kho Championship amid silent cheering, joyful expressions and glorious smiles that lit up many faces.
Kho-Kho match for deaf in progress in Ludhiana on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
Vehicles parked in shed while crops rot in rain
Mullanpur Dakha, May 8
The local grain market witnessed a unique scene yesterday morning people parked their vehicles under the shed meant for storing crops. Whereas, the crops were left in open and got damaged as there wasn’t any space under the shed.
The wheat crop piled outside the shed at the grain market in Mullanpur Dhaka. Photo: Rakesh Gupta
Youths casual approach fails to impress
Ludhiana, May 8
Star-struck youths’ causal approach towards their work turned out to be major disappointment for a Star Plus team, which was in the city today in search of fresh faces for the channel’s upcoming serial.
Candidates rehearse outside the venue in Ludhiana on Saturday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Doc wages war against drug addiction
 Ludhiana, May 8
Dr Paramjit Singh Khurana, head of the department of neuropsychiatry and drug de-addiction centre at Guru Teg Bahadur Charitable Hospital, has fortified his campaign against drug addiction among adolescents.
Dr PS Khurana with his books againt addiction. A Tribune photograph
Villagers protest against opening of liquor vend
Jagraon, May 8
Villagers of Ramgarh Bhullar village near here today protested by staging a dharna against opening of liquor vend near the village school.
Need to plug loopholes,
says Kataria
Ludhiana, May 8
“It is easy to be judgmental about the issues concerning women, but we have to take into consideration the legal aspects involved in the Domestic Violence Act in terms of economic, emotional, sexual and physical exploitation of women,” said Madhuri Kataria, director Social Security Women and Child Development, Punjab.
Balancing work and family puts strain on women
Doraha, May 8
A mother and employed - the tag is catchy no doubt. However, in practice juggling both roles is tough is the common refrain shared by most mothers who hold a job.
 Mother’s Day
Kids plan special parties, get-togethers
Ludhiana, May 8
Mother's Day is here again. It is the time to honour and cherish the special bond of love between a child and a mother.
MOTHER’S LOVE: Satish Soi, a resident, who plans to celebrate the day with his mother-in-law. A Tribune photograph
From Schools
Competitions mark Mother’s Day celebrations
Ludhiana, May 8
Montessori wing of Bal Bharti Public School celebrated Mother’s Day on the school premises on Friday. Special craft sheets were made by the students highlighting the importance of a mother in child’s life. The programme started with an action song “Mumma Loves Me” by the students followed by choreography “Role of a Mother in a Child’s Life”.
Models exhibit INIFD students’ creations
Ludhiana, May 8
Popular models gyrated on the ramp and exhibited the creations of students of Inter-National Institute of Fashion Design
(INIFD) during a fashion show organised here late last evening.
Models at the annual fashion show in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
7 booked for dowry harassment
Jagraon, May 8
The Jagraon police has booked seven persons, including three NRIs from Canada, in a case of cheating and dowry harassment.
Wife, in-laws booked for abetment to suicide
Phillaur, May 8
A resident of Dhandey village, Sarabjit, reportedly committed suicide at the Nangal Colony near Goraya. The police has booked his wife Santosh, her mother Satya, brother Kala and father Sarwan Dass on the charges of abetment to suicide.
Migrant woman abandons minor children
Jagraon, May 8
A woman reportedly abandoned her two small children, a boy and a girl, in Mullanpur Dakha yesterday evening after making them sit in an autorickshaw and giving them a slip of paper stating their destination address as well as the fare for the trip.
The elderly woman who was abandoned by her sons. A Tribune photograph
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An angry mob forced a passenger train to stop in protest against the alleged police inaction in an attack case thereby causing inconvenience to the passengers on board it.