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Unable to pay medical bills
Couple gag ailing father to death
Ludhiana, May 22
Unable to pay for the treatment of his father, a man and his wife allegedly gagged him to death in cold blood here yesterday.
Sewerage Cleanup
Blocking of road bugs commuters
Ludhiana, May 22
With the temperature hovering around 46 degrees Celsius, hundreds of commuters had to rough it out for hours as the municipal corporation (MC) blocked one side of the Domoria bridge for the cleaning of sewerage during peak hour.
Labour Shortage-II
NREGA, a curse for city firms
Ludhiana, May 22
In addition to the erratic power supply, Ludhiana is now also reeling under acute labour shortage. Local industrial units faced this problem during the harvesting season earlier also. But, this time, it has turned out to be a perennial problem. Numerous industrialists maintain that they are short of 50-60 per cent of labour due to various reasons. With most of the industries relying on the migrant population, the Manchester of India is now on the verge of crippled production.
Fissures come to fore in hosiery industry
Two buyer-seller meets on in city
Ludhiana, May 22
With two Fall-Winter 2010-11 buyer-seller meets on in the city at two different venues, there is a clear indication that the garment and hosiery industry is a divided lot. The meets have been organised by the Ludhiana Apparel and Knitwear Manufacturers' Association (LAKMA) and the Knitwear and Apparel Manufacturers' Association, Ludhiana (KAMAL), supported by Vinod Thapar and Ajit Lakra, respectively.
City Centre Scam
Case adjourned till May 29
Ludhiana,May 22
Court of Sessions Judge SP Bangrah today adjourned the hearing in the alleged
multi-crore City Centre scam till May 29, after hearing the arguments by the lawyer of former trustee of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust Kala Navkar
Jain, on framing of charges
against him.
Hockey League
Sandeep does it for Jarkhar academy
Ludhiana, May 22
Sandeep junior scored four goals, including a hat-trick, as Jarkhar Hockey Academy beat its spirited rivals Sports Wing, Sudhar, 5-3 in the junior section on the third day of the inaugural edition of the Olympian Prithipal Singh Hockey League at Mata Sahib Kaur Stadium, Jarkhar today.
Inter-District Cricket Tourney
Ludhiana score 313 in first innings
Ludhiana, May 22
Hosts Ludhiana failed to capitalise on fine batting by Akhil Aggarwal (89), Geetnash Khera (47) and Jashan Sidhu (46) as their first innings folded at 313 runs against Chandigarh on the opening day of the match in the Punjab State Inter-District U-22 Cricket Tournament being organised by the Punjab Cricket Association at the Punjab Agricultural University ground, here today.
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