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Man held for selling eight infants
Ludhiana, August 5
Making a fast buck by harping on the helplessness of unwed mothers, a man allegedly sold eight such infants between Rs 1 and Rs 4 lakh before the police nabbed him.
Modus Operandi
Questions on the statement of police
ADCP Sushil Kumar (right) briefs media about the arrest of alleged infant trader Rinkle (inset). A one-day old baby boy can also be seen (inset). Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Decline in snatching cases: Police
Ludhiana, August 5
After claiming to achieve success rate of a little over 50 per cent by cracking snatching cases, the city police is striving harder to tighten its noose on the snatchers.
Commissionerate System
3 nabbed for stealing rly property
  Ludhiana, August 5
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has nabbed three persons in connection with their involvement in stealing iron slabs installed to support overhead electric wires.
Alleged thieves (from left; Balwinder Singh, alias Suraj, Naresh, alias Fauji, and Dalip Singh) in RPF custody
in Ludhiana. A Tribune photograph
Body of 25-yr-old found
Traffic blocked
Samrala, August 5
The body of Parminder Singh (25) of Sandhuan village near Chamkaur Sahib, who went missing five days ago was recovered from Sirhind Canal near Pal Majra village here today.
Dalit bodies seek Ambedkar memorial
Ludhiana, August 5
Up in arms over the proposed shifting of the statue of Dr BR Ambedkar from Dr Ambedkar
Chowk, Jalandhar bypass, due to the construction of a flyover, Dalit bodies yesterday staged a protest and issued an ultimatum to the state government to construct a memorial to the Father of the Indian Constitution or else face a mass agitation.
I-Day: Security beefed up ahead of celebrations
Mandi Ahmedgarh, August 5
Security has been tightened in the area fearing threat from anti-social elements during the Independence Day celebrations. Planting of a 10-kg improvised explosive device
(IED) inside a car near the Air Force Station at Halwara before Republic Day has acted as major factor behind the police increasing the vigil.
Compensation for flood-hit farmers sought
 Ludhiana, August 5
National secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party Kisan Morcha Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal today demanded a compensation of ` 3,000 crore for the flood-hit farmers of Punjab and
Haryana.
Pollution control board official gets clean chit
Ludhiana, August 5
The Court of Additional Sessions Judge Mandeep Pannu has given a clean chit to Sandeep
Bahl, a senior official of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), in the corruption case registered against him.
From Colleges
From Schools
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Tiny tots of G N International Senior Secondary Public School, Model Town,
Ludhiana, enjoy swings during Teej celebrations in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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LOVE PLAY:
Members of the Aastha Ladies Club present a colourful cultural programme
‘Hum se badhakar kaun’ in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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the proceedings for acquisition of land by Greater Ludhiana Development Authority (GLADA) to construct the two missing links.