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A thick blanket of smog brought visibility to almost a naught in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Unipole numbers match: MC
Ludhiana, October 20
The municipal corporation has claimed that the number of unipoles/hoardings, promoting products or companies, put up in the city was in consonance with that allocated officially and that it had no vested interest in promoting illegal hoardings.
The corporation authorities have further said the figure from the department can be tallied with the total number of unipoles put up in the city. Those mushrooming “illegally” on major roads in the city are of religious nature and getting the patronage of political leaders.
Picking fight proves fatal for labourer
Ludhiana, October 20
Picking a fight in an inebriated condition proved fatal for a 30-year-old man as he succumbed to his injuries at his rented quarters in the Railway Colony area, near Jagraon bridge, here today.
Head constable Darshan Singh records the statement of a neighbour of Shiv Pradhan, who was murdered, in Ludhiana on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
Another fund fraud detected
Ludhiana, October 20
More skeletons are tumbling out of the closet of the department of ADC(D). After being booked for siphoning off Indira Awas Yojna funds, Junior Assistant Varinder Kumar of OBC Bank, Feroze Gandhi Market, has been booked again for embezzling funds.
Couple killed in car-truck collision
Samrala, October 20
A man and his wife were killed after their car collided head-on with a truck near Urna village here last night.
Criminal negligence
 
The pitiable condition of the roads in the industrial capital of the state speaks volumes about the inefficiency and insensitivity of the civic administration towards the pathetic plight of the people. Take any locality -- not only in old city but even posh residential areas like Civil Lines, Model Town,
Dugri, Rishi Nagar, Sarabha Nagar, Humbran road and DMC road -- the condition of the roads has to be seen to be believed.
Inadequate transportation impedes lifting of paddy
Administration asks officials to clear stocks
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 20
Taking cognizance of the alleged slow lifting of paddy procured by various state food agencies and the central food procurement agency, the administration has warned the officials to clear backlog immediately.
A labourer separates paddy from the husk at the Ludhiana grain market. Tribune photo:
Himanshu Mahajan
Power staff strike on Nov 11, 12
To stage dharna in Chandigarh on Nov 2
Ludhiana, October 20
Employees of Punjab State Power Corporations Limited (PSPCL), the erstwhile Punjab State Electricity Board, seem to be moving ahead for a decisive battle with the state government over what they term as a “betrayal”.
Bar members disrupt traffic
Samrala, October 20
Vehicular movement remained disrupted for half-an-hour on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh road following a protest by Jaspreet Singh, president of the Bar Association, and some advocates.
Riot victims threaten stir over irregularities
Ludhiana, October 20
The Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA) is under fire for alleged irregularities in the allotment of residential flats to victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Religiosity becomes headache for motorists
Two more processions today
Ludhiana, October 20
Respite from serpentine traffic queues seems to be a distant dream for city residents as religious processions coupled with incomplete infrastructure projects are adding to chaos on roads.
Women’s plight, a new challenge
Khamano, October 20
Pakkhi Hegde, heroine of about 30 Bhojpuri films, is doing a challenging role in the Hindi film ‘Women From The East’, based on the Punjabi novel ‘Kudesan’, written by Jatinder Brar.
City without any approved industrial testing lab
Ludhiana, October 20
Though the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has approved four laboratories for testing samples in addition to its own labs, not even one of them is located in the city. Faced with great inconvenience industrial units will have no option but to get their samples tested in other cities.
Blood pressure rises with fall in temp: Experts
Ludhiana, October 20
When winter arrives and temperature drops, there is one place the mercury actually rises-in blood pressure gauges.
Mini Rajasthan in Punjab
Ludhiana, October 20
In a bid to attract domestic tourists from Punjab, the department of tourism, Rajasthan government, is organising a two day “Mini Rajasthan Festival” in the city on October 25 and 26, 2010.
Canadian organisation selects PAU’s project
Ludhiana, October 20
A research proposal for “Background Food and Nutrition Study in Punjab” submitted by the department of food and nutrition, College of Home Science, has been selected by Harvest Plus, a Canadian research organisation. The project was selected through a “Request for Proposal” process.
PAU’s youth fest to be a gala affair
Ludhiana, October 20
The PAU Inter-College Youth Festival for the session 2010-11 will kick off tomorrow and a range of cultural activities will be organised from October 21 to 30.
Irish scholars visit PAU
Ludhiana, October 20
A group of Nuffield scholars Ian Duthi, Chris Ferguson, Don Madden, Steven Newman from Australia, and Bill O' Keeffe from Ireland visited Punjab Agricultural University today. They were accompanied by representatives of Syngenta India Limited.
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Girls revel during a freshers’ party at Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College
in Ludhiana. A Tribune photograph
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30 LPG cylinders stolen from godown
Ludhiana, October 20
Thieves decamped with 30 cooking gas cylinders worth Rs 75,000 from a godown located at Daad village last night.
A favourite among thieves
Ludhiana, October 20
With the spurt in demand for cooking LPG gas cylinders in the festival season the red-coloured canisters have suddenly become a much-desired item for thieves and even snatchers to get their hands on.
Inter-state gang of criminals busted
Mandi Gobindgarh, October 20
With the arrest of three persons, the police has claimed to have busted an inter-state gang.
The accused, identified as Shashi Kapoor, Hori Lal and Ram Paul, alias
Pawan, were nabbed from Bir Kumbarra village yesterday. The police said Ram Paul, alias
Pawan, supplied arms to BHATU gang.
Police officials with the recovered pistols and cash in Mandi Gobindgarh on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
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