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Jewellery, cash worth Rs 8 lakh stolen
Ludhiana, January 14
A domestic help fled with Rs 1 lakh and gold ornaments worth Rs 7 lakh from a house in BRS Nagar. The theft came to light this morning when the owner of the
house, Narinder Singh, returned to find the house ransacked.
Confusion over passport centre inauguration
Ludhiana, January 14
Confusion prevailed over the “formal” inauguration of the passport facilitation centre in the city by External Affairs Minister SM Krishna scheduled for today. The minister's visit was reportedly postponed after his helicopter could not fly in the bad weather. Nevertheless, those invited to the function including news reporters, unaware of the development, rushed to the venue at the scheduled time of 12.45 pm.
Treble fun for Deol fans
Ludhiana, January 14
It was triple magic for Deol fans on the premiere of “Yamla Pagla Deewana”. Watching the Deol family in one frame was an experience in itself for movie buffs. Long queues were witnessed outside cinema halls and multiplexes. Films starring the Deols are a hit in Punjab, especially Ludhiana as Dharmendra belongs to Sanhewal village, a few kilometres from here.
Seminar on lean manufacturing system
Ludhiana, January 14
Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (CICU) and ICL Business Excellence Group conducted one-day seminar on Lean Manufacturing System and Implementation. The lean manufacturing is a system, which creates products with minimum wastage, reduced lead time and delays, minimised gaps between the activities and helps in a better floor management of the production plants.
LIT Colonies
Illegal construction goes unnoticed
Ludhiana, January 14
In a blatant violation of building bylaws and norms of land use, a commercial building is being constructed in Maharani Jhansi Enclave, a posh residential colony developed by the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT), while the regulatory authorities seem to have given in to the might of a “well-connected” builder.
The site where the illegal commercial complex is being constructed. Photo: Inderjit Verma
Rally by telecom staff
 Ludhiana, January 14
In the run up to the BSNL elections, workers of the National Federation of Telecom Employees
(NFTE) took out a rally today. Chandeshwar Singh, general secretary of the federation while addressing a gathering said the present union had failed to tide over the problems of employees.
Chandeshwar Singh, general secretary of the National Federation of Telecom Employees, addresses a gathering in Ludhiana on Friday. A Tribune photograph
Govt Schools
Principals told to maintain info registers
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 14
The education department has directed principals and headmasters of government schools to maintain comprehensive information registers.
District education officers have been asked to ensure that heads of all schools falling under their jurisdiction remain equipped with detailed information about functioning of their schools.
Fog disrupts rail traffic
Ludhiana, January 14
There seems to be no respite in sight for passengers as chilly weather continues to mar their travel plans.
Many trains had to be cancelled due to dense fog in the region.
Free surgery for poor patients
Ludhiana, January 14
Under “Operation Walk 2011”, free hip and knee replacements will be done for more than 50 poor and needy patients in the last week of January at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH).
Surjit Patar to get Kartar Singh Sarabha Award
Ludhiana, January 14
Eminent Punjabi poet Dr Surjit Patar will be given Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha Award at Ghadar Heritage Conference to be organised by the Centre for Indo-US Dialogue at Holtsville Farm, Stockton (California), the USA, in May this year.
Govt offices raided
SMO found absent
Phillaur, January 14
Pritam Singh, Phillaur SDM, raided various government offices of this subdivision and found more than 20 employees, including the local Senior Medical Officer absent on Wednesday. The raids were conducted on the orders of Priank
Bharti, Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner.
Hail aggravates farmers’ worries
Vegetables, chillies to be affected
 Ludhiana, January 14
Farmers are a worried lot as vegetables, which are flowering will be affected by the rain and hailstorm that struck the city last night.Residents too were taken by surprise as after the rains, the minimum temperature rose to 11degrees Celsius giving relief to the people throughout the day. Though the temperature rose but cold breeze continued to blow throughout the day and the sun played hide and seek with the residents.
HAIL LUDHIANA:
Rain lashed Ludhiana on Thursday night. Tribune lensman Himanshu Mahajan took a picture of hailstones at 2 am.
BJP legal cell re-constituted
Ludhiana: The BJP has re-constituted its legal cell. The following have been appointed office-bearers of the cell.
General secretary- Jayant Malhotra; co-conveners-Ravi Joshi, Rakesh Bhatia, and Shashi Kant
Verma.
Dy Excise Commissioner dead
Ludhiana, January 14
Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner DK Verma passed away last night. Verma complained of vomiting and was rushed to a hospital where he breathed his last. He is survived by three sons.
Vehicle thief nabbed; stolen car recovered
 Ludhiana, January 14
The city police today nabbed a car thieve and recovered one stolen car from his possession.
A team led by Sherpur in charge Dalip Singh nabbed the accused identified as Varinder Kumar (36), a residents of Sector 32, Chandigarh Road, following a tip- off from the Focal Point area last night.
The accused in police custody in Ludhiana on Friday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
2 held with psychotropic drugs
Jagraon, January 14
The Ludhiana (rural) police has arrested two drug peddlers and recovered a huge amount of psychotropic drugs from their possession.
As per the information, bothaccused were arrested near Raikot by a police team from the CIA Staff,
Jagraon, during a routine check.
Woman commits suicide
Ludhiana, January 14
Depressed by her husband's addiction to drugs, a 30-year-old woman reportedly committed suicide under mysterious circumstances by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her home in the city’s Azad Nagar colony near Daba Road today. The incident came to light in the afternoon when area residents noticed Manjeet Kaur’s lifeless body hanging from the fan and promptly informed the police.
Rs 2 lakh stolen from car
Ludhiana, January 14
Two unidentified motorcycle-borne youths fled away with Rs 2 lakh by breaking the windshield of a car parked at a petrol station near Gyaspura Chowk here today.
The incident took place at 11.40 am when Manjeet Singh of Gill village went to the office of a bus service operator to use the toilet. He was waiting near the office to receive his nephew who was coming from Canada.
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A large number of hosiery goods stores located in a four-story building in the city’s congested Phalahi Bazar incurred heavy damage with stocks valued at several lakhs of rupees destroyed after a fire engulfed the building’s first floor late in the evening. The roofs of the structure, made of wooden sleepers, sustained massive damage with the burning parts caving in. Fire fighters had a tough time putting out the blaze, which took more than six hours.
