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Underage driving in top gear
Ludhiana, April 11
With a large number of schoolchildren below the age of 18 openly violating the Motor Vehicles Act, the menace of underage driving is growing manifold in the city.
Senior students of city schools can be seen driving vehicles at high speed on the busy roads, but neither traffic cops nor officials from the district transport office have bothered to take into account the violation.
HC order leaves used car dealers in lurch
Ludhiana, April 11
The Punjab & Haryana High Court’s order prohibiting the holding of a "car bazar" at the city’s Feroze Gandhi market has sealed the fate of used car dealers who were organizing a used car market every Sunday.
Police chief does an Anna
Launches helplines to tackle graft
Ludhiana, April 11
Taking a cue from Anna Hazare's hunger strike against corruption, which led the UPA government to bow before the demand of 73-year-old Gandhian on the issue of the Lokpal Bill to tackle corruption in public offices, Commissioner of Police Ishwar Singh has launched two helplines to register complaints against cops who ask for bribe to get various works done.
MC splurges Rs 50 lakh on fogging machines
Ludhiana, April 11
In another example of extravagant waste of taxpayers’ money, the cash-starved municipal corporation has spent a whopping Rs 50 lakh on purchasing new fogging machines even though those purchased earlier have been lying largely unused.
Two dead, 3 hurt in accident
Jagraon, April 11
Two persons died and three sustained serious injuries after four vehicles- Punjab Roadways bus, a Tata Indigo Manza car, a Hundai Verna car and a two-wheeler-collided near Shekhupura village on the Ludhiana-Ferozepur highway today afternoon.
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Little girls have a blast on last day of Navratri
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Ludhiana, April 11
Gone are the days when young girls were fed traditional Indian ‘chane-poori’ with ‘halwa’ and gifted Rs 5-10 after the ‘kanjak ashtmi puja’ ritual on the last day of the Hindu festival of ‘Navratri’. This is the time to savour yummy flavoured food and cherish chocolate packs, fancy pencil boxes, Hannah Montana water bottles and dainty accessories as gifts which little girls eagerly look forward to. |
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ONES: Little girls being presented gifts on the occasion of kanjak pujan in Ludhiana on Monday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
BUDDA NULLAH: The city’s toxic vein
Budda Nullah is aptly described as the ‘River of Sorrows’. For the residents living alongside the nullah, it is synonymous with death and diseases. Scores have died due to water-borne diseases caused by the polluted water of the nullah and several are living with diseases like Hepatitis B, jaundice, respiratory and skin ailments. Tribune Principal Correspondent
Kanchan Vasdev
describes their plight and tale of miseries
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Finally, MC to remove trees, pillars from roads in phases
Ludhiana April 11
Authorities of the Municipal Corporation have finally decided to remove trees and pillars from the middle of the road in a phased manner. Municipal authorities had in a report submitted to the Deputy Commissioner stated that about 2,000 trees and pillars in the middle of the road were hindering the smooth flow of the traffic.
EET students submit memo to CM
Ludhiana, April 11
ETT students studying in private colleges submitted a memorandum to the the Deputy Commissioner today. The memorandum is to be handed over to the Chief Minister.
The students alleged that they had deposited considerable amount to get admissions in private colleges. Now, these colleges were conducting examinations on their own.
Property Dealer’s Murder
Residents seek arrest of accused
Ludhiana, April 11
Family members and residents of Rishi Nagar have flayed the police for not making any headway in the alleged murder case of Chandan Kumar, a property dealer and resident of Rishi Nagar. Chandan was allegedly murdered and poisoned by three persons on March 12.
Tailor stabbed to death
Ludhiana, April 11
The Sadar police has booked two persons for stabbing a 55-year-old tailor to death in Chhabra
Nagar. The victim has been identified Sham Lal, a tailor by profession.
District Cricket Tourney
32 probables shortlisted
Ludhiana, April 11
As many as 72 aspirants attended the trials conducted by the Ludhiana District Cricket Association
(LDCA) to select the probables (U-19) to enroll them for the Regional Coaching Centre being run by the association here at Arya College ground. |
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| Aspirants take part in trials organised by the Ludhiana Distict Cricket Association at Arya College in Ludhiana on Monday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
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