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Common man, industry hit equally
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Ninth hike in petrol prices since last June
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Rs 25 jump in two years
Ludhiana, May 15
Consumers have once again been burdened with a hike of Rs 5 per litre in petrol prices. There have been nine hikes since last June. In the last two years, the prices of petrol have been hiked by nearly Rs 25. In 2009, the price of petrol was Rs 44.74.
BSF man being held POW in Pakistan
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Was declared dead in 1974
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Son pins hopes for his release on Pak govt
 Ludhiana, May 15
Although Border Security Force constable Surjit Singh, who fought in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war, was declared dead by the Indian government in 1974, he is now reported to be alive and incarcerated in a Pakistani jail as a prisoner of war.
desolate: Angrej Kaur, whose husband is in a Pakistan jail as a prisoner of war.
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Patriot ‘Bhagat’ Singh snubbed
 Ludhiana, May 15
Not only did Jagdish Singh append “Bhagat” with his name but he changed his lifestyle as a “mark of respect” to the freedom fighter. However, on Sunday he was reportedly humiliated and not allowed to pay tributes to Shaheed Sukhdev at a function marking the latter’s birth anniversary in Naughara.
Jagdish ‘Bhagat Singh
Property dealer shot at
Ludhiana, May 15
A 25-year-old property dealer was shot at by two unidentified motorcycle-borne youths in the Civil City area here today.
Abducted boy found in Rajasthan
Ludhiana, May 15
The six-year-old boy, Beeru, who was kidnapped outside his home in the city three days ago unexpectedly surfaced at the train station in Bharatpur in Rajasthan on Sunday and is reported to be unharmed. According to Railway Police Force officials he was spotted abandoned at the station in the morning.
Increase in petrol price, power tariff condemned
Ludhiana, May 15
The increase in the price of petrol by Rs 5 a litre by the Centre as well as hike in power tariff by the state government have come in for sharp criticism from the Marxist Communist Party of India-United and the Shiv Sena Hindustan, who have termed it backbreaking for the common man.
Forum seeks octroi, VAT waiver
Ludhiana, May 15
The Lal Bahadur Shastri Social Forum has appealed to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to waive off octroi on petrol and diesel as was applicable in neighboring states of Haryana and Rajasthan to ease the prices of fuel in the state.
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Medical camp
The IMA Ludhiana in association with Kulwant Heart and Vascular Centre organised a free medical check-up camp at Shiv Puri here on Sunday. During the camp, Dr Kulwant Singh and his team examined around 200 patients.
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Spare a thought for these helpless men in uniform
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With a rolled up newspaper for a baton, poor traffic cops not only brave the heat but are usually seen running after violators who zoom past them after jumping a red light or while riding a motorbike without a helmet.
(L-R)Hands-on approach:
A traffic cop stops youths triple riding on a scooter. caught in the act:
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Knits and Wears 2011
Traders do brisk business on Day 2
Ludhiana, May 15
The ongoing “Knits and Wears 2011” turned out to be a big draw among the industrial fraternity on the second day today. The meet is proving to be a good platform for both buyers and sellers.
Fire ravages hosiery unit
Machinery, huge stocks of raw material damaged
Ludhiana, May 15
Finished goods, huge stocks of raw material, machinery and a portion of a
five-storeyed building of a hosiery unit in Bajwa Nagar were destroyed in a fire, apparently caused by a short-circuit, this morning. The loss is being estimated at over Rs 2.5
crore.
up in smoke: Thick columns rise out of a hosiery unit in Ludhiana on Sunday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
State-level farmers’ conference in June
Doraha, May 15
The Kirti Kisan Sabha Punjab will organise a state-level delegates’ conference on June 4 and 5 at Kila
Raipur. This was decided at a meeting of the sub-committee of the sabha, which was presided over by Surinder Singh
Shehzad, here yesterday.
Martyr Sukhdev remembered
Eradication of social evils ‘real tribute’ to the hero
 Ludhiana, May 15
Punjab chief parliamentary secretary (CPS) Harish Rai Dhanda today urged people to come forward to eradicate corruption, drug abuse, foeticide and illiteracy, which would be a real tribute to martyrs.
One for the fallen hero Freedom fighters offer floral tributes to Martyr Sukhdev at Government Girls Senior Secondary School in Ludhiana on Sunday. Tribune photos: Himanshu Mahajan
Student faints
Ludhiana, May 15
A student who was standing at the entrance to the “pandal” fainted during the function. Teachers carried her to a room.
Poor show by girls at recruitment rally
Only 34 clear fitness test
Ludhiana, May 15
Poor show marred the recruitment drive as only 34 girls could clear the physical fitness test in the two-day recruitment rally which ended at SCD Government College here today.
Lakhs of trees axed in two years
Forest department has not yet released funds for planting saplings
 Ludhiana, May 15
In nearly two years, one lakh trees were axed and two lakh plants were cut for widening of the road into six lanes on NH-1 in the state, but the forest department is yet to release funds for planting saplings, which could lead to ecological crisis.
Fallen An axed tree lying outside the Westend Mall in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Plantation of saplings only on paper
Ludhiana, May 15
It’s been more than a year since 10,000 trees were axed for the construction of Rs 400-crore expressway on the southern bypass along Sidhwan Canal, but not even a single sapling has been planted to compensate the loss to the environment.
15,000 trees felled on PAU campus
Action against defaulters awaited
 Ludhiana, May 15
It has been more than six years since Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) had allegedly axed about 15,000 trees on the sprawling 1,300-acre PAU campus without obtaining the mandatory permission of the state and Central
government
Clean Sweep A woman walks past axed trees on the Ferozepur Road.
Indefinite fast by PAU staff union chief from today
Seeks timely payment of salaries
Ludhiana, May 15
Sore over the “delaying” tactics adopted by the state government in disbursing monthly salaries to PAU staff, PAU Employees Union president Harbans Singh Mundi will go on a fast-unto-death outside Thapar Hall from tomorrow.
Gang of robbers busted; 4 held
Phillaur, May 15
With the arrest of four persons, including two women, the local police claims to have busted a gang of robbers and recovered gold ornaments, including a chain, earrings and rings worth Rs 1
lakh, near Tehing in Phillaur sub-division.
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