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Ambulance from Dhuri stuck for hr, patient critical
Ludhiana, June 14
An ambulance was stuck in traffic for nearly an hour at Bharat Nagar
Chowk. The driver, Sita Singh, was taking Rupinder Singh, a resident of
Dhuri, 100 km from the city, who had suffered a cardiac arrest, was being rushed to hospital.
Vanity has a face — Health minister Gosain
Ludhiana, June 14
Satpal
Gosain, who recently became the health and family welfare minister with less than a year for the
SAD-BJP government’s term, suffers from the same ailment like most politicians -- self-love and self-projection.
Funeral van used to ferry MC workers
Amloh (Fatehgarh Sahib), June 14
Putting relatives of those who died in the last two days to severe inconvenience, the solitary funeral van of Mandi Gobindgarh was used to carry municipal council workers to both the helipad and the marriage palace in Amloh, venue for the sangat darshan programme of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
Truant DEO (S) faces music
Ludhiana, June 14
The District Education Officer (Secondary) has been penalised by the Deputy Commissioner for skipping the meeting of the district vigilance and monitoring committee meeting. His salary for June has been withheld.
Police for ‘dedicated’ area for protests
 Ludhiana, June 14
Commuters who got stuck in interminable traffic jams caused by the frequent rallies, processions and protest sit-ins in the city can soon heave a sigh of relief. Police commissioner Ishwar Singh is now reportedly looking for a suitable place where demonstrators can hold protests without inconveniencing others.
Members of trade unions stage a protest at Bharat Nagar Chowk in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Son of former Home Guard Comdt held
Ludhiana, June 14
The son of Jabarjang Singh, a retired Commandant of Punjab Home Guards, has been arrested on charges of snatching a car from a city resident. The accused, identified as 21-year-old Indervir Singh Romal, a resident of Vikas Nagar, is a student of BA-II at a local college.
Girls bag top three slots in district in pseb class X exams
Ludhiana, June 14
Once again female students bagged the first three positions in the district in the class 10 examinations conducted by the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), the results of which were declared on Tuesday. Two city girls, Muskaan and Amrit Kaur of Teja Singh Swatantar Memorial Senior Secondary School, Simlapuri ranked first and second, scoring 95 per cent and 94.62 per cent marks, respectively.
She overcame huge personal loss to excel in studies
Ludhiana, June 14
When Muskaan, a class 10 student of Teja Singh Swatantar Memorial Senior Secondary School,
Simlapuri, was appearing for her first examination paper on March 21, her mother and other family members were busy attending to the rituals associated with the last rites for her beloved father, Harsh Kumar
Aggarwal, who had died of a massive cardiac arrest only 13 days before.
57 students from district feature in merit list
Ludhiana, June 14
A total of 57 students of schools in the district feature in the merit list of the class X examination, the result of which was declared today.
2 days after recarpeting, service lane caves in
 Ludhiana, June 14
A major tragedy was averted when the recently carpeted service lane near the mini-secretariat caved in today.
The service lane was recarpeted two days ago for providing an alternative route to traffic on the Ferozepur Road where a flyover is being constructed.
A truck stuck in a caved-in portion of the road opposite the mini-secretariat in Ludhiana
on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Two killed in accident
Jagraon, June 14
Two persons were killed and three others injured seriously when the car they were travelling in collided head on with a truck carrying cement bags near Pandori village on the Ludhiana-Ferozepur highway this morning.
Body of 40-yr-old man found
Jagraon, June 14
The Ludhiana (rural) police recovered the body of a middle-aged man from Atam Nagar locality in Jagraon this morning.
The deceased has been identified as Pawan Kumar (40), a resident of Jagraon. The police also found a scooter (PB-25-2186) parked near the body.
After robbery bid, suspects flee with motorcycle
Ludhiana, June 14
Something is better than nothing, the adage yet again proved true when a youth from Dehradun along with his accomplice snatched a motorbike from a resident after a futile robbery bid in the office of a placement agency located at SCD Government College here today.
City-based firm owner arrested for Rs 1cr-fraud
Chandigarh, June 14
The Economic Offences Wing of the Chandigarh police today arrested the owner of a Ludhiana based firm in a case of fraud involving over Rs 1 crore.
Woman booked for husband’s murder
 Jagraon, June 14
The mystery behind the death of a youth of Ramghar Bhullar village near
Jagraon, who was found hanging with a fan on June 11, further deepened with the family members of the deceased accusing his wife of murder.
Darshan Singh, father of deceased Mandeep appeared before the local police yesterday and alleged that had not committed suicide but was killed by his wife Binder
Kaur.
Darshan Singh, father of Mandeep Singh (inset), at the Sadar police station in Jagraon. Photo: Jaswant Shetra
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