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Being fat proved to be Sunita’s undoing: family
 Ludhiana, July 18
Being fat proved to be her biggest “mistake” as she was subjected to constant humiliation.
A day after the death of 27- year-old Sunita, who died after being allegedly administered a poisonous substance by her in-laws at her house in Focal Point, the victim's family alleged that their daughter was given poison in the form of slimming pills by her husband and in-laws.
The ransacked house where Sunita was allegedly poisoned to death at Jamalpur in Ludhiana on Sunday night.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Thieves have a field day at Majithia’s yatra
Khamano /Samrala July 18
Thieves this morning had a field day during the yatra of Bikram Singh
Majithia, the newly elected president of the Youth Akali Dal.
Ludhiana: Akali leaders, who didn’t get appropriate space to display their billboards, hold boards; and (right) a view of a cavalcade of vehicles, which led to a traffic jam onJagraon Bridge
on Monday. tribune photos: himanshu mahajan
‘Be grateful to Centre for generous support’
Ludhiana, July 18
Ludhiana MP and national spokesperson of the Indian National Congress, Manish Tewari yesterday asked the Akali-BJP government in the state to show grace and be grateful to the Central government for its liberal and generous support.
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Experts dwell on importance of vaccination
Ludhiana, July 18
The Ludhiana Academy of Paediatrics (LAP) organised the advanced science of vaccinology workshop here yesterday.
Avoid unhygienic conditions to prevent epilepsy: Study
 Ludhiana, July 18
Beware of living and eating out in unhygienic conditions, as it may play havoc with your health to the extent that one can become an epileptic patient. This has been recently proved by a study conducted at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, meant to ascertain the link between epilepsy and worms.
Experts talk about epilepsy at the DMCH in Ludhiana on Monday. A Tribune photograph
Rotary Club to launch drive-safe campaign
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 18
Unmindful of inconvenience caused to drivers of four-wheelers people prefer to keep their luggage under the seats instead of keeping them in the boot or shelves. Those sitting next to the driver’s seat don’t even hesitate in blocking his front view by keeping their bags on the dashboard. Empty bottles, utensils and bags on dashboards of cars and buses have led to numerous accidents, a few fatal ones. Besides these, tendency to overload has compounded the problem further.
‘Develop scientific temperament’
Ludhiana, July 18
As many as 326 students from different government and private schools of the district today participated in “inspiration award”, an event being organised by science and technology in collaboration with the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan, Punjab, at GMT College of Education.
Speaking Out
The harassed lot at Ludhiana
Protest against death sentence to Bhullar
Samrala, July 18
Several political, social and religious organisations of the area today staged a dharna in front of the SDM office, Samrala, to express their anguish against the death sentence to Prof Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar.
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Training on precision farming kicks off
Ludhiana: A model training course on precision farming, organised by the PAU in collaboration with Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, commenced here on Monday, which will conclude
on July 25.
from schools
Plantation drive begins at Green Land
Ludhiana: A van mahotsava week commenced at Green Land Senior Secondary Public School, Jalandhar Bye Pass, Ludhiana, here on Monday with an awareness rally taken out by tiny tots of the school. Chairman-cum-director of chain of Green Land Schools Rajesh Rudhra and principal Baldeep Pandher flagged off the rally and impressed upon importance of trees.
Children participate in a rally at Greenland Public School in Ludhiana on Monday.
photo: inderjeet verma
Solitary MC park a safe haven for gamblers, tipplers
Jagraon, July 18
The solitary park of the Jagraon Municipal Committee in the town is turning out to be a safe heaven for gamblers as well as drug addicts. Some persons can often be seen gambling, playing
cards.
Gambling goes unabated; and (right) a stray animal rests at Lala Lajpat Rai park in Jagraon village. photos by the writer
Baby girl rescued by grocer from clutches of drunkard
Ludhiana, July 18
She is barely 10 months old and doesn’t know who her parents are or where her home is. Two days ago, after being slapped, beaten and thrown on the floor, she was about to be packed into a bag by an alcoholic near Ram Sharnam in the city’s Haibowal locality. Had it not been for a courageous grocer, Rajpal Bagga, who snatched the child from the drunk’s clutches with bypassers remaining mute spectators she might have been dumped in a garbage bin.
Solace: Ten-month-old child sitting in Rajni’s lap, while her husband Rajpal Bagga offers the child something to eat in Ludhiana on Monday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Man posing as eunuch was in women’s jails earlier too
Ludhiana, July 18
A day after The Tribune exposé, more skeletons have begun tumbling out of the closet. It now transpires it was not the first time Subash had stayed in a women’s prison, masquerading as a eunuch. He had earlier spent time in a similar disguise in jails in Hoshiarpur and Patiala for nearly two years.
A UHRO activist shows the footage of Subhash (encircled) in a woman’s jail. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Rs 2,500 fine on MC for not giving info under RTI
Ludhiana, July 18
The State Information Commission (SIC) has imposed a fine of Rs 2,500 on the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation for delaying an information sought by a resident of the city under the Right to Information Act. The commission has fined the civic body for the second time in the past three months. It had, earlier, imposed a fine of Rs 6,000 for delaying information sought by another resident of the city.
Unique Identity Cards a ‘headache’ for residents
 Ludhiana, July 18
People seem to be becoming disenchanted with the process of making Unique Identity Cards (UIDs) in the city. They have started terming it as a “counterproductive” in the absence of clear-cut instructions, lack of infrastructure and “inefficient” staff deputed for doing the job. Most of them are furious with staff for unnecessarily sending them to get their documents attested or
verified.
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Man assaults wife outside SDM’s office in jagraon
Jagraon, July 18
A property dispute between a husband and wife took an ugly turn today when the former attacked his wife in public and injured her badly. The incident took place outside the office of the SDM today morning. They had come for hearing in a property dispute case between them.
Police officials record the statement of Harbans Kaur, who was allegedly attacked by her husband, at the Civil Hospital in Jagraon on Monday. A TRIBUNE PHOTOGRAPH
2 held with 3-kg opium
Mandi Gobindgarh, July 18
SP Jaspreet Singh Sidhu at a press conference here today announced that SHO Bikramjit Singh Barar, Mandi Gobindgarh, and CIA in charge, Sirhind, along with Sub-Inspector Sewa Singh in a joint action nabbed Sachin Kumar and his brother, Gaurabh Singh, residents of Jalalpur village, Mozaffar Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, and recovered 3 kgs of opium from their possession.
1 held with 60 bags of poppy husk
Jagraon, July 18
The Ludhiana (rural) police has arrested a person, identified as Jagdev Singh of Virk village near Sidhwan Bet, and recovered a huge quantity of poppy husk from his possession.
Bags of poppy husk recovered by the Ludhiana (rural) police in Jagraon on Monday. A Tribune photograph
Doc’s car snatched at gunpoint
Kohara, July 18
Three unidentified youths allegedly stopped a lady doctor, who was driving a swift car at pistolpoint near Chak Sarwan Nath village on the Ludhiana -Chandigarh road last night, snatched the keys and forcibly took away the car from her.
Jobless ETT teacher held
Ludhiana, July 18
Pawan Kumar, vice-president, Unemployed ETT Teachers’ Union, and a few of his accomplices, who were arrested yesterday by the Sangrur police for duping innocent candidates on the pretext of passing in the Teacher Entrance Test (TET), has once again brought to the fore infamous ETT recruitment scam. At least 139 ineligible ETT candidates of the city got out-of-turn appointments. The accused ran an inter-state racket and had amassed over Rs 40 lakh.
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