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Ludhiana (West) goes unrepresented in state Assembly
Ludhiana, August 19
How would you feel if your area is not represented by a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)? The Ludhiana (West), the constituency having one of the most posh localities of this industrial city, is without an MLA ever since Harish Rai Dhanda resigned on July 6.
Burning of banned fuel
Week’s closure notice to 2 dyeing units
Ludhiana, August 19
After two dyeing units were found polluting the environment by burning unauthorised fuel, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has served them with one-week closure notices. The units have been directed to shut operations for a week, starting August 22.
blood donation
Health dept to book lab owner
Ludhiana, August 19
The district health authorities today caught hold of a person who was donating blood at a laboratory near Kitchlu Nagar, which is not an authorised one.
Bright ‘sonshine’ for Youth Akali Dal in district
Ludhiana, August 19
It's 'sonshine' for the Youth Akali Dal (YAD) in the district. The names of many Akali leaders' sons figure in the list of the new office-bearers of the youth wing of the SAD (B). The list was announced on Wednesday.
‘August Kranti’ spreads in city, jagraon, Doraha
 Ludhiana,
August 19
Following in the footsteps of its alliance partner in Punjab - the Bhartiya
Janata Party, the Shriomani Akali Dal-Badal today staged a dharna to express
solidarity with the anti-corruption crusade of Team Anna at the Mini Secretariat
here.
Punjab Minister for Jails Hira Singh Gabria addresses a rally organised in support of Team Anna at the Mini Secretariat in Ludhiana on Friday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Janamashtmi celebrated with
fervour in city schools
 Ludhiana,
August 19
Lord Krishna can be seen in city schools as Janamashtmi celebrations are on in
several schools. Festive atmosphere pervaded Ram Lal Bhasin School. Students attired as Lord Krishna performed a dance. Children dressed up as
Radha, Krishna and Mirabai gave a dance performance at Green Land Convent School, Subhash
Nagar.
A school child dressed as Lord Krishna has a snack in Ludhiana on Friday. Tribune photo Himanshu Mahajan
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In the wrong zone |
A row of vehicles parked in a “no parking zone” outside Hotel Majestic Park Plaza in Ludhiana on Friday.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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election duties
‘PAU Staff need official letter for exemption from work’
Ludhiana, August 19
PAU VC Dr BS Dhillon has asked the employees, who have been put on election
duties by the district administration, to get a written intimation by the
officials in charge (elections) that the employees have to perform the election
duties first, then PAU will exempt them to report at the farm university till
August 30. Dhillon agreed that the employees could be exempted from reporting at
the farm university provided the district administration wrote to the
authorities that their (employees’) services were needed.
Ludhiana scan
Strike by medical
laboratory technicians hits health services
 Ludhiana,
August 19
Patients, who wanted to get their diagnostic tests done, were at the receiving
end today due to the pen-down strike by the Medical Laboratory Technicians here.
The medical laboratory technicians (both contract and regular employees) participated in this strike to press upon their long-pending demands and also held a protest dharna at the Civil Surgeon office. Although to cater to emergency services, they deployed one employee in each laboratory but other patients who wanted to get their tests done were not able to do so.
A notice pasted outside the laboratory of the Civil Hospital announces the pen-down strike by the technicians in Ludhiana on Friday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
NRHM employees block traffic
Ludhiana, August 19
The protest of the NRHM Union entered its ninth day today. The agitating employees blocked traffic for over two hours at Bharat Nagar Chowk and burnt the effigy of Principal Secretary Health Satish Chandra.
Dowry: Woman poisoned to death
Ludhiana, August 19
In yet another case of dowry death, a 28-year-old woman was allegedly poisoned by her in-law following a quarrel over dowry articles in the Field Gunj area here today.
Three LPG cylinders, 2 computers stolen from school
Ludhiana, August 19
Thieves struck at the Government Primary and Middle School at Bharo Munna village in Sahnewal and took away three cooking gas cylinders and two computers last night.
Police raids villages to arrest suspects
Ludhiana, August 19
The local police yesterday raided several villages to nab the assailants
involved in Wednesday’s attack on GADVASU students on the campus. PAU police
station SHO Beant Juneja said they have constituted two teams to arrest the
culprits. He said, “We are in possession of records and photographs of the
attackers and will arrest them soon.” He added that the GADVASU authorities
had been informed about their two students who were involved in the attack.
Teenagers’ fight causes a flutter
Ludhiana, August 19
Tension gripped the Salem Tabri area after a fight between two teenagers was lent a communal colour. So much so that residents even raised slogans against alleged police inaction.
Woman’s chain snatched
Ludhiana, August 19
Two unidentified youths, riding a motorcycle, snatched a gold chain from a woman
hailing from Raj Guru Nagar here yesterday.
Aditya bags three titles
Ludhiana, August 19
Aditya Gupta hogged the limelight clinching three titles in the Open District Badminton Championship, which concluded at Shastri Hall near Guru Nanak Sports Complex here, recently.
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Ludhiana, August 19
