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NHAI corridor
PSPCL, admn officials to meet today
Removal of high, low-tension wires from Sahnewal to Jalandhar bypass
Ludhiana, March 26
Senior officials of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), district administration and the police department will meet tomorrow for getting the low and high-tension wires removed from Sahnewal to the Jalandhar bypass as these were creating hurdles. The project of widening the 32-kilometer corridor, which was taken up by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), has been reportedly moving at a slow pace due to this.
Post poll, Sutlej Club vicinity full of litter
Ludhiana, March 26
After the elections of elite Sutlej Club here got over, the road outside was full of litter. To top it, the litter was set on fire and that also at such a place which is adjoining Deputy Commissioner Rahul Tewari's official residence.
MC clerk suspended
Delay in providing information under the RTI Act
Ludhiana, March 26
The delay in providing information under the Right to Information Act to a local resident proved costly for a clerk posted in the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation who was suspended by MC Commissioner Malwinder Singh Jaggi today.
Notorious biker gang members identified
Ludhiana, March 26
The three persons of the notorious biker gang have been booked by the Sahnewal police. The trio of Deepak Kumar, Jaswinder Singh and Balwinder Singh were targeting migrants in the Dhandari and Sahnewal areas.
10-year-old boy dies of burn injuries
Ludhiana, March 26
In a shocking incident, a 10- year- old boy succumbed to his burn injuries after reportedly catching fire at his house in the Dhandari area here today.
The incident took place here this afternoon when residents saw the victim, identified as Gurpartap Singh, a student of Class IV student, in flames.
Rajoana hanging
Police on watchout for
troublemakers
Rajoana village turned in garrison, police conducts flag march
Ludhiana, March 26
As public sentiment is against hanging of terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, the city police is keeping a close watch at Rajoana village, about 30 kilometers from the city, in Raikot.
High drama over Rajoana flag
Ludhiana, March 26
High drama was witnessed near Chaura Bazar when Baljinder Singh Jindu, president, Sikh Welfare Council, was stopped by a head constable for putting up a flag of Balwinder Singh Rajoana on his car.
 Radio cab or ambulance?
Callers dial emergency number to be dropped at desired destination
Doraha, March 26
Ambulance 108 crew, who are doing the noble task of saving lives, are felling cheated and let down due to the non-cooperation of hospitals, especially private ones besides pranks people tend to play on them. These, they feel, are the greatest hurdle in the performance of their duties.
PCS (J) Exam roll of honours
Ludhiana, March 26
Congratulations and jubilations for these youngsters from the city came rushing in as soon as the results of Punjab Civil Services (Judicial) examination-2011 were declared. Himanshu Arora has clinched the first rank in the state in the examination. Prabhjot Kaur from Sahnewal has secured the eighth rank, Inderjeet Singh the 21st rank and Jagmeet Singh has secured the 42nd rank in the examination. Jaspreet topped the list in the BC category while Jaspreet Kaur and Manpreet Kaur have secured the first and third rank in the SC category, respectively.
A dancer since childhood
Ludhiana, March 26
His genial smile, confidence and fluency impress you first. His energy and agility of his quick dance moves bowl you over. Hrithik Sharma (13) is raring to go for the next round of a TV reality show, “Dance India Dance”.
From colleges
400 conferred degrees
 Ludhiana:
The annual convocation and prize-distribution function of Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College was held here in Guru Nanak Hall on Monday.
Students of Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Model Town, after their annual convocation in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Employees’ sports meet ends on colourful note
 Ludhiana, March 26
To mark the end of the 7th Annual Employees’ Sports Meet, a cultural programme and prize-distribution ceremony was held at Dumra Auditorium here last evening. The employees of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital and Hero DMC Heart Institute presented a colourful cultural programme on this occasion.
Women perform giddha at the prize-distribution ceremony of the 7th Annual Employees’ Sports Meet in Ludhiana on Monday. A Tribune photograph
Jaura’s play befitting tribute to World Theatre Day
 Doraha, March 26
Nirmal Jaura’s lyrical play “Main Punjab Bolda Han”, tracing the history of Punjab, its trials and tribulations to gain its present status and its efforts for diversification in order to unite or in other words transform the world into a global village, is being considered a befitting contribution to the World Theatre Day being observed tomorrow, i.e. on March27.
Artistes enact Nirmal Jaura’s lyrical play “Main Punjab
Bolda Han”. A file photograph
Jewellers strike lingers on, people face hardship
Ludhiana, March 26
Jewellers, who were demanding exemption from the proposed excise duty, continued to hold countrywide strike today as well. City-based
jewellers, under the banner of the All-India Jewellers’ Trade Forum, went to lodge their protest against the budgetary proposal.
From schools
Flower Show
Ludhiana:
An eye-catching flower show was organised at Ryan International School here on Monday. The parents were mesmerised by the beauty of a variety of flowers blooming in diverse hues, which gave a very fresh and colourful look to the ambience. The parents of the students from class I to V had sent the potted flower plants as their entry for the flower show.
City’s date with glamour
Ludhiana, March 26
It turned out to be the city’s date with glamour as the maverick singing star Rabbi Shergill visited the city and star cast of Punjabi movie in the making Yamley Jatt Yamley also visited the city.
From left: Actors Guggu Gill, Jonita Doda and Savy Dadwal, during a press conference about their movie “Yamley Jatt Yamley” in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
PSEB Exam
17 students caught copying
Ludhiana, March 26
A flying squad of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) to curb copying in the board examination got success when it caught 17 students copying in the second semester math examinations of class X today.
All these cases were registered by the flying squad team led by Surinder Singh Gerewal from Hmabran and Bhoondri villages.
Delay in road construction annoys residents, shopkeepers
 Jagraon, March 26
Delay in the construction of a road on the Railway Road has annoyed those living in localities situated on this road. The residents have criticised the local municipal council for its failure to get the road constructed within a stipulated time.
In fact, the municipal council had undertaken the work of laying interlocking tiles on this road a few months ahead of the Assembly elections.
A scooterist making his way through dug up Railway Road Jagraon on Monday.
NRIs beware! IT dept could net you for unaccounted money
Ludhiana, March 26
Non-Resident Indians
(NRIs) having unaccounted money beware! Sleuths of the Income Tax Department can bother them for that.
There is no intention to stop NRIs from returning or bring back their assets to the country. But, if an employed person returns from abroad after two years with $ 1 billion in pocket, he would have to explain the amount, added a senior official from the department.
Civil hospital nurses stage dharna
Ludhiana, March 26
Staff nurses of the local Civil Hospital staged an hour-long dharna against the non- payment of monthly salaries to them. They raised slogans against the state government and urged it to release their salaries at
the earliest.
1 killed, 8 hurt in mishap
Khamano, March 26
One person was killed and eight were injured in a road accident that took place on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh road near Khamano. Three persons were on their way to Morinda in a tempo when a mini bus of a cotton factory collided head with it near Khamano.
Drug addict held for stabbing
Ludhiana, March 26
The youth who had stabbed a man in the Shimlapuri area following a road rage yesterday has turned out to be drug addict.
The accused, identified as Love Shakti, a resident of Bhagwan Nagar, was nabbed from the Sidhwan canal bridge in the Shimlapuri area here this morning.
2 singers booked
Ludhiana, March 26
Two Punjabi singers have landed in trouble for hurting religious sentiments.
Taking swift action, the Division No. 4 police today booked Mohd Irshad and Gurmeet Singh under sections 295 of the
IPC.
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Goods worth lakhs were gutted in a fire incident that took place at a woollen mill in the Dhandari area this morning.
