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It's not all peachy
Most fruits being ripened artificially using calcium carbide, a dangerous chemical
Ludhiana, May 14
Many summer fruits available in the market have not ripened naturally. A majority of these have been matured artificially with calicum carbide, which can play havoc with ones health.

Bananas being ripened in a store using calcium carbide. Photo: Inderjeet Verma

City bus service extended till Dholewal Chowk
Ludhiana, May 14
The city bus service will be extended till Dholewal Chowk. The decision has been taken after the successful operations of the service on this route. The low-floor non-AC buses plying under the bus service project will also pass through Gill Chowk, Partap Chowk and Dholewal Chowk.

5 held for plotting to rob cloth trader 
Ludhiana, May 14
The police claimed to have busted a gang of robbers who were planning to commit robbery at the house of a cloth merchant in Haibowal. Five of them have been arrested. The accused were arrested from a vacant plot near a mall. Nearly six others, including the gang leader, Sandeep Bedi from Ferozepur, managed to flee the scene.

The accused in the custody of the Ludhiana police on Monday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma

19 days later, MC wakes up to caved-in road
Ludhiana, May 14
The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) slept for 19 days on a complaint submitted by a local resident regarding a portion of the old GT Road having caved in near Clock Tower here. Instead of repairing the road, the MC installed concrete slabs around it and today, the road caved in completely. It is only now that the MC officials have woken up and started repairing the road.

MC workers repair a caved in portion of a road in Ludhiana on Monday. The action was delayed even though the MC had been intimated about the road several days ago. Photo: Inderjeet Verma

Timing of notice to liquor vend raises eyebrows
Ludhiana, May 14
It seems that the Municipal Corporation (MC) has no control over illegal liquor vends in the city. Almost a year after a liquor vend started operating from a footpath near Chawni Mohalla here, the MC has issued a notice to the contractor. The timing of the notice has raised eyebrows as a senior Akali leader, who is on one of the top positions in the MC, had a share in the liquor vend.

A liquor vend that had come up illegally on the footpath near Chawni Mohalla last year, but got a notice from the MC only now. Photo: Inderjeet Verma

Martyr Sukhdev's kin not invited to function
Ludhiana, May 14
Amar Shaheed Sukhdev Welfare Society comprising kin of martyr Sukhdev has alleged that a state-level function was being organised by the state government to pay tributes to the martyr on its "request", but society members had not been invited to the function.

COMMUNITY

Senate polls go hi-tech
Ludhiana, May 14
There was a time when contestants for the "graduate constituency" for the Senate elections of Panjab University used to go door to door to woo voters. They would visit the graduates of the university personally; get the forms for making votes filled and request to vote for them.

Internet banking in
Ludhiana, May 14
Old-fashioned way of writing a cheque is almost out of place these days and city residents are instead opting for the more convenient electronic transactions. Internet banking and mobile banking are in and even the banks have opened accounts on social networking sites.

Forms for Amarnath Yatra yet to reach post office
Ludhiana, May 14
Although it was announced that registration forms for Amarnath Yatra would be available at about 100 post offices in the country, the forms are yet to reach the Head Post Office in the city. Officials in the post office said they were yet to receive any information regarding the forms. They added that they also came to know about the forms at post offices through newspapers, as no such information had been received in post offices so far.

Choked sewerage puts off residents
Jagraon, May 14
Residents of Gandhi Nagar and Ajit Nagar localities in Jagraon are up in arms against the local municipal council for not paying heed towards their long-pending demand of getting the blocked sewerage cleaned up.

Election to president's post today
Ludhiana, May 14
Election to the post of president of the District Taxation Bar Association (sales tax) will be conducted tomorrow. While other members of the association were elected unanimously a week ago, the president will be elected through voting.

ward no.19
Statistics
Population: 40,000 
Voters: 13,000
Years on, nothing has changed in Daulat Colony
Ludhiana, May 14
Most of the areas of the ward number 19 of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation have been deprived of basic amenities till date. Lack of potable water supply, insanitary conditions and improper sewerage system has made the life of residents a hell. People are unhappy with the councillor due to stagnant water on streets and potholed roads in some areas.

Water accumulated on Street No. 15 in Madhopuri Colony, Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma

ward no.20
Statistics
Population: 30,000 
Voters: 9,500
Situation no better in Ward No. 20
Ludhiana, May 14
Poor sanitation and irregular drinking water supply dot Ward No. 20. Councillor of the ward Sham Sunder Malhotra, who is associated with the Congress, is serving his fourth term. The ward, which is in the old city area, has narrow streets due to which the area witnesses frequent traffic jams. Two separate lines were laid for a proper potable water supply.

A bridge sans a boundary wall near Gau Ghatt area in Ward No. 20, Ludhiana.

Furnace assns to go on strike from today
Mandi Gobindgarh, May 14
The Induction Furnace Associations of Ludhiana and Mandi Gobindgarh met today and decided to stop production and go on strike from tomorrow onwards due to restlessness among labor force.

Tipsy man found dead
Ludhiana, May 14
A tipsy man, who fought with his neighbours in the Islam Gunj area died under mysterious circumstances today. The man, identified as Raju, died due to liquor overdose, the police suspects.

Mangoes: Though pricey, still relished by all 
Ludhiana, May 14
With high summer, residents of the city are relishing fruits like watermelon and muskmelon. In addition to this, king of the fruits, mango has also arrived in market. Watermelon besides being healthy is the best option to relieve oneself from the scorching heat. My breakfast these days comprises watermelon and muskmelon as these keep me hydrated,” added Swati, a homemaker from Sukhmani Enclave.

Rate of making digital signature doubled 
Ludhiana, May 14
Companies dealing with digital signatures have doubled their rates as a result financial burden on consumers has been increased. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) while making an amendment last year had asked specific tax payers to furnish the return electronically under their digital signatures.

16 jhuggis reduced to ashes
Machhiwara, May 14
About 16 jhuggies, belonging to migrant labourers, were reduced to ashes after a fire broke out at Bali Beg Basti in Machhiwara. Although no loss of life has been reported, property and other valuables of the poor were gutted in a devastating fire.

About 16 jhuggis, belonging to migrant labourers, were reduced to ashes after a fire broke out at Bali Beg Basti in Machhiwara. A Tribune photograph

NDRF, govt officials survey land
Ludhiana, May 14
A team of officials from the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) and Central government officials recently visited a piece of land near Ladhowal for stationing one of its platoons between Jalandhar-Ludhiana. This proposal was mooted by the state government to the Union Home Ministry.

Good response to buyer-seller meet
Ludhiana, May 14
The national buyer-seller meet “Knits and Wears” being held by the Knitwear and Allied Manufacturers’ Association of Ludhiana (KAMAL) at Harsheela and Whistling Woods has received good response from buyers. The meet will last till May 16 and nearly eighty brands of Ludhiana are participating in it.

Despite ban, farmers continue to burn stubble 
Jagraon, May 14
Farmers of this region, in a hurry to prepare their fields for the coming paddy season, have resorted to burning stubble of their harvested wheat crop without any paying heed to the doctors’ advice.

No lessons learnt from past mistakes
Mandi Ahmedgarh/Khanna May 14
Weeks after a huge building collapsed in Jalandhar and left many crippled besides claiming more than 20 lives, the administration is yet to take preventive steps to protect the life and property of general public and occupants of a large number of buildings, which have been declared unsafe.

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CRIME

Gang of robbers busted, 3 held
Mandi Gobindgarh, May 14
The police has arrested three members of a gang of robbers. The accused have been identified as Sanju, alias Dibbi, Ashok Kumar, alias Gaurb, alias Gorkha, Kamlesh, alias Ghola, residents of Master Colony, Mandi Gobindgarh, and Faroz of Uttar Pradesh.

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