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Three rape cases reported
Ludhiana, June 23
In different shocking incidents, three rape cases were repored to the police during the past 24 hours here. In one heinous incident, a father raped her minor daughter in Hargobindnagar. A case was registered against Abdul Malik under Section 376-354 of the IPC at Police Division Number 4.
Hambran Road incident: 40 persons booked
Ludhiana, June 23
The police has registered a case under Sections 353-186-148-149 of the IPC against about 40 unidentified persons who tried to disrupt the drive of the Municipal Corporation and Traffic Police of closing the cuts on the Hambran road here yesterday.
Residents protest against the police on Hambran Road in Ludhiana on Saturday.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
A girl uses an umbrella to protect herself from the scorching heat.
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26 travel agents booked in six months
Ludhiana, June 23
The city police has asked residents here to thoroughly check the credentials of the travel agents before investing their money for immigration purposes.
The data available with the city police shows that from January 1 to June 21, 26 fraud travel agents have been booked by the police.
Boy drowned in canal
Ludhiana, Jun 23
A boy drowned in a canal near Jawaddi bridge here last evening. The victim, Karan, 16, was son of Shiv Das, a resident of Jawaddi.
Drug sale on rise
Jagraon, June 23, 2012
The time when chemist shops were involved in sale of habit forming drugs is over. Due to strict vigilence by the police and health department, a majority of drug stores have given up the business of selling habit forming drugs.
Health minister visits city
Ludhiana, June 23
Health and Family & Social Welfare Minister Madan Mohan Mittal was in the city today. The minister attended about half of dozen functions and despite it being a holiday on Saturday, officers of health department were also accompanying him.
Health and Family Welfare minister Madan Mohan Mittal adresses a seminar in Ludhiana.
Photo: Inderjeet Verma
People reel under Power cuts
Jagraon, June 23
Despite the tall claims of the Punjab State Power Corporation to provide uninterrupted power supply to all during the summer season, the residents of Jagraon and surrounding areas continue to grapple with long unscheduled power cuts.
Power duty, property tax will hit industry hard, says CICU
Ludhiana, June 23
The Punjab Industry will be hit hard by the proposed increase in electricity duty and levy of property tax, says Avtar Singh, general secretary, Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (CICU).
65 employees for 16 lakh residents
Ludhiana, June 23
Not just the offices of Ludhiana Municipal Corporation, even the fire brigade department is ailing. With poor infrastructure and only 65 employees in the fire brigade, the department is ill equipped to tackle any major fire incident in the city.
Civil surgeon office lacks fire safety
Ludhiana, June 23
The Civil Surgeon Office Complex, housing many important offices relating to the health department had witnessed a fire accident about 16 years ago which destroyed several records. The fire safety arrangements in this premises are yet to see the light of day.
The lone fire extinguisher lies defunct at the Civil Surgeon office in Ludhiana. photo: Inderjeet Verma
Atm usage: avoid casual approach
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 23
Casual approach towards maintaining secrecy of password for operating the ATM cards issued by
various commercial banks has emerged as most common factor behind incidences of swindling of money through automated teller machines.
RBI increases foreign transactions
Ludhiana, June 23
The fact that the RBI has allowed more inward remittances to increase the inflow of dollars in a bid to help the sagging rupee has come as matter of relief to residents who get money regularly from abroad. The number of such transactions has been increased from 12 to 30 in a year now. An official said the customers can avail this facility from post offices, as the postal department has a tie up with Money Gram.
‘Take action against illegal colonies’
Ludhiana, June 23
Feed Foundation, a local NGO, has today come out in open against colonisers who are developing illegal residential colonies without taking permission from the government departments. The NGO members today demanded from the state government that if any coloniser is found developing an illegal residential colony, the authorities concerned should register an FIR against him and the concerned department fine them.
Bhatti satirises power cuts
Ludhiana, June 23
 Jaspal
Bhatti, the spoof and satire king was in the city today. With banners of "We Welcome
Powercuts" and "Power cuts zindabad" and holding handfans, Bhatti took a dig at the state of frequent power cuts. Coming to Feroze Gandhi Market, he said that he welcomes the powercuts and "enjoying" the situation.
Jaspal Bhatti during the promotion of his movie ‘Powercut’ at Feroze Gandhi Market in Ludhiana on Saturday.
Tribune photo: Himanshu mahajan
Surjit Patar’s ghazals spell magic
Ludhiana, July 23
Surjit Patar, sat on the left on the stage, while singers sang his ghazals and poems on the tunes of guitars, harmonium, tabla and sitar. "Ek Shaam-Surjit Patar ke Naam" was organised at Guru Nanak Bhawan by Ludhiana Sanksritik Samagam. The evening saw lovers of literature and poetry learn more about the celebrated Punjabi poet.
Man commits suicide
Phillaur, June 23
A car mechanic Ranjit Singh (25) of the nearby Garha village reportedly committed suicide just two days before his marriage by jumping before a 12446 Jammu-Delhi Rajdhani Express train near Phillaur Railway Station late last night.
Pune firm to start project
Ludhiana, June 23
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has asked a Pune based firm, M/s Green Infrastructure, to start the project on the ecological and economical restoration of water quality of Buddha Nullah using an
in-situ bio-remediation technique by building green bridges which involve formation of an ecological food chain for the removal of organic or inorganic pollutants from waters and to utilise them as nutrients in the ecological cycle.
The Buddha Nullah near Kundan Puri that is virtually a garbage dump carries sewage and effluents from industry in Ludhiana.
Tribune photo: himanshu mahajan
from colleges
GGNIMT students perform well
Manupreet Kaur, a fourth semester MBA students of Gujranwala Guru Nanak Institute of Management & Technology, has secured the first position with 89.75 per cent marks while Vijender Singh was placed at the second position with 83.5 per cent. Pooja bagged the third position with 83.25 per cent marks.
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Celebrated
Sethi Study Circle organised a celebration to mark the 32nd year of excellence. Sethi study Circle has been running classes for spoken English, personality development, IELTS and TOEFL in Model Town, Ludhiana, since 1980.
Police seize habit-forming drugs
Jagraon, June 23,
The Jagraon Sadar police has arrested one person and seized a huge quantity of habit forming drugs from his possession. The accused has been identified as Balvir Singh, a resident of Mehal Kalan town near Barnala.
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Goods worth crores were gutted in a fire incident, which took place at the Cremica godown, a leading food products company of the region, at Phillaur this morning.
