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Another child abducted from railway station
Ludhiana, July 10
There seems to be no stopping the abduction of children from railway stations across the country. In the latest incident, a city resident claimed that his eight-year-child identified as Suraj was allegedly abducted from either the Saharanpur or Ambala railway station during the wee hours of today.
Tirloki Yadav with the photograph of his eight-year-old son who went missing from a train they were on. Photo:
Inderjeet Verma
Sarpanch booked for pocketing pension of deceased
Ludhiana, July 10
Gurmukh Singh, sarpanch of Narangwal village, has been booked for allegedly pocketing the pension of six dead men. The sarpanch was booked following an audit conducted by the social security department a few days ago.
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Husband caught for double murder
Ludhiana, July 10
It was a 38-year-old migrant from Bihar who killed his wife and 14-year-old daughter nearly three months ago. The Daba police today brought Mohan Chowdhary from Baliya in Bihar and claimed to have cracked the blind murder case of a girl whose badly mutilated body was found from the roadside in the Lohara area on May 21.
Railway tickets: Revised 'tatkal' timings make reservation easier
Ludhiana, July 10
With the railway authorities tightening the noose around touts and colluding railway staff and the revised timings of 10 am to 12 noon for booking
"tatkal" railway tickets has come as a huge relief to people.
Passengers queue up at the hassle-free ‘tatkal’ counter at the Ludhiana railway station. Photo:
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Incentives fail to draw couples to family planning surgeries
Ludhiana, July 10
Even though the government gives incentives to couples for free-of-cost non-scalpel vasectomy
(NSV) and tubectomy, very few people are going in for permanent family planning solutions.
The government gives an incentive of Rs 1,100 to a person for undergoing NSV and Rs 200 to the motivator.
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Traders upset with move
Ludhiana, July 10
The excise and taxation department's move, under which a trader is required to fill in C-forms before getting those issued from the department, has not found favour with traders.
The department has made it mandatory for traders to completely fill in the forms by sitting in the department's office and get those stamped from the official concerned there.
Girl was born to unwed mother
Ludhiana, July 10
The police has tracked the mother of the girl that was kept in a small basket and spotted floating in the Sirhind branch canal near Sudhar here yesterday.
The girl was born to an unmarried woman at a nursing home
located close to the canal in the Sudhar area.
Doctors hand over the girl to representatives of an NGO in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
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Ganda nullah not cleaned, may overflow this monsoon
Ludhiana, July 10
Even as the residents of areas along the under-construction Ganda nullah project near Field Ganj are living in constant fear of overflow, another part of the nullah near the Bhadaur House may overflow as it has not been cleaned for several weeks.
A view of the
garbage-filled Ganda nullah near the Bhadaur House in Ludhiana
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Raise your voice against religious fundamentalism: CPI
Ludhiana, July 10
The three-day state conference of the Communist Party of India (CPI) concluded late last night, with a call to the people to raise their voice against the conspiracy to spread religious fundamentalism.
Met advisory impact under study
Ludhiana, July 10
A team of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
(CGIAR), in collaboration with the India Meteorological Department, has been conducting a study on the impact of meteorological advisories to farmers.
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TextBooks in Punjabi costlier
Ludhiana, July 10
On the one hand, the Punjab Government has constituted an Act for the promotion of Punjabi language in the state, but on the other, students who are interested to study in Punjabi medium under the Punjab School Education Board have to
pay more for the Punjabi medium books as compared to the English medium ones.
An SST book in Punjabi medium costs
Rs 52 in the market whereas the English ones cost less. A
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Schools told to educate children on overpopulation
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 10
Heads and teachers of government and private-aided schools remained busy in completing preparations for observance of the World Population Day at the respective institutes on Wednesday.
Residents demand proper fogging in Dohara town
Doraha, July 10
Sewage has accumulated in a number of wards in the town, and residents are waiting for the civic body to conduct fogging in the area. The residents feel that they could easily contract water-borne diseases.
Mosquitoes sit on sewage, a perfect breeding ground for water-borne diseases in
Doraha. Photo by writer
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Health dept team takes water samples from schools
Jagraon, July 10
Taking a strict note of the complaints of students being forced to drink contaminated water in the educational institutes in the Jagraon area, a team of the health department officials took samples of waters from as many as five educational institutes, including four schools and a college, of the Jagraon area today.
Dengue outbreak: Bathinda patient tests positive
Ludhiana, July 10
A suspected dengue patient of Bathinda district who is under treatment at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital has tested positive.
The 53-year-old patient, Karnail Singh, belongs to Deon villlage of Bathinda district. According to the reports of the health department, "No fresh case has been reported from any hospital in Ludhiana today."
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Vehicle-theft accused in police custody in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
DC extends ban on hookah bars
Ludhiana, July 10
As youngsters were getting hooked on to hookah and drugs here, it became a matter of great concern, the District Magistrate, Rahul Tiwari, extended an order under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973, that no hooka would be placed for consumption to visitors in restaurants/ hooka bars.
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Four villages get award
Ludhiana, July 10
For enhancing girl child sex ratio, panchayats of four villages of Ludhiana district have been awarded today at a state-level function of the health department at Mohali.
Parents irked at new shift system
Ludhiana, July 10
Some parents of students, studying at Ryan International School here are irked at the school management as the school has adopted new system for class I and II.
It has been seen that transition from montessori (junior) to middle school for the students is easier, school authorities say.
Man was victim of mistaken identity
Ludhiana, July 10
A 25-year-old grocer, who was abducted and beaten up by members of the land mafia here last night, was a victim of mistaken
identity. The victim, identified as Bharat Bhushan Sharma (25) of Rishi
Nagar, suffered a fracture on the right hand and injuries all over his body.
Bharat Bhushan Sharma lies at the DMCH in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
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One held with 15-kg poppy husk, half-kg opium
Jagraon, July 10
The Sidhwan Bet police has arrested one drug peddler and seized 15 kilograms of poppy husk and 500 grams of opium from his possession. The accused has been identified as Jagdev Singh of Burj Hari Singh village, near
Raikot.
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