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 Ayurvedic dispensaries
Medicines arrive a year late, employees await arrears
Ludhiana, January 6
Finally, the long-awaited medicines have reached ayurvedic dispensaries in the district. According to sources, these medicines arrived after a gap of almost one year. Now, patients who visit these dispensaries will get medicines free of cost.
Couple gets life term in murder case
Ludhiana, January 6
Sessions Judge GS Matharoo has convicted a couple, Jagjit Singh, alias Bittu, and his wife Rekha
of Malseeha Bhaikey village, Ludhiana, in a murder case. They were accused of killing neighbour Daljit Singh, who had objected
to them using a “kundi” connection.
NRI woman cremated, 2 labourers picked up for questioning
Ludhiana, January 6
The 65-year-old USA-based NRI woman, Balwant Kaur, who was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants on January 1, was cremated today. Her son performed her last rights, following which the victim's relatives gathered at the house located Bachittar
Nagar, where the victim was killed.
Broken dividers a death trap
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 6
Broken dividers have emerged as the severest danger to lives of commuters on the Ludhiana Malerkotla road during foggy season. Unmindful of consequences of their illegal acts, the residents of villages situated along the highway continue endangering lives and making the road accident prone by creating gaps in the road divider.
Broken dividers on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla road near Gopalpur village.
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Special drive: Police to impound vehicles, register cases against violaters
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Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 6
Taking serious notice of danger caused by misuse of tractors, registered as vehicles meant for agricultural works, the police has launched movement to impound overloaded vehicles after registering cases under Section 283 of the
IPC. At least 30 cases were registered during recent days.
Overloaded tractor trailers impounded at Sandaur village near Ahmedgarh on Sunday.
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Staff on evaluation duty face problems due to lack of facilities
Doraha/Ludhiana, January 6
The university staff and teachers, deployed on evaluation duty by Panjab University to conduct the evaluation of the answer sheets of post graduate semester classes, are facing a real tough time especially these winters.
Traffic police seeks cooperation from society
Ludhiana, January 6
The traffic police, district transport department are observing "Road-Safety week", which will continue till tomorrow.
A lot many initiatives are being taken by the concerned departments to make the masses aware about safety on roads, in absence of which fatal accidents claim several precious lives.
Take care of your hands and feet, you may fall prey to chill blains this winter
Ludhiana, January 6
Extreme cold is making many, an easy prey to chill blains. People who suffer from it, usually complain of itching, pain and then tusky redness on certain areas of hands, toes, earlobes and nose etc.
A worker washes glasses in cold water at a roadside tea
stall in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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No respite from cold wave in coming days
Ludhiana, January 6
The residents continue to face biting cold and harsh weather conditions with
minimum temperature dipping to 4.0 degree Celsius in the city on Sunday.
According to the weather report, there was a dip of 0.4 degree in minimum
temperature but rise of 1.2 degree in maximum temperature. |
With chilly weather at its peak, to keep warm residents sit in front of a bonfire in Ludhiana on Sunday.
Photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Chinese string: Sale on despite ban
Ludhiana, January 6
Despite the ban on the sale of plastic kite strings, their sale goes on unabated in the city. With the kite-flying season in full swing, birds are once again becoming victims of plastic strings, popularly known as Chinese
dor. n the past one week, seven eagles have been seriously injured after getting
entangled in these strings in different parts of the city, said Vipan Sharma,
founder of Pakshi Sewa Samiti, an NGO that is working for the healthcare of
birds.
A roll of plastic string up for sale in
Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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A road becomes bone of contention between residents, original land owner
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 6
A portion of mettled road, known as Street Number 3, in Amarpura area here has become the bone of contention between the residents and the original owner of the land.
Kumar Rahul, Deputy Commissioner,
Sangrur, and SDM, Malerkotla, Rajesh Tripathi study
the documentary evidence during their visit to Street No. 3 at Mohalla Amarpura in
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Passengers heave a sigh of relief
Ludhiana, January 6
Although the cold weather prevailing in the region has not taken a turn for the better, but the rail traffic that has remained erratic for almost a fortnight now, due to a thick blanket of fog, has shown some signs of improvement.
Sky bejewelled with colourful kites as Lohri approaches
Ludhiana January 6
Ludhianvis love to fly kite throughout winters, but Lohri is the festival when the sky is filled with colourful kites. New and latest designs of kites are launched in the market especially during this period. Every kite has a different name according to its shape, design and
colour.
A resident takes home a jumbo-sized kite in
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Hospitals receive patients with deep cuts
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 6
Hospitals and clinics here have been receiving patients with deep cuts caused by Chinese kite strings. While some suffered cuts while flying kites, others were injured while walking or travelling on roads and streets.
Diabetes have adverse effect on kidneys, say docs
Ludhiana, January 6
The National Integrated Medical Association (NIMA) organised an interactive session on kidney diseases and diabetes. Dr
Vikas, a renowned nephrologist, and Dr Karanvir Goyal were
key speakers.
Short relief: Even though the sun appeared for a short while, some women made the most of it at the Ludhiana railway
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Government to bring Ishmeet Academy back on track
Ludhiana, January 6
Following the allegation of biased attitude adopted by certain members of the management committee of the government-run Ishmeet Academy, Additional Commissioner (Grievances) JP Singh feels that a lot needed to be done in order to run the academy in a smooth manner.
DGSE dissatisfied with response from schools
Ludhiana, January 6
Though the Education Department of the state is using new media techniques to circulate its instructions effectively, the department feels that the district education authorities and school authorities are not responding as per the expectations, as they are not tech-savvy.
200 students participate in NSS camp
Ludhiana, January 6
A special seven-day National Service Scheme (NSS) camp began at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), under the aegis of the Directorate of Students' Welfare. As many as 200 students are participating in the camp. The Director Students' Welfare of PAU, Dr DS Cheema said that the camp started with the orientation of
the students.
Vegetable prices normalise as strike called off
Ludhiana, January 6
Prices of vegetables have stablised after the strike
at the local vegetable market ended. The prices remained stable this week, giving much needed relief to
the residents. "Vegetable prices have normalised. Lately, the vegetable prices had shot up due to the strike at the local market.
Plywood industry demands lesser govt interference
Ludhiana, January 6
Members of the Punjab Plywood Manufacturers Association will be meeting the Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal, to deliberate on how to make the agro-based plywood and wood-based industry in the state compete at the national and international level.
Reporters’ diary
Enjoyable for a few, miserable for
most
Ludhiana:
The cold wave that has gripped the region shows no sign of abatement as yet. For a small section of the society, the cold weather accompanied by chilly winds is a time to enjoy bonfires and entertain guests with barbeques and liquor, besides peanuts and
gachak.
Goldsmith flees with gold worth Rs 14 lakh
Ludhiana, January 6
The city police has booked a goldsmith who fled with raw gold worth over Rs 14 lakh belonging to a jeweller in the Kochar Market area.
Complainant Sanjiv Kumar, a jeweller from the Kochar Market area said Manoranjan Gori of New Shivpuri was working as a goldsmith at a shop located near Fountain Chowk.
Safety railings worth Rs 20,000 stolen
Khanna, January 6
The thieves struck at under construction Railway Over Bridge (ROB) at Bija near khanna and decamped with more than 10 channels of safety cross railing, worth Rs 20,000. The incident happened last night and came into light today morning when some passer-by noticed it.
Two youths dupe woman
Ludhiana, January 6
A migrant woman was conned by two swindlers in the Mundian area here on Sunday. She complained that the swindlers fled with her gold ornaments and Rs 10,000 cash, which she had saved for the rainy day.
Bank manager robbed
Ludhiana, January 6
A bank manager was robbed by two armed assailants near Vardhman Chowk late last night.
Narrating the incident, Gulshan Kumar stated, "I received a phone call from the security guards of the bank that the security alarm had began buzzing.
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