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Policewoman commits suicide
Samrala, January 17
A woman Head Constable, in charge of the women helpline at the Samrala police station, committed suicide by hanging herself from an iron grill in the police station under mysterious circumstances. The deceased , Amarjit Kaur (51), is survived by her husband and two children.

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Railways helps Excise Dept curb tax evasion
Ludhiana, January 17
With the railway authorities extending a helping hand to the Excise and Taxation Department, it has managed to check evasion of VAT and other taxes by the "peti mafia" that was thriving in the city. The mobile wing of the department claims to have controlled such cases by 95 per cent.

Revenue asst, clerk suspended
Ludhiana, January 17
District Revenue Assistant (DRA) Surinder Singh and a clerk in his office, Paramjit Singh, have been suspended by Deputy Commissioner Rahul Tiwari for failing to provide information to an applicant under the Right to Information Act.

Rs 60,000 looted at gunpoint
Ludhiana, January 17
An amount of Rs 60,000 has allegedly been looted from a father-son duo, who do timber business at Kirpal Nagar.

Om Puri recalls journey to reel world
Ludhiana, January 17
Ludhiana, a city on the cusp of modernity, may be a new metro city bursting at its seams. But for veteran actor Om Puri, it's a city steeped in decades-old memories. He last visited the city 20 years ago, when his brother was still staying here. Puri's memory is a blur when it comes to the name of the localities where his family stayed.

Actors Om Puri and Divya Dutta at a press conference in Ludhiana on Thursday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma

COMMUNITY

PAU students lay siege to VC’s office
Ludhiana, January 17
Students of Agriculture College of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) continued their stir against the move to merge their batches and laid a siege to the Vice-Chancellor’s office today. The student boycotted the classes on the fourth day and sat outside the Vice-Chancellor's office by tying black ribbons on their heads. 

Students protest against the the PAU authorities in Ludhiana on Thursday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan

Rain brings down mercury
Ludhiana, January 17
Cloudy weather brought the mercury level down in the region and it was witnessed a chilly weather in the city. The warmth of lohri days due to lukewarm sunlight has been disappeared in the city and residents facing the cold days again.

Students brave strong winds on the PAU campus in Ludhiana on Thursday. Tribune photo: Himanshu mahajan

Diesel price hike worries consumers
Ludhiana, January 17
The speculation about the rise in diesel prices from midnight after the deregulation of diesel prices by the government kept the people worried throughout the day. It was speculated that the price of diesel would be increased by Rs 3 while the speculations also made round that the price of diesel will be increased every month by 50 paise.

Varsity to have centre for wildlife studies
Ludhiana, January 17
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, in a recently held meeting of Academic Council, has announced to have established a Centre of Wild-life Studies and Research.

Stone of treatment plant laid
Ludhiana, January 17
The City Mayor, Harcharan Singh Gohalwaria, along with SAD-B legislator Ranjit Singh Dhillon, laid the foundation stone of a state-of-the-art common effluent treatment plant (CETP), to be built at a cost of Rs 148 crore, at a cluster of dyeing units on the Bahadurke Road here today.

City Mayor Harcharan Singh Gohalwaria (third from left) performs the stone-laying ceremony at the site of an effluent treatment plant in Ludhiana on Thursday. photo: Inderjeet verma

Breach in Sirhind Canal averted
Mandi Ahmedgarh, Jan 17
A major tragedy was averted when the officials of the Canal Department noticed a 12-foot-deep pit dug up along the banks of the Sirhind Canal, near the Jagera bridge, near here, late in the evening today. They got it plugged before it could lead to a breach.

Students of Kiddies’ Paradise School celebrate Gurparb in Ludhiana on Thursday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan

All set for Pulse Polio campaign
Ludhiana, January 17
To eradicate polio in the country, the first national round of the Pulse Polio campaign of this year will be started from January 20. It will conclude on January 24 and during the drive all the children up to the age of five years will be administered polio drops. This was disclosed by the Civil Surgeon, Ludhiana, Dr Subhash Batta, while addressing a meeting of the District Task Force at the Bachat Bhawan here today.

Workers protest contract system
Jagraon, January 17
Members of the Jagraon unit of the All-India Food and Allied Workers Union held a protest at the office of the State Food and Supplies Department here today. The agitating members raised slogans against the state and union governments for not fulfilling their demands.

Members of the Jagraon unit of the All-India Food and Allied Workers Union raise slogans in Jagraon on Thursday. Photo by writer

Secy apprised of cycle industry woes
Ludhiana, January 3
Gurmeet Singh Kular, president of the United Cycle and Parts Manufacturers Association, had a meeting with Karan Avtar Singh, Principal Secretary Industries and Commerce and Labour. Kular apprised Karan Avtar Singh of the difficulties being faced by the industries.

Farmers seek hike in MSP of wheat
Ludhiana, January 17
Farmers' unions today demanded a hike in the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat and other crops during a state-level convention held at Punjabi Bhawan here. The Punjab Kisan Sabha, the Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta), Sidhupur, and the Punjab Committee of the Sarb Hind Kisan Shaba opposed the "anti-farmer" policies of the Centre and the state government on the occasion.

A farmer leader addresses a convention at the Punjabi Bhawan in Ludhiana on Thursday.  Photo: Inderjeet verma

Health staff told to pull up socks
Ludhiana, January 17
The Civil Surgeon, Dr Subhash Batta, has asked the employees of the Health Department to pull up their socks to complete the targets of the family planning programme by the end of this financial year.

CRIME

Con man held while trying to dupe migrant labourer
Jagraon, January 17
The Jagraon police today arrested a con man for allegedly trying to dupe a migrant labourer of Rs 15,000 in a local bank. As per the information, a migrant labourer, Suresh Kumar, who hails from Bihar and currently works as a farm labourer at Pona village near Jagraon, had visited a local bank to send some money to his family in Bihar.

Watchman found murdered
Samrala, January 17
Jarnail Singh (55), who worked as a village chowkidar, was murdered with sharp weapons near Sihala village last night.

SPORTS

Jarkhar Sports Festival concludes
Ludhiana, January 17
The 27th Annual Sports Festival at Jarkhar village about 20 km from here on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla concluded here today. The four-day sports extravaganza, popularly known as the Mini-Rural Olympics was organised by the Mata Sahib Kaur Sports Club, supported by the area residents with the help of sports lovers, settled in other countries.
A hockey match in progress during the Jarkhar Sports Festival, which concluded at Karkhar village in Ludhiana on Thursday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan

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