feast for eyes: A rickshaw-puller passes a city road covered with leaves.
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Ex-banker gets life term for killing wife
Ludhiana, March 30
Former bank manager Harpal Singh of Model Town here has been sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment for killing his wife Amarjit Kaur. On March 27, Additional Sessions Judge Sunil Arora had held him guilty of murdering his wife by slitting her throat.
Rs 8 lakh stolen from 2 cars
Ludhiana, March 30
In the two cases of daylight theft in the city today, thieves stole Rs 5 lakh and Rs 3 lakh from cars at separate places by breaking their windowpanes. Both the incidents happened within an hour.
Three snatchings in three hours
Ludhiana, March 30
With three snatching incidents reported last evening within a span of three hours, snatchers seem to have become active in the city.
Anna to start Jantantra Yatra today
 Ludhiana, March 30
First phase of "jantantra", a yatra by social worker Anna
Hazare, will commence from Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar on March 31. Till April 4, the social activist, along with General VK Singh
(retd) will cover several districts of Punjab before reaching Delhi.
Anna Hazare waves at his supporters at the Ludhiana railway station on
Saturday. Tribune photo: manoj mahajan
MC Rs 7 cr short of target
Ludhiana, March 30
With just a day remaining for the end of current financial year (2012-13), the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation officials are hopeful that they would be able to achieve their target by tomorrow.
Health Dept awaits medicines
Ludhiana, March 30
The district Health Department is yet receive about 20 types of medicines and surgical equipment.
10-year-old boy injured in freak accident
 Ludhiana, March 30
A 10-year-old child injured his foot badly when a transformer fell on his foot after a truck rammed into an electric transformer at Street Number 9 of New Kundanpuri area here today.
A crane lifts the transformer that fell on the foot of a child in New Kundanpuri on Saturday.
Tribune photo: himanshu mahajan
Special team to probe minor’s ‘rape’
Samrala March 30
The Khanna police has formed a special police team under SPD Khanna to conduct a probe in an alleged raping and injuring of a minor school girl’s case. Confirming the incident SSP Khanna said that a minor girl of Class I was admitted to the Civil Hospital on March 18 and later she was referred to
Ludhiana.
ASI honoured for helping visually impaired
 Ludhiana, March 30
Kulwant Singh Malhi, an ASI with the Punjab police was honoured by the Senior Citizens Welfare Association here for helping a visually impaired senior citizen, who landed at Ludhiana railway station after being abandoned by his family in a train in
Maharashtra.
Senior Citizen’s Council honours ASI KS Malhi in Ludhiana on Saturday. photo: inderjeet verma
Youth held with habit forming drugs
Jagraon, March 30
The Mullanpur Dakha police has arrested a youth and claimed to have seized a huge quantity of habit forming drugs from his possession. The accused has been identified as Vikky, a resident of Mullanpur Dakha.
Girl killed in road mishap, kin injured
Jagraon, March 30
A 22-year-old girl died while her younger brother and father were critically injured when the two-wheeler they were riding on, was hit by an unknown vehicle on the Ludhiana-Ferozepur highway here today afternoon.
Society to donate fire tender to MC
Jagraon, March 30
Lok Sewa Society, Jagraon, has decided to donate a mini fire brigade to the local Municipal Council to minimise the damages, in case the fire breaks out in the area.
28-year-old jumps into canal, police yet to trace body
Jagraon, March 30
A 28-year-old boy reportedly attempted suicide by jumping into the Abohar Branch of Sirhind feeder canal, near Akhara village, today. It was feared that the youth might have died off drowning, even though the body had not been recovered.
1 held with 4 kg opium
 Khanna, March 30
The Khanna police arrested one person and recovered 4 kg of opium from his possession here. The accused has been identified as Pritpal Singh, a resident of Shamspur village near
khanna. Bhupinder Singh, SP (D) said that the accused was arrested during a naka held by the CIA team at a bus stop in Nasrali village.
Police officials at a press conference at the CIA office, Khanna, on Saturday. A Tribune Photograph
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