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Two lawyers, woman booked for extortion bid
Ludhiana, July 9
The police has booked two lawyers and a woman for allegedly demanding Rs 3 lakh as "extortion money" from a trader for not proceeding against him in a "false case".
BAN GOES UP IN SMOKE: Despite tall claims made by the Health Department, smoking in public places continues unabated in Ludhiana. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
2 youths decamp with
Rs 5 lakh from scooter
Ludhiana, July 9
Two motorcycle-borne youths allegedly broke open the glove compartment of a scooter and decamped with a bag containing Rs 5 lakh near Vishwakarma Chowk here today.
Minor gang-raped; police apathy alleged
Ludhiana, July 9
In an alleged case of police apathy, a 13-year-old Dalit girl of Heeran village near Chandigarh Road, who was allegedly gang-raped by four youths, was made to do the rounds of a police station along with her mother, a widow. Despite this, the police did not register a case. The victim today visited the house of BJP leader and former Health Minister Satpal Gosain and sought his help.
Rs 31 lakh, 1.1 kg gold biscuits seized from two train passengers in city
Ludhiana, July 9
The Government Railway Police (GRP) seized cash and gold worth Rs 70 lakh from two passengers here last night. The cash and gold was recoverd from the two passengers, Jagtar Singh and his nephew Amandeep Singh, both residents of
Amritsar, during a routine checking on the Garibrath train.
The Government Railway Police with the cash seized from two passengers at the Ludhiana railway station. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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104 qualify entrance for 40 MCom seats
Ludhiana, July 9
For just 40 seats of MCom Business Innovations Course, a total of 166 candidates had appeared in the examination. As per the results declared by Panjab University, Chandigarh, 104 students have qualified the test.
Old-age homes not final destination of the elderly
Ludhiana, July 9
The very saying by Robert H Schuller: “Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait, be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come,” sounds very good.
Message on ‘harmful candies’ leaves residents in a fix
Ludhiana, July 9
A message in circulation "This is a new drug known as Strawberry Quick" via WhatsApp is leaving local residents in a fix.
Medical officers’ transfers revised; docs satisfied
Ludhiana, July 9
Revising the decision on the transfers of medical officers and specialists in the state, the Health and Family Welfare Department has transferred 53 medical officers.
Cong flays govt for booking two BMWs
Ludhiana, July 9
Members of the Youth Congress, Ludhiana, led by its secretary Parvinder Singh Lapran, staged a demonstration against the state Akali government for "placing an order for two BMWs worth Rs 7 crore when the state is going through a financial crisis".
Mayor inspects sewer cleaning work
Ludhiana, July 9
To make sure that sewer cleaning work is completed on time, Mayor Harcharan Singh Gohalwaria today took stock of the situation and asked the contractor to complete the job within the stipulated period.
Mayor Harcharan Singh Gohalwaria, accompanied by former Mayor Hakam Singh Giaspura, inspects sewer cleaning work near Dhandari in Ludhiana on Tuesday. A Tribune Photograph
Bus operators yet to get payments for poll duty
Ludhiana, July 9
Bus operators here continue to be a harassed lot as they have been doing rounds of different offices to get their payments for Zila Parisahd election duty. The elections were conducted more than a month ago. The operators said though the payments had been approved by the State Election Commission, the ADC (D) staff was dilly-dallying on their release.
Singer Pammi Bai during the shoot of a Punjabi song, which has the message of preserving Punjabi culture and heritage, at Sunet village in Ludhiana district. A Tribune Photograph |
Duty hike to make sugar costlier
Ludhiana, July 9
Import duty on sugar has been increased to 15 per cent from 10 per cent to help the industry clear Rs 9,000 crore arrears of cane farmers. The hike would make the commodity costlier for the common man.
Road rage at Atam Nagar
Ludhiana, July 9
Residents of Atam Nagar witnessed an incident of road rage that happened barely a few meters away from the police Chowki here on Tuesday. The incident took place in the afternoon when Harman, a resident of Durga Puri in Haibowal, was turning his Indica.
‘Clean currency note’ finds few takers
Ludhiana, July 9
People continue to write on the watermark window of currency notes paying no attention to the "clean note policy" of the Reserve Bank of India.
Ministerial staff continue agitation
Ludhiana, July 9
In protest against government’s apathetic attitude towards their pending demands, the staff of the Punjab Ministerial Association wore black badges for second consecutive day.
Bharat Bhushan is president of GSCCI
Mandi Gobindgarh, July 9
Bharat Bhushan Jindal has been unanimously elected president of the Gobindgarh Steel Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GSCCI) the fifth consecutive time during the elections held today. The other office-bearers are general secretary Sushil Sharma, senior vice-presidents Jagmail Singh Matharoo and Satnarayan Singla, cashier Somnath Dua. Ramesh Kumar Goel and Mohinder Singh have been nominated as secretaries of three wings of the GSCCI.
House damaged in cylinder blast
Ludhiana, July 9
A cooking LPG cylinder exploded at Sunet village here on Tuesday evening. Mohammed Alam said her wife was preparing tea when the explosion took place.
Teachers meet minister
Ludhiana, July 9
A discussion between a delegation of Master Cadre Union and the Punjab Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka was held today regarding the issue of problems being faced by the teachers.
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Students visit Zonal Commissioner's office
Ludhiana: Students of Ryan International School, Dugri, met Isha Kalia, Zonal Commissioner, Municipal Corporation. The students had an
interactive session with Kalia. She answered various queries of the students regarding administrative branch. She
said, “I am amazed to see the maturity level of the students. I am sure they will really do
well in their respective fields.” —TNS
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Cultivate moong for crop diversification: Experts
Ludhiana: Farm experts of the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) have advised the farmers of the Punjab state to sow moong crop, the hardiest of all pulse crops, in the first fortnight of July. The cultivation of moong offers a valuable option for crop diversification, they highlighted, while divulging that this crop
(moong) occupied 6.6 thousand hectares of area and its total production was 5.6 thousand tonnes during 2011-12.
tough job:
A rickshaw-puller ferries passengers during rain in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
A robbery that wasn't
Ludhiana, July 9
The robbery incident at GK Vihar in Manekwal turned out to be a concocted story by a youth.
The police has nabbed the youth identified as Arpit Gosian for misleading the police and recovered the gold ornament and cash from his possession.
Man booked on charge of kidnapping woman
Ludhiana, July 9
The Division No 8 police has booked a person for kidnapping a 22-year-old girl on the pretext of marriage.
The accused has been identified as Akash, a resident of a colony near Jagraon bridge.The incident took place on July 3.
Woman: Killed mother-in-law in a fit of rage
Ludhiana, July 9
A woman, who was arrested on a charge of killing her 50-year-old mother-in-law at Bazigar Basti in the Salem Tabri area on May 4, expressed no remorse for the murder. In the police custody, Amarjit Kaur said that vicim Mahinder Kaur had thrashed her nine-month-old son. In a fit of rage she killed her.
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Robbers took away Rs
25,000, says victim
Ludhiana, July 9
Two residents of Tarn Taran who were allegedly sedated and robbed of their cash and mobile phones at Transport Nagar regained consciousness today and are reported to be out of danger.
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