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Traders throng excise office to get password
Ludhiana, July 23
The industry may be opposing the amendments to e-trip system rules, but the fact is that traders are thronging the office of the Excise and Taxation Department to get a password issued for filing information online.
DC visits flood-prone areas
Ludhiana, July 23
Deputy Commissioner Rahul Tiwari, along with officials of other departments and the police, visited flood-prone areas, including Dhullewal, Mattewara, Jamalpur Leli, Kasabad, Khehra Bet and Seed Farm II, Madepur, along the Dhussi Bandh today.
Deputy Commissioner Rahul Tiwari gives instructions to officials of the district administration during a visit to flood-prone areas in Ludhiana on Tuesday. A Tribune Photograph
Residents up in arms against 'encroachment'
Ludhiana, July 23
Residents of Nidhan Singh Nagar near Civil City area are protesting at MC Zone D office regarding an encroachment in their area. The residents alleged that a person had illegally constructed a five-feet wall on a 51-feet-wide road due to which they were not being able to use the road.
Santosh Tewari (centre), a city resident, on a hunger strike at the MC zone-D office, Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana, on Tuesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Officials not taking any chance
Ludhiana, July 23
The work of land-deal registration has been suffering at the sub-registrar offices due to confusion over legal and illegal colonies in the district. Taking no chance to be in trouble at the later stage, tehsildars and naib tehsildars are not ready to do the registries of the "grey" areas, though the maps have been sent to them by the municipal corporation.
MC fails to act against illegal political hoardings
Ludhiana, July 23
It seems that illegal political hoardings menace has taken the city by storm. Even as the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) claims to be going strict on such hoardings, many such hoardings continue to dot the city roads.
All such hoardings are of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) and the Bharatiya Janta Party. Maybe that is why, MC officials are not able to take any action against such violators.
Illegal political hoardings installed on the Rani Jhansi Road in the Civil Lines, Ludhiana, on Tuesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
CII launches advance cluster programme for SMEs in Ludhiana
Ludhiana, July 23
CII-Avantha Centre for Competitiveness for SMEs has launched an advance cluster programme in Ludhiana, taking the total number of clusters in Punjab to 16. The cluster has been launched in association with the Punjab state office of the
CII.
Rape case splits villagers
Jagraon, July 23
The controversy surrounding the alleged rape of a minor girl by the newly elected sarpanch of Kothe Fatehdeen village, located on the outskirts of Jagraon, has divided the villagers to two groups. Both the groups are holding regular protests against and in support of the accused sarpanch.
KVM management accused of denying increments
Ludhiana, July 23
The KVM Class IV Employee Union has once again alleged that the management of the school has not provided dearness allowance (DA), increments, etc to them.
Kaizen system discussed
Ludhiana, July 23
The second meeting of the Oil Expellers and Parts Manufacturers' Association cluster under the soft intervention programme was held here today.
Truck recovered
Samrala, July 23
The Samrala police has claimed to have recovered a truck that was taken away forcibly from a driver by some unidentified persons on July 17 night. As per information,Sandeep Singh, driver of the truck, was going towards Mohali from Ludhiana when the incident took place. The truck was loaded with iron coils worth 20
lakh. When the truck reached Katani Kalan village, four armed unidentified persons took the truck away from the driver fled from the spot.
Sandeep, the driver of the truck, was thrown out of it by the the accused near Rajewal village.
Single window for pensioners at PAU
Ludhiana, July 23
Former president of the PAU Employees’ Union DP Maur said that the Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University had agreed to open a single window system
(suvidha-window) for pensioners and retirees at the Thapar Hall.
From colleges
Ludhiana scan
Engineering student run over by truck, dies
Ludhiana, July 23
An overspeeding truck led to the death of a 20-year-old engineering student near Gill Bridge yesterday. The victim has been identified as Sarabjit Singh, son of Urvinder Singh and resident of Shastri Nagar in Model Town.
Blind murder case cracked
Ludhiana, July 23
In a major breakthrough, the city police claims to have cracked a blind murder case that took place in November 2011. It has booked 13 persons in this connection, of whom six have been arrested.
Commissioner of Police Paramjit Singh Gill (centre) addresses a press conference in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Jail inmate’s body found hanging
Ludhiana, July 23
Parminder Singh (25), a jail inmate and resident of Nawanshahr, was found dead under mysterious circumstances today. His body was found hanging from the grill of a bathroom in cell No. 3 of the Central Jail here.
Trader’s driver among five held
Ludhiana, July 23
The robbery attempt on businessman Manmohan Singh, owner of Nirmal Hosiery
Sakhewal, was hatched by his driver Gurmeet Singh.
Crime briefs
Athlete Arpinder proves his mettle
 Ludhiana, July 23
Athlete Arpinder Singh once again proved his mettle in the Asian Track and Field
(ATF) meet that was held in Pune, Maharashtra, recently. He clinched bronze medal after scaling 16.58m jump.
Arpinder Singh
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