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Drug peddlers eyeing industrial workers
Ludhiana, September 11
Serving opium to farm labourers has become a thing of the past. Drug peddlers are now targeting industrial workers across the city.
Commissioner of Police Paramjit Singh Gill and DCP Harsh Bansal made this startling revelation following the arrest of a drug peddler from whom 21 kg of opium was recovered.
Police Commissioner Paramjit Singh Gill shows the seized contraband in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
rape case
Police detains suspect for questioning
Ludhiana, September 11
The police has detained a persons suspected of kidnapping and raping a four-year-old girl in Jassian village.
IT officials swoop down on SEL Group
Ludhiana, September 11
The Income Tax Department today conducted a raid at the SEL Group. The raids were conducted on 14 premises of the group across the country simultaneously.
The group deals in yarn and its premises are located on Doraha Road, Samrala Road,
Nawashahar, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
A policeman comes out of the premises of SEL Group during IT raid in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
A Tribune Photograph
kisan mela
PAU to focus on resource conservation
Ludhiana, September 11
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) will focus on the conservation of natural resources during the two-day Kisan Mela to be held on September 13 and 14.
Dr Baldev Singh Dhillon, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University, said the university had been laying emphasis on the conservation of natural resources.
Dr Baldev Singh Dhillon, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University, addresses a press conference on the campus. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
LIT officials fail to file property returns
Ludhiana, September 11
Eyebrows are being raised over failure of 26 serving and retired class I and II officials of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) to file their annual property returns with the public authority concerned as prescribed in their service rules.
Training centre to be part of Integrated Textile Park: Minister
Ludhiana, September 11
The training centre and working women's hostel will also be a part of the Integrated Textile Park being set up at Sanhewal and Textile Minister K. Sambasive Rao today announced this and gave a subsidy of Rs 20 crore for the same.
Dr KS Rao, Minister of Textiles, addresses the textile and knitwer industry representatives in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Photo: Inderjeet
Verma
Illegal hoardings dot Jagraon roads
Jagraon, September 11
Illegal hoardings put up by various commercial establishments, political parties and NGOs continue to deface the town. The Jagraon Municipal Council authorities seem to be in a deep slumber despite a huge increase in the number of illegal hoardings.
An illegal hoarding put up by an NGO at Kamal Chowk in Jagraon. A Tribune photograph
drinking water
Nine Sidhwan Bet villages to have RO system, says MLA
Jagraon, September 11
Following the incident of more than 40 people falling ill after drinking contaminated water at Bujgar village a few days ago, the Water Supply and Sanitation Department, Punjab, would install RO system in nine villages of Sidhwan Bet.
BSNL staff resent wastage of money
Ludhiana, September 11
The BSNL Employees Union demanded that wasteful expenditure should be curbed.
Two more test positive for dengue
Ludhiana, September 11
Today, two more patients from Ludhiana tested positive fordengue. Both male patients belong to Sector32 and Raman Eenclave. As many as 19 cases of dengue have been reported till date in this season.
rain woes: Commuters had a tough time wading through a waterlogged road in Industrial Area near Dhandari on Wednesday afternoon. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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Shoe companies attract youngsters
Ludhiana, September 11
Running is picking up in the city thanks to the campaigns run by popular shoe brands. Most of the top brands making sports shoes and sneakers have brought out their collections specifically structured for running.
pau notes
Condolence meeting
Ludhiana: PAU Vice-Chancellor Dr Baldev Singh Dhillon and university senior officials and scientists expressed grief over the sad demise of Dr NP
Goyal, professor, entomology (retd). A condolence meeting was organised in the entomology department.
Divine
grace
Holy fervour pervades Ludhiana during Ganesh Chaturthi. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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from schools & colleges
Workshop
Ludhiana: A workshop on ‘Robotics and Embedded System’ was organised at Guru Nanak Public School, Sarabha Nagar. The resource person took up the queries of students and motivated them to join courses like embedded systems, robotics and automation, web development and software development.
Ludhiana scan
Farewell party
Deputy Commissioner Rahul Tiwari was accorded a warm farewell by the Revenue Patwar Union on
Wdbesday. Speaking on the occasion, Darshan Kumar Sharma, general secretary of the union said he had been very cooperative throughout his posting in the city and was also awarded the Best Collector Award by the association.
Gang of robbers busted, five arrested in city
Ludhiana, September 11
With the arrest of five persons, the city police has claimed to have busted a gang of criminals, who were posing as auto-rickshaw driver and passengers and robbing commuters.
Bus driver found dead
Jagraon, September 11
A driver of a private mini bus was found dead in a bus this morning. The incident came to light at around 6 am when some commuters found him dead. The deceased was identified as Gurmail Singh (45), a resident of Badhni village in Moga district. The police handed over the body to the family members after conducting a post mortem at the Civil Hospital,
Jagraon.
Thieves decamp with cash, gold jewellery, mobile phones
Ludhana, September 11
Thieves struck at a house in the Shivpuri area and decamped with gold jewellery, cash and mobile phones worth Rs 3.5 lakh.The incident came to light when Anil Jain and his family woke up and were shocked to find their house ransacked.
katoch shield
Ludhiana face daunting task ahead
Ludhiana, September 11
Needing 208 runs to win, Ludhiana were tottering at 65 for 5 in the second innings on the penultimate day of the match against Mohali in the ongoing Punjab State Inter District Cricket Tournament for the Katoch Shield being played at the Punjab Agricultural University ground here today.
A match in progress between Ludhiana and Mohali at the PAU in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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While the ambitious ‘Mission Ludhiana’ conceived by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, involving an expenditure of over Rs 2,500 crore still remains on the drawing board.
