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Buddha Nullah to be cleaned on priority
Ludhiana, May 9
Buddha Nullah will be cleaned on a priority basis under the project to clean all rivers in the state.
No decision on MCI poll
Ludhiana, May 9
No decision has been taken till now on the status of the elections of the Medical Council of India (MCI) to elect a member from Punjab. Yesterday, a team of doctors met the health secretary, who has assured of impartial decision.
Politicos condemn drive
Ludhiana, May 9
Cutting across party lines, senior leaders of several political parties, including those from the ruling SAD, have condemned the demolition drive carried out by the municipal corporation in the city over past two days.
Rising pollution in city: Who is to blame?
Ludhiana, May 9
According to the World Health Organisation's latest data, Ludhiana stands fifteenth among the world's 20 most-polluted cities. We talked to a cross-section of people to know who they feel is responsible for the rising pollution in the city and how it could be managed.
Duped by financier, man seeks justice
Ludhiana, May 9
A migrant, who claimed that he was conned by a private financier, found an innovative way to mark his protest.
Pinku crawls his way to the Police Commissioner’s office from his residence on Jamalpur Road in Ludhiana on Friday.
Photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Residents fail to digest Khanna’s rank
Ludhiana, May 9
What has come as a shocker to Khanna residents is that the air they breathe is one of most polluted in the world.
KK to perform in city today
Ludhiana, May 9
Noted Bollywood singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, is in the city to perform in a music concert at Sutlej Club tomorrow.
Bollywood singer KK in Ludhiana on Friday. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Massive fire engulfs Plywood factory at Khanna
Khanna, May 9
A massive fire broke out at Sunrise Plywood Factory on Amloh Road in Khanna last night. Machinery, raw material and finished goods worth crores of rupees lying in the factory were destroyed. The reason behind the fire is yet to be ascertained.
A firefighter douses the flames at the factory in Khanna. A tribune photograph
Training in agro-based industries ends
Ludhiana, May 9
A five-day training course on small scale agro-based industries for the rural youth of Punjab concluded at the PAU. The Department of Processing and Food Engineering, PAU, organised the course in which as many as 20 trainees from all over Punjab took part.
NGO rescues 9-year-old labourer
Ludhiana, May 9
A nine-year-old labourer was rescued from a house at Rajguru Nagar by Volunteers for Social Justice, an NGO, here today.
Govt upgrades schools, forgets to depute teachers
Ludhiana, May 9
The government did not depute teachers in the primary schools that were upgraded to middle schools recently.
DEOs intervene to sort out issue
Ludhiana, May 9
High drama was witnessed at Bal Bharti School, Dugri, when the District Education Officers along with other officials visited the school to sort out the matter between the school management and parents over the fee hike issue. Heated arguments were exchanged between principal Punam Dogra and parents present on the spot.
DEO Dr Charanjit Singh interacts with students at Bal Bharti School in Ludhiana on Friday. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan
DEO vows to rid city of drugs, dowry and dirt
Ludhiana, May 9
The District Education Officer (DEO) has instructed the school heads to make students pledge to avoid three D’s that is drugs, dowry and dirt here today.
City schools salute motherhood
Ludhiana, May 9
Various schools in the city organised programmes to celebrate Mother’s Day on Friday.
Ludhiana scan
Snatchers attack elderly couple
Ludhiana, May 9
An elderly couple was attacked by armed snatchers in the Mahopuri area yesterday.
Man held with 20-gm smack
Samrala, May 9
The Samrala police claimed to have arrested a person and recovered 20 gm of smack from his possession.
Cement theft: Accused arrested after one year
Jagraon, May 9
The Jagraon police have arrested a proclaimed offender in a theft case. The accused has been identified as Mohini Singh, a resident of Mohalla Rampura, Jagraon. He was arrested by a police team from PO Wing of the Jagraon police from the Moga Railway Station following a tip off.
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Almost half the city plunged into darkness as 220 kV Lalton Kalan sub-station developed a snag and some of the transmission equipment caught fire last evening.