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Hope for 114 allottees of LIT colony
Ludhiana, May 29
There is a flicker of hope for 114 allottees of residential plots measuring 125 square yards each in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar Colony developed by the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) on Pakhowal Road here. The successful allottees have been waiting to get the possession of their plots for more than 20 months.
death trap: This uncovered manhole near the Bharat Nagar Chowk poses a threat to commuters’ lives. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
Minister’s son courts ad row
Ludhiana, May 29
The state unit of the Shiv Sena today charged the son of a Cabinet Minister with causing huge financial losses to the Municipal Corporation by way of displaying illegal advertisements at malls, petrol pumps and railway sites.
Now, pay power bills at any centre
Ludhiana, May 29
Now, people won't have to stand in queues to pay their electricity bills. According to PSPCL Central Zone Chief Engineer Rachhpal Singh, payments of electricity bills can now be made at any PSPCL office.
ATP suspended for dereliction of duty
Ludhiana, May 29
Failure to take timely action against the violation of building bylaws in the construction of a commercial building, and possible connivance with the builder, has cost an official of the Municipal Corporation dear. Rajinder Sharma, Assistant Town planner (ATP) of Zone D, has been placed under suspension by the Local Government Department, for dereliction of duty.
Atta-Dal Scheme
New categories added
Ludhiana, May 29
According to the new Atta Dal Scheme under National Food Security Act, 2013, some new categories have been included. The new categories will be given blue cards.
A car that caught fire in Model Town Extension in Ludhiana on Thursday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
DC issues guidelines to Health Dept
Ludhiana, May 29
To control the spread of water borne diseases, the health department is taking precautions. DC has also issued orders for preventing the spread of cholera in Ludhiana district. According to the directions issued by DC to the health department ban has been imposed on the sale of all kinds of food, drinking articles including cakes, biscuits, bread, lassi, sharbat unless the same are properly protected with wire gauze, glass against contamination from dust and flies.
Delhi-Ludhiana flight cancellation
Ravneet Bittu slams SAD-BJP alliance
Ludhiana, May 29
MP Ravneet Singh Bittu has slammed the SAD-BJP alliance over the Sahnewal airport issue. Bittu said after Narendra Modi was sworn-in as the Prime Minister, the lone flight between Ludhiana and Delhi was discontinued. Are these the ‘Achhe Din’ the
SAD-BJP alliance was boasting of? asked Bittu.
Ghungrana village witnesses lights, camera, action
 Ludhiana, May 29
In the middle of the night, the street lights in the village are lit up. The village is asleep, but the street is abuzz with “lights, camera and action” and the chirp and applause of the audience watching the scenes makes a loud noise. The old advertisements of brands of the bygone era painted on the walls while a white Ambassador car and an old Bajaj scooter lie on the side of streets.
Shooting of the movie, “October 31st”, under way at Ghungrana village in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Child needs help
Ludhiana, May 29
Ayush Walia, 4 years old boy, is diagnosed with Thalassemia major and is admitted at CMCH. He has a complete HLA matched sister Rishika Walia.
 cbse class xii results
Players corner academic glory
Ludhiana, May 29
Three students of BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School broke the age-old perception ‘that sportspersons can’t perform well in academics’ by securing excellent results in CBSE Class XII exams.
Fatehdeep Singh (in red cap), Anmol Kaur and Sagar Arora in a jubilant mood at BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
drive against drugs
Surprise check on PAU campus
Ludhiana, May 29
Under a statewide drive against drugs, the city police conducted a surprise check at Punjab Agricultural University late last evening.
Dairy farm owners polluting Budha Nullah to face action
Chandigarh, May 29
The state government will take “strict action” against the dairy farm owners, who discharged their waste into the ‘Buddha Nullah’.
ludhiana scan
Protest held
Employees of the water supply and sanitation department staged a dharna under the banner of PWD Employees Coordination Committee at the office of superintending engineer to press their demands. Speakers at the rally said recruitment on compassionate grounds was being denied to kin of deceased employees, class IV employees were not being promoted and class III employees who had cleared departmental test, were not being promoted to the rank of junior engineers.
Employees of water and sanitation department, PWD, stage a dharna in Ludhiana on Thursday.
photo: inderjeet verma
Man stabbed 26 times
Ludhiana, May 29
The city police have registered an attempt to murder case against two persons, including a bank manager, and an unidentified person, after a 35- year-old man was stabbed 26 times with an ice pick and assaulted during a fight outside an eatery on ‘Chauri Sarak’ during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Ludhiana, May 29
