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City resident electrocuted, wife admitted to hospital
Ludhiana, September 12
A man was electrocuted while his wife suffered critical injuries after they came in contact with a dangling high voltage power line at their house in the Salem Tabri area last night.
Helpline for flood-hit
Ludhiana, September 12
A round-the-clock control room has been set up at the office of the Deputy Commissioner to assist the people from Ludhiana district who have been affected by the Jammu & Kashmir floods. They may visit the Deputy Commissioner’s Office at the Disaster Management Cell (Room No. 203) or contact on helpline number 0161-2433100. — TNS
Rain spells misery on city roads
 Ludhiana, September 12
Just two hours of rain, which started at around 12:15 pm, threw life out of gear in the industrial city. It started pouring down all of a sudden. Many residents got stranded on the water-logged roads.
A commuter drives through a waterlogged Domoria bridge road in Ludhiana on
Friday. photo: Inderjeet Verma
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City’s brush with troubled waters
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| A motorcyclist makes his way through a flooded road near Domoria Bridge; and (right) an uprooted tree at the Neemwala chowk. Tribune photos: Inderjeet verma and Himanshu Mahajan |
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| Vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the PAU campus, the venue for Kisan Mela, in Ludhiana. Tribune Photos: Himanshu Mahajan |
Motorists had a tough time commuting on GT Road and the stretch leading to Clock Tower. A few even suffered a fall on waterlogged roads in
Ludhiana. Tribune photos: Inderjeet verma and Himanshu mahajan |
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From kisan to machine mela
Ludhiana, September 12
Kisan Mela has basically turned into a ‘Machine Mela’. Machines, especially costly tractors and harvesting technology dominated the mela ground during the ongoing PAU Kisan Mela.
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| Visitors carry bags of seeds during the Kisan
Mela (left) and vehicles stuck in rainwater on the PAU campus. Tribune Photos: Himanshu Mahajan |
Hi-tech tractors unveiled
Ludhiana, September 12
The PAU Kisan Mela witnessed the launch of various new models of tractors. Mahindra and Mahindra’s Farm Equipment Sector (FES) today announced the launch of new Arjun Novo, technologically advanced and stylishly designed new generation tractor. The tractor will be available in two variants- 57HP- 605DI-i priced at Rs 7.30 lakh and 52HP- 605DI-PS priced at Rs 6.99 lakh (ex-showroom price in Ludhiana).
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| (left) Visitors have a look at farming machines on the PAU campus; and a woman representative of a tractor manufacturing company interacts with farmers during the Kisan Mela in Ludhiana on Friday. Tribune Photos: Himanshu Mahajan |
Pashu Palan Mela kicks off at GADVASU
Ludhiana, September 12
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) inaugurated the 17th Pashu Palan Mela here today. Agriculture Minister Tota Singh inaugurated the mela and said the government was emphasising on sustainability of white revolution through propagation of indigenous breeds of buffaloes
(Murrah, Nili Raavi) and cattle of Sahiwal breeds.
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| Birds were centre of attraction at Pashu Palan Mela at
GADVASU and (right) Visitors have a look at cattle during the Pashu Palan Mela at GADVASU in Ludhiana on Friday.Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Encroachments removed from city
 Ludhiana, September 12
Cracking a whip on encroachers, the Municipal Corporation along with the Police Department removed temporary encroachments and vehicles parked haphazardly on roads from the Bhadaur House area today.
MC officials remove temporary encroachments from the Bhadaur House area in Ludhiana
on Friday. A Tribune photograph
Illegal goods seized from train
Ludhiana, September 12
The Excise and Taxation Department today seized 168 articles without bill from a train at the Ludhiana Railway Station and collected Rs 4 lakh as fine.
Youth’s murder: 4 accused arrested
Khanna, September 12
The Khanna district police have claimed to solve a blind murder case and arrested four persons, including a woman.
The body of a youth was found in a field of Saharan Majra village near Khanna around one week ago. The reason behind the murder was illicit relations between the woman, one of the accused, with the deceased.
alleged molestation bid
College students seek action against principal
Khamano September 12
Students of the Cordia Group of Colleges are up in arms and have demanded action against the principal of the management wing of the college after three hostel girls alleged molestation bid by the principal. The college management said they had constituted a committee to probe the matter.
Is DCC all set for restructuring?
Ludhiana, September 12
Is the District Congress Committee (DCC), Ludhiana, all set for restructuring?
Sources reveal that the DCC, both rural and urban units, will soon have new chiefs. Already, Congress leaders are vying for the posts of district chief.
ATP told to check illegal buildings
Ludhiana, September 12
Additional Commissioner Rishipal Singh has asked the Assistant Town Planner (Headquarters) to check illegal buildings in Zone A.
Rishipal Singh said he had received a complaint regarding the illegal establishments yesterday.
Kalvari
Church-CMCH row
Board meets amid heavy security
Ludhiana, September 12
The governing body meeting of the Employees Welfare Society of Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) went off peacefully today. Yesterday, 13 members of Kalvari Church had suffered injuries as the police had to resort to force.
State government draws flak from power employees
Ludhiana, September 12
Resentment prevails among officials and employees of power utility companies over the proposal of the Punjab government to hand over some 32 acres of prime land on Ferozepur Road to the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority for commercial exploitation.
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