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Excise evasion worth lakhs detected
Ludhiana, June 9
The Department of Excise and Taxation today raided three companies, including M/s Pure Milk Products Private Limited, Ludhiana, Supreme Agro Products, Focal Point, Ludhiana, Champa Devi Foods Private Limited, Ahmedgarh, and detected evasion of excise duty worth lakhs of rupees.

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN: Potter Harphool Chaudhary of Ludhiana works round-the-clock to meet the huge demand for earthen mugs after the Railway Minister banned the use of plastic cups for tea on railway platforms across the country. — Photo by Pradeep Tewari

Suicide: woman’s husband, in-laws held
Ludhiana, June 9
The police today arrested three of the four accused in the Roopinder Kaur suicide case even as relatives of the deceased persisted with their demand of registering a case of murder against the accused.

Printing press staff work under shadow of death

Ludhiana, June 9 Employees of Cooperative Printing Press run by the Ludhiana Cooperative Societies Union near the old courts complex here are working under a constant fear of loosing their lives. Thanks to the dilapidated roof of the press building that can come crashing down any moment. A view of the dilapidated roof of the printing press run by the Ludhiana Cooperative Societies Union in Ludhiana. — Photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Police clueless in headless bodies’ case
Ludhiana, June 9
Mystery continues to shroud the identity of a man and a woman, whose headless bodies were found lying side by side on the Ludhiana-Jalandhar railway track two days ago.

Woman held for smuggling liquor

Ludhiana, June 9 Feminists will surely not boast about the breaking up of this male bastion. Gone are the days when only men organised gangs to smuggle liquor. A number of women in the city are giving competition to men in this field. ASI Harbans Singh shows a smuggled bottle of liquor recovered from Sarbjeet Kaur (sitting left) and Kewal Krishan (sitting right) at the Sunder Nagar police post in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

COMMUNITY

P&T staff’s dharna on water scarcity issue

Ludhiana, June 9 Residents of P and T Colony in the Tagore Nagar locality, comprising employees of the postal and telecom wings held a day-long dharna in front of the Head Post Office here today to register their resentment against poor and erratic water supply in the colony. Members of the P&T Welfare Association stage a dharna in front of the Head Post Office against poor water supply in the P&T Colony in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmad

Celebrations over Atwal’s election

Ludhiana, June 9 The unanimous election of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Charanjit Singh Atwal as Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha has been welcomed by all sections of the society. Several political leaders have termed his election as positive move by parliamentarians of providing representation to the minorities and Backward Classes. Bharti Balmiki Samaj members celebrate Mr Charanjit Singh Atwal’s unanimous election as Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — IV

Charges against Gosain baseless, says BJP
Ludhiana, June 9
The BJP took a strong exception to charges levelled against senior party leader and a former Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly, Mr Sat Pal Gosain, by certain Congress backed self-styled political activists. The party said it would give a befitting reply to the unscrupulous elements who were levelling baseless allegations against Mr Gosain.

Memorial to Baba Banda Bahadur demanded
Ludhiana, June 9
Rich tributes were paid to Bairagi Baba Banda Singh Bahadur, a great Sikh warrior on his 288th martyrdom day at a state-level function organised by Bairagi Maha Mandal, Punjab, at Guru Nanak Bhavan here today.

Development works to be stepped up
Ludhiana, June 9
A host of development projects for colonies of Sarabha Nagar, Gurdev Nagar and other surrounding areas in the city were in the pipeline and the pace of ongoing works would be further speeded up.

READERS WRITE
Election system needs drastic changes
WHATEVER may be enshrined in our Constitution under the election schedule, it suffers from many serious drawbacks. That is why a majority of the people get annoyed with the ruling regime.

CRIME

Woman booked for fraud, forgery
Ludhiana, June 9
The Civil Lines police has registered a case under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC on the statement of Ms Amar Kaur, a resident of Adampur Doaba village in Jalandhar district, against Pushpa Rani, a resident of Kadiana village in Ludhiana district.

Inter-state gang of car thieves busted
Khanna, June 9
The Khanna police has claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of car thieves and recovered seven cars and one pistol. The police has arrested five members of the gang, including a woman. It is learnt that the leader of the gang, Vicky, is the biggest car thief in North India.

30 take part in training programme
Ludhiana, June 9
On the third day of Short Term Training Programme (STTP) today, Dr A.K. Sahajpal, Professor, Panjab University, Chandigarh, and Dr Lakhwinder Singh from the GNDU, Amritsar, were the main speakers.

Student moves HC for compensatory marks
Ludhiana, June 9
A city girl, Sargam, has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) seeking compensatory marks in lieu of getting less time for attempting the All-India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) conducted by the board on June 20.

COURTS

Man gets 7-year RI for abduction
Ludhiana, June 9
A fast-track court has sentenced Gurmukh Singh of Jhamat village to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years in an abduction case. The Judge acquitted the accused from the charge of rape, giving him benefit of doubt.

SPORTS

5 city girls to don national colours in baseball meet

Ludhiana, June 9 Five local girls have been selected to represent India in the World Baseball Tournament for Women to be held from 18 to 22 July in Tokyo. This was stated by Mr Sukhdev Singh Aulakh, an office-bearer of Punjab Baseball Association, here today. From left: Gurpreet Kaur, Gaganpreet Kaur, Anatapreet Kaur, Shaminder Kaur and Deepika Mahant, who will represent India in the World Baseball Tournament to be held in Tokyo in July. — IV