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Taxi driver gets life imprisonment
Killing NRI, raping victim's wife
Ludhiana, January 29
A taxi driver of Nabha, accused of robbing and killing a polio-stricken NRI near Doraha in February 2001, was sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday. The driver was also held guilty for raping the victim’s wife and sentenced to a 10-year imprisonment.

Drive to clear pending land mutations
from Feb 1
Ludhiana, January 29
The district administration will launch a special campaign to clear all pending mutations regarding agricultural land from February 1 to 15. During this period, all mutations, which are pending for more than one month, would be cleared.

Parents anxious as admission to
schools closes
Ludhiana, January 29
With admission process in most of the schools here coming to an end, hundreds of parents are uncertain about the future of their children. All top schools in the city have already readied merit lists and waiting lists. While there are a limited number of seats available in various schools, the applicants are in thousands.

BJP protests against power shortage

Ludhiana, January 29 Led by functionaries of the Mahila Morcha of the Bharatiya Janata Party, a large number of women held a demonstration at the Clock Tower chowk here today against power shortage and prolonged unscheduled power cuts in the city. Members of the BJP Mahila Morcha protest against power shortage at Clock Tower in Ludhiana on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Cinema owner booked, bailed out
Ludhiana, January 29
The Judicial Magistrate, Mr Jaspal Verma, today granted bail to the owner of Reikhy Cinema, Mr Manik Reikhy, its manager, Mr Nand Lal, and another employee in a case of showing an English movie after allegedly adding pornographic clips to it.

City cop gets President’s Medal
Ludhiana, January 29
A Ludhiana cop, Inspector Rajinder Singh Sohal, has been awarded President’s Medal for exemplary services. He was given the medal on Republic Day in New Delhi.

COMMUNITY

Cong leaders resent CPM remarks on Amarinder
Ludhiana, January 29
The vitriolic attack by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on the policies of the Congress government led by Capt Amarinder Singh has come as a great shock to the party circles here.

SAD to take up VAT issue with Manmohan
Ludhiana, January 29
The SAD will take up the issue of proposed Punjab Value Added Tax (VAT) with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to apprise him of the adverse impact that the new tax regime would have on the trade and economy.

Exempt farm implements from VAT, says party
Ludhiana, January 29
The Lok Jan Shakti Party has urged the Punjab Government to exempt certain agricultural implements from VAT as it would burden the farmers.

3 Estate Office officials suspended
Mohali, January 29
The Chief Administrator, Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA), at the instance of the Punjab Minister for Housing and Urban Development yesterday suspended three officials of the Estate Office here, including an Assistant Estate Officer, Chet Ram. A Superintendent, Rajinder Singh, and an Assistant, Deepak Bansal, in the estate office have also been suspended.

Dawar distributes pension papers
Ludhiana, January 29
The Parliamentary secretary, Housing and Urban Development, and Congress legislator from Ludhiana East segment, Mr Surinder Dawar, today pledged to keep on serving the weaker sections, needy persons, destitute women and widows in his constituency, irrespective of their party affiliation and political ideology.

CRIME

Five held, weapons seized
Ludhiana, January 29
The Focal Point police today arrested five persons while they were planning to commit a dacoity in the city. With their arrest, the police claimed to have solved a number of cases.

Man commits suicide
Ludhiana, January 29
A 60-year-old man, Swaran Singh, committed suicide by hanging himself in his house in street No. 9 of Shimla Puri in the morning here today. Police sources said the man had a minor fight with his neighbour Bhuchar Kaur last evening who had accused him of practicing black magic.

CRIME

Five held, weapons seized
Ludhiana, January 29
The Focal Point police today arrested five persons while they were planning to commit a dacoity in the city. With their arrest, the police claimed to have solved a number of cases.

Man commits suicide
Ludhiana, January 29
A 60-year-old man, Swaran Singh, committed suicide by hanging himself in his house in street No. 9 of Shimla Puri in the morning here today. Police sources said the man had a minor fight with his neighbour Bhuchar Kaur last evening who had accused him of practicing black magic.