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Four scooter thieves in the net
Lure for easy money made jobless youths take to stealing
Ludhiana, September 22
They are a bunch of educated unemployed youths. They live life on daily basis only by stealing scooters. The vehicle sold at peanuts to scrap dealers fetches them money enough for a day or at the most two.
Firm staff robbed of Rs 97,000
Mandi Ahmedgarh, September 22
Three motor cycle-borne youths robbed Rs 97,000 from two employees of Doraha-based Vijay Sugar Company near Rara Sahib village this afternoon.
Chemists take off before raid
Ludhiana, September 22
Locked shops of chemists stare in the faces of joint raiding teams of the police and health department, courtesy the fast brotherhood network among chemists and the suspected information leakage from either of the department about a prospective raid at the shops.
Power hike to hit common man the worst: Cong
Ludhiana, September 22
Several Congress leaders today criticised the state government for increasing the electricity tariff in the state. They also flayed acting president of the ruling SAD Sukhbir Badal for justifying the hike, saying it will hit the common man the worst.
The BJP should have withdrawn its support to the state government and pressed the government to cut the losses incurred by the PSEB—
Sadhu Singh Dharamsot |
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Dollar sinks, so do exporters’ profits
Ludhiana, September 22
Manufacturing activity here has been badly hit as several exporters, instead of supplying Indian goods to other countries, are engaged in importing goods from countries like China and exporting them direcly from there to counter the affect of a weakened dollar.
Beware, weather is changing
Ludhiana, September 22
The changing weather can complicate the problems of people with asthma, allergies or other ear, nose and throat (ENT) related problems. According to Dr Naresh Malhotra, former professor and head, ENT department, Christian Medical College and Hospital, if precautions were not taken in advance the problems might complicate and the patients could land up in the hospital.
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| Deluge on Damoria Bridge after rain lashed Ludhiana on Saturday.
—Photo Inderjeet Verma |
RPF sensitising coolies to keep criminals at bay
Ludhiana, September 22
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) here has hit upon a novel idea of protecting passengers from the infamous “jehar-khurani” gang, which drugs and loot people on board trains. With the local railway station listed as one of the main centres of these criminals, the RPF has started sensitizing the coolies, vendors and the hawkers to alert the passengers as well the cops about the suspects.
15 years gone, bridge still awaits repair
Jagraon, September 22
If you happen to pass through Chowkiman falling on the Ludhiana - Moga G.T.Road, a signboard on one side of the canal bridge has been warning passers by “saabdhan, agge pul kamjor hai” (beware, weak bridge ahead) for the past more than 15 years.
A signboard near a dilapidated bridge on the Ludhiana-Moga G.T.Road at Chowkiman. |
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Nuclear deal unsafe, uneconomical: Expert
Ludhiana September 22
Nuclear energy is not a sustainable form of resource to generate electricity as it is neither safe nor economical and is fraught with serious danger to human health. This was stated by Achin Vanaik, convener, Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, while delivering a talk at a seminar on Energy Security and the Indo-US Nuclear Deal organised by the Citizens Action Front in coordination with the Bharat Jan Gyan Vigyan Jatha here today.
Organic tea tasting at Fab India
Ludhiana, September 22
With a view to generating awareness on the benefits of consuming organic food products, Fab India held an organic tea tasting session here today.
150 units of blood donated
Ludhiana, September 22
A voluntary blood donation camp was organised by the Department of Transfusion Medicine, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, with the help of "The Life Helper Society, Kapurthala", here yesterday. As many as 150 units of blood were collected.
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