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City gets back its sewer jet
Ludhiana, October 4
After remaining in Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's constituency in Muktsar for a month, the sewer cleaning jet machine finally reached the city last midnight.
Following inquiries by the media, Municipal Corporation officials summoned the
driver of the machine that is kept on a mini truck and it reached the city
around 12:30 a.m., sources said.
Saraswati school closed down
Management, teachers blame each other
Ludhiana October 4
Saraswati Oswal Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Miller Ganj, here, has been closed down till further orders.
The management took the extreme step after the students-staff rampage at the
school premises on October 1. The management maintained that they were forced to
take the decision as a safety measure, for the sake of other teachers and
hundreds of students studying in school.
Two held with fake currency
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 4
The Sidhwan police has arrested two migrant labourers from Ramgarh Bullar village near here for allegedly carrying fake Indian currency from Delhi and UP and distributing the same in towns and villages of the area. Currency notes of Rs 100 and Rs 50, worth Rs 50 thousand, were recovered from possession of the accused.
Brutal
Rape
Eight detained by police
Ludhiana, October 4
The Ludhiana police has zeroed in on a rickshaw-puller as the main suspect in the Cheemna rape case as per the investigation conducted so far. SSP Gurpreet Bhullar said eight suspects have been detained so far out of whom the rickshaw puller has been identified by the husband of the victim woman.
Punjab, R’sthan cyclists
shine
Ludhiana, October 4
Punjab circle and Rajasthan circle cyclists shared honours clinching one gold each in the 7th All-India BSNL Cycling Meet which began on the Punjab Agricultural University campus velodrome here today.In
the 4000m mass strat, Rajasthan circle's R K Sharma finished
ahead of others to bag a gold medal, Niram Singh and Jaswinder
Singh, both from Punjab circle, secured silver and bronze medal,
respectively.
12 more Kila Raipur villages in Ludhiana police district
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 4
Twelve villages of the Kila Raipur constituency falling in the Khanna police district have been included in the jurisdiction of the Dehlon police station in Ludhiana (rural) police district. The state home department today issued a notification in this regard.
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All set for Jagannath Yatra tomorrow
Over 2 lakh
devotees expected
Ludhiana, October 4
The stage is set for the 12th annual Jagannath Yatra in Ludhiana with organisers expecting about 2 lakh devotees to participate in it.
Besides, about 15 lakh people in the city are expected to have
the 'darshan' of the Lord Jagannath. The yatra will be flagged
off by the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on October 6 from
Durga Mata Temple Jagraon Bridge.
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Sakhshi Gopal Dass, president, Iskcon, Kurukshetra, along with members of the organising committee of Jagannath Yatra, address a press conference in Ludhiana
on Thursday.— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed
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Manav Manch gives ration to 20 families
Amloh, October 4
The Manav Bhalai Manch celebrated its installation day on the Ram Lila ground here yesterday.
Punjab Pardesh Congress secretary and councillor Harinder Singh
Bhamri was the chief guest of the function which was presided
over by Varun Bansal, civil surgeon, Fatehgarh Sahib, Dr
Surinder Mohan Singh Sidhu, chairman, Khanna Vikas Club.
S.K.Khanna were the guest of honour.
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| Harinder Singh Bhambri, secretary, PPCC, distributes ration at a function organised by the Manav Bhalai Manch at Amloh on Wednesday.—
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Lecture on AIDS
Ludhiana, October 4
A lecture on AIDS was conducted in the Khalsa College for Women today by Dr Amarjit Singh Vij, lecturer, department of medicine, CMCH. Tracing
the history of this disease, Dr Amarjit said, “The world first became aware of
this new disease in 1981 in USA, and it has exploded in successive waves in
various regions of the world. Currently, there are more than 4 crore cases of
HIV infection worldwide.”
MP takes officials to task
Told to submit utilisation certificates
Ludhiana, October 4
Local MP Sharhanjit Singh Dhillon has got down to the real business of completion of the development projects being executed under various Centrally-sponsored schemes and the MP’s local area development fund. He asked field officers of departments concerned to go to their respective areas to have practical assessment of the situation and not sit in their
offices.
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