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Nigerian Internet fraud strikes again
City resident duped of Rs 98,000
Ludhiana, October 6
A world-wide alert about an Internet lottery fraud, infamous as “419” fraud mostly scripted by Nigerians, has gone abegging with a city resident becoming fresh victim of the racket.
City Centre Scam
Hearing on Sandhu’s bail plea on Oct 12
Ludhiana, October 6
Former Additional Advocate General, Punjab, Harpreet Sandhu, co-accused in the multi-crore city centre scam has moved a bail application.
Drunk driver hits scooters, couple killed
Mullanpur, October 6
A couple was killed and four were injured when a car, allegedly driven by a drunk driver, hit two scooters, before banging the car into an auto-rickshaw near Bhanaur village on the Ludhiana-Ferozepore road this evening.
Man falls in furnace, rescued
Ludhiana, October 6
Four labourers were injured, one of them seriously, in a freak incident at a machine tool manufacturing factory in the Industrial Estate this morning.
Lakhs turn out for rath yatra
 Ludhiana, October 6
Thousands of devotees, including hundreds from foreign countries, participated in the Jagannath Rath Yatra taken out by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
(ISKCON) here today. The yatra was earlier scheduled to be flagged off by Chief Minister Parkash Singh
Badal. However, Badal could not come due to the death of the son of senior Akali leader Balwinder Singh
Bhunder.
Thousands of devotees participate in the Jagannath Yatra taken out in Ludhiana on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed
Selected, but not given job letter
Ludhiana, October 6
Despite his selection and name on the merit list, Sukhbir Singh has been making rounds at the Education Department of Punjab,
Chandigarh, for the past several months to get an appointment letter as science master. Besides giving assurances by the department officials, nothing really is being done for him.
Antarpreet Singh, Mitash, Puneetinder Singh and Sanil Diwan of Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana, who won the title in the CBSE North Zone II Badminton Championship held at BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School,, Ludhiana.
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Mai Bhago scheme for women floated
Ludhiana, October 6
Minister for cooperation and defence services Capt Kanwaljit Singh has said the cooperative and corporate sectors can jointly play an effective role in bringing about social and economic development by inducting modern techniques of governance and marketing.
The minister was addressing the inaugural function of two-day 3rd Punjab state conference of company secretaries organised by the Northern India Regional Council here today.
He said the corporate sector had attained excellence in governance and was now completely shifting to e-governance and was even playing an important role in boosting the country’s economy.
Development projects on hold
Reason: SAD councillors don’t see eye to eye
Ludhiana, October 5
Due to differences among leaders of the SAD in the Municipal Corporation House, a finance and contract committee has not been constituted and a number of development projects are on the hold for want of consent by the committee.
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Ludhiana, October 6
ICFAI National College organised a special film show of “Chak De India” for the betterment of its management students in the college campus, here today. During the movie, students jotted down main points related to the management lessons. After the movie, a special session of group discussion was held. All the students of MBA first and third semesters participated in the discussion.
Saraswati Modern School, Hambra road branch, beat Sanatan Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Civil Lines, by seven wickets in the second match of the PCA Boost Ludhiana District Inter-School Cricket Tournament for boys (u-17) being played at Bachan Singh Academy ground,
Balloke, near Haibowal Khurd, here today.
