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Dhanteras goes the vaastu way
Ludhiana, November 7
Dhanteras is usually marked with traditional purchases of gold and silver ornaments, besides utensils. But now the purchases are being made as per the horoscope or as suggested by family astrologers.
Residents make purchases during Dhanteras in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed
Metro rail project commissioned
Ludhiana, November 7
The MC has finally commissioned the Metro rail project to a company. The Punjab government had recently awarded work for the preparation of the detailed project report for commissioning the Metro rail system for the city to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
(DMRC).
FESTIVE RUSH: Long queues of vehicles on the Ferozepur road as residents seem to have come out for Diwali shopping in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
Principal secretary visits mills
Ludhiana, November 7
Principal Secretary P. Ram, who heads a committee for cleaning of Budda Nullah, visited the city today and took stock of the situation at sewerage treatment plant at Jamalpur, which has already jumped its deadline of completion.
Action
SI, ASI pocket money, suspended
Ludhiana, November 7
Reports that certain police personnel were siphoning off money recovered from gamblers got credence today with the suspension of a sub-inspector and an assistant sub-inspector on charges of pocketing the gambling money and letting of an accused.
Crime
Missing boy’s body found
Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 7
The body of Mintoo (15), a migrant boy who had left his house on a bicycle to pay Rs 3,000 to a grocer on Monday evening and who was missing since, was spotted by some passersby in a drain near Sarinh village today.
8,000 teachers yet to get salaries: Front
Khanna, November 7
The aided schools progressive front of Punjab has alleged that the state government was issuing false statements regarding the release of grants for the payment of salaries of more than 8000 teachers working in
various aided schools across the state.
State-level lok adalat on November 17
Ludhiana, November 7
The District and Sessions Judge G K Rai said a state level lok-adalat would be held at district courts complex on November 17. The lok-adalat would be presided over by the chairman of the state legal services authority, Justice Mehtab Singh Gill, Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Rusticated schoolchildren approach sangat darshan
Ludhiana, November 7
Issue involving the absence of two brothers from their school reached such a proportion that the matter came up during the sangat darshan here yesterday but nobody seemed to care about the future of the schoolchildren. Additional deputy commissioner ordered an inquiry into the case without asking the authorities and parents to make them join the school.
Genuine milk producers feel the heat
Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 7
Feeling humiliated by the alleged offensive attitude of health authorities, manufacturers of genuine milk products are hesitant to supply their product to sweetmeat makers of big cities.
However, to maintain their relations with the buyers, they have agreed to supply
milk and prepare “khoya” and cheese on their doorstep.
With increased demand for milk, a milkman carries containers on a motor cycle in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
— Photo by writer
Exercise caution for a
cracking Diwali
Ludhiana, November 7
The lighting of firecrackers is quintessential to Diwali, but it poses grave health risk to revellers, especially children. A little bit of caution and awareness can reduce the number of accidents.
Spare a thought for environment
Ludhiana, November 7
Spare a thought before you burst firecrackers this Diwali for the data collected over the years by the Punjab Pollution Control Board suggests that the ambient air has been the biggest casualty during the festival every year.
Cops made to empty pockets before raid
New mantra for clean image
Ludhiana, November 7
When it comes to busting den of gamblers with perfection, even raiding policemen cannot escape scrutiny.
In one such raid, a posse of Kotwali police aided by force from other police
stations had to surrender their mobile phones, wallets and empty their pockets
at the Kotwali police station before raiding the Bhadaur house market late last
evening.
Vishwakarma function
Ludhiana, November 7
A state-level function to celebrate the Parkash Utsav of Baba
Vishwakarma, founder of art and architecture, will be organised on November 10 at Guru Nanak Dev
Bhawan.
Film screened on drug addiction
Doraha, November 7
Actor, director and producer Mangal Dhillon screened his documentary film "Sarvnash" in the college library of the Mata Ganga Khalsa College for Girls, Kottan, today.
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