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Revellers enjoy Chirstmas carnival organised by Park Plaza in Ludhiana on Thursday.—
Photo by Inderjeet Verma |
Students of Chanda Mama School dressed up for Christmas celebrations in
Ludhiana on Thursday.— Photo by I.V |
Central excise detects duty evasion worth Rs 14 lakh
Ludhiana, December 20
Officials of the Central Excise Commission have detected tax evasion worth Rs 14 lakh by Waryam Steels here. The officials, who conducted the raid on the unit on Tuesday, said the evasion was likely to run into crores.
Court
summons Aulakh
on Jan 8
Ludhiana, December 20
Additional Civil Judge Tarsem Mangla has summoned Dr K S Aulakh, former vice-chancellor, Punjab Agricultural
University, in Rs 1
crore suit for damages filed against him
and three other university employees
by Dr Balwant Singh, who had sought
damages for alleged malicious prosecution.
Mobile unit
to trace
stolen vehicles
Khanna, December 20
The Khanna police has set up a mobile stolen vehicles unit at the toll barrier, near here, to trace stolen vehicles.
Experts stress on safeguarding consumer rights
Ludhiana, December 20
A seminar on “Consumer rights protection” was organised at Master Tara Singh Memorial College for Women here today.
The seminar was sponsored by the IIPA and held under the guidance of Prof Monica
Sharda.
Delegates at a seminar on “Consumer rights protection” at Master Tara Singh Memorial College for Women,
Ludhiana, on Thursday. — Photo by I.V |
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Safe food everyone’s right: Expert
Ludhiana, December 20
“Access to nutritionally adequate and safe food is the right of each individual,” said Dr N.S. Malhi, director of extension education, while presiding over the valedictory function of a short course on “Food laws and standards: Changing scenario and safety of consumers”, today.
Id-ul-Zuha
Traders feast as goat sale picks up
Ludhiana, December 20
The sale of goats in the city went into an overdrive today as devotees made purchases to celebrate
Id-ul-Zuha, which falls tomorrow.
Traders made hay as goat, which was worth Rs 2,500 yesterday, sold at Rs 6,000 onward today.
The sale of goats picked up on the eve of Id-ul-Zuha in Ludhiana on Thursday.
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Two booths forcibly occupied
Ruckus in new courts complex
Ludhiana, December 20
Ruckus prevailed in new courts complex at the mini secretariat today when a few persons forcibly occupied two booths, removed the goods lying inside, put up their locks and even started painting the boards afresh.
Winter school on climate change concludes
Ludhiana, December 20
A three-week winter school on “Climate change vis-a-vis agricultural productivity and modeling their inter-relationships” concluded at Punjab Agricultural University today.
8 jaggery samples taken
Ludhiana, December 20
Field staff of the health department has stepped up its vigil against the sale of adulterated and substandard jaggery in the city and rural areas of the district. Eight samples of jaggery were seized and sent to government laboratory for chemical analysis.
Tragedy lurks at this unmanned
level crossing
Jagraon, December 20
The recent minibus-train collision, which claimed numerous lives, at an unmanned level crossing near the new grain market at Chuhar
Chak, seems to have failed to wake up the railway authorities.
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Hoodwinking law to stay in juvenile home
Ludhiana, December 20
A number of clever criminals escaped rigorous life in the Central Jail and Borstal Jail here by claiming they were minors.
They remained for several months in the observation home run by the social welfare department for juvenile delinquents in
Shimlapuri.
Blasphemy
Valmiki samaj memo to DC
Ludhiana, December 20
The Bhartiya Valmiki Dharm Samaj, Bhavadas, today submitted a memorandum to deputy commissioner Sumer Singh Gurjar in protest against a story published in a newspaper on December 18 claiming the existence of two
Valmikis.
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| Members of the Valmiki community raise slogans outside the deputy commissioner’s office in Ludhiana on Thursday.
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PWD linemen cut power to fleece money
DTO office worst-affected
Ludhiana, December 20
For a meager amount of Rs 50 or Rs 100, PWD (electrical wing) linemen “harass” a large number of people who daily visit the district transport office for getting their work done.
MC’s public works to go online
Ludhiana, December 20
The department of local government of Punjab has decided to computerise the working of municipal corporations and councils in the state and the local corporation has been selected for the pilot project of
computerisation.
BKU (Rajewal) elects office-bearers
Ludhiana, December 20
A meeting of the BKU (Rajewal) was held to elect its state body under the chairmanship of Gurnam Singh Durgapur here today.
Excise raid on hosiery unit
Ludhiana, December 20
Officials of the state excise and taxation department conducted a raid on
Budhiraja Textile Mill in Daal Bazaar here today. The officials seized account books and other documents. Officials said massive tax evasion was likely to be unearthed.
The department is still probing into the details.
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