L U D H I A N A

Four of family killed in bus-jeep collision
Jaharmali (Ludhiana), July 8
Seven persons, including four of a family, belonging to Anoopgarh village in Ganganagar district, were killed and eight injured in a head-on collision between a Punjab Roadways Transport Corporation (PRTC) bus and an overloaded Mahindra Jeep near here, 18 km from Ludhiana, on the barrier of the Jagraon-Ludhiana police district in the early morning today.

Policemen tow away the badly damaged Mahindra jeep to clear the road after the vehicle collided with a bus near Ludhiana on Sunday.  — Photo Rajesh Bhambi

Prem Nagar engulfed in sorrow
Ludhiana, July 8
A pall of gloom descended here today on a large number of houses of the Rajasthani community in Prem Nagar Colony of the Islam Gunj area in the city after the tragic news of death of seven persons in a bus-jeep collision near Jaharmali village reached here.

Residents tense over evacuation threat
Ludhiana, July 8
A sword of Damocles hangs over 60 families of Passey Nagar and Moti Bagh on the Pakhowal road here who face evacuation orders from the colony as the area comes in the way of a proposed Ring road, connecting Pakhowal Road to Doraha Canal Road which has been planned to relieve pressure of traffic coming from the Pakhowal side.

Model Town road caves in
Ludhiana, July 8
Traffic was disrupted in the Model Town area here today as a part of the busy main road caved in. According to local residents, the road caved in at around 7 a.m. when it was raining. Several scooterists fell off their vehicles as the broken road could not be noticed from a distance. However, no official of the Municipal Corporation visited the site, much to the disappointment of the public.

A part of the metalled road which caved in at Model Town, Ludhiana, on Sunday morning.

Marriage palaces case hearing today
Ludhiana, July 8
The case regarding the demolition of marriage palaces and other unauthorised structures within 1000 yards of the Field Ammunition Depot, Badhowal, near here, comes up for hearing tomorrow in the Supreme Court.

Criminals vanish from station
Ludhiana, July 8
Criminals who used to openly operate from the local railway station have virtually vanished after the police has stepped up its vigil.

COMMUNITY

Amarnath Yatra: govt’s attitude flayed
Ludhiana, July 8
The Bhole Bhandari Charitable Trust has criticised the negative, discouraging and adamant attitude of the Jammu & Kashmir Tourism Department and the state government towards pilgrims, langar organisations and the Amarnath yatra.

What astrologer thinks of summit
Ludhiana, July 8
Mr Vinod Kumar Gupta, a local astrologer, has predicted that the summit-level talks between Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pervez Musharraf may not yield the desired results.

Appeasing the majestic snake
Ludhiana, July 8
Many of the Indians are steeped in tradition and superstition. In spite of the modern outlook, the compulsion to give money to the ‘Dakaunts’ (the ones who ask for money on Saturdays carrying mustard oil in a vessel) is so strong that people drop a coin in the oil and see their reflection in the oil to protect themselves from the wrath of ‘Shani devta’.

YC workers burn ‘terrorism sack’ Ludhiana, July 8 Activists of the Ludhiana Youth Congress, led by district unit president Parminder Mehta, held a protest march in Basti Jodhewal against the return of pro-Khalistan and terrorist elements to the state as the result of a conspiracy by the Akali-BJP government here today. Youth Congress activists burn sackful of rubbish symbolising terrorism, in Ludhiana on Sunday.  — Photo Inderjit Verma

Awareness rally

Memo to DIG
Ludhiana, July 8
The Lal Bahadur Shastri Forum and the Indian Crime Prevention Society have demanded that all the SHOs and DSPs in the district be made accountable for their acts of omission and commission. 

CULTURE

Krishan Adeeb remembered
Ludhiana, July 8
Writers give a lot of satisfaction to the readers who admire their works but unfortunately many of them die in penury and history is replete with such examples. Wife of Krishan Adeeb, one such unfortunate writer, said, “My husband’s six unpublished works have not seen the light of the day due to lack of funds.

HEALTH

Gastroenteritis cases on the rise in city
Ludhiana, July 8
More and more cases of gastroenteritis and cholera continue to pour in at various city hospitals and private clinics. Ten cases of gastroenteritis have been reported at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, in the last two days.