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Mild cane charge on SAD activists
Ludhiana, February 10
The police had to resort to a mild cane-charge to disperse agitating workers of the Shiromani Akali Dal during the statewide ‘rasta roko’ stir today. Turbans got knocked off and clothes were torn in the melee when the police swooped in to remove the squatting activists from the national highway near Samrala Chowk. Commuters got stranded on both sides of the highway before the authorities moved in to restore traffic.

Supporters of the SAD jam traffic at the Samrala bypass in Ludhiana and (right) former Ludhiana Mayor Apinder Singh Grewal being rounded up by policemen during ‘rasta roko’ in Ludhiana on Monday. — Photos Pardeep Tewari

Policing with a difference
Ludhiana, February 10
With the aim to provide better services to the public, the district police has launched a series of welfare schemes under the community policing system.

Man travels 1,000 km to take revenge
Ludhiana, February 10
A man travelled for more than a thousand km and worked as a labourer in a dairy after sleeping over an empty stomach for several days to avenge the murder of a forefather committed over three decades ago.

COMMUNITY

Wear helmets, cops tell women
Ludhiana, February 10
Girls, beware of flouting any traffic laws, lest the traffic cops should get you. The fair sex no longer gets impunity from being challaned by the traffic cops. Although the traffic police has been maintaining that it is a routine checking, yet the girls remain to be the main target of the cops and getting challans now a days.

Chastise errant conductor, demands resident
Ludhiana, February 10
A local resident has alleged misbehaviour by a conductor of a private bus. Mr Harnek Singh, a resident of Model Town Extension-II, in a complaint to the Sandeep Bus Private Limited has alleged that he was thrown out of the bus at Dehlon village by the conductor while travelling.

Havildar dies in blast

CRIME

Rs 2.5 lakh stolen from temple

Kids celebrate ‘freedom day’ Ludhiana, February 10 “Freedom, yes!” say little tiny tots who were getting tired of giving several interviews for admission to schools. So February 10 was celebrated by the children of Lovely Lotus as “freedom day” — freedom at last from the heavy schedule of interview. Tiny-tots of Lovely Lotus school play with new games at the end of school interviews on Monday. — Photo Inderjeet Verma

ICU on wheels

SPORTS

Sarabjit athlete of the year
Doraha, February 10
In the 29th athletics meet for boys of Guru Nanak National College of Doraha here today, Ranjit Singh Sekhon won the 100 m dash, while Harinder Kumar came second and Arwinder Kumar came third.

North Zone sports meet begins
Mandi Gobindgarh,  February 10
Mr Vikas Partap, Deputy Commissioner of Fatehgarh Sahib inaugurated the four-day north zone sports meet of ayurveda college at Desh Bhagat Ayurveda Medical College and Hospital here today.

Sports club organises cultural fair
Amloh, February 10
Youth Sports Club, Sahiwal, organised its first cultural fair at Sahiwal village, near here, which was presided over by Mr Sadhu Singh Dhramsot, MLA, Amloh, and Mr Tej Parkash Singh, Minister for Transport, and Mr Gurwinder Singh Atwal, Parliamentary Secretary (Co-operation), were the chief guests at various sessions.

Judo meet today
Ludhiana, February 10
A one-day district judo championship for boys and girls as well as senior men and women in all weight categories will be held at the multipurpose hall of Guru Nanak Sports Complex here tomorrow, according to Mr Devinder Singh Walia, president of the District Judo Association.