SDO held on graft charge
Ludhiana, May 23
The Ludhiana Vigilance Bureau today claimed to have arrested an SDO of the panchayat wing of the Zila Parishad here on charges of taking a bribe of Rs 3 lakh from a sarpanch regarding the utilisation papers of a grant already approved for the village.
2 held for assaulting
photographer
Ludhiana, May 23
The Sadar police has arrested two persons after they allegedly attacked and threatened a photographer at his rented shop in Ayali Chowk on the Ferozepore road. The main suspect in the case, Gurmit Singh
Ballowalia, and two of his accomplices are absconding.
2 women snatch chain, held
Ludhiana, May 23
Two women snatched a gold chain from a woman near Tajpur Chowk near Jagraon.
The victim, Ms Gurmel Kaur of Khazapura (Haryana), and her husband were at Tajpur Chowk when the women later identified as Malkito of Dehdhan and Amarjit Kaur of Sadar Nabha, snatched the chain from the former.
Cop arrested
BILLING SYSTEM
Induction furnace units cry foul
Ludhiana, May 23
Induction furnace units in the city are up in arms against the PSEB over the modified billing system for this segment of industry, which, they alleged, was discriminatory and loaded against the industry.
Yarn industry resents
tax regime
Ludhiana, May 23
The Federation of Yarn Trade and Industry has resented the tax regime of the government alleging that it was discriminatory towards the industry.
The federation has said the government has not done its homework properly before introducing the new tax regime in the shape of VAT and CENVAT as it will only spell doom for the industry.
Market committee income falls
Khanna, May 23
The income of the Khanna Market Committee has decreased by Rs 74 lakh as compared to that of last year. The secretary of the committee said the main source of the committee’s income was fee collection on the arrivals of agriculture produce in the grain market.
‘Delay hitting industry’
Ludhiana, May 23
Delay in implementation of government policies is hitting the industry in Punjab badly, said Mr Rajinder Jindal, president, Engineering Exporters Association of India. In the industrial policy, the government has provided that tradable bonds will be issued to the industrial units against the subsidy which was pending for many years.
Educational
games flood market
Ludhiana, May 23
With the mercury rising and the ongoing vacations for schoolchildren, the best way to keep the kids indoors is to buy them board games. Innumerable games have flooded the market.
Chandan, a toy shop owner in Gur Mandi, says: “Our sales pick up in May and June when the vacations begin.
Beech wood furniture is here
Ludhiana, May 23
A new kind of furniture has made an entry in the market here. Mr Nitin Bhayana, vice-president of an interiors company, talking to Ludhiana Tribune, said the company offered a comprehensive range of furniture and was a venture between Mondragon Corporation of Spain and the Bhayana Group of India.
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