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Vehicle recovered within hours of theft
Sahnewal, August 26
A Tata Sumo, which was taken away at gunpoint from its owner at Tibba village, was recovered by the Sahnewal police within hours of the incident.
The driver of the vehicle (HR08-B-7442), Harjinder Singh of Kanech village, had complained to the police that his vehicle had been forcibly taken away from him at gunpoint late last evening.
One held with opium
Ludhiana, August 26
The Haibowal police yesterday arrested Mustaffa, a resident of Meerut district, and seized 2 kg of opium from his possession. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered against him.
The accused was arrested from Haibowal Khurd.
Ex-sarpanch held
Machhiwara, August 26
The Machhiwara police has booked a former sarpanch of Behlolpur village, Gurdeep Singh, for a murderous attack on Gurmeet
Singh, nambardar, of the village under section 307 of the IPC and 27, 54, 59 of the Arms Act.
Steel price fall brings relief to industry
Ludhiana, August 26
With steel prices registering a marginal decrease, the industry has felt much relief. Most of the industrial organisations observed that the fall in steel prices would also lead to decrease in the input cost and the cost of finished products. However, they regretted that the local steel manufacturing units were yet to decrease their prices.
A reason to Smile
Ludhiana, August 25
“Laughter has become a rare commodity as the stress is mounting’, is the feedback that Zee TV has received,” says Ashish Kaul, vice-president, Corporate Development of Essel World, said while on his visit to the city yesterday.
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Huge stocks of bicycles are piling up at various manufacturing units in Ludhiana.
With truckers continuing their strike, the bicycle manufacturers are
fearing that they may have to stop production for some time in case
the strike is not called off soon.
