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Local
singer out of Indian Idol contest
Ludhiana, February 5
When Ravinder Ravi, city-based house painter, made it to the top 10 and kept clearing rounds after rounds of the Indian Idol contest, city residents had high hopes that he would make it. But hopes crashed yesterday when Ravi was voted out of the contest.
Ravinder, who had become extremely popular in the city during the contest, was
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Ravinder Ravi
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Two get life term
Ludhiana, February 5
The Court of Sessions Judge has sentenced a contractor Narinder Singh(22) and Inderjit Kumar (24) of Shimlapuri on a charge of murdering a chowkidar Giana Parshad of Bihar, in 2003.
Armed gang robs 7 shops
Mandi Ahmedgarh, February 5
Around 15 armed robbers broke into at least seven shops situated near Gurdwara Karamsar
(Rara Sahib) and took away goods worth lakhs. The exact loss, however, has not been estimated yet.
The broken shutter of a shop in Mandi Ahmedgarh. — A Tribune photograph |
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City population increasing at ‘alarming rate’
Ludhiana, February 5
Rapid increase in population is sounding alarm bells among the urban development experts. The rate at which the city’s population growing, it needs infrastructure in terms of roads, bridges, flyovers, electricity, drinking water, drainage system and parking space at least double of what it is right now.
3 labourers suffer burn injuries
Ludhiana, February 5
Three labourers suffered burn injuries under mysterious circumstances at Mukesh Steels Ltd. in Phase-VII, Focal Point, last evening.
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