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Streetlights remain on for five days
Ludhiana, February 9
While residents of state are suffering on account of frequent power cuts, streetlights on the Nizam Road in Mohalla Mullan School Gali, near the Kesar Ganj Chowk, are switched on continuously for the past five days.
The residents have complained to the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation and Punjab
State Electricity Board authorities a number of times, but nothing has been done
so far. Similar is the case in the Railway colony, near Raikhy Cinema.
A streetlight switched on in Railway Colony during the day in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
— Photo by Inderjit Verma |
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Was accountant murdered?
Ludhiana, February 9
The five-day-old alleged suicide case of an accountant, Harminder-pal Singh, in Sarup Nagar, Salem Tabri, has kicked up a controversy after some of his relatives termed it as murder and the police refusing to buy the theory.
Shelter homes for women in the offing
Applications invited from NGOs
Ludhiana, February 9
The district administration has invited applications from NGOs for setting up a shelter home
(nari niketans) for women.
Schools tighten security to check
kidnapping
Ludhiana, February 9
Following the kidnapping of a child in Amritsar yesterday, schools, in and around Ludhiana, have taken stringent measures to avoid such mishaps.
Two jailed in attempt to murder case
Ludhiana, February 9
A fast-track court has sentenced Gulshan Kumar of Gurbax Colony and Surinder Kumar of Aman Nagar to rigorous imprisonment seven years each in an attempt to murder case. The duo were facing charges for trying to kill Satnam Singh of Bharti Colony in 2003.
Rly passengers checked
Ludhiana, February 9
A massive exercise to check passengers travelling without ticket took place at the Sahnewal railway station where even Shatabdi was stopped for the purpose.
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