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Theft at Tribune lensman’s
house
Ludhiana, August 21
Thieves struck at the house of The Tribune photographer Inderjeet Verma in Aman Nagar early this morning.
The thieves struck sometime during the wee hours and decamped with a mobile
phone, clothes and some valuables.
Six booked for assault
Jagraon, August 21
Rachhpal Singh, Jasbir Singh of Dangian, Deepa of Gurusar Kaunke and three unidentified persons allegedly assaulted Sukhbir Singh of Dangian with sharp-edged weapons some days ago. According to information, Sukhbir Singh found some part of his electric motor missing.
Illegal distillery found,
two booked
Khanna, August 21
The police arrested two persons including, a sarpanch of Sansowal village, on the charges of running an illegal distillery last evening. It also seized liquor and
lahan. According to police, head constable Surjit Singh conducted a raid at
Sansowal village and discovered an illegal distillery.
Ply makers hike prices by 10 per cent
Ludhiana, August 21
In a bid to save the plywood and plyboard industry in Punjab from the threat of closure due to the steep rise in the prices of raw material and the taxation burden during the past few months, the manufacturers have decided to hike the prices by 10 per cent with immediate effect.
Small industries’ meeting
Ludhiana, August 21
In a meeting of the Dashmesh Small Scale Industries Association, industrialists demanded that residential areas, where over 70 per cent of industry
was functioning, be designated as industrial areas.
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The Municipal Corporation here recently went gaga over laying a storm water sewerage
project in several areas of the city. The project caused much harassment to the people as roads were left dug up for weeks and then not re-laid. People were hoping that at least the streets would not be inundated due to the storm water sewerage project.
This did not happen.
