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Fake licence racket busted, imposter held
Ludhiana, July 15
The local police today claimed to have busted a gang of conmen who were running a parallel District Transport Office, Ludhiana, by preparing fake driving licences and duping innocent people.

The fake DTO and his accomplice in police custody at Haibowal in Ludhiana on Friday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Electric vehicles poised for growth
Ludhiana, July 14
Environment-friendly and low-cost maintenance electric bikes have a high potential of acceptance in the region, says AC Nielsen ORG MARG's study, estimating a potential sale of over 9 lakh units of these bikes.

Migrant labourer murdered, 2 booked
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 14
Dispute over matrimonial issue of a relative allegedly led to the cold- blooded murder of a migrant labourer, of nearby Shahpur village, by his friend and a contract killer on Monday.

Raising voice against dowry cost him dear
Ludhiana, July 14
Raising a voice against the evil of dowry cost a local retired professor so dear that he was allegedly falsely implicated in two cases, including kabootarbaazi and atrocities on SCs and STs. Prof K.B.S. Sodhi, a retired professor of English, had allegedly refused to accede to the dowry demands of a lawyer, who was engaged to his daughter and had got him booked in a dowry case also.

Intoxicants seized from shops
Ludhiana, July 14
In the course of its ongoing crackdown to curb the menace of drug addiction, a team of health department staff, led by District Drug Inspector Mr Sanjeev Garg, conducted raids on a number of chemist shops in different parts of the city which yielded a big haul of intoxicating tables and capsules, cough syrups and injections.

Tangri gets bail
Ludhiana, July 14
Former President of Shiv Sena Rashtarwadi Jagdish Tangri and his son Sunil Tangri were today granted bail in an attempt to murder case. Mr A.K. Mehta, Additional Sessions Judge, pronounced the order for granting bail to the accused. The judge ordered the release of the duo after furnishing surety bonds of Rs 25,000 each.

Dark clouds gather in the sky in Ludhiana on Friday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

COMMUNITY

Poor drainage taking its toll on city roads

Ludhiana, July 14 Poor drainage system leading to accumulation of water has taken its toll on the road passing under Damoria bridge here. Just a few centimeters of rain experienced by the city over the past few days caused water logging due to poor drainage. A huge crater formed on the road passing under Damoria bridge due to waterlogging in Ludhana on Friday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Pace of development stepped up in urban areas
Ludhiana, July 14
Parliamentary Secretary Surinder Dawar has asserted that the Congress government had stepped up the pace of urban development in urban areas and funds amounting to more than Rs 5,000 crore were being spent to provide excellent infrastructure facilities, including roads, lights, sewerage, water supply etc. and had set up a special Municipal Development Fund of Rs 990 crore to ensure the supply of 100 per cent sewerage and water supply in all 127 cities and towns of the state.

Resentment over ‘inflated’ water, sewerage bills
Ludhiana, July 14
There is a lot of resentment among the residents of MIG Colony, Phase II, Urban Estate, Dugri over the “inflated” water and sewerage bills issued by the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation.

KVKs to act as harbingers of change

Ludhiana, July 14 A four-day national workshop of programme coordinators (Krishi Vigyan Kendras) under the aegis of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) was inaugurated by the Additional Director-General, ICAR, Dr R.Prashad at Farmers’ Service Centre here yesterday. Addressing the participants from eight states, Dr Prashad gave an overview of the mandate and functioning of 536 Krishi Vigyan Kendras spread across 578 districts of the country.

From left: The Director, Extension Education, PAU, Dr S.S. Gill, the ICAR Additional Director-General, Dr R. Prasad, the ADG (ICAR), Dr J.P. Mishra, and the Zonal Director, Dr A.K. Mehta, at the inauguration of a workshop for KVK programme coordinators at PAU in Ludhiana on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Sarpanch joins SAD
Ludhiana, July 14
Mr Gurcharan Singh, sarpanch of Uppal in Ludhiana district has resigned from the primary membership of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar). He was the member of the working committee of the SAD (A).

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SBI takes possession of mortgaged property 
Ludhiana, July 14
Officials of the State Bank of India, Aggar Nagar branch, took the physical possession of the property mortgaged in the name of Mr Prem Singh of Haibowal Dairy Complex here yesterday.

AGRICULTURE

Leaves to foretell nitro requirement for paddy
Ludhiana, July 14
Increasing cost of production, decreasing land holdings, declining water table and deteriorating soil, water and environmental quality are the issues of serious concern for the agricultural scientists and policy makers.

EDUCATION

Dr Maninder Arora, food microbiologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Food Processing and Food Engineering in the College of Agricultural Engineering, PAU, with the Bharat Jyoti Award in New Delhi. — A Tribune photograph

Kids demand upgrading of primary school
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 14
Grown up children of Ilatfatpura village, popularly known as Dhad Hera village, have joined their elders in demanding upgrading of a government primary school so that children, especially girls who till now have been deprived of education, could be taught further.

Tributes paid to educationist
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 14
Representatives of various educational, religious, social and political organisations paid tributes to Kulwant Kaur, a noted educationist, who passed away after a brief illness at Nangal village here.

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“Shagoofe” comes to city
Ludhiana, July 14
The Media Artists has, for the first time, brought the concept of “dinner theatre” to the city with shows of a play, “Shagoofe”. The single-actor play will have two shows on Saturday and Sunday evenings at Pulse Restaurant in Sarabha Nagar market. The shows will be followed by dinner.

SPS Apollo Hospitals included in ‘Sanjivni’ network 
Ludhiana, July 14
In a bid to provide cost-effective and latest healthcare to the rural population and farming community, the SPS Apollo Hospitals authorities have tied up with Sanjivni Health Care — a health insurance scheme introduced by the state government for rural cooperative societies a couple of months back.

Free medical camp at Rachchin
Ludhiana, July 14
Around 230 patients were examined during a medical camp held on Monday at Rachhin village, near Raikot. The camp was organised to commemorate the martyrdom of Jagdish Singh Rachhin, who laid down his life in 1998 while fighting LTTE extremists in Sri Lanka.