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Blaze swallows labour colony
Machhiwara, May 26
Shantinagar- a migrant labourers' colony situated on the Samrala road turned to ashes after it was engulfed in fire the previous night. This very colony has fallen prey to the fire thrice during the past 10 years. As many as 80 families are reported to have become homeless whereas four animals got burned alive. The fire originated from an oil lamp.
Shantinagar residents try to salvage some articles from the ashes.
— Photo by Ravi Inder Singh Makkar |
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1 killed as factory wall collapses
Machhiwara, May26
One labourer was killed on the spot and another seriously injured when the wall of a dying unit of a factory, located in Bhattian village, 4 km from here, collapsed last afternoon.
SAD leaders criticise BJP chief
Khamano, May 26
A meeting of senior leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Khamano, was held yesterday.
City Centre Scam
Chetan Gupta seeks bail
Special public prosecutor transferred
Ludhiana, May 26
Chetan Gupta, a Delhi-based businessman, who was arrested in the City Centre Scam case on May 17, has moved a city court seeking bail.
Scattered iron waste a
threat to commuters
Ludhiana, May 26
Small spherical iron material, apparently non-recyclable iron scrap, is lying along a stretch of about 5 km on the Ferozepore road between the railway crossing at Baddowal and Badi Haveli near
Mullanpur. This seems to be the waste scrap apparently thrown by some people who could not dump it anywhere else, posing a threat to hundreds of commuters.
The scattered iron waste, allegedly thrown by some factory owner on the Ferozpur road, poses a threat to commuters.
— Tribune Photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
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2 needy girls in care of CMC hospital
Ludhiana, May 26
Continuing its tradition of providing medical treatment to the poor, the CMC Hospital has been treating two girls in its paediatric ward free of cost.
... But this poor brother-sister duo is not so lucky
Ludhiana, May 26
Mohan Thakur, a city resident, who is paralysed, is not among the lucky few who can get his ailing children treated without sparing a thought to the costs involved.
Mohan Thakur, a poor man who is paralysed, with his wife and children who are suffering from broncho pneumonia and measles due to malnutrition and infection.
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‘Jehar Khurani’ gang: Rly police alerts passengers
Ludhiana declared hyper-sensitive for gang's strike
Ludhiana, May 26
With the Indian Railways identifying the Ludhiana railway station as one of the most sensitive places of activities of the infamous
"jehar khurani" gang, which loots people after administering them drug-laced eatables, the Railway Protection Force
(RPF) is organisinng special educative demonstrations at the platforms itself to help the passengers in saving themselves.
An RPF team shows drug-laced fruits in Ludhiana railway station on Saturday.
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Security up in Sacha Sauda Deras
Deadline for their vacation today
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 26
Apprehending possible reaction by activists of Sikh organisations against the government’s failure to get the deras of the Sacha Sauda sect vacated before the deadline falling tomorrow, the police has intensified security in the three centres situated at Jagera in Payal subdivision, Jalaldiwal in Raikot subdivision and Gahaur in the Ludhiana City area.
Makkar given tighter security
Ludhiana, May 26
The security of the SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar has been further tightened following the tension between Dera Sacha Sauda and Sikh
organisations.
A policeman stands guard outside the house of SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar in Ludhiana.
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3 drug traffickers nabbed
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 26
The Payal police has nabbed three persons, including a proclaimed offender, for allegedly carrying and supplying contraband drugs and narcotics in the area. A rich haul of contraband products has been seized from the accused.
Beauty contest with a cause
Ludhiana, May 26
A beauty contest organised by the Krishna Breast Cancer Care Charitable Trust turned out to be unique as the participants were screened for breast cancer.
Sutlej Club summer camp from June 1
Ludhiana, May 26
'The Rocking Summer Camp' will be organised at the Sutlej Club from June 1-17. The summer camp will be open to the club members, their spouses and dependents. A fee of Rs 100 will be charged for registration for the camp.
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