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A unipole for a hoarding fell on a tree in Ludhiana on Thursday.
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conned
3 traders lose lakhs to fake drafts
Ludhiana, May 31
A conman has disappeared after duping many industrialists of the city by furnishing them fake drafts of a Moga-based bank and taking away truck loads of iron and brass products worth lakhs of rupees.
Residents angry as units
polluting nullah get more time
Ludhiana, May 31
With the Punjab Pollution Control Board today announcing that it would not shut down the industry polluting the Budda Nullah and would rather give some more time to the units, the hopes of the residents of the city and 168 villages lining the nullah to have a cleaner water body were dashed to the ground.
195 jhuggis gutted in migrants’ colony
Machhiwara, May 31
Close on the heels of the fire incident in Shanti Nagar on May 25, another migrant labourers’ colony at Balibaig, Machhiwara, was engulfed in flames at 5.45 pm yesterday.The flames started touching the sky within a short span and reduced 195 jhuggies into ashes.
Death gives new twist
to dispute
Ludhiana, May 31
A landlord-tenant dispute that had been raging for the past few weeks in Ambedkar
Nagar, Sherpur, and had allegedly been ignored by the police, took a serious turn this morning when an aged man, Gurdial Singh, from one of the involved groups died at a local hospital due to injuries suffered in a mysterious manner.
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Disease, death & societal cost – tobacco has all of these
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Students take pledge to stay away
Students of Sanatan Vidya Mandir vow to abstain from the consumption of tobacco at Ahmedgarh on Thursday.
— Photo Mahesh Sharma
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 31
More than 1,000 students of Sanatan Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School vowed to abstain from the consumption of tobacco and tobacco products and associate themselves with the crusade launched against the menace so that others might be warned of the hazardous effects of tobacco.
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Most consumers die at productive age
Ludhiana, May 31
Keeping up the spirit behind observing World No Tobacco Day, the Christian Medical College (CMC) and its associates, nursing and dental colleges today called upon people to shun all forms of tobacco consumption that was leading to preventable deaths worldwide. The hospital team also fervently asked various constituents of society, especially the promoters of these products, to join the fight against this menace.
Addressing a seminar at the CMC, pulmonologist Dr Akashdeep remarked that an estimated five million people died of tobacco consumption worldwide.
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Shun tobacco for healthy society
Students of Saraswati Modern School, Pratap Singhwala, take out a rally during an awareness campaign on World No Tobacco Day in Ludhiana on Thursday.
— A Tribune photograph
Ludhiana, May 31
“Leave tobacco, live longer” was the message that the students of Saraswati Modern School, Pratap Singhwala, spread during an awareness campaign on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day here today.
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Youth needs monetary help
Ludhiana, May 31
Imran, a 19-year-old boy, Muslim youth, is in urgent need of financial assistance for a cardiac surgery to be performed at Christian Medical College and Hospital
(CMCH) here.
Daredevil or a PSEB employee: An employee repairs a traffic light pole in Ludhiana on Thursday.
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Growing pollution a serious threat to society: DC
Mandi Gobindgarh, May 31
Non-government organisations can play an effective role to control the growing pollution by motivating people, who do not take it seriously and are not aware of its drastic results for society, said Alaknanda Dyal, deputy commissioner, Fatehgarh Sahib.
New tehsildar holds meeting
Khamano, May 31
The new tehsildar, Major Gurjindr Singh Benipal (retd) of Khamano, held a meeting with lamberdars of Khamano at Amrit Palace, Farour.
Youth in hiding due to ‘loan shark’
Ludhiana,May 31
Loan sharks have allegedly become active again in the city with a youth allegedly living in hiding in fear of goons of a moneylender for the past over a week.
Office-bearers elected
Ludhiana, May 31
The following have been elected office-bearers of the Technical Services Union, Amloh division, comprising sub-units of
Amloh, Bhadson and Tohra: president-Manjinder Singh; vice-president-Mohal Lal;
secretary-Jangir Singh; assistant secretary-Joginder Singh Jalla; and cashier-Dharam Singh
Raisal.
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