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As mercury touches an all-time high this summer, a boy tries to chill in the swimming pool of the Lodhi Club in Ludhiana on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Inderjeet Verma |
Partners in crime
Thieves use cop’s car
Ludhiana, June 4
An alleged police-criminal nexus in the city came to the fore with the exposure when thieves used a cop’s car in committing theft of pipes at a plot of an industrialist in Dhandari last night.
Father gets son’s suicide
case reopened
Ludhiana, June 4
The Khanna police has initiated fresh investigations into the suicide case of an IAS aspirant, Ashish Hansi, who killed himself four years ago and whose father had been fighting a battle to get those who allegedly forced him to commit suicide, booked.
Arjuna award winner arrested
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 4
A renowned international wrestler, Arjun Award winner and former police inspector, Rustam-e-Hind Jagdish Bholla, who had been declared a proclaimed offender in a case registered under Sections 406 and 427 of the IPC, was arrested by the Khanna police yesterday. He had been remanded in judicial custody till June 18.
World Environment Day Today
It’s time to pay nature’s debt
Ludhiana, June 4
Only the people’s participation with proper vision, and sincere efforts by everybody can help promote a healthy environment, better health of people and save mother earth from ecological
disaster.
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| A dam affected by blue-algae, potentially lethal to all animals. Many inland water eco-systems face threat from this algae, which releases toxins choking oxygen supply all water life
and (right) activists of Bharat Jan Gyan Vigyan Jatha present handbills as part of a programme to creat awareness about environment in Ludhiana on Monday.—
Photo by Inderjeet Verma |
Use natural not chemical dyes: Experts
Ludhiana June 4
On the eve of World Environment Day, Dr Sandeep Bains and Dr Neelam Grewal of department of clothing and textiles, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, have appealed to the people to use natural dyes to combat environmental pollution.
Labourer’s body found, police suspects murder
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 4
The local police has registered an FIR under Section 302 and 34 of the IPC against unknown persons for killing a migrant labourer, whose body was recovered from a deserted place along a drain near Kanganwal village near here yesterday.
City Centre Scam
3 Today Homes’ officials appear before VB
Ludhiana, June 4
Three officials of the Today Homes and Infrastructure company, named as accused in the
multi-crore City Centre Project scam, appeared before the Vigilance
Bureau(VB) officials at the bureau's office near old district courts this morning to join investigation in the case.
Officials of the Today Homes and Infrastructure company at the Vigilance Bureau office in Ludhiana on Monday.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma
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Free ration to 45 families
Amloh, June 4
Members of the Manav Bhalai Manch organised a function here today and distributed one month’s complete ration, free of cost, to 45 needy families of the area.
Officer-bearers of Manav Bhalai Manch distribute ration to 45 needy families in Amloh, on Monday.
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SAD (A) resents sedition charges
Ludhiana, June 4
The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) has criticised the SAD-BJP government in the state for booking its leaders including Simranjit Singh Mann and Daljeet Singh Bittu for sedition.
Lohara is transport congress president
Ludhiana, June 4
Charan Singh Lohara, a leading transporter of the region has been elected president of the All India Motor Transport Congress. In the recently concluded elections, Lohara polled maximum number of votes. The results were declared today.
Arora is new LSE securities chairman
Ludhiana, June 4
Anurag Arora has been appointed the new chairman of Ludhiana Stock Exchange (LSE) securities.
Railway pensioners condemn ‘derailed’ healthcare
Ludhiana, June 4
The retired employees of the Northern Railways here, are sore over persistent lack of comprehensive diagnostic and medical facilities in the railway hospitals, coupled with the adamant attitude of the railway authorities towards the reimbursement of expenditure incurred on laboratory and diagnostic tests in private institutions.
Dera Killing
Government accused of indifference
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 4
Accusing the state government of indifference towards the arrest of the killers of Kanwaljit Singh (who died in firing near a dera of the Sacha Sauda, at Sunam on May 17), the family of the deceased urged various Sikh organisations to impress upon the administration to expedite the process to arrest the assassins.
’84 riots: New red card soon
Ludhiana, June 4
The state government has decided to give a final opportunity to prepare new or duplicate red cards to victims of 1984 riots who could not get those earlier.
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