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Tribune News ServiceLudhiana January 12The Punjab Roadways PUNBUS Contractual Employees' Union members marked a protest at the bus stand against the state government for ignoring their demands. Shamsher Singh union president said “We have been struggling for a long time and making repeated demands for regularisation of jobs of contractual employees but to no avail. Now the government is focusing on privatisation of government departments and it is planning to start buses under the KM scheme. We oppose the government's plan to run new PUNBUS service buses under KM scheme as it will be a gross loss deal.”

Our CorrespondentLudhiana January 11The Dehlon police have booked at least 30 persons belonging to two rival groups which clashed and beat up each other over a land dispute in Paddi village on Saturday. Two persons each from the two rival groups along with their 30 or more unidentified accomplices face charges under Sections 323 341 506 148 and 149 IPC while in the cross FIR the accused and their accomplices have been booked under Sections 323 324 508 and 34 ofthe IPC. The police said Kulwinder Singh a resident of Paddi and Rajiv Singla a property dealer of Dugro from one group and Jasvir Singh along with his son Anmoljit Singh residents of Khanpur village from the rival group were booked in the case and further investigation to identify their accomplices was in progress.

Ludhiana: A 16-year old girl residing in Guru Vihar Colony on Rahon Road has been reported missing from Saturday evening. In a complaint to the police Suman Rani mother of the missing girl said her daughter had gone to market at around 5pm on January 9 and had not returned since then. She suspected that somebody might have abducted her and she might have been detained somewhere against her will. The accused have been booked under sections 511 of the IPC and section 21 of the Mining Act. The police have made a recovery of Rs 2250 in cash and gambling slips from the accused.

Ludhiana January 12Foreign liquor expensive cigarettes and the pull of Canadian family visa have landed one Pawan Kumar in judicial custody. This is the third arrest made by the CGST Commissionerate Ludhiana in the high-profile Sahil Jain case. The arrest of Sahil Jain by the anti-evasion wing of the CGST Department on November 11 last year was followed by the arrest of another mastermind Amandeep Singh Bhui. He is reportedly known to Sahil Jain through the latter's father Pardeep Kumar Jain. Sahil Jain promised Pawan Kumar not only expensive liquor and cigarettes but also PR in Canada.

Ludhiana January 11The 27th Dhiya Da Lohri Mela organised by the Malwa Council of Communities Punjab was held on the under-construction flyover on the local Ferozepar Road yesterday. The stage was decorated on a tractor trolley to mark support to protesting farmers. Inaugurating the fair MP and folk singer Muhammad Sadiq said the fair gives strength to mutual love unity and brotherhood. The fair was inaugurated by giving two minutes of silence to the farmers who died during the farmers movement. A total of 51 little girls were honoured by Baljit Singh Kalsi by Shagun Ohri and Batra by suits Rajni Bawa by toys and Jasmer Singh Dhat by presenting sweets.

Sports CorrespondentLudhiana January 11A total of 16 teams will be vying for top honours in the 4th edition of the JITO Premier League to be held at the Satish Chander Dhawan Government College ground here from January 14 to 21. The Ludhiana chapter of the JITO Youth Wing will organise the tournament to spread awareness about healthy lifestyle. An announcement was made in this regard after a meeting of the organising committee of the tournament held at Atam Dharam Kamal Hall of SAN Jain Higher Secondary School near Daresi Ground here on Sunday. In total 224 players were selected to represent these 16 teams named after corporate houses. Bhushan Jain and Rajeev Jain chairman and general secretary respectively of the wing said the teams were formed through auction on the pattern of the Indian Premier League.

Tribune News ServiceSonepat January 12A farmer from Ludhiana who drank poison at the ongoing farmers protest on the borders of Delhi died on Tuesday sources said. Labh Singh from Ludhiana's Sirthala became the fifth person to kill himself at the ongoing protests. He was admitted to Sonepat's Frank Institute of Medical Sciences in critical condition. There was also one suicide attempt---Niranjan Singh from Tarn Taran district tried to kill himself with pest control tablets at Singhu border. --- With agencies

Amarpreet KaurImprove sewer systemIt's often seen that roads in posh areas are in good conditions as compared to other areas. We have seen that due to bad condition of roads people often lead to death. The contractors use low quality material to make roads so that they can get more profit in their business. So to ensure good quality roads government should pay attention towards it. Dr Mohd.Saleem FarooquiMake road quality tests mandatoryThe quality of roads is very poor.

Ludhiana January 10Cabinet Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu today dedicated development prjects worth Rs 15 crore to residents of Maharsihi Valmiki Nagar Colony developed by Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT). He was accompanied by Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu and LIT Chairman Raman Balasubramaniam. For better management of garbage and solid waste static compactors had also been installed in the colony. The minister said LIT officials had already taken up work for redressal of problem of waterlogging on roads and streets during rainy season or at times due to choked sewer lines. Residents Welfare Committee (F-block) president Sandeep Salwan vice president Sunil Datt Raman Gogna Rajiv Bajaj Rajeev Goel Gulshan Goel Ravi Arora among others were present at the occasion.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana January 10The Ludhiana police conducted surprise raids and nabbed 10 gamblers in separate incidents. In the first case the Salem Tabri police nabbed six persons during a special raid conducted at a park in New Kartar Nagar. The police also recovered Rs 18600 in cash from the spot. In another incident the Daresi police nabbed Salinder Kumar of Santokh Nagar who was openly asking people for betting. The police recovered Rs 1850 cash from him.

Ludhiana: A webinar on the topic “Overview of Goods & Services Tax” was organised by the PG Department of Commerce and Management of Kamla Lohtia SD College Ludhiana. The resource person at the event was Vinamar Gupta a chartered accountant. The event was inaugurated by Dr AS Chawla Vice-Chancellor RIMT University GNDEC; principal Dr Sehijpal Singh and professors Harwinder Singh Narwant Singh Grewal and Lakhveer Singh Khana. The resource person for the day was Bhagat Singh senior vice president Oswal Woollen Mills Ltd. Ludhiana. Principal Savita Uppal welcomed the resource person.

Ludhiana January 9President of the Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) and MLA from Atam Nagar Simarjit Singh Bains has written a letter to Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and demanded that an all-party meeting be held at the Punjab Vidhan Sabha so that a concrete strategy be made for the victory of protesting farmers. He said an all-party meeting should be held at the earliest. Amid cold waves and rain the farmers have been protesting against the three farm laws on the Delhi borders for over one-and-a-half month. Bains said he had demanded from the CM that leaders of all political parties should be invited to meeting and a discussion should be held to formulate a concrete strategy for the success of farmers' protest.

Manav ManderTribune News ServiceLudhiana January 9It has been over three months that a group of volunteers are feeding those siting at the protest site at the Ladhowal Toll Plaza and those leaving for or returning from the Delhi borders. While those siting on protest against farm laws and those going to Delhi make a halt at the toll to fill their stomach. “We are a group of volunteers and our duties have been fixed. Ajiab Singh from Hoshiarpur who was returning from the Delhi border said: “I and the entire farmers' community are indebted to such volunteers who have been helping people. “We are a group of volunteers and our duties have been fixed.

Ludhiana January 8Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has clarified that as per regulation 18.1 security (consumption) for large supply (LS) consumers with total demand exceeding 100 kva is the amount calculated on the basis of the total load or demand as per the rates specified in the Schedule of General Charges. In an office memo dated January 1 2021 the PSCLP Chief Engineer/Commercial has said that to clear the ambiguity on the calculation of security deposit for LS consumers a meeting of the Supply Code Review Committee was convened on December 15 2020 to discuss the matter. “The committee concluded that the amount recovered from applicants at the time of the registration of A & A (applications and agreement) form – 25 per cent of security (consumption) /additional security (consumption) is an installment and not the total amount of security (consumption)” says the memo. It is therefore clarified that there is no ambiguity that security (consumption) is the amount calculated on the basis of total load/demand for the purpose of deduction under regulation 18 of Supply Code 2014. The clarification has been issued after it was noticed in many cases that the field offices were calculating refundable security (consumption) after the deduction of 10 per cent of the 25 per cent earnest money and not the 10 per cent of the total amount of security (consumption) on the withdrawal of applications.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana January 8In the past ten days the Ludhiana police have recovered as many as 1463 rolls of banned Chinese string. In these recoveries a total of 31 persons have been arrested and 24 cases were registered. However the police failed to find the godowns of these sellers. Police Commissioner Rakesh Agrawal said 30 teams were formed to check the sale and use of deadly string. He added a WhatsApp number has been released where any resident can complaint about the issue.