Ludhiana, Punjab Business Information Directory

Ludhiana December 22After a married woman committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her in-laws residence in Chaunta village the Koom Kalan police registered a case of abetment to suicide against the woman's husband and her in-laws. The booked accused are deceased's husband Jang Singh his father Dilbag Singh mother Kuldeep Kaur and sister Manpreet Kaur. Deceased's father Karnail Singh said his daughter got married to the accused in 2017. “My daughter cannot commit suicide she was strangled to death by her husband and in-laws and later they gave it a shape of suicide. Even the deceased's three-year-old son told us that she was killed by his father Karnail said.

Anil DattLudhiana December 22Punjab Blues and Punjab Reds two teams fielded by the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) recorded easy wins in the first Punjab State T-20 Cricket Tournament for Trident Cup being organised by the Ludhiana District Cricket Association and the Hara School of Cricket here on Tuesday. In the match played on the GRD Academy ground Hambra Road Punjab Blues defeated Mohali Legends by 39 runs and in the match played on the Hara Academy ground Baddowal Punjab Reds beat the Jalandhar District Cricket Association (JDCA) XI by five wickets. For Punjab Reds Sandeep Sharma and Sidharth Kaul captured two wickets each after giving away 27 and 17 runs respectively while Harpreet Brar and Gurkeerat Mann claimed one wicket each. Punjab Reds achieved the target in 19 overs losing five wickets. Tomorrow's fixturesPunjab Reds vs Patiala Colts HRCF on GRD Academy ground; Punjab Blues vs Amandeep Club Amritsar on Hara Academy ground Baddowal.

Ludhiana December 22The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab organised an event here on Tuesday for strengthening the party. On the occasion Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Harpal Singh Cheema deputy leader of opposition Saravjit Kaur Manuke MLA Kultar Singh Sandhwan MLA Jagtar Singh Jagga Hissowal and other leaders handed over the responsibilities to newly appointed office-bearers. Harpal Singh Cheema said to strengthen the party 22 state office-bearers 168 district-level office bearers and 468 block-level office bearers were appointed so far. He said: “Over 1000 newly appointed office-bearers were sworn in here on Tuesday.”He said the party had appointed a circle president for five villages and wards and efforts would be made to strengthen the party by joining about two lakh more persons in the next two months. Congratulating the newly appointed circle presidents Saravjit Kaur Manuke said the party would be stronger with the hard work of the leaders.

Ludhiana December 22AITUC unions will observe Wednesday as 'skip lunch' day to express solidarity with the relay hunger strike of the joint front of the farmers' organisations said AITUC national general secretary Amarjeet Kaur here on Tuesday. The demands which were not only in the interest of the farmers but also in the interest of the public and the nation. “We support the farmers' demand for a law ensuring minimum support price (MSP) for farm produce. Meanwhile the Ludhiana district unit of the Communist Party of India (CPI) has called upon all its units and activists to skip lunch on Wednesday in support of the protesting farmers said CPI district secretary DP Maur. He said if the farmers lose their battle today it would be the defeat of every man who fills his stomach with food.

Ludhiana December 21The police have booked Rachit Kumar a resident of Babbalgarh in Haryana charging him under Section 509 IPC and 66(d)/67 IT Act for allegedly sending obscene messages to a married woman Sukhjinder Kaur Garcha (38) a resident of Green Field in the Model Town area. In a complaint to the police Prminder Singh husband of the woman said the suspect had set up a fake Facebook account in the name of Monika Kaduja and sent indecent messages to his wife through it. The police said efforts were being made to apprehend the suspect.

Ludhiana: The police have booked Roshan Masih a resident of Tibba Colony in Mundian Khurd under Section 324 Indian Penal Code (IPC) for allegedly stabbing and injuring his sister Monika. The complainant told the police that her brother had come home in an inebriated condition on the night of December 18 and started vomiting. She said when she scolded him for his conduct the suspect lost his temper and stabbed her with a kitchen knife. The complainant said he owned a plot in Jhande village where he had raised a boundary wall. “On December 18 I learnt that the suspects had razed down the boundary wall with the intention of taking possession of the land.

Ludhiana December 20Residents paid tributes to farmers who have died during the ongoing agitation against the three farm Acts. Residents in a large number gathered on the Railway road outside the district office of the BJP where tributes were paid to them. Members of the Shiv Sena Hindustan Congress Kisan Cell Jan Shakti Morcha and several other social groups took part in the event. Krishan Sharma and Chandarkant Chadha of the Shiv Sena Hindustan said two-minute silence was also observed at the site for the departed souls. They said over 30 farmers have sacrificed their lives in the ongoing agitation and now the Central Government should withdraw these Acts and should provide Rs 1-crore compensation to kin of the farmers died in the protest.

'Threat to environment' The Vigilant Citizens Forum has pointed out that many protected forests Mattewara Forest Jaspal Kadar Haidar Nagar/Salempur Forest were close to the proposed industrial park on different sides. These are notified as protected forests as per the Department of Forests Punjab. The forum pointed out that many protected forests -Mattewara Forest (1855 acres) Jaspal Kadar Forest (288 acres) Haidar Nagar/Salempur Forest (231 acres) - were close to the proposed industrial park on different sides. These are notified as protected forests as per the Department of Forests Punjab. The forum maintained that an industrial park was ill-advised on a river flood plain.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana December 19The SCD Government College Ludhiana Alumni Association remembered martyrdom of Goa liberation war heroes of whom two prominent names Major Shiv Dev Singh Sidhu and Capt Vijay Sehgal were the college's alumnus. Dr Grewal shared rare memories of martyr Major Shiv Dev Singh Sidhu who was also his maternal uncle. Both Major Sidhu and Captain Sehgal of Ludhiana attained martyrdom on December 19 1961” said Brij Bhushan Goyal coordinator SCD Government College here. Principal of the college Dr Dharam Singh Sandhu while paying rich tributes to their college alumni martyrs said the college prominently displays their pictures in the library. Swaranjit Savi a renowned artist and also an alumnus of the college has given an artistic touch to the pages he said.

Ludhiana December 19Lok Insaaf Party president and MLA Simarjit Singh Bains has written a letter to the Chief Minister requesting him to postpone the ongoing process of electoral rolls for the upcoming Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayat elections due to ongoing farmers' protest. He said the process of electoral rolls for the upcoming elections must be postponed till the end of the farmers' protest. At present new voters are being registered and amendments are are being made in the electoral rolls for the upcoming poll of municipal councils and nagar panchayats. People participating in the protests are not able to take part in the ongoing process.”“I demand from Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to postpone the process of preparation of the electoral rolls” Bains said. The schedule for the preparation of the electoral rolls for the six nagar councils and the by-election of one ward of a nagar panchayat of Ludhiana district was announced earlier this month.

MLA blames dairies for nullah pollution MLA Ludhiana (East) Sanjay Talwar had blamed the dairies on the Tajpur road for dumping untreated waste into the MC's sewerage line and Buddha Nullah. He had earlier blamed the dairies on the Tajpur road for dumping untreated waste into the MC's sewerage line and Buddha Nullah. “GLADA had earlier allotted land to PEDA to set up an effluent treatment plant for the Tajpur Road dairy complexes. If the dairies are to be shifted there is no need to set up effluent treatment plant at the Tajpur Road dairy complex. If these are not to be shifted work should be started to set up the effluent treatment plant at the earliest.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana December 17Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Harpal Cheema said the Central Government should meet demands of farmers and revoke the new farm Acts. He was in Ludhiana today to attend an event organised by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to welcome new members to the party. On the occasion Cheema said during the farmers' agitation AAP served farmers in the best possible way. Responding to a query Cheema said the AAP government in Delhi had not implemented any new farm law. Cheema said: “A number of selfless people joined AAP today.

Ludhiana December 17Coming in support of farm laws former Punjab BJP president Rajinder Bhandari said the Central Government is committed to address the apprehensions of farmers on agri laws and will always welcome dialogue with farmers. He said the recent meetings and parleys between the agitating farmer groups and senior ministers is a step towards addressing all fears and misconceptions. Bhandari added the Central government of BJP has taken all the interests and long-standing economic duress of the agrarian sector of the nation while coming out with these revolutionary laws which will uplift the stagnant income of the farming community. He added the government was open to dialogue and would listen patiently to all the apprehensions of the farmers and address their issues.

Ludhiana: Bajaj College Chaukimann organised an alumni meet on and interaction on virtual platform. Director Annie Bajaj expressed happiness on overwhelming response from the alumni congratulated them for achieving the heights in their field of work. Starting with warm up and stretching exercise teachers performed a series of yogic exercises such as padmasanas tadasanas bhujang asanas. Sat Paul Mittal schoolEducation World magazine has ranked Sat Paul Mittal School Ludhiana as the 'Best School' amongst CBSE and ICSE schools in Punjab. The school was ranked 50 in the country in the Co-Ed day school category in the Indian School Ranking 2020-21.

Ludhiana December 16The fast unto death of Dr Harmeet Singh Kingra president Punjab Agricultural University Teachers Association (PAUTA) ended today. Cabinet Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu assured him to get all demands of teachers of the PAU fulfilled. Amrinder Singh Malhi SDM Ludhiana West also accompanied Ashu. Ashu said a meeting of Dr Kingra with the Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner Development Anirudh Tiwari has been fixed on Friday to address the demands of PAU teachers. He demanded that the Vice-Chancellor of the PAU Dr Baldev Singh Dhillon should return his Padma Shree Award in support of farmers' protest.