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City cocks a snook at plea against crackers

Monday 19 October '09

This is a bad news for environmentalists. Despite a determined campaign carried out by them against crackers through various forums...
Atwal prevails, decks cleared for rail underbridge at Shastri Nagar

Thursday 15 October '09

It seems that the decks have finally been cleared for a railway under bridge at Shastri Nagar.
Industrialists bend, agree to equip their units with pollution control devices

Wednesday 14 October '09

Following a tough stand taken by Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), the industrialists have started thinking of installing air pollution control devices so as to get the sealed units re-opened. It may be mentioned that many more units...
E-payment to start this week in Punjab mandis

Wednesday 14 October '09

To bring in more transparency in the system and make payments a faster process, Pungrain will start e-payments for paddy within two days in all Punjab mandis.
6 polluting units sealed, 100 more face closure

Tuesday 13 October '09

Getting tough with the industrial units creating noise pollution, Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) on Monday sealed six industrial units for flouting the norms.
Community cleaning: Villagers pool in effort, money to clean pond

Tuesday 13 October '09

While the Punjab Government is still to set in motion its Rs 133-crore project to clean chhappars (ponds) in villages across the state, residents of Rurka have taken matters in their own hands and set an example.
High import duty on paper decried

Monday 12 October '09

High import duty-twenty per cent-on paper is forcing the book publishers to get their work done in the neighbouring Asian countries such as Malaysia...
Lawyers’ strike in Ferozepur extended till Monday

Saturday 10 October '09

The lawyers’ strike in Ferozepur entered its fifth day on Friday and extended till October 12. Lawyers are protesting against the proposed shifting of nearly 1500 cases pending in Gurharsahai courts to Jalalabad.
Embezzlement slur on councillor

Friday 9 October '09

Baby Singh Thakur, a councilor from ward number 73, today found himself in a spot of bother after the safai karamcharis accused him of embezzling funds to the tune of Rs 1.45 lakh per month by fraudulantly drawing money for disbursing salaries to Mohalla Sanitation Committee workers.
Work on Lakkar Bridge to kick off next month, 68 shops face axe

Friday 9 October '09

If the claims of MC are to be believed, work on Rs 50-crore Lakkar bridge will kick start next month after 68 shops, which are situated on the land where construction is to be undertaken, are removed.
Embezzlement slur on councillor

Friday 9 October '09

Baby Singh Thakur, a councilor from ward number 73, today found himself in a spot of bother after the safai karamcharis accused him of embezzling funds to the tune of Rs 1.45 lakh per month by fraudulantly drawing money for disbursing salaries to Mohalla Sanitation Committee workers.
Provide jute bags to Rehriwalas, says Bansal

Thursday 8 October '09

In order to reduce the work of sanitation wing and also to discourage use of plastics bags, senior Deputy Mayor Parveen Bansal has come up with a novel idea.
Panic grips Gurharsahai after local boy tests positive for flu

Thursday 8 October '09

Panic spread in the small town of Gurharsahai after 16-year-old Moksh tested positive for swine flu, Moksh was studying in class 10 of Alpine Modern School...
MC gives nod to 27 pending building plans

Thursday 8 October '09

Finally, the MC commissioner, AK Sinha has given nod to 27 pending building proposals which were awaiting clearance for a period ranging between two months and two years.
Floods make onion prices soar

Wednesday 7 October '09

While Karnataka and neighbouring states are reeling under the flood fury, Punjab too is feeling the heat.
65 quintal sweets stored for long duration seized

Tuesday 6 October '09

The Health Department on Monday seized about 65 quintals of sweets from a storage facility in Ferozepur.
Ministry advocates lean manufacturing formula for industry to ride out recession

Monday 5 October '09

To come out of recession and also to compete with the outside world, lean manufacturing is the new formula being popularised by the Ministry of Micro...
Meat, liquor shops throw DC orders to winds

Sunday 4 October '09

After liquor shopowners, it was the turn of slaughter houses and meat shopowners to defy the deputy commissioner’s orders on Saturday.
‘Dry Day’ hardly a deterrent for Bacchus lovers

Saturday 3 October '09

Although October 2 is a Dry Day, but the rules were flouted openly as almost all the shops in the city as well as on the outskirts opened after 6 pm.
Rs 48-cr JNNURM grant cleared: It’s time for MC and govt to chip in now

Saturday 3 October '09

A team of Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission has cleared another Rs 48 crore project for Ludhiana for water supply and sanitation.
CETP: MC, sewer board tell industry to instal own supply lines to plant

Friday 2 October '09

The installation of four common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) to control the industrial pollution took yet another turn when the Sewerage Board and the Municipal Corporation officials said that industry would have to make their own arrangements for carrying effluent till the CETPs.
MC’s drive against religious hoardings comes a cropper

Thursday 1 October '09

The overbearing attitude of Balmiki organisation came to fore on Wednesday afternoon when a team of advertisement branch, MC...
Conflicting claims over sugar count

Wednesday 30 September '09

Controversy of illegal hoarding of sugar took yet another turn, when re-counting of the sugar bags started on Tuesday in the godown of Yashika International after the court’s order.
Sweets likely to burn a hole in your pocket this Diwali

Tuesday 29 September '09

Despite the seizure of more than 1.5 lakh quintals of sugar from various godowns of Punjab, there has been no fall in the prices of sugar in the retail market till date.
Rs 74-crore sewer project in limbo

Sunday 27 September '09

The Rs 74- crore sewer project planned from Lohara village to Balloke treatment plant is facing problems due to lack of planning.
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