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LUDHIANA: A driver was charred to death after two trucks collided head-on and caught fire at Raikot Road in Jagraon late on Monday night.
Onlookers said the trucks ran into each other while avoiding a collision with a car.
Sadar police station SHO sub-inspector Parwinder Singh said, “One truck was loaded with bricks and the other with sand. They were coming from opposite directions on a single-lane road. Onlookers said as a car came in front of the trucks, they ran into each other which avoiding hitting it. After the collision, the trucks caught fire. The driver of one of the trucks got stuck inside.”
p br When Kisan Mazdoor Ekta has already become the main slogan of the farm movement, this move is likely to further bring closer the Dalits - especially the Ravidassia community members - to the farmers. /p
JALANDHAR: Sanyukt Kisan Morcha has announced to celebrate Guru Ravidas birth anniversary at Singhu border on February 27 while also urging farmers back home to participate in these celebrations in their villages.
When Kisan Mazdoor Ekta has already become the main slogan of the farm movement, this move is likely to further bring closer the Dalits - especially the Ravidassia community members - to the farmers.
Ludhiana: The wait is over for the candidates who for almost a month now have been campaigning. Elections of the Lodhi Club are scheduled for March 7.
The decision was taken in the annual general meeting held on Sunday evening, which was presided over by the club’s president as well as deputy commissioner (DC) of Ludhiana, Varinder Kumar Sharma. Assistant DC Amarjit Singh Bains and Sundeep Singh, secretary RTA, have been appointed as returning officers while Amit Bamby has been appointed as the observer.
Nitin Mahajan, general secretary of the club said, “According to the decision taken by our president the elections are going to be held on March 7.Filing of nomination papers will take place from February 24 to February 26, scrutiny will take place on February 27 and the list of valid nominations will be displayed on the same day on the notice board of the club. The deadline for withdrawal of the nomination papers is February 28 and candidates will be given time from 5.30pm t
Ludhiana: SAD senior leader Harish Rai Dhanda and YAD district president Gurdeep Singh Gosha on Monday staged a protest outside police commissioner office to support the woman who had levelled rape allegations against Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) MLA Simarjit Singh Bains. Demanding registration of an FIR against Bains and his arrest, both leaders, along with several of their supporters and the woman, sat on a dharna outside the CP office while holding placards and raising slogans against Bains, police and state government.
Harish Rai Dhanda said, “Ludhiana Police has adopted separate law in case of MLA Simarjit Singh Bains. Even after three months, the police didn’t investigate the matter properly and in spite of knowing the legal facts and directions of the Supreme Court, the police have failed to register a case against Bains. The victim is getting threats and offers to take back complaint. Police have closed their eyes and are giving time to the accused to destroy the evidence and
Ludhiana: The four-day exhibition on machine tools and automation technology, MachAuto Expo 2021, concluded on Monday. In four days, over 50,000 visitors attended the expo to witness, learn and adopt the latest technology. According to the organisers, exhibitors have got business queries and orders worth several crores and several prominent personalities, including Avon Cycle MD Onkar Singh Pahwa, MLA Simarjit Singh Bains, SAD district president Ranjit Singh Dhillon, ADCP Sachin Gupta and others attended the expo.
According to Upkar Singh Ahuja, president of Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (CICU), “The exhibitors displaying CNC machines, laser cutting machines, quality control accessories, robotic technology, engineering tools, machine tools, welding machines and other machines and equipment’s evoked huge response from the visitors. During the expo, many latest technology machines, which were brought in Punjab for the first time, were the attraction among visi