09122024-LT-01.qxd 12/9/2024 12:02 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune BUILD MORE PARKING LOTS TO IMPROVE SITUATION CELEBS SPEAK ON CHANGES TO SHAPE INDUSTRY'S FUTURE SANJAY MISHRA SPEAKS OF ACTORS BEING TYPECAST Integration of technology, strengthened transport facilities and public cooperation need of hour: Residents P2 The industry needs more mental health support systems for actors and crew members. P4 Actor Sanjay Mishra says he is grateful to directors who gave him the chances to play diverse characters. P4 » » FORECAST MODERATE FOG MAX 23°C | MIN 6°C YESTERDAY MAX 23°C | MIN 7°C SUNSET MONDAY 5.27 PM SUNRISE TUESDAY 7.19 AM » MONDAY | 9 DECEMBER 2024 | LUDHIANA INBRIEF WOMAN THRASHED, HUSBAND BOOKED Ludhiana: After a woman was beaten up by her husband and in-laws, the Sidhwan Bet police station yesterday registered a case in this matter. The accused have been identified Mandhir Singh (husband), Mandhir's father Manjit and mother Paramjit Kaur, all residents of Sadarpura, Sidhwan Bet. The complainant, Rajatpal Kaur, soon after marriage her husband and in-laws started torturing her without any reason. “I was beaten up by my in-laws and husband on November 28 and 29. I have lodged a police complaint and yesterday a case was registered,” she alleged. TNS ONE HELD WITH ILLEGAL WEAPON Ludhiana: The police on Saturday arrested Muhammad Nosad Alam of Pratap Nagar after recovering an illegal country-made weapon from his possession. A police team raided the area near the Sabzi Mandi vegetable market on Bahadurke Road and apprehended Alam. Upon searching him, the police recovered a country-made .315 bore pistol and a rod. He has been booked under the Arms Act. TNS Poll code in place, stage set for MC elections Nomination filing begins today, Dec 14 last date for withdrawal |Elections to be held on Dec 21, counting same day HUSTLE-BUSTLE AT PARTY OFFICES Manav Mander Tribune News Service Ludhiana, December 8 Political activities have paced up in the city after the Municipal Corporation (MC) elections were announced on Sunday. Poll hustle bustle can be seen across all the political parties as election procedure starts from Monday and the model code of conduct was imposed with immediate effect. Parties were anxiously waiting for the date to be announced and a lot of political buzz was seen in the city after the elections were announced. The filing of nominations will begin from Monday between 11-3 pm while the last date for filing nominations is December 12. The scrutiny of nominations will be held on December 13 and the last date for the withdrawal of nominations and allotment of symbols is December 14. Elections will take place on December 21 and counting will be done on the same day. Although the model code of conduct has been imposed, political hoardings continue to dot the various parts of the ■ With nomination filing starting tomorrow, there is a sudden uprise in the political scene and ticket aspirants can be seen making rounds of the local party offices or paying visits to the leaders of their respective political parties. ■ The meeting of the screening committee of the INC was going on since Saturday and the ticket aspirants were being interviewed before the final announcement of the names. District Congress Committee, chief Sanjay Talwar along with senior party leaders Rana KP Singh interviewed the aspirants. << Congress leaders Rana KP, Sanjay Talwar and others at the meeting of screening committee. INDERJEET VERMA city. Huge hoardings of the Aam Aadmi Party-led government telling about its achievements can be seen in various parts of the city, including Ferozepur Road, Sarabha Nagar, Rakh Bagh, Civil Lines, Bharat Nagar, Pakhowal Road etc. With today being Sunday, none of the hoardings were removed and the work for the same is expected to start from tomorrow. “The Election Commission (EC) gives 24-hour time to remove the hoardings after the imposition of model code of conduct. All the hoardings will be removed by tomorrow after which the work report will be compiled and sent to EC,” said Munic- ipal Corporation Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal. With nomination filing starting tomorrow, there is a sudden uprise in the political scene and ticket aspirants can be seen making rounds of the local party offices or paying visits to the leaders of their respective political parties. The meeting of the screen- ing committee of the Indian National Congress was going on since Saturday and the ticket aspirants were being interviewed before the final announcement of the names. President of District Congress Committee, Sanjay Talwar along with senior party leaders Rana KP Singh interviewed the ticket aspirants from the 95 wards. Rana said the Congress is fully prepared for the MC elections and they are sure that people will show the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) the door as they have realised that the party is not worth it. “We will release the first list of the candidates fighting for the MC elections by tomorrow,” said Rana. From Congress over 250 candidates had submitted their names and the screening committee was interviewing them since yesterday. Public opinion is also sought and the final list will be handed over to the state president, Raja Warring, tomorrow. AAP MLA Gurpreet Gogi said the party is ready for the elections. “The list of the candidates have been sent to Chandigarh for scrutiny and the final names will be declared today night or tomorrow morning. The candidates who have close connections with the public and work for the party will be given tickets,” said Gogi. Bhartiya Janata Party, district president, Rajneesh Dhiman, said although elections have been announced with immediate effect and they welcome this decision but the voter lists have not been printed yet and government is playing these games just to win the elections and trying to conduct the elections in a hush-hush manner with little time at disposal. “I will send the complaint regarding this to the EC,” he said. Farmers seek ~2.5K per acre bonus Remembering Guru Nanak’s teachings Members of the Bharatiya Kissan Union (Kadian) in Ludhiana on Sunday. Tribune News Service A two-day exhibition “Aalam-e-Nanak” to pay homage to Guru Nanak Dev’s life and teachings under way in Ludhiana. PHOTO: ASHWANI DHIMAN Tractor-trolley overturns, 2 dead Tribune News Service Ludhiana, December 8 A tractor-trolley laden with husk overturned on the national highway in Ladhowal in the wee hours of Sunday. Two persons died in the mishap while two suffered serious injuries. The driver of the tractor escaped unhurt in the mishap. The deceased along with the injured persons were sitting on the top of the husk pile. After the trolley overturned, all four fell down and suffered injuries as they got crushed under the load. The deceased have been identified as Sukhvinder Singh of Uccha Pind in Jalandhar and Himmat Singh of Tandi Aulakh village near Kapurthala. The injured were identified as Dhanvir Singh alias Sonu resident of Uccha Pind in Phagwara and Binder Kumar resident of Rawalpindi near Phagwara. The tractor-trolley laden with husk overturned on the road in Ladhowal on Sunday. The police said the incident occured at around 2 am and the vehicle was heading towards Ludhaina city from Phagwara side. After it crossed the Lad- howal toll barrier and reached near the police station, front tyre of the tractor got off and the trolley overturned. Four persons sitting above the load fell down. “Since the incident occured about 200 meter away from the police station, cops from the police station immediately rushed to rescue the injured. The police called ambulance and all four injured were rushed to the Civil Hospital where Sukhvinder and Himmat succumbed to their injuries after reaching the hospital. Other two had also suffered injuries and are now undergoing treatment but they are out of danger. Fortunately tractor driver Amandeep didn’t suffer any injuries,” said the police. After the postmortem, bodies were handed over to the kin and inquest proceedings were initiated, the police said. Woman attempts suicide after being dumped by husband Ludhiana, December 8 A woman dumped by her husband attempted to commit suicide by consuming unknown medicines on Sunday. The woman was rushed to the Civil Hospital under critical condition from where she was referred to DMC hospital. Prem Lata, mother of the woman, said: “The in-laws of my daughter had disowned my son-in-law and daughter. Since then both had been living at our house. Yesterday, my son-in-law left my daughter at our residence and didn’t return and he even didn’t receive phone calls.” He started living with his parents house. My daughter went into depression due to the issue and today morning she consumed several unknown medicines to end her life. “We have lodged a complaint with the police against our son-in-law and his parents,” said Prem Lata. — TNS c m y b Ludhiana, December 8 A meeting of Bharatiya Kissan Union (BKU)-Kadian was held here on Sunday. During the meeting, members od the BKU demanded that as per the orders of the Supreme Court in 2019, teh government should give Rs 2,500 per acre bonus for not burning paddy straw. “Instead of giving bonus, the government has started registering cases against the farmers. All the cases registered against the farmers should be taken back,” said members of Malwa cultural meeting organised Members of the Malwa Cultural Forum, Punjab, talk to mediapersons in Ludhiana. INDERJEET VERMA Tribune News Service Ludhiana, December 8 A meeting of Malwa Cultural Forum, Punjab, was held under the chairmanship of president of the forum Rajiv Kumar Lovely, chairperson of the women’s ming of the Forum Simmi Kwatra and chairman Krishan Kumar Bawa. Nirmal Singh Grewal was appointed as the president of Manch, US, while Ranjit Singh was appointed as Manch Convenor, Sukhwinder Singh Basami as general secretary of Manch, Bibi Sukhwinder Bawa as convener of Women’s Wing of manch, Jagjeevan Singh Gharib, Ashok Varmani, Mani Khiva, Swaranjit Singh was appointed Secretary Manch. Bawa and Lovely said the 29th “Dhiyan Da Lohri Mela” will be held on January 11 at Guru Nanak Bhawan, while a seminar on “Memories of Jasowal” will be held on January 10. He said this time there is great enthusiasm among Punjabis regarding the ‘Lohri Mela’ and the audience, artists and guests from the country and abroad will participate in the event. He said like every year, 125 girls born in 2024 will celebrate Lohri with them. Various giddha, bhangra, musical performance would be presented. PHOTO: INDERJEET VERMA the BKU (Kadian). Veerpal Singh Dhillon further added that many farmers who had directly sown their wheat crop without burning stubble had to sow again their wheat crop after insect attack. All such farmers should be given compensation of Rs 5,000 per acre. 2 booked for sexual assault Ludhiana, December 8 A five-year-old child and a 12year-old girl was sexually exploited in the city. Two separate cases were yesterday registered by the city police. The first case was registered by the Tibba police station against Sahil Kumar, a resident of Chadarlok colony. The complainant, victim’s mother, told the police that her daughter and Sahil were friends. On December 5, the accused took her daughter to a under-construction shop and raped her. The accused had also told her daughter to not reveal about sexual exploitation to anyone and threatened her of dire consequences. An investigation has been launched in the case. The second case was registered against Kapeshwar Giri. Complainant, victim’s mother, alleged that on December 6, the accused was trying to molest her daughter in his room. The police said raids were being conducted to nab the accused. — TNS