Seven extra folks examined constructive for Covid within the district on Saturday, pushing the overall tally of infections to 1,09,909.

While 1,07,601 of the overall quantity have recovered, as many as 2,280 succumbed to the virus.

At current, there are 28 lively instances within the district, all of whom are below house isolation.

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Inebriated friends commerce kicks and punches at marriage ceremony, video grabs eyeballs

Ludhiana

High drama was seen at a marriage after a number of inebriated friends, together with girls, indulged in a scuffle exterior an inn close to the Mini Rose Garden on Wednesday.

The police needed to be known as to interrupt up the struggle, and a video of the incident was broadly circulated on social media. The friends may very well be seen buying and selling kicks and punches. Later, the friends settled the matter amicably and didn’t lodge an FIR.

The groom hails from Jalandhar, whereas the bride is a metropolis resident. Inspector Kulwant Singh, Division 2 SHO stated, “We didn’t obtain a grievance from anyone. We will lodge an FIR if a proper grievance is made.”

Fraudster held for debit card swap, 70k withdrawal

Ludhiana

A person was arrested for stealing 70,000 from the account of a 31-year-old girl after swapping her debit card in an ATM kiosk on the pretext of serving to her withdraw cash on Saturday.

The complainant, Rajni Bala, 31, of Inder Vihar Colony, stated she had gone to withdraw cash from an ATM on Noorwala Road together with her pal Shalu. However, she had hassle with the transaction.The accused, Gaurav Kumar of New Amar Nagar, supplied to assist her, and unbeknown to her swapped her debit card with a faux one. Later, he withdraw 70,000 from her account in two transactions.

The investigating officer, ASI Harcharan Singh, stated the accused was recognized with the assistance of CCTV footage. A case was registered below Section 380 (theft in dwelling home) and 420 (dishonest) of the Indian Penal Code.

The ASI stated the accused had additionally defrauded a number of different folks in an analogous method. “Kumar would look for ATM kiosks without security guards, and would lurk around them looking for targets. He mostly duped the elderly and labourers. To avoid capture, he kept changing his area of ​​operation after scamming a few people.”

ninth Sub-Junior Punjab Baseball Championship: Ludhiana women carry house the bacon

Ludhiana

The district women’ staff beat Malerkotla 9-2 to clinch the title within the ninth Sub-Junior Punjab Baseball Championship, held by Punjab Baseball Association at Government Senior Secondary Girls School, Gill village, on Saturday, the concluding day of the two-day match.

A complete of 12 groups took half within the championship.

While within the first semi-finals match, Ludhiana overpowered Moga 13-12, within the second semi-final conflict, Malerkotla defeated Ropar 10 -2.

Moga outperformed Ropar 1-0 to clinch the third spot.