Ludhiana | Man rapes former classmate, booked

The sadar police have booked a man for raping his former classmate in Guru Nanak Colony

The sadar police have booked a man for raping his former classmate in Guru Nanak Colony. The accused has been identified as Manmeet Singh of Guru Nanak Colony. The girl stated that the accused was her good friend and also lived nearby. She added that when she was alone at home on May 28, he raped her.

Victim was alone at home in Ludhiana on May 28, when the man raped her. (HT FILE)

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Wife, four other booked for abetment after auto driver ends life

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PAU student awarded scholarship by Oz varsity

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Mansi Goyal, a student of MSc chemistry (2018 batch), Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has been awarded supervisor scholarship and QUT tuition fee sponsorship by the School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

Goyal has been awarded the scholarship for pursuing PhD with an annual stipend of AU$ 28,854 for three years. She will work on “Transforming organic wastes from red meat processing into engineered hydrochars for soil amendment”.

Goyal did her master’s under the guidance of Ramandeep Kaur Mankoo, assistant professor, department of chemistry, PAU.