Ludhiana
- India
Agnipath protesters vandalise Ludhiana railway station
Ludhiana: Agitators protesting against the Centre’s new Agnipath recruitment scheme for armed forces on Saturday vandalised Punjab’s Ludhiana railway station. The police said that CCTV footage is available and they are identifying…
- India
Explosion in Ludhiana district court complex; 2 killed
Ludhiana: An explosion in the district court complex here on Thursday left two people dead and three injured, police said. The explosion took place in the washroom of the second floor of…
- Real Estate
I-T searches carried out on Ludhiana-based real estate developers
New Delhi: The Income Tax Department has carried out search and seizure operations on two major real estate developers of Ludhiana in Punjab. Accordingly, the searches were conducted on November 16 at…
- India
Preparations underway for COVID-19 vaccine dry run in Punjab, AP
Ludhiana: Preparations are underway in Punjab and Andhra Pradesh for a dry run of the COVID-19 vaccination programme that will be held in four states on Monday. Punjab: Preparations underway at Dayanand…
- India
Farm laws should be repealed: Punjab soil scientist who rejected national award
Ludhiana: The new farm Acts are not in the interests of farmers and they should be repealed, said Dr. Vardinderpal Singh, Principal Soil Scientist at Department of Soil Sciences, Punjab Agricultural University…
- Crime
Two arrested for ATM frauds in Ludhiana
Ludhiana: Two persons have been arrested in Ludhiana for allegedly duping several people of lakhs of rupees by replacing their ATM cards on the pretext of helping them in making banking transactions at…
- India
Ludhiana farmers, Congress workers carry out ‘tractor protest’
Ludhiana: Several farmers and Congress workers held a ‘tractor protest’ at Mullanpur Dakha in Ludhiana on Wednesday against the passage of the agriculture Bills in the Parliament. Tractors queued up and slowly moved in…
- India
Ludhiana’s cycle industry falls down due to labour shortage
Ludhiana: The bicycle manufactures in Ludhiana are unable to meet the rising demand and recover the losses faced during the nationwide lockdown due to shortage of labour in the state. “The cycle…
- India
Five of family injured in LPG cylinder blast in Ludhiana
Ludhiana: Five members of a family, including a couple and their three children, suffered burn injuries after an LPG blast”>cylinder blast in lane number 8, near Ludhiana Basti Jodhewal on Monday. “A couple and their three children…
- Crime
2 members of Babbar Khalsa held in Delhi
New Delhi: Two suspected members of banned terrorist group Babbar Khalsa International have been arrested following a brief exchange of fire in northwest Delhi, police said on Monday. The accused have been identified…
- India
Septuagenarian pulls 10-tonne truck to motivate youth to quit drugs
Ludhiana: After two months’ practice, a 75-year-old Nihang, an armed Sikh warrior, pulled a 10-tonne truck using a rope tied to his shoulders to convey a message to youth to stay away…
- India
Locals beat up health worker who pursued them for COVID-19 test
Ludhiana: Locals beat up a health worker when he went to a village in the Dehlon Police Station area of Ludhiana to motivate symptomatic people to get tested for COVID-19 on Thursday. In…
- Crime and Accident
Vegetable seller killed in Ludhiana
Ludhiana: A 35-year-old vegetable seller was allegedly stabbed to death by three unidentified men in Chander Nagar here on Wednesday, police said. Ramu, a native of Uttar Pradesh, was stopped by three assailants…
- Crime
2 dead, 3 injured after being hit by train in Ludhiana
Ludhiana: Two people were killed and three were seriously injured after being mowed down by a train while they were attempting to cross the closed Gyaspura railway level crossing here on Saturday,…
- India
Ludhiana joins protests against CAA, NRC
Ludhiana: After the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) became Act, many sections of the society took out protest rallies against the law and the proposed nation-wide National Register of Citizens (NRC). Protests are…
