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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…
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Farm laws should be repealed: Punjab soil scientist who rejected national award
Ludhiana: The new farm Acts are not in the interests of farmers and they should be repealed, said Dr.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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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Fire at quilt shop injures woman in Ludhiana
Ludhiana: A woman suffered serious injuries in a major fire at a quilt store in Arya Mohalla area here on Thursday morning. According to a fire department official, the fire broke out…
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Punjab: Over 4.5 kg heroin recovered near Indo-Pak border
Ludhiana: In a joint operation, Ludhiana Special Task Force (STF) and Ludhiana Rural Police have recovered over four-and-a-half kg heroin near the India-Pakistan border. The 4 kg and 510 grams heroin, worth…
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Two killed, 12 hurt in blast at Ludhiana iron furnace unit
Ludhiana: Two labourers were killed and 12 others injured in a blast in an iron furnace unit in Punjab’s Ludhiana town, police said. The injured, most of them migrant workers, were rushed…
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Retd SI thrashed to death by another policeman in Punjab
Ludhiana: A retired sub-inspector was allegedly beaten to death by a retired policeman and his family over some petty issue in Aman Nagar of Ludhiana on Sunday. The deceased’s family said that…
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2 injured as fire engulfs cycle parts manufacturing factory in Ludhiana
Ludhiana: Two people were injured after a fire broke out at a cycle parts manufacturing factory at 5, Focal Point Road here on Friday. The building of the factory later collapsed. Fire…
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Punjab: 100 years old Mosque lies abandoned for want of worshipers
By Syed Ali Mujtaba, The 100 years old mosque in village Hedon Bet, Machhiwara Tehsil in Ludhiana still stands tall, despite zero Muslim population in the village. The Mosque that was built…
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Fire breaks out at three garment factories in Ludhiana, no casualties
Ludhiana: A massive fire broke out at three garment factories on Noorwala road here on Friday. No causalities have been reported so far. The cause of the fire is yet to be…
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Bus carrying pilgrims overturns, several injured
Ludhiana: A bus carrying pilgrims turned turtle in Ludhiana district’s Doraha in the early hours of Monday, injuring over a dozen passengers. The injured were rushed to the Civil Hospital. Those seriously…
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Ludhiana battles heatwave conditions, temp reaches 44 degree Celsius
Ludhiana: Scorching heat wave conditions has not only gripped the national capital but also Punjab’s Ludhiana. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum and maximum temperatures in Ludhiana are hovering…
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Fire breaks out in Ludhiana cycle factory
Ludhiana: A fire broke out in a cycle factory at Daba road here on Monday. “Fire tenders have been rushed to the spot and no casualties have been reported in the incident,”…
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Fire breaks out in stubble near Bhatia village in Ludhiana
Ludhiana: A fire broke out in stubble near Bhatia village in Ludhiana on Monday leading to smoke spreading over a large area in the vicinity. The stubble was kept at an open…
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Punjab: Man nabbed with 50-gram heroin
Ludhiana (Punjab): The Ludhiana unit of Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a man with 550-gram of heroin on Tuesday night, police said. The accused has been identified as a resident of…
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Shocker: Nephew rapes, kills 7-YO minor
Ludhiana: First kidnapped by a known member and later raped, brutally killed has traumatized a seven-year-old minor’s mother in Doraha town. The minor was raped by none other than her father’s relative…
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Army job racket: 36 booked in Ludhiana
Ludhiana: As many as 36 people were booked for allegedly submitting fake documents in the ongoing Army recruitment rally in Ludhiana on Sunday. In addition, the Army recruitment office found that a…
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Ludhiana gang rape: Punjab Police arrests all six accused
Ludhiana: The Punjab Police on Thursday said that all six accused in the gang rape of a 21-year-old woman in Ludhiana district have been arrested. Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Dinkar…
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Woman gang-raped by 12 near Ludhiana, police conduct raids
Chandigarh: The Punjab Police on Monday conducted raids at various places in Ludhiana district after a young woman alleged she was gang-raped by 12 men at a farmhouse near Jagraon town after…
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Heavy rains, hailstorm damage crops in northern India
New Delhi: Hundreds of acres of crops were damaged after a hailstorm hit northern India recently. Light to heavy rainfall had lashed several northern states on Thursday with Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh,…
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14 dead in Ludhiana due to swine flu
Ludhiana: Swine flu cases in the country are on the rise with as many as 14 people dead in Punjab’s Ludhiana district till now. “We have received 69 suspect cases so far…
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