Dense black smoke and extreme heat hampered the firefighting efforts, though Sunday’s light traffic eased the movement of emergency vehicles Ludhiana: A major fire broke out in a garment printing unit on Bahadur Ke Road on Sunday afternoon, gutting machinery and a large stock of materials. No casualties or injuries were reported in the incident.Fire…
Alfalfa, also known as lucerne, is a protein-rich perennial forage crop popular in overseas markets like the US and cultivated in Indian states like Gujarat and Rajasthan Ludhiana: To support Punjab’s expanding horse-breeding sector, the Punjab Agro Industries Corporation (PAIC) has initiated trial cultivation of alfalfa hay at its Ladowal farm to test its local…
The Integrated Textile & Apparel Development Centre (ITADC), run by the Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA) near Cheema Chowk, currently operates with just two contractual staff members Ludhiana: A central govt-supported textile facility meant to empower Ludhiana’s vast garment industry is struggling to stay afloat due to dilapidated infrastructure, non-functional machinery, and acute staff…
Delivering the Mohan Singh Memorial Lecture, Dr Jaswinder Singh, professor of Eminence at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, stated that society needed honest politicians in keeping with the late poet’s vision Ludhiana: The Punjabi Sahit Akademi organised a seminar and poetry recital to mark the 121st birth anniversary of celebrated poet Mohan Singh.Delivering the Mohan…
The Rose Garden library building, with its broken windowpanes, no doors and construction material lying scattered at the site, awaits completion in Ludhiana The Rose Garden library building, with its broken windowpanes, no doors and construction material lying scattered at the site, awaits completion in Ludhiana The Rose Garden library building, with its broken windowpanes,…
Ludhiana: Three months after a love marriage, a marital dispute landed a couple in legal trouble after a woman allegedly left her matrimonial home with her husband’s licensed pistol and cartridges.On the complaint of Chitvanpal Singh (32), a car trader from Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar on Pakhowal Road, Dugri police registered a case against his…
Ludhiana: In a major twist in the Oct 3 murder of former Mannewal sarpanch Navtej Singh, Ludhiana police have arrested a father-son duo and ruled out the involvement of the victim’s cousin and other relatives who were initially booked in the case.CIA-1 officials said Navtej Singh, who was gunned down by two motorcycle-borne assailants near…
Bullets inside beating hearts: How PGIMER in Chandigarh pulled it off Chandigarh: Most of us would assume a bullet trapped inside a beating heart is an instant death sentence. Yet we have two live, walking examples.When two gunshot victims arrived at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) with live rounds embedded…
Ludhiana: Nearly 190 govt middle schools in Ludhiana district are functioning without dedicated sports, art and craft, and computer teachers, forcing existing staff to take on multiple roles and raising concerns over the quality of co-curricular and skill-based education.Teachers and education department officials said most middle schools catering to Classes VI to VIII are operating…
Ludhiana: A peon employed at a private school in Ludhiana was arrested for molesting a 16-year-old student inside the school premises. Police have registered a case under Section 75 of the BNS and relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.According to the complaint lodged by the girl’s mother, the student…
