Ludhiana: Political activity has intensified ahead of the MC general house meeting on Aug 25, where councillors will elect two members to Finance and Contracts Committee (F&CC), a key panel responsible for taking major financial and administrative decisions of the civic body.While one of the two seats is expected to go to the ruling Aam…
Ludhiana: An alleged road-rage incident at Phullanwal Chowk on Thursday took an alarming turn when a property dealer allegedly opened fire from his licensed revolver after being attacked by a group of men, leaving one of the alleged assailants injured.Property dealer Joy, a resident of Phullanwal, was travelling towards the market in an SUV with…
TNNLudhiana: A Ludhiana businessman and his family members have allegedly received repeated extortion threats from foreign mobile numbers, with the caller claiming to be gangster Goldy Dhillon and threatening to abduct his children and other family members, if his demand was not met.Taking the matter seriously, the Sadar police have registered a case and launched…
Ludhiana: A group of residents on Neela Jhanda Road alleged that three youths hurled glass bottles at them following an altercation over loud music and rash driving late Wednesday night. Police said the rival party had also submitted a complaint against the residents.According to area resident Jasbir Singh, a few youths regularly drove through the…
Ludhiana: What was supposed to be a routine administrative arrangement has sparked political tension in the municipal corporation. It started with senior deputy mayor Rakesh Prashar taking charge as officiating mayor in the absence of mayor Inderjit Kaur, who is out of town.The work arrangement warped into a show of covert strength, with Prashar using…
CCTV captures 3 shots in 3 seconds at Ludhiana pizza outlet LUDHIANA: CCTV footage from inside the Pizza outlet in J-Block, BRS Nagar, has surfaced, showing two people sitting and talking when a young man wearing a hat entered the premises along with his companion.Moments after entering, one of the accused allegedly pulled out a…
While 1.65 lakh trees were classified as healthy, the report highlighted 32,876 mechanically cut trees as evidence of illegal felling. Ludhiana: Punjab’s first comprehensive tree census has mapped 2,00,000 trees across 46 municipal wards in Ludhiana, revealing a predominantly young canopy and flagging widespread illegal felling with nearly 33,000 mechanically cut trees.Ordered by the National…
Principal acarologist-cum-HOD of entomology Dr Manmeet Brar Bhullar contributed the funds in memory of her father to strengthen the department’s academic and research infrastructure Ludhiana: Dr Manmeet Brar Bhullar, principal acarologist-cum-head of the department of entomology at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has donated ₹25 lakh for the modernisation and upgradation of the PAU National Insect…
Ludhiana: The Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Memorial Trust entered the seventh day of a hunger strike on Tuesday, threatening a fast unto death over demands to rename the railway station and complete a road to the freedom fighter’s birthplace.Protesters want the state govt to complete a 100m road connecting Chaura Bazaar to the memorial site. Trust…
Responding to the issue, MC officials assured that the site would be reinspected Ludhiana: Street food stalls have re-encroached footpaths near Guru Nanak Stadium and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) training centre, just a week after the Ludhiana municipal corporation (MC) cleared the pedestrian walkways.The swift return of temporary food stalls and roadside parking…
