The meet featured track and field competitions across U-14, U-16, U-18, and U-20 age categories for both boys and girls. Ludhiana: Over 1,600 young athletes from across Punjab participated in the 101st Punjab State Junior Athletics Championship 2026, which concluded at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana.Organised by the District Athletics Association under the Punjab…
100 grams of black carrot contains approximately 73 mg of phenolic compounds, 50 mg of calcium, and 1.1 mg of iron. Ludhiana: Experts at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) have developed shelf-stable jam and chutney from nutrient-rich black carrots, extending the availability of the short-season winter crop throughout the year.Developed by PAU’s department of food…
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…
Traffic management measures include rerouting heavy traffic away from high-density stretches via diversions at Jalandhar Bypass, Vishwakarma Chowk, and other strategic points. Traffic personnel deployed across these junctions will reroute vehicles dynamically based on traffic flow. Ludhiana: Ludhiana police have released a traffic and security plan for the religious event “Ek Shaam Shiv Ke Naam,”…
Officials and students planted fruit-bearing saplings around the university hostels to strengthen PAU’s “Clean and Green Campus” campaign and dedicate the modernised facilities to students and the farming community Ludhiana: Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) held a special function to mark the inauguration of campus-wide infrastructure developments, including widened roads, a renovated library, and upgraded basic…
The district-level event will feature Punjab finance, planning, programme implementation, taxation and excise, and transport minister Harpal Singh Cheema as the chief guest, who will hoist the national tricolour. Ludhiana: Deputy commissioner Himanshu Jain inspected the full dress rehearsal for the 80th Independence Day celebrations at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) grounds, ensuring administrative and…
Ludhiana: Five days after the murder of Harjinder Singh, alias Harry, in Swatantra Nagar, police managed to get the autopsy conducted after persuading his protesting family members. According to the report, the victim suffered two bullet injuries, fractures in both legs and an arm, besides injuries to the head and abdomen. One of the bullets…
Ludhiana: A 3 years old girl was run over by an auto-rickshaw near Dholewal chowk. The girl’s mother works at a cycle parts factory where she would take her daughter along. While the mother was working, the toddler, Manat Praveen, wandered outside the premises while playing and was run over by the auto. Police have…
Ludhiana: Three Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers from Sangrur died after their car fell into a pond near Bassian village on Raikot Road early on Thursday. Two other occupants survived the accident.The victims were travelling from Nakodar to Sangrur. According to Ludhiana Rural police, the accident occurred when the driver allegedly swerved to avoid a…
The expansion aims to resolve a severe environmental bottleneck at Haibowal, where over 35,000 cattle generate roughly 400 metric tonnes per day (MTPD) of dung. Ludhiana: Ending a nearly four-year delay, chief minister Bhagwant Mann will lay the foundation stone for a second compressed biogas (CBG) plant at the Haibowal Dairy Complex on Friday.The project…
