Ludhiana: The municipal corporation is unable to trace lease agreements of several prime civic properties allotted to educational institutions, trusts and other organisations, an RTI reply has revealed, raising questions over record management and monitoring of public assets worth crores.The disclosure came in response to an RTI application filed by city-based activist Rohit Sabharwal, who…
Ludhiana: Panic gripped residents of Gagan Vihar in Haibowal after a 28-year-old woman, her three-year-old daughter and her 15-year-old sister-in-law went missing from their home on June 27.Police said the trio has been traced to Haridwar in Uttarakhand and a team has been dispatched to bring them back and ascertain the circumstances under which they…
To prevent waterlogging, the civic body has prioritised clearing key internal municipal channels, including the Barewal, Dhoka Mohalla, and Domoria Bridge drains. Ludhiana: With the monsoon at the doorstep, the Ludhiana municipal corporation (MC) is racing against tight deadlines to patch potholes, clear road gulleys, and desilt choked drainage networks. While the civic body missed…
The conflict traces back to June 25, when masked assailants shot at a realtor’s house in Shimlapuri’s Guru Gobind Singh Nagar Ludhiana: The brazen gunpoint abduction and assault of a local resident in city’s Sector 32 market was a targeted retaliation for a previous shooting incident, police investigations revealed. While the victim, Shubham Manchanda, was…
The delays have persisted since the academic admission cycle in March, when education department officials initially announced that chief minister Bhagwant Mann would inaugurate the institutes Ludhiana: The inauguration of two premier schools of eminence (SOEs) in Millerganj and Kidwai Nagar remains stalled even as all other govt schools across Punjab prepare to reopen on…
Ludhiana: Punjab’s industry has come out strongly against PSPCL’s decision to impose night-time power restrictions from 10 pm to 6 am on Category-II and Category-III industrial feeders, warning that the move could disrupt production, delay export orders and increase manufacturing costs at a time when businesses are already grappling with rising input costs and weak…
The incident occurred near the Y-Block market on Panj Peer Road. Nilesh, a local labourer, was returning home from work when his cousin Pawan arrived on a motorcycle to pick him up Ludhiana: Four unidentified bike-borne robbers brutally stabbed two cousins and snatched a silver chain after a failed mobile phone snatching attempt in Ludhiana’s…
Special safety protocols are being extended to vulnerable villages situated along the Satluj Ludhiana: The district administration has placed all govt departments on high alert and ordered strict inter-agency coordination to fortify flood defences ahead of the monsoon. Deputy commissioner Himanshu Jain reviewed preparedness plans from the municipal corporation, drainage department, irrigation department, National Disaster…
The incident took place while the home owner, Rajinder Singh Dhawan, was in Thailand with his family Ludhiana: A domestic helper masterminded a targeted robbery at a prominent builder’s house in Rajguru Nagar, stealing cash and gold. Police have arrested the mastermind and one accomplice from Delhi, while two other co-accused managed to cross the…
Ludhiana: Police suspect an insider was involved in the murder of a 52-year-old lawyer and school operator who was found dead in his city home early on Monday.The advocate who also ran a middle school from his property was found on the ground floor of his house with his throat slit. Police were alerted at…
