The primary catalyst for the adjustment was a massive price hike in May, where the cost of a 19kg commercial cylinder surged by ₹993, driving the total price up to ₹3,154 Ludhiana: A sharp increase in the price of commercial liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders has forced restaurants, sweet shops, and roadside food carts across…
Ludhiana: A record-breaking 20.2 mm of rainfall has triggered a dramatic drop in temperatures across this city offering residents rare respite from the region’s intense summer heatwave.The 24-hour deluge, which concluded Saturday morning, marks the city’s highest single-day rainfall volume in recent weeks. The weather system dragged the maximum day temperature down to a chilly…
Ludhiana: A record-breaking 20.2 mm of rainfall has triggered a dramatic drop in temperatures across this city offering residents rare respite from the region’s intense summer heatwave.The 24-hour deluge, which concluded Saturday morning, marks the city’s highest single-day rainfall volume in recent weeks. The weather system dragged the maximum day temperature down to a chilly…
Ludhiana’s overwhelmed drainage system Ludhiana: The city applies pre-monsoon band-aids while its crumbling, decades-old drainage system continues to submerge entire suburbs.Cash-strapped municipal authorities are turning to university-designed underground retention cells to combat chronic monsoon flooding, but residents face another year of chaos before the trial goes live.Fund crisis has blocked the construction of a city-wide…
A transformer down with a power pole after a stormy night in Ludhiana. Weed being removed from a swollen Buddha Dariya in Ludhiana A transformer down with a power pole after a stormy night in Ludhiana. Weed being removed from a swollen Buddha Dariya in Ludhiana A transformer down with a power pole after a…
Water logged near Kundanpuri bridge in Ludhiana on Saturday Weed being removed from a swollen Buddha Dariya in Ludhian Water logged near Kundanpuri bridge in Ludhiana on Saturday Weed being removed from a swollen Buddha Dariya in Ludhian Water logged near Kundanpuri bridge in Ludhiana on Saturday Ludhiana: A sudden midnight deluge has cast serious…
GST scam, representational image Ludhiana: The state GST (goods and services tax) department has registered police complaints against three local firms, accusing them of cheating and forgery.The first case was filed at the Daba police station after inspectors discovered a company had used falsified identification documents to secure an official GST registration number fraudulently.Separately, the…
Ludhiana: A brazen thief was captured on security cameras praying to a temple deity before breaking open the donation box and stealing the cash inside.The man struck the temple in Ludhiana’s Prem Nagar area in the afternoon, timing the heist to coincide with the priest’s lunch break. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage showed the suspect had…
Representational image of an empty classroom Ludhiana: A couple charged with running a fake CBSE senior secondary school with 600 students for five years and outsourcing its final-year students to rival institutes to cover up a lack of credentials is on the run.Surinder Singla and his wife, Anita Singla, had hoodwinked Punjab’s transient workers into…
The targeted drive focused on eliminating stagnant water found in discarded tyres, scrap material, and storage containers. Ludhiana: The district health department on Friday launched an anti-dengue campaign targeting high-risk breeding grounds across Ludhiana, including Punjab Roadways workshops, PRTC bus depots, and adjoining junkyards. Field teams inspected 9,422 houses and checked 21,843 water containers across…
