Addressing the gathering here, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann stated that the youthpresent at the event took a historic step by overcoming addiction afterlosing everything to drugs. Ludhiana: Claiming to take his govt’s decisive ‘Yudh Nashean Virudh’ to thenext level, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Saturday launchedthe ‘Soorma’ (Warrior) campaign and honoured “recovered youth”…
Sources said that the woman, a resident of avatar Nagar on Lalheri Road in Khanna, developed labour pains late on Friday night. Ludhiana: In an incident which highlights lack of awareness about crucial health services, a pregnant woman delivered a baby in an auto rickshaw before the family could reach the labour room of Khanna…
The 4am assault at Chowkiman toll plaza, Ferozepur Road, on Friday Ludhiana: A brutal assault captured on CCTV has exposed a growing wave of violent tax evasion targeting highway workers.Five toll-tax evaders bashed up a night-shift employee, Harjit Singh, who had refused to let them bypass Ferozepur Road’s Chowkiman plaza early on Friday. The men…
Road collapse at Saggu Chowk in Ludhiana Ludhiana: Political bickering over a trenchless sewer project has left motorists driving over dangerous subterranean voids.Three years ago, the municipal corporation proposed this system to replace the city’s failing, century-old brick drainage network. The ₹154-crore plan specifically targeted the highly vulnerable DMC Road stretch from Saggu Chowk to…
A crew from the municipal corporation on the site of a road collapse at Saggu Chowk in Ludhiana on Friday Ludhiana: A major road near Saggu Chowk collapsed fifth time in four years on Friday morning, leaving a 4.5-m-deep void in commuter safety with road-wrecker monsoon at the city’s door.A nearby hotel security guard discovered…
A crew from the municipal corporation on the site of a road collapse at Saggu Chowk in Ludhiana on Friday Ludhiana: A major road near Saggu Chowk collapsed fifth time in four years on Friday morning, leaving a 4.5-m-deep void in commuter safety with road-wrecker monsoon at the city’s door.A nearby hotel security guard discovered…
Ludhiana: It took seven fire tenders making around 200 rounds to douse a massive fire that broke out in a textile unit at Kailash Nagar in Sherpur late on Wednesday night.The struggle to control the conflagration went on for nearly 19 hours. Flames spread through the entire unit, destroying the huge stock of raw material…
Shariq.Majeed@timesofindia.comLudhiana: Snakebite cases have been reported at the civil hospital amid the hot weather, with over 10 persons reporting for treatment. Hospital staff assured that they have adequate stock of anti-snake venom.A few cases of snakebite have been received at private hospitals of the district.According to the data related to snakebites gathered from the civil…
The campaign is running across schools, colleges, and medical centers through a mix of poster exhibitions, counselling sessions, and community rallies. Ludhiana: The Ludhiana health department has launched a district-wide drug de-addiction awareness week as part of the Punjab govt’s Yuddh Nashian Virudh (war against drugs) campaign. Led by civil surgeon Dr Ramandeep Kaur, the…
With the rainy season fast approaching, MC chief Ojasvi Alankar ordered officials to clear any hurdles affecting the main dump yard before the monsoons hit. Ludhiana: Municipal commissioner Ojasvi Alankar inspected the civic body’s main garbage dump site on Tajpur Road to review ongoing solid waste management projects. During the visit, the commissioner evaluated current…
