Ludhiana: Local authorities have moved to freeze the salaries of dozens of striking govt schoolteachers who failed to report for national census duty, threatening to lock them out of their classrooms as well.The Ludhiana municipal corporation has asked the district education officer (DEO) take quick disciplinary action against 80 education department employees who skipped the…
After arresting two alleged hitmen on May 17, the Ludhiana cops and counter-intelligence units on Saturday seized two hand grenades and arrested two more suspects linked to a major foreign-based terror-gangster syndicate plotting these high-profile assassinations Ludhiana: The interception of a “hit squad” in Punjab has exposed the reach of a deadly diaspora crime network…
According to the complainant, the accused initially confessed to the poisoning when confronted directly, which led the activists to approach law enforcement. Ludhiana: The Salem Tabri police have booked a man from Husainpura village for allegedly poisoning three stray dogs—a female and its two puppies. The accused, identified as Sukhwinder Singh, faces criminal charges under…
Ludhiana: District magistrate Himanshu Jain has imposed Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, around all 14 examination centres in the district to ensure the peaceful conduct of the UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination on Sunday, May 24. The prohibitory orders ban the assembly of four or more people within a 100-metre…
Ludhiana: Four mechanics repairing a broken-down tractor-trailer on Chandigarh Road were injured critically on Friday night when a speeding tipper truck rammed them from behind near Vardhman Park.Passersby alerted emergency services, and the victims—Jaswant Singh, Nathuram, Sheera, and Surjeet Singh—were rushed to a hospital with severe fractures and spinal trauma. Two others sustained minor injuries.The…
Ludhiana: Local authorities are deploying emergency water tankers to desperate neighbourhoods as an uncoordinated mix of unscheduled blackouts and administrative gridlock over automated prepaid electricity meters cripples municipal pumping stations.It’s a summer of punishing heat in this industrial hubs of Punjab. Ludhiana’s municipal grid relies on 1,400-odd deep-well tube pumps to extract more than 600…
Ludhiana: Riot police were deployed to a major national highway on Saturday after furious residents blocked traffic for two hours to protest against a prolonged municipal water and power failure that has left thousands without drinking water during a severe heatwave.The escalating gridlock in Punjab’s largest industrial hub underscores how crumbling civic infrastructure and a…
Ludhiana: Local hospitals report a surge in heatstroke admissions, including severe pediatric and geriatric cases, as a prolonged heatwave pushes local emergency networks to their limits.The spike in climate-induced medical emergencies has prompted leading critical care specialists to issue urgent public health warnings, as overstretched power grids leave vulnerable families without air conditioning during the…
Ludhiana: A major fire tore through a forest area near Mand Jodhwal village on Saturday, destroying numerous trees and threatening local wildlife habitats.Alerted by rising smoke, firefighters rushed to the scene but were blocked from entering the dense interior by inaccessible terrain. Responders initially extended long hose lines deep into the woods, but when water…
The lack of a formal dog census has emerged as a major bottleneck for Ludhiana’s Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme. Ludhiana: The municipal corporation is awaiting directives from the local bodies department before implementing the recent Supreme Court order to remove stray dogs from key public places. While animal birth control measures are ongoing and…
