Representational image of a crippling attack on a judoka by bike-jackers Ludhiana: The Division Number 8 police arrested four drug addicts on Wednesday on the charges of robbing national-level judo player Aman Sharma on June 7.The cops said this gang — of Karan, Teerath Singh, Akash Kumar, and Rohan Kumar — had attacked Sharma near…
Ludhiana: A strike by contract employees of Punbus grounded more than 90 state-run buses in the district, stranding hundreds of commuters in scorching heat.The disruption disproportionately impacted women, who widely utilise Punjab’s free transit policy for female passengers and chose to wait long hours rather than pay for private transport.Bus union vice-president Sukhwinder Singh said…
A gas-fractured New Mayapuri road in Ludhiana being repaired on Wednesday Ludhiana: Extreme summer heat and trapped underground gases are suspected to have caused a reinforced cement concrete (RCC) road to fracture and rupture in the city’s New Mayapuri area on Tuesday.The incident, which occurred near a sewer manhole in Ward 66, is the third…
Ludhiana: A local court has halted the autopsy of a Ludhiana Central Jail inmate who died by suspected suicide after authorities failed to locate any trace of his family.Security staff had found the body of Sukhwinder Singh, of Batala, Gurdaspur, inside a prison washroom at about 6.30am on Tuesday and claimed it hanged from a…
Ludhiana: Police suspect an insider ring helped a former digital marketing executive embezzle 632 bicycles worth ₹29 lakh from a manufacturing giant.The Sahnewal police filed a first-information report (FIR) against Rajan Pandey of Giaspura after an internal corporate audit revealed that hundreds of bicycles marked as online customer returns had never arrived back at the…
Ludhiana: A 70-year-old man, Sukhdev Singh, died on Wednesday from injuries sustained while intervening in a village land dispute at Bonkar Gujjran on May 22.Assailants had rammed a tractor into him before attacking him with spades and sticks. He died during hospital treatment in Ludhiana.Alleging police inaction, the septuagenarian’s family is refusing to perform the…
Jagraon Bridge Chowk and Durga Mata Mandir Chowk are two of the most dangerous intersections in Ludhiana Jagraon Bridge Chowk and Durga Mata Mandir Chowk are two of the most dangerous intersections in Ludhiana Jagraon Bridge Chowk and Durga Mata Mandir Chowk are two of the most dangerous intersections in Ludhiana Jagraon Bridge Chowk and…
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AI-generated representational image of a jewellery theft Ludhiana: A thief used a classic distraction technique to steal a five-tola gold jewellery set from a Chaura Bazaar store on Tuesday.The suspect had scouted the Pindi Street business the previous day, pretending to select a high-value item for purchase. Upon returning, he engaged the owner, Aatma Prakash,…
