Ludhiana: Police have charged a man with rape and criminal intimidation after he allegedly blackmailed a woman using explicit photographs.The suspect met the victim on social media in 2025, assaulted her at a hotel, and captured compromising media. He then used the images to coerce her into further sexual abuse.After the woman married and moved…
BJP national president Nitin Nabin addressed party workers in Ludhiana on Sunday, vowing to eradicate drug abuse and revive Punjab’s industry Ludhiana: Punjab’s primary manufacturing hub is leveraging a high-profile political visit to lobby the central govt for sweeping infrastructure upgrades to protect its status as a global export competitor.Local business leaders presented a targeted…
Shooting spree, a representational image Ludhiana: A dispute over a tiny ₹10,000 micro-loan escalated into an attempted massacre in Giaspura early Sunday morning when a young debtor and his gang opened fire on a local family, wounding four.The targets — local financiers Jasjeet Singh, 45, his wife Sarabjit Kaur, 43, brother Rajveer Singh, 40, and…
The bus on fire near Khanna in Ludhiana district on Sunday Khanna: Up to 100 passengers, including women and children, narrowly escaped death on Sunday when an interstate sleeper bus erupted in flames on the Ludhiana-Delhi national highway.The vehicle was travelling from Ludhiana to Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh when a fire broke out near…
Traffic held up as BJP president Nitin Nabin arrives in Ludhiana Ludhiana: Commuters faced widespread gridlock and severe transit delays across Ludhiana on Sunday after a major political rally effectively monopolised the city’s primary arterial roads.Traffic collapsed entirely near the Jalandhar Bypass intersection as police diverted mainline traffic into narrow service lanes to accommodate welcoming…
Waiting parents faced hours stranded outside NEET centres in Ludhiana without shade or water Ludhiana: Hundreds of parents were left stranded on sidewalks in dangerous heatwave conditions without water, seating, or shade while their children sat the country’s most gruelling medical entrance test all over again.An estimated 5,300 candidates wrote the National Eligibility cum Entrance…
Strict security checks at testing gates delayed medical aspirants under a punishing monsoon heatwave at Re-NEET centres in Ludhiana on Sunday Ludhiana: Thousands of medical aspirants across India faced a gruelling test of adaptability on Sunday as a surprise shift in subject difficulty blindsided candidates sitting for the re-conducted National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).The…
Water chlorination missing in Ludhiana, a representational image Ludhiana: A delayed rollout of water chlorination systems leaves thousands in this city exposed to contaminated supply as the rainy season begins.Civic officials rush to secure water treatment tenders after leaving 77% of city pumps unchlorinated. Only 329 of the city’s 1,371 municipal tube wells — about…
Parked truck, a representational image Ludhiana: A neighbourhood feud over parking a commercial truck escalated into a violent riot in Ambedkar Nagar on Saturday night.Two rival groups pelted each other with bricks and stones, triggering mass panic. Transporter Akashdeep, 24, was hospitalized with injuries after neighbors violently contested where he parked a vehicle. While victims…
Ludhiana: A dispute over a tiny ₹10,000 micro-loan escalated into an attempted massacre in Giaspura early Sunday morning when a young debtor and his gang opened fire on a local family, wounding four.The targets — local financiers Jasjeet Singh, 45, his wife Sarabjit Kaur, 43, brother Rajveer Singh, 40, and son Gurinder Singh, 21 —…
