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 —…
Gurprit Singh Mankoo presenting one of his Sikh miniature art works toPresident Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi Ludhiana: Gurprit Singh Mankoo’s decade-long quest to rescue the vanishing, intricate world of Sikh miniature art has been honoured at Rashtrapati Bhawan following a prestigious 10-day residency.How the former commercial portrait painter shrunk his focus…
Drug death, a representational photo Ludhiana: Police have charged two men with culpable homicide two months after their 27-year-old friend died of a suspected drug overdose.The Division Number 2 police registered a first-information report (FIR) against Vikas, alias Marua, and Manish Kumar, following a complaint by Karamjit Kaur, the sister of Harsharan Singh, the man…
GST scam, representational image Ludhiana: Central investigators have exposed a massive ₹3,089 crore financial fraud syndicate operating a complex network of phantom firms, fraudulent tax invoicing, and suspicious cash withdrawals.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a first-information report (FIR) at the Jamalpur police station targeting masterminds Amit Kumar Goyal and his brother Manish Kumar, alongside accomplices…
The previous diggers deployed to clean the Buddha Dariya achieved little Ludhiana: A broke local civic body is buying expensive excavation machinery while its public transit fleet is auctioned off to pay legal debts.The municipal corporation has submitted a proposal to its Finance and Contracts Committee to purchase six long-boom Poclain machines for ₹4.6 crore…
Damage by reckless truck, representational image Ludhiana: A midnight truck crash at the Tajpur Chowk black-spot intersection in Jagraon left a man with serious injuries after the out-of-control vehicle struck two cars and ploughed into roadside shops. The collision destroyed a car, an SUV, a parked motorcycle, and several storefronts, with the impact drawing a…
The Haibowal site for a luxury gate in Ludhiana Ludhiana: Beautification schemes in Punjab’s wasteful pre-election spending have outraged locals, who say they need basic running water and roads instead of a luxury gate to a foul-smelling river.When the municipal corporation floated a ₹39 lakh tender recently to construct a decorative entrance in Haibowal, residents…
