Ludhiana: The Model Town police have arrested two prime suspects who, along with nearly 30 accomplices, allegedly barged into a house in Dr Ambedkar Nagar, fired gunshots, and vandalised property over an old rivalry on June 16. The arrested men, identified as Madhav Chaudhary and Sahil, alias Pagal, are both local residents with extensive criminal…
Part of the larger ₹650-crore Buddha Dariya rejuvenation project launched in 2021, the ETPs have a daily treating capacity of 3.75 million liters per day (MLD) at Haibowal and 2.25 MLD at Tajpur Road. Ludhiana: The effluent treatment plants (ETPs) built to manage wastewater at Ludhiana’s Haibowal and Tajpur Road dairy complexes have stopped functioning…
Ludhiana: Members of various Sikh organisations blocked the Ludhiana-Delhi national highway at Basti Jodhewal Chowk for half an hour on Sunday, demanding the arrest of social media influencer Chetan Sharma for hurting religious sentiments. The agitators warned the police that they would block both sides of the highway permanently if the accused is not captured…
Ludhiana: The road caving near Saggu Chowk has deepened with more damage to the big sewer line passing from there. The underground seepage has increased the problem because the sewer manhole wall has collapsed. The officials shared that while they were repairing the damaged water supply line, the sewer manhole wall was also damaged. They…
The MC had given away the task of bioremediation of 20 lakh metric tons of waste in its second phase to a private firm in March 2024 but the actual work on ground could begin in February-March this year because the electricity connection and other requirements were not fulfilled Ludhiana: Where on one hand the…
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…
