Full dress rehearsal sets stage for grand I-Day celebrations in Ludhiana

The district-level event will feature Punjab finance, planning, programme implementation, taxation and excise, and transport minister Harpal Singh Cheema as the chief guest, who will hoist the national tricolour. Ludhiana: Deputy commissioner Himanshu Jain inspected the full dress rehearsal for the 80th Independence Day celebrations at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) grounds, ensuring administrative and…

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Toddler dies in road accident

Ludhiana: A 3 years old girl was run over by an auto-rickshaw near Dholewal chowk. The girl’s mother works at a cycle parts factory where she would take her daughter along. While the mother was working, the toddler, Manat Praveen, wandered outside the premises while playing and was run over by the auto. Police have…

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Haibowal Dairy Complex to get 2nd biogas plant

The expansion aims to resolve a severe environmental bottleneck at Haibowal, where over 35,000 cattle generate roughly 400 metric tonnes per day (MTPD) of dung. Ludhiana: Ending a nearly four-year delay, chief minister Bhagwant Mann will lay the foundation stone for a second compressed biogas (CBG) plant at the Haibowal Dairy Complex on Friday.The project…

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Special camps on Aug 16 to resolve voter list queries

Under the revised schedule, claims and objections will be accepted until September 12 and disposed of by October 8, leading to the publication of the final electoral roll on October 12. Ludhiana: The district administration on Thursday published the draft electoral roll under the special intensive revision (SIR), opening a one-month window for voters across…

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Mohali man held for Rs 2.3L fraud

Times News NetworkLudhiana: Police have arrested a Mohali resident for allegedly duping a Jagraon man of Rs 2.3 lakh. The accused, posing as a woman on social media, allegedly targeted people aspiring to go abroad and cheated them on the pretext of arranging visas.Police identified the accused as Aman, a resident of Kurali in Mohali…

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LIT reclaims encroached land

Ludhiana: Continuing its anti-encroachment drive on prime municipal properties, the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) on Thursday cleared nearly 2,700 square yards of illegally occupied land in Gian Singh Rarewala Market.The operation targeted several residential plots that had been cut out and unlawfully possessed within the commercial market area. LIT officials stated that reclaiming this valuable…

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