Ludhiana: The municipal corporation’s ambitious transition to a paperless “e-nigam” system has hit a logistical bottleneck, with officials forced to wait at least a month for the delivery of essential tablet computers.The project aims to eliminate physical paperwork by shifting all General House and Finance and Contracts Committee meetings to a digital platform. While the…
Ludhiana: A former aide to Aam Aadmi Party legislator Ashok Parashar Pappi has accused the lawmaker and his son of extorting money for jobs and laundering funds through overseas transfers, claims which the MLA has denied.The development comes just as central agencies arrested a Punjab minister in a related graft investigation. Nikhil Sabharwal, who described…
Ludhiana: A woman in Urban Vihar fended off two motorcycle-borne snatchers, slapping one of the attackers before chasing them through the streets of Dugri.The attempted robbery, captured on local CCTV, shows the victim walking near her home when two youths on a motorbike approached and grabbed her purse. Rather than relenting, the woman struck the…
Ludhiana: Safety hazards and failing infrastructure are overshadowing the education of nearly 300 students at a “smart school” of this district, despite govt claims of modernisation.The Govt Primary Smart School (Basic) in Jagraon currently serves 287 students amidst deteriorating conditions. Three classrooms are officially unsafe, yet they remain adjacent to active learning spaces, posing a…
Ludhiana: A decade-long effort to modernise the local property tracking system remains in limbo after two failed attempts to install unique identification plates across the city.The municipal corporation project, first proposed in 2014, aimed to fix a permanent UID number and QR code to every home and business. The system would allow officials to instantly…
Samrala (Ludhiana): In Papraudi, the legacy of Saadat Hasan Manto remains a fierce point of local pride, as villagers battle dwindling reading habits and a lack of state support to preserve a library dedicated to the iconic writer of Partition-based short stories.While historians debate his exact birthplace, Papraudi’s inhabitants claim the Urdu master as their…
Ludhiana: Robbers attacked a 21-year-old man on Daba Road before a few locals helped him fight back to capture three of the four assailants in a Sunday incident.Aditya of Jagtar Nagar was travelling with two friends to meet an acquaintance when four men on a motorcycle and a scooter intercepted them. The attackers brandished blades…
Ludhiana: A 26-year-old bank employee narrowly avoided a serious crash on Thursday after motorcyle-borne robbers intercepted her scooter and snatched a purse containing keys to a high-security bank vault.Krishti Sharma was commuting home to Shekhewal when two men on a motorcycle began tailing her near Chand Cinema. The pair attempted to block her path initially,…
Ludhiana: A late-night food delivery driver was bludgeoned and robbed of his earnings on Friday, the latest in a series of violent street crimes targeting the city’s vulnerable overnight workforce.Gagan Pal was travelling from Shivpuri toward the Jalandhar Bypass at 11.15pm when three men intercepted him near the Daresi area and struck him with a…
Ludhiana: A local hosiery manufacturer has become the latest victim of the city’s brazen “snatch-and-run” motorcycle gangs, with the theft of his smartphone caught on high-definition security footage.Pankaj Kumar, 47, was standing outside his New Shivpuri factory on Friday, attempting to place a call, when two men on a motorcycle swerved toward him, grabbed the…
