Scrap dealer, a representational image Ludhiana: The police commissionerate has ordered all local scrap dealers to maintain meticulous registers of buyers and sellers, including identification and material descriptions, to curb the trade of stolen industrial and vehicle parts.Enforced for two months under Section 163 of the BNSS, the directive targets miscreants who sell stolen transformers,…
Parking vehicles on the highway can be dangerous to other drivers Ludhiana: A pilgrimage turned to tragedy in the early hours of Wednesday when a family’s car slammed into an unidentified stationary vehicle on the Ludhiana-Delhi national highway, killing the driver and injuring his teenage son critically.The accident occurred at about 4.30am near Sahnewal as…
Ludhiana: This industrial city has been selected for a central climate pilot project worth ₹5 crore to combat the rising threat of the urban heat island (UHI) effect.Ludhiana is one of 12 major urban centres chosen under the central govt’s AMRUT 2.0 reforms aimed at reshaping rapidly growing cities into heat-resilient, climate-responsive zones. The UHI…
Two vehicles and a washing machine that were smashed Ludhiana: Revenge-hungry armed attackers targeted a local family twice within 14 hours, vandalising two homes, smashing vehicles, and firing gunshots to force the withdrawal of a police complaint.The Model Town police have launched a manhunt for 16 of those suspects following the targeted assault in Ambedkar…
Ludhiana’s junked city buses Ludhiana: A catastrophic legal default by municipal officials has forced a court-ordered liquidation of the city’s entire 120-bus fleet to settle a contractual dispute, effectively killing the industrial hub’s remaining public transport lines.Court officials on Wednesday posted the auction notices outside municipal headquarters at Mata Rani Chowk, setting a July 2…
Gamgam Devi being guideddown the 67-m tower Ludhiana: A 26-year-old mother of four climbed a 67-m mobile-phone tower on Wednesday and refused to come down for eight hours to protest her husband’s decision to move his new partner into the family home.The high-altitude standoff at Bagga Kalan village ended safely at 2.30pm when Ladhowal police…
Electric wires dangling over Books Market in Ludhiana Ludhiana: A ₹99-crore infrastructure initiative by the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to untangle and elevate dangerous overhead cables has stalled, leaving vast sections of the city vulnerable to electrical accidents as the rainy season approaches.Approved in Jan, the project aimed to systematically reorganise or remove…
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann Ludhiana: Official registration has commenced across Punjab for the Mawan Dhiyan Satkar Yojana, a pre-election welfare promise granting monthly stipends to women aged 18 and older.Under the initiative, general beneficiaries will receive ₹1,000 every month, while women from scheduled caste (SC) communities are eligible for ₹1,500.More than 20 lakh women…
Electric wires dangling over Books Market in Ludhiana Ludhiana: A ₹99-crore infrastructure initiative by the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to untangle and elevate dangerous overhead cables has stalled, leaving vast sections of the city vulnerable to electrical accidents as the rainy season approaches.Approved in Jan, the project aimed to systematically reorganise or remove…
Ludhiana: A factory owner and three associates are charged with kidnapping and confining a former employee who resigned after his wages were withheld.Jitender Kumar, a labourer from the Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, had worked at the private factory near Cheema Chowk for a decade. Local businessman Harvinder Singh owns the facility.It’s written in the…
