TNNLudhiana: With both day and night temperature staying below normal, residents continue to enjoy pleasant weather in the city. The weather department has forecast clear weather in the next few days.The sky remained mostly clear on Thursday but maximum (day) temperature was recorded at 31.8 degrees Celsius, 6.6 degrees below normal and 2.8 degrees less…
Ludhiana: A recent report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) flags what Ludhiana residents already know. The city figured among the top 15 cities in the country in terms of road accident deaths in 2024. However, there was a slight reduction in road accident cases compared to the previous year.According to the latest NCRB…
TNNLudhiana: Panic gripped Samrala Chowk area after the body of an unidentified man was found in a park beneath a flyover on Thursday. Police said passersby noticed the man on a bench and alerted authorities. By the time police reached the spot, the man was dead.Area resident Dr Sahil said he received information about the…
Ludhiana: There is some relief for the city as Ludhiana recorded a slight drop in suicide cases in 2024 as compared to the previous year, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. However, illness — mainly mental illness or insanity — continued to be the leading cause of such deaths.The NCRB report…
Ludhiana: The demolition of a building to widen the entrance to Bharat Nagar Chowk from Mall Road has cleared a persistent traffic bottleneck.The levelling and subsequent debris removal are expected to streamline the approach to the city’s busiest intersection. The project aims to provide a “free left turn” for motorists heading toward Jagraon Bridge, while…
Ludhiana: Punjab’s industrial hub has become the third city in the state to launch an Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS), part of a high-tech policing surge designed to halve emergency response times.Director general of police Gaurav Yadav inaugurated the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) at the Ludhiana Police Lines on Tuesday. The facility integrates…
Ludhiana: The World MSME Forum has raised an alarm over the ongoing depreciation of the rupee, warning that the currency’s decline is placing unsustainable pressure on the nation’s industrial sector.Over the past year, the rupee has weakened by about 13% against the US dollar, a trend that is damaging particularly to micro, small, and medium…
Ludhiana: Seven municipal employees have been suspended and three arrested following the alleged assault on an ex-serviceman and his teenaged son during an anti-encroachment campaign in Machhiwara.The incident, captured in a viral video, sparked outrage across social media and drew a 24-hour ultimatum from Akal Takht jathedar Kuldeep Singh Gargaj. The Sikh leader warned the…
Ludhiana: A 46-year-old man who returned to India recently from New Zealand has been defrauded of ₹21 lakh after falling for a sophisticated work-from-home scam advertised on social media.Deepinderpal Singh told Ludhiana Rural cybercrime cell that the ordeal had started on Feb 11 when he had clicked an Instagram advertisement promising easy income. The link…
Ludhiana: Punjab’s beekeeping industry is on the brink of collapse as a “perfect storm” of erratic weather, punitive US tariffs, and rampant honey adulteration forces veteran apiarists to abandon the trade.Production has plummeted this season, with beekeepers reporting yields of just 18-20 kg from each hive, down from the traditional average of 35kg. The decline…
