Ludhiana

BJP national president Nitin Nabin (C) during his Punjab tour Ludhiana: Punjab’s manufacturing sector has delivered a sweeping economic ultimatum to the country’s party in office, warning that structural bottlenecks are crippling its global export potential.During an emergency round-table with visiting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president, Nitin Nabin, representatives from the state’s core industrial…

Extortion calls, a representational image Ludhiana: Extortion calls and death threats originating from Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates have been harassing a Punjabi entertainment producer for 15 days.Harshdeep Singh, a music executive and garment trader who operates under the industry moniker Sammy Oberoi, told investigators the principal caller had identified himself as Kulveer Singh…

Extortion calls, a representational image Ludhiana: Extortion calls and death threats originating from Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates have been harassing a Punjabi entertainment producer for 15 days.Harshdeep Singh, a music executive and garment trader who operates under the industry moniker Sammy Oberoi, told investigators the principal caller had identified himself as Kulveer Singh…

Ludhiana: Police have charged a man with rape and criminal intimidation after he allegedly blackmailed a woman using explicit photographs.The suspect met the victim on social media in 2025, assaulted her at a hotel, and captured compromising media. He then used the images to coerce her into further sexual abuse.After the woman married and moved…

BJP national president Nitin Nabin addressed party workers in Ludhiana on Sunday, vowing to eradicate drug abuse and revive Punjab’s industry Ludhiana: Punjab’s primary manufacturing hub is leveraging a high-profile political visit to lobby the central govt for sweeping infrastructure upgrades to protect its status as a global export competitor.Local business leaders presented a targeted…

Shooting spree, a representational image Ludhiana: A dispute over a tiny ₹10,000 micro-loan escalated into an attempted massacre in Giaspura early Sunday morning when a young debtor and his gang opened fire on a local family, wounding four.The targets — local financiers Jasjeet Singh, 45, his wife Sarabjit Kaur, 43, brother Rajveer Singh, 40, and…

The bus on fire near Khanna in Ludhiana district on Sunday Khanna: Up to 100 passengers, including women and children, narrowly escaped death on Sunday when an interstate sleeper bus erupted in flames on the Ludhiana-Delhi national highway.The vehicle was travelling from Ludhiana to Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh when a fire broke out near…

Traffic held up as BJP president Nitin Nabin arrives in Ludhiana Ludhiana: Commuters faced widespread gridlock and severe transit delays across Ludhiana on Sunday after a major political rally effectively monopolised the city’s primary arterial roads.Traffic collapsed entirely near the Jalandhar Bypass intersection as police diverted mainline traffic into narrow service lanes to accommodate welcoming…

Waiting parents faced hours stranded outside NEET centres in Ludhiana without shade or water Ludhiana: Hundreds of parents were left stranded on sidewalks in dangerous heatwave conditions without water, seating, or shade while their children sat the country’s most gruelling medical entrance test all over again.An estimated 5,300 candidates wrote the National Eligibility cum Entrance…

Strict security checks at testing gates delayed medical aspirants under a punishing monsoon heatwave at Re-NEET centres in Ludhiana on Sunday Ludhiana: Thousands of medical aspirants across India faced a gruelling test of adaptability on Sunday as a surprise shift in subject difficulty blindsided candidates sitting for the re-conducted National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).The…