Ludhiana

The targeted drive focused on eliminating stagnant water found in discarded tyres, scrap material, and storage containers. Ludhiana: The district health department on Friday launched an anti-dengue campaign targeting high-risk breeding grounds across Ludhiana, including Punjab Roadways workshops, PRTC bus depots, and adjoining junkyards. Field teams inspected 9,422 houses and checked 21,843 water containers across…

Earlier in the day, Bains toured areas including Model Town, Rishi Nagar, Samrala Chowk, and Chaura Bazaar to check static compactors and cleanliness. Ludhiana: Local bodies minister Harjot Singh Bains conducted a surprise inspection across Ludhiana on Friday to review the state govt’s ongoing sanitation drive. While the minister met with some field workers, high…

A civic body official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, revealed that large companies are reluctant to step in due to the upcoming assembly elections and fierce opposition from local garbage collectors’ unions, who fear losing their livelihoods if door-to-door collection is privatised Ludhiana: City residents questioned the municipal corporation’s new “Mission Clean Punjab” awareness…

Australian T20 cricketer Nikhil Chaudhary with his first coach, Charanjeet Bhangu, in Ludhiana Ludhiana: Nikhil Chaudhary, the leg-spinning all-rounder who moved to Australia for a birthday vacation and ended up in its international Twenty20 side, completes a remarkable journey that began in the cricket academies of this Punjab city.He received his maiden international call-up on…

Jagraon SHO Parminder Singh confirmed that a case has been registered against the hotel owner. He added that the accused is yet to be arrested. Ludhiana: The Ludhiana rural police have booked a hotel owner for allegedly assaulting and outraging the modesty of a female courier delivery agent in Jagraon following a dispute over a…

Weather officials have forecast a partly cloudy sky with below-normal temperatures for the weekend, followed by a strong probability of fresh rainfall on Monday. Ludhiana: Strong winds and overnight rain lashed Ludhiana on Thursday, causing a sharp drop in both day and night temperatures and bringing residents much-needed relief from the scorching heatwave. The meteorological…

Ludhiana: Rajan Sharma, brother of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) district vice-president Mahesh Dutt Sharma, was arrested on Thursday night alongside an associate, Ankush Sharma, after allegedly firing a licensed handgun over a 90-rupee tavern dispute.Police claimed that a Sundar Nagar tavern owner, Aakash, had sent a waiter over Rajan’s table to collect payment for snacks…

TNNLudhiana: Two men, including a tyre mechanic, were killed after being hit by a speeding truck on GT Road near Barmalipur Chowk in Doraha on Thursday.Police said the mechanic was repairing the punctured tyre of a vehicle, while the other man, who was travelling in it, was standing nearby when the truck allegedly rammed into…

Ludhiana: A motorcyclist was seriously injured after his bike collided with a car on the Jagraon-Sidhwan Bet Road near a school on Thursday. The motorcycle caught fire on impact and was destroyed.Passers-by and local residents rushed to the spot and rescued the injured rider. They took him to the govt hospital in Sidhwan Bet. His…

Ludhiana: A man allegedly posing as a cop duped two fruit vendors of cash and a mobile phone in the Jamalpur. Police have registered a case against the accused, Gurjit Singh of Jhambewal village.The complainant, Sunil Yadav of Mundian Kalan, told cops that he and his cousin, Chand Kishore Yadav, were selling fruits on 33-Foot…