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…
Ludhiana: The city’s notoriously porous maximum-security prison has been fitted with advanced 5G signal-blocking shields after inmates used smuggled phones to run hit squads and extortion rackets from their cells.The deployment of two “V Kavach” jamming units in the Ludhiana Central Jail follows intensifying judicial pressure to disrupt criminal empires operating from Punjab’s correctional facilities….
The state of road in Ludhiana’s Tyre Market Ludhiana: West Asian geopolitical tensions have hit the streets of an Indian industrial hub, leaving local drivers vulnerable to catastrophic monsoon flooding.Despite a multi-crore-rupee infrastructure pledge, local authorities admit they will miss a crucial pre-monsoon road repair and drainage clearance deadline of June 30 due to a…
Ranchi: Booth Level Officers (BLO’s) cross check voter list ahead of Special Intensive Revision (SIR), in Ranchi, Jharkhand, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (PTI Photo) (PTI05_23_2026_000307B) Ludhiana: Election officials and booth-level officers (BLOs) underwent rigorous training at the District Administrative Complex ahead of the Special Intensive Revision starting June 25.The session focused on utilizing the Election…
Ludhiana: A police constable and his friend were thrashed severely by a group of men following a cricket match at Ladian village.Sooraj, a constable posted with the vigilance bureau, reported that his friend, Joban, and he had been packing their gear on June 14 when an argument had erupted between Joban and a local resident,…
