Surender Paul, director of IMD Chandigarh, and Makhan Singh Bhullar, PAU’s director of extension education, finalising a weather-technology agreement Ludhiana: Punjab is set to revolutionise its climate-ready farming defenses through a new pact that will deploy artificial intelligence and high-tech tracking to safeguard crop yields against volatile weather.Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) and the India Meteorological…
Many construction workers rest in the shade of trucks on hot days Ludhiana: A 32-year-old construction worker was crushed to death in the Dehlon area after a parked container truck reversed over him while he was taking a break from laying cables.The driver fled the scene on foot after the accident, leaving the vehicle behind….
While an orange warning whispers of relief, only a few dare to venture out Ludhiana: A punishing heatwave has left residents prisoners in their own homes as temperatures nudge a blistering 44°C, but a dramatic shift in the atmosphere is about to break the spell.On a heat-exhausted Tuesday when business took a nap, the meteorological…
Ludhiana: Two motorcycle-borne men robbed a 10-year-old girl of mobile phone and cash in a residential lane of Jagraon on Monday, an incident captured on local CCTV.The girl and several other children were returning from their uncle’s house when the men intercepted them in Babbe Wali Gali, near Rani Jhansi Chowk, says the girl’s father,…
Ludhiana: An international extortion racket targeting wealthy expatriates has unravelled in Punjab after two alleged rogue social media operators posing as mainstream journalists allegedly fleeced a British citizen over a staged legal dispute.Ludhiana’s rural police have smashed the local operation, charging two men with duping British national Amandeep Kaur of more than ₹1.2 lakh by…
The operations took place in Sukhdev Nagar and near Trikona Park, located behind Onkar Vihar Ludhiana: Continuing its ongoing crackdown on unauthorised real estate developments, the building branch of the Ludhiana municipal corporation demolished two under-construction illegal colonies in areas falling under MC Zone B on Tuesday.The operations took place in Sukhdev Nagar and near…
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: The Ludhiana municipal corporation has once again extended the bidding deadline…
The demonstrators also submitted a memorandum to the DC calling for a regulated eight-hour workday, proportional pay for daily-wage and piece-rate workers, double overtime pay, equal wages for women, paid weekly offs, sick leave, and festival holidays Ludhiana: Hundreds of union workers staged a protest outside the deputy commissioner’s office on Tuesday, demanding a ₹30,000…
The field inspections spanned several key commercial and transit hubs, including areas near a private mall, the books market, the civic body’s Zone A office, the scooter market near Model Town, Cheema Chowk, Division No, 3 Chowk, Partap Chowk, and other arterial locations. Ludhiana: Under the ‘Mission Clean Punjab’ initiative, municipal commissioner Neeru Katyal Gupta…
The local weather station recorded a clear sky with intense sunshine throughout Monday, while the minimum nighttime temperature settled at 25.2°C, which is 0.2°C below normal and one degree lower than the previous night. Ludhiana: The city continued to endure intense summer heat on Monday as the maximum daytime temperature hit 42°C—matching the previous day’s…
