Ludhiana: An expatriate is charged with duping a man into a fake marriage to fund her residency overseas and then fleeing secretly to Canada with his cash and jewellery.She had made a false claim to be single, said Sardar police after registering a first-information report (FIR) against Simranjit Kaur, her mother, brother, and uncle following…
Ludhiana: An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) family achieved a rare political trifecta in the Doraha municipal elections by winning three separate council seats.Priya Sharma won ward five by 47 votes, while her husband, Sudarshan Kumar Sharma, captured ward eight with a 211-vote majority, citing his 35 years of community service. Their son, Anmol Sharma, completed…
Ludhiana: Ward 26 councillor Gaurav Bhatti has demanded strict action against municipal corporation officials for failing to appoint tubewell operators for the past 17 months. This administrative deadlock has pushed local residents into a second consecutive summer of severe drinking water shortages, as there are no operators to manage the water supply infrastructure.Bhatti said that…
The fire department dispatched four to five fire tenders to the scene, requiring more than 15 rounds of water tenders to battle the flames. Ludhiana: A massive fire broke out early Thursday morning at an open-air scrap market on RK Road near Ghoda Colony, destroying a large quantity of discarded material, a parked truck, and…
Ludhiana: As retail fuel prices surge, petrol pump owners report a financial crisis driven by stagnant dealer commissions and ballooning operational overheads. Dealers warn that while they must invest significantly more working capital to maintain stocks at current high prices, their profit margins have failed to keep pace with the rising costs of electricity, staff…
The civic body officials have claimed that the Supreme Court had prohibited manual scavenging. Screenshot Ludhiana: Just before the last monsoon of the incumbent regime, the Ludhiana civic body is pulling all stops to desilt all major sewer lines of the city with the help of super-suction machines. After allocating tenders for desilting of 40km…
The officials claimed that they had floated the tenders as the councillors had asked for CCTVs in their areas. CCTV cameras installed on elevated road.photo-Umesh Kumar Ludhiana: Keeping in view security concerns raised by the residents of West constituency, the civic body, on the recommendation of area councillors, is planning to install close circuit television…
Ludhiana: Election authorities have finalised all arrangements for the counting of votes across six municipal councils in the district, scheduled to begin at 8 am on Friday. Because voting was conducted via ballot papers, officials expect the final results to emerge by the afternoon.ADC Dr Narinder Singh Dhaliwal confirmed that 60 counting tables have been…
Owners should instead keep dogs in well-shaded areas, avoid vigorous exercise entirely, clip the coats of long-haired breeds, and utilise cooling options like sprinklers, tubs, or kiddie pools while ensuring constant access to fresh water. An enthusiastic pet owner participating in the Pet-a-thon, a unique run organised for animal rights awareness at the Cubbon Park…
The biggest advantage of the schedules is that residents will no longer have to take flights abroad or to domestic cities after travelling to Mohali or Amritsar airports. Ludhiana: Less than a fortnight after a private airline started two flights from Ludhiana district’s Halwara airport, it released the schedule for connecting flights with various other…
