Samrala (Ludhiana): In Papraudi, the legacy of Saadat Hasan Manto remains a fierce point of local pride, as villagers battle dwindling reading habits and a lack of state support to preserve a library dedicated to the iconic writer of Partition-based short stories.While historians debate his exact birthplace, Papraudi’s inhabitants claim the Urdu master as their…
Ludhiana: Robbers attacked a 21-year-old man on Daba Road before a few locals helped him fight back to capture three of the four assailants in a Sunday incident.Aditya of Jagtar Nagar was travelling with two friends to meet an acquaintance when four men on a motorcycle and a scooter intercepted them. The attackers brandished blades…
Ludhiana: A 26-year-old bank employee narrowly avoided a serious crash on Thursday after motorcyle-borne robbers intercepted her scooter and snatched a purse containing keys to a high-security bank vault.Krishti Sharma was commuting home to Shekhewal when two men on a motorcycle began tailing her near Chand Cinema. The pair attempted to block her path initially,…
Ludhiana: A late-night food delivery driver was bludgeoned and robbed of his earnings on Friday, the latest in a series of violent street crimes targeting the city’s vulnerable overnight workforce.Gagan Pal was travelling from Shivpuri toward the Jalandhar Bypass at 11.15pm when three men intercepted him near the Daresi area and struck him with a…
Ludhiana: A local hosiery manufacturer has become the latest victim of the city’s brazen “snatch-and-run” motorcycle gangs, with the theft of his smartphone caught on high-definition security footage.Pankaj Kumar, 47, was standing outside his New Shivpuri factory on Friday, attempting to place a call, when two men on a motorcycle swerved toward him, grabbed the…
Ludhiana: A local man’s attempt to intervene in a robbery ended in a violent assault as snatchers turned on their pursuer near the city’s Police Colony.Pratap Singh, of Jamalpur, was travelling towards Tajpur Road by scooter when he witnessed two men snatch a mobile phone from a commuter. He gave them a chase and cornered…
Ludhiana: Thousands of students across this city have begun contesting mock elections as part of a sweeping democratic initiative designed to transform govt schools into “centres of holistic development”.The “Bal Sansad” (Student Parliament) programme, which deputy commissioner Himanshu Jain laucnhed on Saturday, follows a comprehensive training session for educators aimed at bringing grassroots governance into…
Ludhiana: In an escalating wave of street robberies, a gang used crude swords to rescue a captured accomplice during a gold snatching on Saturday.Harleen Kaur, 24, was outside a house in Flower Enclave with her mother-in-law and one-year-old daughter when two men on a scooter ripped a gold chain from her neck. Her mother-in-law, 47-year-old…
Ludhiana: A police team investigating drug-peddling allegations was ambushed with bricks and blades in Razapur village, highlighting the violent resistance facing enforcement officers in Punjab’s narcotics crackdown.The officers were acting on a secret input received from the “Safe Punjab Portal,” a dedicated platform for reporting smugglers, when they confronted a suspect, Manjit Singh. The routine…
Khanna: A 23-year-old man was killed and three others left with critical injuries on Friday evening when a truck crashed into two motorcycles and a scooter on the busy Amloh Road, sparking renewed calls for restricted heavy vehicle access.Lifted from the scene of accident, Akash of Jagat Colony failed to reach the local govt hospital…
