A view of Jagraon Bridge in Ludhiana Ludhiana: Just as residents began experiencing hot weather, conditions changed abruptly on Monday, with the sky turning dark for a while and daytime temperatures dropping below normal. The met department has predicted a weather disturbance in the district over the next two days.While the morning was sunny, dark…
Ludhiana: A road trip with friends turned out to be a traumatic experience for a 19-year-old BBA student from Gwalior, who lost his high-end mobile phone to robbers at Ludhiana-Delhi National Highway.Ravi Gurjar, 19, was on a road trip with his friends Rohit Sharma, 25, Vishal Rathor, 25 and Vivek Gurjar, 20. They left Gwalior…
Ludhiana: An ex-serviceman who worked as a security guard in a private bank shot his son dead in full public view at New Agar Nagar on Sunday night. The accused chased his son for at least 500 metres and shot him twice with his licensed .12-bore rifle. Later, the accused consumed a poisonous substance and…
Ludhiana: After Cabinet minister Sanjeev Arora was arrested by the ED in Chandigarh, local Aam Aadmi Party leaders alleged that central agencies were being misused for political purposes ahead of elections. Jatinder Khangura, President Ludhiana Urban of AAP, said that it is surprising on the part of BJP that raids were conducted at the house…
Class X girls celebrate in a Ludhiana school after PSEB declares result Ludhiana: All is not well for Class X students of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) in Ludhiana, where the overall pass percentage stands at 89.20%.Official data indicates that Ludhiana is the only district in Punjab with a pass percentage below 90%, cementing…
Samrala: Residents of Papraudi village in Samrala, birthplace of renowned writer Saadat Hasan Manto, prize the library built in his memory. For them, it is part of the identity of the village.Although there have been differing claims about Manto’s birthplace, residents firmly believe he belonged to their village. Each year, on his birth anniversary, they…
Ludhiana: A 53-year-old woman was killed and her husband critically injured after a speeding container truck rammed into their motorcycle near a religious place on the Ludhiana-Delhi National Highway near Khanna on Monday.The deceased, Narinder Kaur, a resident of Rasidpur village in Fatehgarh Sahib district, died on the spot after being run over by the…
Ludhiana: The Class X Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) results have been a dampener in many ways. Only one student from govt schools in Ludhiana has figured in the merit list.Despite Ludhiana being the worst-performing district in the state in terms of overall pass percentage, it recorded the highest number of merit-list students among all…
For NEET aspirants, the cancellation comes as a shock Ludhiana: Tuesday came with a rude shock for medical aspirants. They had barely breathed a sigh of relief after appearing for the National Eligibility/Entrance Test (NEET UG 2026), when they came to know that they would have to take the test again. The decision of the…
LUDHIANA: A 66-year-old retired Army Havildar allegedly shot dead his son after a heated argument over his relationship with a woman and later died by suicide in Punjab’s New Agar Nagar area, police said on Monday.Surinder Singh was in a relationship with a woman after the death of his wife and reportedly wanted to marry…
