Ludhiana: A man is under arrest on the charges of desecrating idols and vandalising a 50-year-old temple in the city following an old land dispute.The incident was discovered on Tuesday morning when a devotee arrived to pray and found the idols missing from the small plot. Locals accused two youths from the area of orchestrating…
Ludhiana: Police have booked a private bank employee for allegedly raping a young woman after enticing her with a false promise of marriage.The suspect (identity concealed for legal reasons) is accused of maintaining a relationship with the complainant for over 18 months, during which he allegedly convinced her and her family of his intent to…
Ludhiana: Laid only one-third in 13 months and three weeks, a major water pipeline has kept the roads of this industrial hub half-dug for that period. Officials said a bulk of the work (72%) was unfinished.The ₹1,300-crore project for canal-based water, which the World Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank have funded, is designed…
Ludhiana: The local police have arrested two habitual offenders and seized a stolen motorcycle, a country-made .315 bore pistol, and two bullets. The arrests were made by a police team led by ASI Karamjit Singh during a special patrol near Sua Puli Majri on April 19.The accused were intercepted at a check post following a…
Ludhiana: Two bike-borne men snatched a purse containing gold jewellery, cash, and documents from a Samrala-based woman near the Baba Than Singh Chowk. The incident occurred while the woman was commuting in an e-rickshaw after a shopping trip to the city’s busy Chaura Bazaar.The victim, Jaspreet Kaur, told the police that she and her sister…
Ludhiana: The Punjab State Human Rights Commission has issued a show-cause notice to the municipal commissioner following a “seemingly intentional” failure to report on fatal accidents caused by the city’s crumbling roads.The commission’s intervention follows a complaint by activist Rohit Sabharwal, who has alleged that potholes have turned death traps and the recent death of…
Ludhiana: Over 16% of the dairy samples collected in the district have failed quality tests over the last two years and two months, with paneer emerging as the most adulterated item, health officials said. According to health dept data from Jan 2024 to Feb 2026, 188 out of 1,164 samples were found to be substandard…
Ludhiana: The Punjab govt has formally notified a one-time stamp duty waiver for the conversion of industrial plots from leasehold to freehold, but the move has drawn flak from industrialists. Though the policy was announced on March 30, the official notification was released only today, leaving business owners with just eight days to apply before…
Ludhiana: BJP leader Jiwan Gupta has taken a swipe at the municipal corporation over the dilapidated state of the city bus fleet, sarcastically suggesting that the parking site be turned into a museum. Dozens of buses, once part of the Ludhiana City Bus Service Ltd, are rotting away at Hambran Road and Tajpur Road, slowly…
Ludhiana: A blackout drill will be conducted at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) and in areas under the Aggar Nagar PSPCL division on Friday from 8 pm to 8:15 pm.During a meeting with stakeholders, assistant commissioner Payal Goyal urged residents to comply with the blackout exercise by switching off all types of lights. A siren will…
