Ludhiana, Punjab Business Information Directory

In a tragic incident, a labourer and 11 buffaloes died after the roof of a cattle shed at a dairy in Chahran village of Ladhowal collapsed on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.

As many as 183 persons tested positive for Covid while two patients lost their lives due to the virus today. Those who lost their lives belong to Raikot and Begowal.

Gill, which is the biggest Assembly constituency in the district in terms of total number of voters, has recorded the highest electoral population (EP) ratio of 794 while Ludhiana South Vidhan Sabha seat has registered the lowest EP ratio of 525 in Ludhiana district, the election office has confirme

The Ludhiana city and rural police have arrested three smugglers with heroin in separate incidents.

A total of 175 candidates are left in the fray in Ludhiana district for contesting the upcoming Vidhan Sabha elections from 14 constituencies of the district. Yesterday was the last date of withdrawal of nomination papers, after which election symbols were allotted to the candidates.

The Congress is likely to bet on Charanjit Singh Channi as its chief ministerial candidate for the February 20 Punjab elections aiming to strengthen its pledge for Scheduled Caste empowerment in the state and the nation.

A chief ministerial face will decide whether 60 candidates are elected as MLAs or not, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu said on Saturday, referring to the number 60, one more than 59 lawmakers needed to form government in Punjab with 117-member assembly.

Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal (94), who recently recovered from Covid, will undergo a health check-up at PGIMER here, a party leader said on Saturday.

The Enforcement Directorate arrested Bhupinder Singh Honey, nephew of Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi, in early hours today in an alleged money laundering case linked to illegal mining.

Around 20,000 employees will perform election duties in the district during the Assembly poll.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) late last night arrested Bhupinder S Honey, nephew of Punjab CM Charanjit S Channi, in the alleged PMLA case related to illegal sand mining.

With an intent to increase poll percentage in the constituency, the administration has launched a coordinated movement to sensitise residents about the significance of voting for electing new government.

Things took an ugly turn when an interaction titled, “Town hall with industry”, to understand the political tapestry and growth of the industry, organised by the Ludhiana Management Association (LMA), turned into a debate. Candidates of the upcoming Assembly elections attending the event

Thieves targeted the house of a businessman at Satjot Nagar, Dhandra road, and decamped with cash and other valuables worth lakhs.

A large number of people from Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Bihar have been working in the industrial hub while many of them have settled in the city. However, associations working for the welfare of the migrant labourers claim that many issues of such people have remained unresolved.