- Man held for kidnapping, raping minor
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a man at Meharban.
- Fire breaks out in plastic factory
A major fire broke out in a double-storey plastic manufacturing unit at Neechi Mangli, Focal Point, on early Tuesday morning. Goods worth several lakhs of rupees were gutted in the fire. But there was no loss of life or injury to anybody.
- DC inaugurates langar sewa
Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma today inaugurated langar sewa at Labour School on Hambran Road and at the Civil Hospital here.
- Vehicles gutted in fire at Khanna police station
A fire broke out at the Khanna city police station on Tuesday. A few vehicles (case properties) lying at the malkhana of the police station were gutted in the fire.
- Payal MLA to focus on education, job creation
Another turncoat Manwinder Singh Giaspura of the AAP won the high-profile Payal Assembly seat, which had been represented by ex-CM Beant Singh and Vidhan Sabha ex-Speaker and Lok Sabha ex-Deputy Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal.
- Pohir Road ROB opens to public
Residents of over 30 villages and the town heaved a sigh of relief as the railway overbridge on Pohir Road was formally opened for vehicular traffic today during a brief function organised in the presence of senior functionaries of the Railway Department.
- Students display prowess at college athletics meet
Students from morning and evening classes took part in various track and field events on the opening day of the 102nd edition of the annual athletics meet of Satish Chandra Dhawan (SCD) Government College here today.
- Manjit Nagar residents dump sewage at councillor's office
Infuriated over overflowing sewers in their area, residents of Manjit Nagar staged a protest by dumping sewage at the office of Ward 47 councillor Priya Kaira in the Abdullapur Basti area on Tuesday.
- 5 Nepalese servants commit Rs40L theft at bizman's house
Five Nepalese servants committed a theft of cash and valuables worth Rs 40 lakh from the house of a businessman at the Sarabha Nagar Extension.
- Stubble - burning, industries 'major causes' of pollution
The Centre for Air Pollution Studies (CAPS) at the Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) has released a policy document as an addendum to ‘Vision: Clean Skies for Punjab’, a stakeholder engagement event organised here to address the issue of air pollution.
- Stop genocide by releasing toxic waste into Sutlej: Activists
Environmental activists, including former jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib Giani Kewal Singh, actor-director Amitoj Mann, Lakha Sidhana, Gurpreet Singh Chandbaja and others raised their voice for the protection of the Sutlej, which is being polluted by releasing highly toxic and visibly black waters
- Seva Kendras to open seven days a week
Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Amit Kumar Panchal said as per the guidelines issued by the state government for the convenience of the general public, all Seva Kendras of Ludhiana district would now open seven days a week.
- Gogi: Slip roads along Elevated Road project to be carpeted soon
MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi inspected the ongoing Elevated Road project on Tuesday. He assured residents that all slip roads along the Elevated Road project on Ferozepur Road would be recarpeted in coming days.
- 5 test positive in Ludhiana district
Five Covid cases were reported, while there was no death due to the disease in the district today.
