Ludhiana, Punjab Business Information Directory

The decision of the Punjab State Power Corporation (PSPCL) to raise a demand of Rs3,05,275 without issuing any show-cause notice is against the principles of natural justice, observed the Permanent Lok Adalat (PLA), while quashing the demand terming the same to be illegal & arbitrary.

The long wait and ordeal involved in getting the pension post retirement is a thing of the past, courtesy the Ludhiana Regional headquarters of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).

New weightlifting equipment, purchased by the Ludhiana District Weightlifting and Bodybuilding Association, was handed over to trainees of the Ludhiana Weightlifting Club, Rakh Bagh, here recently.

The construction work of a road from Gurdwara Sahib Bhuriwale to Chandar Nagar began in Ward Number 92 here on Thursday. The estimated cost of the project is Rs99 lakh. The work of the road, which is being constructed by the MC, was started by Madan Lal Bagga, MLA from Ludhiana (North).

For the second consecutive day, no fresh Covid case was reported in the district. Besides, no death was reported in the district due to the virus. A total of 1,09,778 persons have tested positive for the virus so far since March 2020 while 2,279 persons from the district have succumbed to the virus

Apropos of ‘Inter-state border pact’, festering boundary disputes haven’t been in national or regional interest, but resolving them has never been way, as ethnic population of the region holds on to its cultural boundaries rather than constitutionally defined borders. It is earnest

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) last night completed raids on two businessmen related to one another here.

A day after the protest at B7 Chowk by residents of Central Town, Daad village, alleging police inaction, the Sadar police today registered a case of sexual harassment against a man.

Another party hopper and new face of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Kulwant Singh Sidhu (57), breached the Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) bastion Atam Nagar, which was represented by the LIP founder Simranjeet Singh Bains (52), since its inception in 2012.

Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM) supremo Balbir Singh Rajewal got no vote from five polling stations in the Samrala Assembly constituency during the February 20 Vidhan Sabha elections.

Even though AAP MLAs had strongly raised the issue of overcharging at parking lots during the last MC House meeting held on Monday, the visitors are still being forced to pay more than the prescribed parking fees at the Bhadaur House market located at a short distance from the civic body’s Zon

Two days ahead of the formal commencement of procurement of wheat, senior administrative officials have claimed to have completed preparations for the smooth functioning of market committees and purchase centres, besides ensuring comfortable stay of farmers coming with their produce.

International players Amritpal Singh and Komalpreet Kaur have been selected to lead the Punjab men and women teams in the 71st Senior National Basketball Championship, to be held in Chennai from April 3 to 10.

The department of clinical haematology, haemato-oncology and bone marrow (stem cell) transplantation, of the Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH), here, organised a hybrid, one-day seminar and awareness programme, ‘Aasha ki Kiran’. The programme was organised to give hope, optim

A comedy artiste, Jai Parkash Jain, popularly known as Teetu Baniya, along with his aides, staged a protest outside the DC office, here, demanding from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to legalise poppy cultivation in the state.