Ludhiana, Punjab Business Information Directory

Rs 40 lakh fine imposed for power theft in Ludhiana on Devdiscourse

The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved a USD 285.71 million project for canal-based water supply for Amritsar and Ludhiana under World Bank financing, said the state government spokesperson.

The Ludhiana campus of the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) will remain closed till July 24 in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, said the university registrar on Tuesday.

Thousands of farmers under the banners of different organisations took out a "tractor march" in Ludhiana on Monday in protest against three ordinances introduced by the Central Government and the fuel price hike.

Two sisters were arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) in Ludhiana on Wednesday in an alleged drug smuggling case. Police said the duo had 1.2 kilograms of heroin when they were caught.

As many as 500 FIRs have been registered since May 18, against people seen without masks and flouting social distancing in Punjab's Ludhiana while 11,000 challans have been issued till date, said Rakesh Agrawal, Police Commissioner of Ludhiana, Punjab.

The complainant had informed the bureau that Sukhmani was demanding Rs 21,500 bribe for the work, and he had paid Rs 6,000 to him as the first installment, the spokesperson said. The complaint was verified and the official was held receiving the second installment of Rs 9,500 from Amandeep, he said.

Punjab police on Thursday arrested three people for mixing poison in water tanker of a quarantine centre in Ludhiana, meant for police personnel.

As cultivation of paddy crop begins, farmers in Ludhiana are facing a shortage of labourers as migrants went back to their native states amid the ongoing coronavirus-induced lockdown.