Ludhiana, Punjab Business Information Directory

A youth had a miraculous escape when the car he was driving, collided with trees on outskirts of the Majri village, along the Payal-Bija road, on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.

Rank and file in Local Bodies, Health and Public Health Department has been asked to pull up their socks to undertake preventive measures for checking the spread of water and vector-borne diseases in the region.

Following reports of Agnipath protests reaching this part of Malwa, the administration has beefed up security in the region with special focus on safety of railway stations situated on the Ludhiana-Dhuri rail tracks.

The police booked five inmates of the Central Jail, Ludhiana, who extorted Rs 5,000 from two another jail inmates by threatening them.

Amid a spike in Covid cases, one case of swine flu has been reported from Ludhiana. A 52-year-old man has tested positive for swine flu. He is admitted to the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital.

The Government College for Girls (GCG) held its 78th annual prize distribution function here today. Rajiv Kumar Gupta, DPI (Colleges), Punjab, presided over the function and distributed prizes among students. Dr Ashwani Bhalla, ADPI (Colleges), was the guest of honour on the occasion. Principal Suma

The Dugri police today arrested a person on the charge of killing his friend a few days ago.

Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora reviewed various development projects of Ludhiana district. He directed officials concerned to accomplish all ongoing projects within the given time-frame.

The Special Task Force (STF) wing of Ludhiana made a huge recovery of heroin here today with the arrest of four smugglers in three cases.

As Covid cases and the positivity rate, a key indicator of virus surge, were rapidly rising, doubling rate has touched a four-month low this week with a dip of almost 94 per cent from a record high count of March in the district, official figures have revealed.

As anti-Agnipath protests entered the fourth day with railway properties damaged in Bihar and West Bengal and 369 trains cancelled across India, the government today offered fresh concessions for Agniveers in yet another bid to calm tempers.

Cricket trials in Ludhiana today

The Railways cancelled 369 trains on Saturday due to the agitation against the Centre’s recently announced Agnipath scheme for recruitment of soldiers in the armed forces, officials said.

The Centre on Saturday announced several incentives including reserving 10 per cent vacancies in its paramilitary and the defence ministry for Agnipath retirees and said it will look into any grievance about the new military recruitment scheme “with an open mind”, even as violent protest

Power cuts, maintenance works make life of Ludhiana residents miserable