Ludhiana, Punjab Business Information Directory

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana January 29Fortysix persons have tested positive for Covid while an elderly person lost his life to the virus today. Total confirmed cases from Ludhiana have now reached 25721 while 997 persons have lost their life due to the virus in the district. The person who lost his life today was a 76-year-old man from Dhandra village who was also suffering from a coronary artery disease and admitted to GTB Hospital. Of the total confirmed cases of 25721 the highest number belong to Ludhiana city. Till now 22852 persons have tested positive from the city 848 from Jagraon 743 from Khanna 518 from Raikot 420 from Samrala and 340 from Payal.

Ludhiana January 29Two minor girls have been reported missing from different parts of the city and police have booked one person each in both the cases being suspects behind disappearance of the girls. One Uday Kant Thakur a resident of Vijay Nagar has lodged report with police that his 14-year-old daughter had gone to a boutique in the colony – where she was employed on January 22 but did not come back after that. A case has been registered. Another girl (16) was reported missing since the morning of January 21 from her home by her father Nannu Kumar a resident of Daba village. Case under sections 363/366 IPC were lodged.

Ludhiana February 2The 37th edition of the Ludhiana District Weightlifting Championship for Men and Women will be held at the Ludhiana Weightlifting and Bodybuilding Club Rakh Bagh near Guru Nanak Stadium here on February 6 and 7. Parvesh Chander Sharma general secretary District Weightlifting Association said competition in women's section would be held on the opening day while for men's section on the next day.

Sports CorrespondentLudhiana February 2As many as 103 cricket probables (U-16) have been finalised for the regional coaching centre (RCC) being run by the Ludhiana District Cricket Association an affiliated unit of the Punjab Cricket Association. The selection trials were conducted by the LDCA here at GRD Academy ground Hambran Road on January 21-22. n Wicket-keepers: Saif Ali Sandeep Sarthak Tyagi Sarandeep Singh Gurneet Singh Vipin Chaurasia Madhur Sachdeva and Himanshu Prajapati. n Left arm spinners: Vivek Gaur Harprabhjeet Vivek Pandit Shubham Rana Varun Kaushal Paras Kumar Shivam Verma Harmanjot Singh and Aryan Gupta. The selected players have been advised to report at GRD Academy ground at 8 am on February 6.

Ludhiana: A team of the anti-narcotics cell of the police has arrested a drug peddler Balwinderpal Singh a resident of Guru Nanak Nagar and recovered 25 gm of heroin from him. The police said the accused was intercepted during a checking at the Isher Nagar T-point on Monday. During investigation he told the police that he already had two cases under the NDPS Act registered against him at two police stations. OCTwo boys go missingSajjad (12) a resident of Noorwala Road has been reported missing since Sunday. Two other cell phones were also seized from the complex.

Dr Shikha had an interactive session where she talked about the strategy to prepare and crack the civil services paper. Principal Dr Avtar Singh informed the audience the history of the college which is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Inter-college business plan competitionThe Postgraduate Department of Commerce Khalsa College for Women Civil Lines organised a national level inter-college business plan competition IMPRESSA-2021 virtually. Principal Dr Mukti Gill appreciated the efforts of the event organisers and the entrepreneurial skills of the participants and congratulated the prize winners. R-Day parade participants appreciatedTwo NCC Cadets of Khalsa College for Women Civil Lines Ludhiana have participated in Republic Day parade at New Delhi.

Ludhiana February 2The Daresi police yesterday nabbed a person who was accused of committing a theft and escaping from the police custody. The accused has been identified as Meenu alias Monu a resident of Mohalla Baldev Nagar Rahon Nagar. Additional DCP -1 Pragya Jain said the Daresi police nabbed the accused and his judicial remand was taken from court.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana February 2After their Twitter account was withheld in the country in response to a legal demand team members of 'Tractor2Twitter' have condemned the move. Team members said they had been raising voice of farmers protesting against the farm laws on Twitter but their Twitter account was withheld in India. Till now Tractor2Twitter acted as voice of the people to keep the farmer movement peaceful.”“We strongly condemn action of the authorities on our Twitter handle @tractor2twitr. Thousands were following their Twitter account as per the information. A team member from Ludhiana later informed that their account has been restored.

Touted as state-of-the art equipment the smart meters would help curtail power theft meter tempering and inflated bills claim PSPCL officials. Process of testing single phase smart meters (for load of less than 7 kW and DT (distribution transformer) smart meters was in progress and would take some more time to be finalized Nagi added. Officials claimed that smart meters would cut down human intervention in metering billing and collection process to the minimum level and also help in reducing theft by identifying loss-making pockets. Further the billing data provided by smart meters would be accessible for consumers on a mobile phone app which could be linked to the PSPCL control centre too. As of now it is not clear whether the cost of smart meters (around Rs 6000) would be borne by the PSPCL or the consumer.

Ludhiana February 1MLA (East) Sanjay Talwar's wife Meenu Talwar passed away today. She was not well from some time and was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Delhi. In a tweet CM Capt Amarinder Singh said he was saddened to hear about the unfortunate demise of Meenu Talwar wife of Talwar and expressed condolences.

Ludhiana February 1The Department of Livestock Production Management Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) Ludhiana organised two training programmes for farmers on “Scientific goat farming as a source of income for rural farmers” and “Rural upliftment through scientific poultry farming”. The trainings were conducted and co-ordinated by Dr Daljeet Kaur Dr Mandeep Singla Dr Yashpal Singh and Dr Subhash Chandra. The trainings were conducted under the aegis of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) programme operational in the GADVASU with a duration of four days (two days under each training). Six women also participated in programme on goat farming. The trainees were apprised on various aspects of goat farming under stall-fed conditions.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana February 1A number of students appeared for the examination of class X (Science) and XII (General English) in the district today. Notably the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) has given a golden opportunity to candidates who have passed the Class X and XII examinations to enhance their marks. Besides under the open school system students have been given another chance to appear for the supplementary examination. Varinder Pathak a teacherat Government Senior Secondary (Multipurpose) School Ludhiana informed that 48 students appeared for the examination at the school centre. I am studying under open school system.

Ludhiana February 1Father son duo fired at a man over minor issue at Kot Mangal Singh yesterday. Later in the evening the suspects brought some unknown persons outside complainant's house to intimidate him. When area people gathered in large numbers unknown persons fled from the spot. Later when complainant's father along with the area people went to talk to Sanjiv about unknown persons he and his son started arguing and hurled bricks at him. Sandeep then brought his pistol and fired bullets at complainant's father but fortunately no one suffered bullet injuries.

Manav ManderTribune News ServiceLudhiana February 1Healthcare professionals and experts have welcomed the increased allocation for their sector and the proposal to provide Rs35000 crore for Covid vaccination. An amount of Rs35000 crore was announced for Covid vaccines. The allocation of Rs35000 crore for the Covid vaccine brings hope after the most challenging period faced by the medical fraternity” he said. “If this has to be followed the Budget allocation has to be Rs3.5 lakh crore but in this Budget it is Rs2.24 lakh crore. A major chunk of this ie Rs35000 crore is for Covid-19 vaccination.

Ludhiana February 1Two persons have been killed in separate hit-and-run cases. In the first accident on the national highway in Sahnewal a 44-year-old man identified as Harbhajan Singh a resident of Mohd Tahir village in Ludhiana was killed. The moment he came on the Delhi road his scooter was hit by some unknown rashly driven vehicle. His father suffered serious head injuries and was rushed to hospital where he was declared brought dead by doctors the complainant added. He suffered minor injuries while his father suffered serious head injuries in the accident.