- Private educational institutes remained closed in protest
All private schools and colleges here and surrounding localities falling under Malerkotla and Ludhiana districts remained shut on Monday as a protest against the arrest of the managing director of a school in Gurdaspur district. He was arrested by the police in connection with a case pertaining to r
- Rs3.5L stolen from medical store
Thieves broke into a medical store in Hargobind Nagar, near Giaspura, on the intervening night of April 9 and 10 and took away Rs 3.5 lakh from a locked drawer.
- Man booked for passport fraud
Ludhiana: The police have booked a man, Gurpreet Singh, resident of Gopal Nagar, Tibba Road, under Sections 177 and 420 of the IPC and Section 12 of the Passport Act for fraud and submission of wrong information for making a new passport. A case was registered in this regard on the basis of a compla
- 7 years on, civic body yet to fix fault in sewerage system at Guru Nanak Colony
Despite repeated complaints and reminders, the Municipal Corporation has failed to fix the faulty sewerage system in Street 6 of Guru Nanak Colony on Gill Road, here.
- MLA Sidhu inspects wheat procurement arrangements
Kulwant Singh Sidhu, MLA from Atam Nagar, inspected the wheat procurement arrangements at Dana Mandi, near Arora Palace, on Gill Road here on Monday.
- Short film Spectacular Hola Mohalla 2022 released
Chairman, Punjab Arts Council, and eminent Punjabi poet Padma Shri Dr Surjit Patar released a short film, ‘Spectacular Hola Mohalla 2022’, by
- Diarrhoea prevalence in kids rises in district: NFHS
The prevalence of diarrhoea in young children has increased while no case of acute respiratory infection (ARI) was found among children below five years of age in Ludhiana district, a national survey has revealed.
- Anganwadi workers urge govt to fulfil demands
Members of the Anganwadi Workers’ Union have sent a memorandum to the state government about their pending demands.
- Government college girls bag 6 medals
Students of the Government College for Girls, Ludhiana, gave a good account of themselves, winning six medals, including one gold, in the bench press competition held at Tara Convent School, Malerkotla, yesterday.
- Gogi gets cut in road divider opened on Southern Bypass
Gurpreet Gogi, MLA from Ludhiana West, got a cut in the road divider on Southern Bypass along the Sidhwan Canal near Jawaddi Bridge opened on Monday. The cut was earlier closed but the area residents have been demanding to get it reopened.
- Two test positive in district
Two persons tested positive for Covid, while no death due to the disease was reported in the district today.
- NGT forms panel, to submit report within two months
In a fresh petition filed by four persons against the proposed modern industrial park to be set up in around 1,000 acres near the Mattewara Forest and Sutlej in the district, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a joint committee, comprising the State Pollution Control Board, Greater Lu
- Ropar pip Ludhiana on basis of first innings lead in cricket
The two-day match played between Ludhiana and Ropar in the Inter-District (U-23) Cricket Tournament being organised by the Punjab Cricket Association at Ropar ended in a draw. However, the latter were declared the winners on the basis of first innings lead of  208 runs. The match was played at
- PWD calls for in - depth probe, recovery of excess compensation
Even as the Ludhiana court last week rejected the closure report filed by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau into the Hoshiarpur land scam and raised 13 points on which the matter needs to be investigated in depth, a similar report by Additional Secretary, PWD, with recommendation for a more thorough inves
- AAP indulging in vendetta politics: Akalis
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government was indulging in political vendetta by violating the human rights of senior SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia, besides attacking the freedom of the press by framing a false case against PTC Managing Director Rabindra Naraya
