Ludhiana, Punjab Business Information Directory

A 26-year-old unemployed youth from Balachaur in Nawanshahr was duped of Rs 8 lakh by travel agents of Ludhiana. The travel agents had reportedly promised the youth to send him to Portugal.

The Municipal Corporation (MC) is planning to float tenders for inviting bidders for 50 per cent of the outdoor advertisement media sites that were surrendered by the existing contractor. A resolution regarding the advertisement tenders will be part of the agenda of the Finance and Contract Committe

Four armed robbers barged into a house on the Daba-Lohara road on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday and held occupants of the house captive at gunpoint. After breaking open the main entrance door leading to the first floor of the house, they took away Rs 5.75 lakh in cash, 12 tola gold

The Crime Investigating Agency (CIA)-I today launched a novel initiative to motivate addicts to shun drugs. A special counselling session was held at the CIA office on Tajpur Road, which was attended by three drug addicts and their family members.

Weather is expected to remain hot and dry during the period and heat wave is expected during the coming two to three days. Under such weather conditions, farmers have been advised by Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) to irrigate vegetable crops regularly at the interval of four to five days to av

A 77-year-old man, Ramesh Saggar, of Vikas Nagar, Pakhowal road, was duped by a cyber criminal of Rs 26.50 lakh. The accused posed himself as the son-in-law of the victim and urged the latter to send the money to some account number, stating that he would return the same in a few days.

A man working with a liquor contract company of former Congress MLA from Samrala Amrik Singh Dhillon was found dead in the fields at Bhagwanpura village this morning. He was brutally murdered by some unidentified persons.

The traffic police today organised a seminar for PCR cops and other vehicle drivers. In this seminar, training to give first aid to accident victims was imparted to cops.

A speeding and rashly driven truck crushed a woman, Manjit Kaur, to death and injured her husband Roshan near the Jalandhar bypass.

A Delhi/Gurgaon-based real estate developer with a flagship mega housing project in the city – Ireo Waterfront – at Daeitwal village on National Highway 95 has landed itself in hot waters for default with regulatory bodies as well as buyers of the property. 

A meeting of the monitoring committee for the Rejuvenation of Buddha Nullah project was held here today.

The Chief Agriculture Officer, Ludhiana district, Dr Narinder Singh Benipal, said training was given to secretaries concerned regarding the direct seeding technique of rice.

The CIA-1 of the Ludhiana police nabbed two drug smugglers and recovered 60 gram of heroin, Rs 30,000 drug money and a Honda City car from them.

Three persons tested positive for Covid while no death was reported in the district due to the virus today. A total of 1,09,922 persons have tested positive for the virus since March 2020 while 2,280 persons from the district have succumbed it so far. — TNS

Ludhiana Sahodaya School Complex (LSSC), an organisation of school principals, held its first offline meeting after the pandemic here today. The meeting witnessed participation of Principals of 40 private schools in the city.