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Ludhiana: Waris Punjab De leader, aide booked for 'staging' attack

Ludhiana, June 25 -- The firing on the SUV of Jaswant Singh Cheema, Sahnewal in-charge of Akali Dal Waris Punjab De, on the Doraha highway nearly five months ago was a staged attack, Khanna police sai... Read More


Ludhiana: Amid rise in seasonal illness cases, experts urge caution

Ludhiana, June 25 -- Even as the monsoon has only begun to gain momentum, seasonal illnesses linked to rain, water contamination and mosquito breeding have started surfacing in Ludhiana, prompting doc... Read More


Ludhiana: 4.9 lakh kids to be covered under polio drive

Ludhiana, June 25 -- Nearly 4.9 lakh children under 5 years of age will be covered between June 28 and July 2 under the National Pulse Polio campaign, the district health department has said. The arra... Read More


Ludhiana: Dismissed cop among 3 held for bid to grab rented SUV, 1 escapes later

Ludhiana, June 25 -- A dismissed Punjab Police constable, along with two men, has been arrested for allegedly trying to grab a rented SUV after tampering with its identity and disabling its tracking s... Read More


Ludhiana: rRs.r100-crore projects cleared during F&CC meeting

Ludhiana, June 25 -- Development projects worth Rs.100 crore were cleared during the Finance and Contracts Committee (FCC) meeting of the Municipal Corporation that concluded on Wednesday. Many projec... Read More


Ludhiana: Illegally built house of drug smuggler demolished, say police

Ludhiana, June 25 -- A joint team of the Ludhiana police and the Municipal Corporation on Wednesday demolished an "illegally constructed" house allegedly built by "notorious drug smuggler" Rana Kumar ... Read More


Ludhiana: Thunderstorms, gusty winds likely till June 26

Ludhiana, June 25 -- (Blurb) Winds likely to attain 40 to 50 kmph speed; weather condition to improve from June 27 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for Ludhiana for... Read More


Ludhiana: Panel steps in, wants manual scavenging, SC/ST Acts invoked

Ludhiana, June 24 -- The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) on Tuesday directed Ludhiana police to invoke provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers Act, 2013, and ... Read More


Ludhiana: PSPCL issues provisional power bills as contract staff continue protest

Ludhiana, June 24 -- Thousands of PSPCL consumers in Ludhiana have started receiving provisional electricity bills after regular meter-reading operations were disrupted due to the ongoing strike by ou... Read More


Woman, son rescued from blaze at house; car catches fire on flyover in Ludhiana

Ludhiana, June 24 -- Two fire incidents were reported in the city on Tuesday. A woman suffered burn injuries while her toddler son escaped unhurt after a fire broke out in a locked room at Jagjit Naga... Read More