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Ludhiana gains 13 points in PGI-D 2024-25, secures 'Uttam-3' grade

Ludhiana, May 21 -- The district has showcased an improvement in school education performance, climbing 13 points in the latest Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) 2024-25 - an evidence-ba... Read More


Ludhiana: Fire ravages hosiery factory, losses pegged at rRs.r60 lakh

Ludhiana, May 21 -- Goods and machinery worth nearly Rs.60 lakh were destroyed in a fire that broke out at a hosiery manufacturing unit in New Madhopuri on Wednesday morning, officials said. No casual... Read More


Ludhiana: Tattoo helps cops crack six-month-old murder case, one arrested

Ludhiana, May 21 -- A small tattoo bearing the initials 'BJ' on the arm of a decomposed woman's body became the breakthrough clue that helped Ludhiana police solve a six-month-old blind murder case an... Read More


Ludhiana: Armed robbers open fire at cops, flee after failed ATM loot bid

Ludhiana, May 21 -- A robbery attempt at an Axis Bank ATM on Noorwala Road was foiled in the early hours of Wednesday after the kiosk's security alert system triggered a police response, but the four ... Read More


Ludhiana: Residents face rush at hospital pharmacies as over 3,200 shops remained shut amid stir

Ludhiana, May 21 -- Access to medicines was disrupted across Ludhiana on Wednesday after nearly all of the city's 3,253 registered chemist shops downed shutters during a one-day nationwide strike call... Read More


Ludhiana: Rising mercury sends power demand soaring, villages bear brunt of outages

Ludhiana, May 21 -- As an unrelenting heatwave tightens its grip over Punjab, surging electricity demand has plunged several rural and suburban pockets of Ludhiana into prolonged power outages, exposi... Read More


Ludhiana: Admn rolls out control rooms after teacher collapses on duty

Ludhiana, May 21 -- A day after a government primary school teacher suffered a paralysis attack while on census duty amid the searing heatwave, the district administration on Wednesday ordered the est... Read More


Punjab: Chemists on strike today against online sale of medicines

Ludhiana, May 20 -- The All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists has announced a nationwide strike on May 20 against the online sale of medicines and alleged predatory pricing by large e-pharm... Read More


Ludhiana: Transport Nagar residents raise concerns over garbage dumping, poor infrastructure

Ludhiana, May 20 -- Residents and transporters operating in Transport Nagar have raised serious concerns over broken roads, blocked sewerage, garbage dumping and illegal encroachments in the area. Loc... Read More


Ludhiana DC inaugurates AI lab at government school

Ludhiana, May 20 -- Deputy commissioner (DC) Himanshu Jain on Tuesday inaugurated a robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) lab at Government Senior Secondary Smart School, describing it as a transf... Read More