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Ludhiana: Remove principals holding office beyond 10 years, says teachers' body

Ludhiana, June 7 -- Alleging violations of UGC regulations governing the tenure of college principals, the Association of United College Teachers (AUCT), Punjab and Chandigarh, has urged Panjab Univer... Read More


Ludhiana: Multiple biometric checks slow wheat distribution at depots

Ludhiana, June 7 -- Less than one-fifth of eligible ration-card holders in Ludhiana have received wheat since the distribution of foodgrains and ration kits for April, May and June began on May 25, wi... Read More


Human rights' panel takes suo motu note of Ludhiana factory deaths

Ludhiana, June 7 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of the death of three workers and injuries to two others after they allegedly inhaled toxic fumes while ma... Read More


Ludhiana: Foot rot threat looms over state's basmati belt

Ludhiana, June 7 -- With basmati rice cultivation expanding rapidly across Punjab, experts from Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) have sounded an alert over the increasing incidence of foot rot dis... Read More


Ludhiana: Temporary fix at cave-in site fuels fears of fresh collapse

Ludhiana, June 7 -- A day after a road cave-in near ESIC Hospital disrupted traffic on one of the city's busiest corridors, the municipal corporation (MC) claimed to have rectified the underlying faul... Read More


Ludhiana: PSPCL reshuffles staff ahead of paddy season, JE crisis persists

Ludhiana, June 7 -- With the paddy transplantation season set to gather pace and agricultural power demand expected to rise sharply in the coming weeks, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) ... Read More


Ludhiana: 8 booked on charges of assaulting Farmer over parking dispute

Ludhiana, June 7 -- A farmer was allegedly assaulted and shots were fired in the air during a dispute over a car blocking a narrow street in the PAU area on Friday. The PAU police have registered an F... Read More


Ludhiana: Factory owner's car set ablaze, police probe business dispute angle

Ludhiana, June 7 -- The Haibowal police have registered a case against three unidentified persons on charges of setting ablaze the car of a factory owner outside his residence in Haibowal Kalan, with ... Read More


Ludhiana: MC razes shops, structure built beneath high-tension power lines

Ludhiana, June 7 -- The municipal corporation (MC) on Saturday demolished three illegally constructed shops and an under-construction structure raised beneath high-tension power lines on Barota Road, ... Read More


Ludhiana: Burglars strike gas agency, flee with 60 commercial cylinders

Ludhiana, June 7 -- Amid an ongoing shortage of commercial LPG cylinders in the city, burglars decamped with around 60 cylinders and other equipment worth nearly Rs.4.5 lakh from a gas agency in Sahne... Read More