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One killed, 5 injured in boiler blast at Ludhiana milk plant

Ludhiana, Oct. 24 -- A late-night explosion at the Verka Milk Plant on Ferozepur Road in Ludhiana on Wednesday left one worker dead and five others seriously injured, officials said on Thursday. The i... Read More


1 killed, 5 injured in boiler blast at Ludhiana Verka milk plant

India, Oct. 23 -- A late-night explosion at the Verka milk plant on Ferozepur Road on Wednesday left one worker dead and five others seriously injured. The incident took place in the boiler section o... Read More


DIG booked under Excise Act after liquor seized from farmhouse

Ludhiana, Oct. 19 -- The Samrala police on Saturday booked suspended deputy inspector general (DIG, Ropar Range) Harcharan Singh Bhullar under the Excise Act, a day after 108 bottles of liquor were re... Read More


Duo held for kidnapping 2 PSPCL officials at gunpoint in Ludhiana

Ludhiana, Oct. 18 -- In a shocking incident, four men posing as police officers kidnapped two officials of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) at gunpoint from their office in Dakha on ... Read More


AAP MLA's son fires celebratory shots at wedding, summoned

Ludhiana, Oct. 18 -- Police on Friday summoned Jagpal Singh, the younger son of Gill AAP MLA Jiwan Singh Sangowal, with the weapon used for celebratory fire at a pre-wedding party in Gill village of L... Read More


Punjab floods: Centre releases rRs.r587 cr for damaged houses

India, Oct. 14 -- Union agriculture minister Shivraj Chouhan on Tuesday announced that the Centre has released Rs.587 crore for 36,703 houses damaged in the recent floods in Punjab. Addressing an eve... Read More


Punjab among top 3 in road accident fatalities: NCRB data

Ludhiana, Oct. 2 -- The latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Report, 2023, has delivered a reminder of Punjab's road safety crisis. The report reveals that Punjab ranks as the third most fatal ... Read More


Teen plants IED in uncle's shop over business rivalry, arrested

Ludhiana, Sept. 26 -- A 19-year-old was arrested in Ludhiana after he built an improvised explosive device (IED) with a timer and planted it in his uncle's shop in the Basti Jodhewal main market, over... Read More


Liquor tavern owner shot dead after dispute over rRs.r120 bill

India, Sept. 23 -- Three unidentified assailants killed the brother of a district-level Congress leader following a dispute over Rs.120 at Sahnewal in Ludhiana on Monday night, police said on Tuesday.... Read More


72-year-old woman from US came to Punjab to marry UK-based NRI, 75: How love affair took fatal turn

India, Sept. 17 -- In a shocking incident, a 72-year-old US citizen of Indian origin, Rupinder Kaur Pandher, was lured from Seattle to Ludhiana in Punjab by a 75-year-old UK-based NRI, Charanjit Singh... Read More