LUDHIANA: Ludhiana rural police have arrested a couple after they recovered 50 grams heroin and Rs 40,000 drug money from them. The accused were identified as Harpreet Singh Happy aka Longa and his wife Inderjit Kaur Indu, of Hardev Nagar in Jagraon.Police officials said that the Crime Investigating Agency (CIA) got a tip off that […]
Ludhiana: A 35-year-old man has been arrested for raping his minor neighbour, police said on Tuesday. The 14-year-old survivor was alone at her home when the accused barged in and assaulted her sexually, the police added. A complaint was lodged by her father, who told the police that he had left for vegetable market at […]
Ludhiana: Punjab (Men), Tamil Nadu (Men), Indian Railways (Women) and Kerala (Women) were unbeaten in their respective groups due to which they booked the quarter-final berths on the third day of the 73rd senior national basketball championship. In women’s category, defending champion Indian Railways registered a 156-50 victory over West Bengal while Kerala beat Uttar […]
Ludhiana: Officials from Punjab Pollution Control Board on Tuesday collected water samples for testing from Mangat village, Rahon Road, after residents complained about polluted groundwater.The villagers, who had recently protested against an industrial unit for polluting the groundwater, rued that their health was at risk as they were forced to consume contaminated water.Under the leadership […]
LUDHIANA: Upset over a property dispute, a 50-year-old realtor ended his life by consuming a poisonous substance at his house in Model Town Extension, police said on Tuesday. A suicide note was also found in his house. Acting on the statement of Ashwani Kapoor’s wife Manju, the police booked two persons, including a woman, for […]
Ludhiana: Speeding was the reason behind 258 road accidents out of 467 which took place in Ludhiana in 2022, showed the data released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). As per its report, 364 lives were snuffed out and 174 people left injured in these accidents. Last year, however, marked a slight decline in the […]
Ludhiana: Samrala police, along with a team of health department, raided two unauthorised drug de-addiction centres and rescued a total of 44 inmates from one of the centres in Rupalon village. The other facility located in Chak Mafi village was non-operational, officials said.Sharing details, Samrala deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Jaspinder Singh that staff present […]
Ludhiana: While the financial year 2023-24 is nearing its last quarter, the civic body is still struggling to meet its budgetary target.So far, the MC has generated Rs 436.71 crore, which is 47.13% of the set revenue target of Rs 926.66 crore. Except for property tax, all other branches are far behind their set targets. […]
PATIALA: Balwant Singh Rajoana, a death row convict in the assassination case of former Punjab CM Beant Singh, started a hunger strike in Patiala jail, urging the withdrawal of a mercy petition filed by SGPC on his behalf 12 years ago. Despite spending nearly 28 years in prison, the decision to commute his death sentence […]
Ludhiana: A parking contractor, who is also a Congress worker, alleged that he was targeted by robbers who attacked him and robbed him of cashoutside Punjab Agricultural University (PAU).The complainant, Abbas Raja, a resident of Jalandhar Bypass, filed a complaint with the PAU police station. He said he had gone to visit an exhibition being […]
