Shiromani Akali Dal candidate for the Ludhiana West Assembly byelection, advocate Parupkar Singh Ghuman, began his day in a usual manner — interacting with local residents during his morning walk in a park. During his discussions, he listened to concerns...
Sanjeev Arora, candidate for the Ludhiana West bypoll from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), says he had been serving residents of Ludhiana, much before announcement of the election for the MLA. He shares his experiences and challenges ahead with Principal Correspondent...
The Ludhiana West bypoll is scheduled to be held on June 19. The hectic campaigning of candidates from major parties, including AAP, the Congress and the SAD, is already at the peak with door-to-door visits, meetings with leaders and supporters,...
For issuing no objection certificates (NOC) to aspiring candidates for the Ludhiana West byelection, all four zonal offices/suvidha kendras of the Municipal Corporation (MC) will remain open on Friday (May 30 - a government holiday on account of Shaheedi Diwas...
The police claimed to have nabbed three members of an interstate gang of drug peddlers and recovered a huge quantity of narcotics. One kg of heroin, a two-wheeler used in the crime, drug money worth Rs 18,500 and paraphernalia used...
To support AAP candidate Sanjeev Arora in the upcoming Ludhiana West bypoll, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal will be holding a road show in the city on Friday. The VVIPs would be coming in a chopper...
Civil Hospital docs, staff fail to follow protocol
While the administration will get a breather in the face of the ever-increasing number of applications for arms licences due to the enforcement of Model Code of Conduct in view of the bypoll for Ludhiana West Assembly constituency, the dubious...
Under the initiative of Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan 2025, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) and Indian Institute of Maize Research (IIMR) have jointly launched a large-scale awareness and farmer-scientist interaction campaign...
Dr Tejinder Singh Riar, Additional Director Communication, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), was conferred with ‘Community Mobilisation Award’ during the 12th national seminar on ‘Futuristic Agriculture: Technology, Sustainability and Beyond’, held at Umiam, Meghalaya, from May 22-24. The award was bestowed...
The Department of Processing and Food Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), organised a one-day training programme, ‘Processing and Value Addition of Millets’ for farmers and small entrepreneurs. About 25 participants received thorough theoretical tutorials and hands-on training. Dr S Sharma...
A five-day drone training was imparted to 15 cadets and five training staff of 3 Punjab Girls Battalion NCC, Ludhiana, including permanent instructors, associate NCC officer and cadet instructors from May 19 to 23 by a training team at National...
In a significant outreach aimed at ensuring justice and rehabilitation behind bars, District and Sessions Judge Harpreet Kaur Randhawa paid a special visit to the Ludhiana Women’s Jail. “No woman should suffer due to the lack of legal support. It...
The poll body has asked that the panel include officers of appropriate seniority and experience, in line with prescribed norms
Gurdwara Mehdiana Sahib, located in Mehdiana village near Jagraon, is often referred to as the ‘School of Sikh History’. It is believed to be the place where Guru Gobind Singh rested after the Battle of Chamkaur and wrote parts of...
Fortis Hospital, Ludhiana, organised a sarpanch meet in association with sarpanches from Ludhiana and periphery villages. The event, hosted at the hospital campus, aimed to build stronger community partnerships and raise awareness about family health, disease prevention and the importance...
Oral magnets administered to 15 dairy animals
Three minor girls went missing from Khanna under mysterious circumstances. The victims gone missing from their homes on May 25 and could not be traced. The missing girls are aged 8, 11 and 13 years. On receiving a complaint in...
Class X toppers from three government schools of the district observed real-time administrative and police activities of the chief of the Malerkotla district police. Jasmeet Kaur of School of Eminence, Sandaur, Anmolpreet Kaur of Government High School, Naromajra, and Simarpreet...
Under the Punjab Government’s initiative, Ek Din, DC/SSP De Sang, Amandeep Kaur, Taranveer Singh and Niharika Gujral, top-three meritorious students from the district had the privilege of spending a day with Khanna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jyoti Yadav Bains....
In a decisive move to ensure public safety, a team of the Health Department, under the supervision of District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Amarjit Kaur, seized a large consignment of banned khesari dal and stepped up food safety inspections across...
Functioning of a Pradhan Mantri Bhartia Jan Aushadhi Kendra, situated at PUDA market here, has come under the scanner as members of a joint team of the Punjab Police and Health Department seized pharmaceutical preparations suspected to be used as...
Hemant Dhawan, Sectional Officer, Municipal Council, said construction work on almost all, except a few (five-six), roads had already been completed
The Punjab Agriculture and Family Welfare Department is motivating the farmers of Samrala block to leave the conventional paddy sowing methods and adopt the DSR technique for sowing paddy. Agriculture Development Officer (ADO), Samrala, Dr Sandeep Singh is making single-handed...
He made it clear that party will take agitation to other cities also where farmers were being ousted from their lands
A 40-year-old man who lost his life due to Covid at GMCH, Sector 32, Chandigarh, was a resident of Ludhiana. Civil Surgeon Ramandeep Kaur urged the public not to panic, assuring them of the department’s preparedness, including for potential Covid-19...
An important strategy meeting was held here on Tuesday by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to discuss preparations for the upcoming bypoll to the Ludhiana (West) constituency. The meeting witnessed the participation of senior party leaders, including AAP’s Punjab working...
Two robbers kidnapped a dealer selling bicycle parts and took him around in a Maruti Swift car for about an hour. The miscreants robbed him of cash and mobile phone at knifepoint. Afterwards, the miscreants snatched the ATM card of...
The decision to convert a portion of the ground of the Government College for Girls (GCG) into a parking lot has sparked off a controversy resulting in students uprooting poles installed to earmark the space for the parking for Durga...