Congman kin among 3 held for illegal drug sale sale

Thursday 19 November '09

The Ludhiana rural police on Wednesday arrested Amandeep Singh, son of Sidwan Bet block president Gurmeet Singh Kler for illegally selling psychotropic drugs.

Manpreet hints at bailout for PAU

Thursday 19 November '09

For Punjab Agricultural University, which is battling acute financial crisis, Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal today provided a ray of hope.

Moga acid attack: DSP’s statement recorded; victim wants case shifted

Tuesday 17 November '09

Statement of a deputy superintendent of police was recorded by the court of Judicial Magistrate Kuljit Pal Singh here on Monday...

Dairy owners rue rampant adulteration

Tuesday 17 November '09

Dairy owners operating from the Haibowal Dairy complex feel rue the fact that because of wrong pricing of milk, supply of synthetic milk has gone up in the city thereby hitting their business.

Nagar Council told to cough up Rs 94,830 for power theft

Tuesday 17 November '09

Jagraon Nagar Council has been fined by the Punjab State Electriciy Board for stealing power to run its streetlights.

PAU teachers take up fund delay case with Sukhbir

Tuesday 17 November '09

A high-level delegation of Punjab Agricultural University Teachers Association met Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal here today when the latter was on campus for a sports programme.

JE beaten to death in ‘illicit relation’ brawl

Monday 16 November '09

In a bizarre incident, a neighbour beat up a visitor under a suspicion of illicit relationship.

Contraband haul worth Rs 75 lakh seized in Jagraon

Wednesday 11 November '09

The Ludhiana police seized brown sugar, worth Rs 75 lakh in the international market here today.

Wheat worth Rs 13-crore left to weather gods’ mercy

Tuesday 10 November '09

Sheer callousness on the part of the concerned officials has left wheat worth Rs 13 crores exposed to vagaries of the weather since last night.

Candle vigil organised to build a case against Bt Brinjal

Tuesday 10 November '09

A large number of consumers, farmers, doctors and students, including women and children...

Prayers held for speedy justice to riot-hit

Monday 9 November '09

On a call given by the president SAD (B) Sukhbir Singh Badal to collectively pray on November 8 which he hoped...

Pension fund crisis comes back to haunt PAU

Saturday 7 November '09

With pension crisis staring in the face yet again, pensioners of Punjab Agricultural University have threatened to file a contempt of court or approach the Supreme Court if the university failed to pay pensions by November 14.

Riot victims disrupt rail traffic

Saturday 7 November '09

Train services were severely affected on Thursday morning after the 1984 Sikh riot victims blocked rail traffic demanding justice.

State Cong chief bats for farmers

Saturday 7 November '09

Taking a stand against the Centre, president Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Mohinder Singh Kaypee has termed the minimum support price of wheat as “grossly inadequate”.

Govt acting against Panthic forces out of insecurity: Bittu

Friday 6 November '09

Former militant and senior leader of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) Panch Pradhani slammed the Parkash Singh Badal-led government saying that the fear of losing the upcoming SGPC elections was forcing them to attack the Panthic forces.

Fake currency racket unearthed

Friday 6 November '09

With the arrest of two people, the Ludhiana Rural Police claim to have busted a gang involved in manufacturing and circulating fake currency.

Battlelines drawn for PAU staff union polls

Thursday 5 November '09

With battlelines drawn for the PAU Non-teaching Employees Union elections, it is time for high-pitched campaigning.

Seven-year-old done to death by stepmother over property

Wednesday 4 November '09

Baljinder Kaur, step mother of seven-year-old Joshinder Singh Josh has been found guilty of killing him for property.

Hardliners fail to practice what they preach

Wednesday 4 November '09

The ones who had given the call of Bandh and even had gone around the town forcing other people to shut shop probably did not check their own backyard.

VHP leader rescued from irate crowd, but Bandh peaceful by and large

Wednesday 4 November '09

The Punjab bandh call given by the hardliners in memory of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots passed of peacefully in the city barring one incident at Mata Rani Chowk...

Boy from Pakistan who crossed over ‘by mistake’ pleads to be sent home

Tuesday 3 November '09

Sunil Khan, a 16-year-old Pakistani boy lodged in the juvenile home here, has urged the Central Government to release him, pleading that he had mistakenly strayed into Indian territory.

Make Punjabi compulsory in schools, demand writers

Tuesday 3 November '09

Slamming the state government for its lax attitude regarding implementation of the Punjab State Language Act, writers across the state have announced their resignation from both state as well as district language committees.

Expert discounts fears on threat to Punjabi from English

Tuesday 3 November '09

Punjabi language need not fear English, the language that its needs to be wary of is Hindi.

Bandh: 9 police teams formed

Tuesday 3 November '09

The SSP, Ludhiana, Dr Sukhchain Singh Gill has constituted nine teams of police personnel to ensure that the Punjab Bandh called by hardliners on November 3 passes off peacefully.

Cong leader shot at by wife’s kin

Monday 2 November '09

A la Pramod Mahajan family saga unfolded in the city today after a Congress leader and secretary Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, Sanjeev Bhargav was shot at by a relative of his wife.