Badal pans PAU for poor paddy variety

Monday 26 October '09

In a significant development, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today held Punjab Agricultural University...

Developmental projects to kick off in rural areas

Tuesday 20 October '09

With huge funds received recently, the district administration is all set to undertake development works in the rural areas soon.

Now, crime-mapping to curb crime

Wednesday 7 October '09

In order to keep a check on the crime graph, the Ludhiana police have initiated a unique move of crime-mapping, which may prove helpful in prevention and detection of various crimes.

SAD-INLD alliance to continue despite differences on SYL issue, says Badal

Sunday 4 October '09

Claiming that SAD had nothing to do with the election manifesto of the Indian National Lok Dal...

Rahul gives survival tips to youth leaders

Wednesday 16 September '09

All-India Congress Committee General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has asked the youth leaders of his party to fend for themselves.

The key to her heart

Monday 31 August '09

It has been a decade-long journey for Shivani Arora who started playing the harmonium at religious congregations at Ram Sharnam as a hobby.

Punjab Police net wanted offender after shootout

Wednesday 26 August '09

The Punjab Police caught wanted criminal Balbir Singh Bhootna in the early hours of Tuesday, after a brief gunbattle that killed...

City corn sellers make Bollywood stars endorse their products

Sunday 9 August '09

For any trader, boosting sales is an uphill task. Big companies spend crores of rupees to rope in brand ambassadors to jack up their sales and make a niche in the market.

Revenue document ‘missing’, DRO issued summons under RTI

Friday 7 August '09

The State Information Commission (SIC) has asked the district administration to supply the masavi (a revenue map) of Noor Bhaini village to a man who moved the Commission alleging that in the absence of the document...

This scribe subscribes to audacious views

Wednesday 5 August '09

Jagdeep Singh, a journalist with a vernacular daily, can never forget the Republic Day of 2007-the day he made news.

A legacy of four decades

Tuesday 28 July '09

Though it is situated right in the middle of the city, yet many residents do not know that a small railway station dots the western part of Ludhiana.

Wife and her paramour killed Nazar: Police

Sunday 26 July '09

Preliminary police investigations have revealed that the murder of 57-year-old Nazar Singh in Phullanwal village allegedly by his wife and her paramour was a conspiracy.

Mysterious death of man turns out to be murder by wife, lover

Saturday 25 July '09

The mysterious death of a 57-year-old man at Phullanwal village on July 18 has turned out to be a case of murder, involving the deceased’s wife and her alleged lover.

MC seeks Rs 4 lakh from NGO to provide details under RTI

Wednesday 22 July '09

In order to discourage an NGO to seek more information under the Right to Information Act, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has asked the organisation to deposit Rs 4 lakh.

Three days, 3 murders, city panics as crime graph surges

Tuesday 21 July '09

With three murders reported from different areas of the city on consecutive three days, the crime graph has spiralled in the district.

Encroachers have a field day as corporation looks the other way

Monday 20 July '09

Of the thousands of encroachments in the city, the Municipal Corporation has managed to remove just a handful of them.

Laissez-faire

Monday 20 July '09

About 10 years ago, I was going through a rough patch in my life.

Gosain seeks removal of Khanna SSP, puts state govt in a tight spot

Sunday 19 July '09

In the aftermath of the ruckus at Sidhu Hospital in Doraha a few days ago, Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Satpal Gosain has written a letter to Union Home Minister P Chidambram demanding the removal of Khanna SSP S S Mann.

Cong flip-flops on Sabharwal: expelled from the party again

Friday 17 July '09

Within a week of his appointment as a secretary of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC), a youth leader Rohit Sabharwal’s appointment has been cancelled under the pressure from senior leaders of Congress party.

Playing with fire

Wednesday 15 July '09

He hogged the limelight twice. First in 2007 in the run-up to the state Assembly elections and then a few days before the Lok Sabha elections.

After chasing criminals, he trails thoughts

Monday 13 July '09

Ludhiana range DIG Dr Sharad Satya Chauhan nurtures an art which not all of us can because being a writer is a different ball game.

Instances of car snatching on the rise

Thursday 9 July '09

Several incidents of car snatching have been reported in the city in recent times. While two incidents of car snatching at gunpoint were reported in two different areas under the jurisdiction of Model Town and Sadar police stations...

Bains Sr cries foul, says younger brother mistreated in jail at Gabria’s behest

Monday 6 July '09

Shiromani Akali Dal leader Simarjit Singh Bains's elder brother Balwinder Singh Bains, who is also a senior Akali leader and a member of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee...

Bains finds support in residents

Thursday 25 June '09

Shiromani Akali Dal councillor Simarjit Singh Bains may have been accused of assaulting tehsildar Major Gurjinder Singh Benipal (Retd), but for residents of areas around Shimlapuri, he remains innocent.

Attack on tehsildar: Officials seek justice

Tuesday 23 June '09

Angry revenue officials seem to want to settle scores with those who allegedly assaulted Ludhiana (Central) Tehsildar Major Gurjinder Singh Benipal on June 19.