Police foil bid to smuggle hashish, drugs into Punjab jailOctober 4th, 2009 LUDHIANA - A bid to smuggle contraband and intoxicants into the central jail in Punjab's Ludhiana district was foiled and one man was arrested, officials said Sunday. According to police, a man was arrested late Saturday evening while he was trying to smuggle hashish in tins of desi ghee (clarified butter) and around 5,000 intoxicant tablets in a bag of rice.
8.3 million dollars worth of sugar seized in LudhianaSeptember 20th, 2009 SEDHA VILLAGE - Food Department authorities of Punjab have raided a godown in Sedha village of Ludhiana and seized sugar worth 8.33 million dollars. Bharat Bhushan, who belonged to Punjab's Moga district, had taken the godown on rent.
Rahul travels by train to LudhianaSeptember 15th, 2009 LUDHIANA - Congress general secretary and parliamentarian Rahul Gandhi reached this industrial city of Punjab from New Delhi in an air-conditioned chair car of the Shatabdi Express Tuesday, a day after party president and his mother Sonia Gandhi travelled economy class on a flight from the national capital to Mumbai. Rahul Gandhi made the four hour journey from New Delhi to Ludhiana as an ordinary passenger, eschewing the executive class coach as part of the austerity drive announced by India's ruling Congress party in view of the drought situation in the country.
Ludhiana farmers confident of a good harvest despite scanty rainsAugust 19th, 2009 LUDHIANA - While farmers in different parts of the country are anxious due to delayed or deficient monsoon, farmers in Ludhiana are confident of reaping a good harvest despite everything. Monsoon rains have been 29 percent below this year and affected cultivation of crops such as rice and sugarcane and triggering a sharp rise in food prices.
Fight over water leaves two farmers dead in PunjabJuly 19th, 2009 LUDHIANA - With the monsoon continuing to play truant in Punjab, two farmers lost their lives in a village near here after they were clubbed to death following a row over sharing canal water in paddy fields. The farmers, Gurmit Singh and Baldev Singh who were brothers, were allegedly clubbed to death by migrant labourers at the behest of another farmer, Gurcharan Singh, police officials of Ludhiana-rural said Sunday.
Three arrested militants were planning to attack Dera chiefJuly 1st, 2009 LUDHIANA - Punjab Police arrested three members belonging to Khalistan Zindabad (a militant group) here on Tuesday. Addressing the media persons here, Sanjeev Kalra, Inspector General of Police, Ludhiana Range said that the militants who have been identified as Kuljeet Singh, Bhat Singh and Baba Balbir Singh belong to Khalistan Zindabad, a militant outfit which is a part of the movement to create Khalistan, the Sikh homeland through armed struggle.
Ludhiana has air-conditioned taxi serviceJune 22nd, 2009 LUDHIANA - An air-conditioned Radio taxi service has been introduced in Ludhiana, which makes it the third city after Mohali and Amritsar to have such a facility in Punjab. Air-conditioned radio cabs will now ensure a comfortable journey in Ludhiana.
Normalcy returning to Punjab, railway traffic resumesMay 27th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Punjab is slowly returning to normal, as railway traffic has resumed in the state. Besides local train services, two special trains have left for Delhi from Jammu.
40,000 railway passengers stranded in PunjabMay 26th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - At least 40,000 train passengers have been left stranded inside and outside railway stations across Punjab following disruption of railway traffic by supporters of a Sikh outfit. Public unrest and violence in the state has also affected the movement of buses.
India-Pakistan bus service temporarily haltedMay 25th, 2009 LUDHIANA - The India-Pakistan bus service 'Sada-e-Sarhad' has been temporarily halted by the Punjab authorities from Monday (May 25). The large-scale violence between followers of Dera Sach Khand and conservative Sikhs in the state over the attack on a Sikh shrine in the Austrian capital Vienna forced the authorities to stop the service on security reasons.
No danger of Talibanisation in Punjab, says governorMay 19th, 2009 LAHORE - The governor of Pakistan's Punjab province has said there is no danger of Talibanisation in the area. Governor Salman Taseer said the situation in Punjab is under control and there is no danger of Talibanisation in the province, the Online news agency reported Tuesday.
Ludhiana rally proves NDA is formidable: AdvaniMay 11th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani Monday said the successful rally by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Ludhiana a day ago had shown that it was a formidable force and would form the next government at the centre.
Jayaprada files nomination papers from RampurApril 21st, 2009 RAMPUR / LUDHIANA - Actor-turned-politician and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Jayaprada has filed her nomination from Rampur seat in Uttar Pradesh
She was accompanied by SP General Secretary Amar Singh, actors-turned-politician Sanjay Dutt and Jaya Bachchan. "Amar Singh said come and join us.
Drug addicts behind bars for stealing idolsJanuary 13th, 2009 LUDHIANA - Seeking help from gods during the time of distress is understandable but three youth in this industrial city of Punjab ventured out to do something more adventurous - stealing idols of gods to make money for their drug addiction. The crime branch of the Ludhiana police have arrested the three, police officials said here Wednesday.
Rs.1.3 mn stolen from Ludhiana farmerDecember 30th, 2008 LUDHIANA - A farmer from this industrial city of Punjab Wednesday fell prey to a thief's prank and lost nearly Rs.1.3 million. The farmer, Iqbal Singh Gill, and his son took out money from a bank on the Mall Road here.
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