LUDHIANA: A cash of Rs 74 lac, dollars worth Rs 2 lakh and documents of hawala transactions worth over Rs 100 crore have been recovered in a raid conducted by the enforcement directorate on Cheena money exchanger located in Vijay Nagar of Jagraon.This raid was conducted by the teams of the enforcement directorate from Dehradoon, Delhi and Chandigarh. These teams were also supported by the teams of...

Source : Times Of India | 4 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ludhiana

Sand price rise hits the house dream

unprecedented increase in the cost of sand and building material has pushed up construction cost. According to builders, the cost of construction has almost doubled since 2008. Manpreet Singh, a builder and brick kiln owner on Pakhowal Road said the cost of sand has risen by more than five times.Earlier, the sand cost Rs 5 per feet, which has now gone up to more than Rs 25 per feet. "The cost of other...

Source : Times Of India | 8 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ludhiana

Ludhiana entrepreneur sheds new light on Sikh shrine of Hemkund Sahib

Taking his enterprising spirit further, an industrialist from Ludhiana, Ranjodh Singh, has combined his hobbies of photography and writing to put together a book on the Sikh shrine Hemkund Sahib, which is nestled high in thein Uttarakhand. Ranjodh, who is the managing director of GS Radiotors, has many books to his credit and is also the president of a private college.Telling about his book "Sri Hemkunt...

Source : Times Of India | 9 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ludhiana

4-year-old raped, irate protesters root for justice

Seeking the arrest of the alleged rapist of a 4-year-old girl, a group of agitated people turned violent vandalising a private school in Maharana Pratap Nagar on Wednesday, which left the brother and mother of the school owner injured.The police rushed to the spot and rescued the school owner and his family members, who were confined in the school premises by the protesters, who had gathered at the...

Source : Times Of India | 1 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ludhiana

Powerless to beat the heat

Long and unscheduled power cuts in and around Ludhiana have added to the misery of residents, who are reeling under rising temperatures that crossed the 46-degree Celsius for the second day in succession.Areas of the city suffering from unscheduled power cuts include New Lajpat Nagar, Pakhowal Road, Civil Lines, Gurdev Nagar, College Road, Mall Road, Cemetery Road, Model Town and Model Town Extension.Like...

Source : Times Of India | 1 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ludhiana

Searing heat leaves residents scrambling for cover

The city residents continued to singe in scorching conditions as the maximum temperature was a fraction lower on Wednesday at 46.2 degrees Celsius as compared to the 40-year-old record of 46.3 degrees C the previous day.However, the bad news is that weather experts forecast no immediate respite from the severeThe meteorological department officials informed that the maximum temperature in the city...

Source : Times Of India | 1 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ludhiana

Woman, daughter found murdered

woman and her 21-year-old daughter were found murdered at their house in Mohalla Fatehgunj near Baba Than Singh Chowk. It appears that the accused decamped with Rs 4 lakh and gold jewellery after murdering the duo.The deceased have been identified as Usha Grover and her daughter Heena, who lived alone in the house. Usha's husband Baldev had died a few years ago. Her son Rahul Grover aka Sunny lived...

Source : Times Of India | 1 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ludhiana

Ludhiana bus drivers' strike hits commuters hard

a time when the temperature is on a record breaking journey, commuters' movement came to a standstill for the second consecutive day courtesy the strike by a majority of City Bus drivers.Only 10 out of 30 buses were running in the city. Hambaran road, Gill road, Jalandhar Bypass, Aggar Nagar and Sahnewal were some of the routes most affected by the strike.Taking advantage of the strike, auto-rickshaws...

Source : Times Of India | 1 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ludhiana

Parking area freed of encroachments

piece of land, meant for parking purposes, at BRS Nagar was cleared ofThe Ludhiana municipal corporation demolished over 100 shanties from the land inhabited by about 800 people. Shopkeepers of the area had moved HC over the encroachments. Now with the shanties being removed, consumers will get to park vehicles at ease.In the past six months, the MC had asked people living illegally on the land to...

Source : Times Of India | 1 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ludhiana

Leaving Rs 25k behind, cop flees from Vigilance Bureau trap

LUDHIANA: A head constable (HC) posted at Dehlon police station managed to escape from the Vigilance Bureau team, which had laid a trap arrest him while he was demanding Rs 100,000 from a resident of village Sayiyan Kalan, on Tuesday. As theMeanwhile, the Vigilance Bureau has registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) against the head constable identified as Mohammad Sadiq. The...

Source : Times Of India | 2 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ludhiana