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Topic: Ludhiana

Journalist Anjana Om Kashyap booked in Ludhiana over remarks on Valmiki during TV debate

Police complaint filed by Bhartiya Valmiki Dharam Samaj Bhavadas says the statements have caused grievous hurt to the sentiments of the Balmiki community.

Real cops, fake raid—how Punjab Police personnel posed as SP, DSP to ‘abduct’ UP businessmen for Rs 10 cr

Gang led by head constable, ASI booked for allegedly abducting trio from Noida, holding them at Ludhiana dhaba & attempting to extort money.

‘Totally anti-farmer,’ Farmers take out tractor march against Punjab govt’s land pooling policy

Protesting farmers allege that having 'failed' on all the fronts, the AAP government was desperate to 'grab' the land of farmers.

Dalit teen in Punjab ‘paraded half-naked, head shaved’ for ‘facilitating’ friend’s inter-caste marriage

Punjab police say 13 people booked & one arrested over the incident in Ludhiana. SHO says the couple are adults & married each other out of their own free will. 

AAP’s Ludhiana West MLA Gurpreet Gogi dies in ‘accidental firing from own pistol’

Hours before his death, Gogi held a meeting with Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan and AAP MP Balbir Singh Seechewal over the issue of cleaning of ‘Budha Nalla’.

From Nazi-era Vienna to Ludhiana. How an Indian helped Jewish families escape

In 'A Rescue in Vienna', Vinay Gupta narrates how his grandfather saved five Jewish families from going to the internment camps in 1938.

9 dead, 11 injured in gas leak at factory in Ludhiana, Punjab

Reason behind the leak is yet to ascertained. NDRF teams have rushed to the factory as well as a team of doctors and a fire brigade have also reached the spot.

Key accused in Ludhiana court blast arrested, NIA says he smuggled IED device from Pakistan

According to NIA officials, the accused was associated with a pro-Khalistan group & had coordinated the delivery of explosive, used in the blast, with people from across the border.

‘No enmity, no debt, so what gave?’ Punjab AAP worker’s family grapples for clues after suicide

Ajaypal Singh Gill, 62, was found hanging days after he was made chair of Machhiwara Agricultural Co-operative Development Bank. Police say he left behind no suicide note.

Terror group SFJ’s Jaswinder Multani arrested in Germany for alleged role in Ludhiana blast

The German Police arrested Multani from Erfurt city after diplomatic coordination. He is a top member of the banned pro-Khalistan group 'Sikhs For Justice'.

On Camera

Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.