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Topic: Ludhiana

Barricade duty at 5 am to birthday song at midnight: All in a Covid workday for Punjab Police

ThePrint followed Ludhiana Sub Inspector Madhu Bala for a day to get a peek into the Punjab Police’s work during lockdown to ensure the move serves its purpose of controlling the pandemic.

What’s ailing Punjab’s jails — dreaded gangsters, understaffed prisons & idle inmates

The two violent incidents in less than a week have once again exposed the notoriety of Punjab’s prisons.

Gangsters clash violently in Ludhiana Central Jail killing one, injuring 35, police open fire

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has ordered a magisterial inquiry by the Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner and said that strict action will be taken against culprits.

How the Khalistan Liberation Force ‘planned and executed’ the murder of an RSS activist

The NIA, in its chargesheet, has accused two sharpshooters, multiple NRIs operatives of the KLF, as well as British national Jagtar Singh Johal alias Jaggi.

NIA to investigate killings of RSS leaders in Punjab

3 cases of murder of Right-wing Hindu leaders have been reported from the state so far; killers are still at large and suspects include militants, Pakistan.

RSS leader’s murder: Punjab cops clueless despite six similar cases in 18 months

No arrests have been made in any of these cases; assailants adopt similar modus operandi; all murders have taken place in and around Ludhiana.

Ludhiana auto parts traders fear they won’t survive post-GST crash

Manufacturers of bicycle parts, auto parts and fasteners have been hit hard by drop in demand, rising costs, and problems in sourcing raw materials.

Ludhiana hosiery industry coming apart at the seams, 30 per cent jobs lost

Daily labourers are worst affected, but permanent employees could also lose jobs as GST hits 12,000 hosiery units in the Ludhiana area.

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Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

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.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.