The Haibowal site for a luxury gate in Ludhiana Ludhiana: Beautification schemes in Punjab’s wasteful pre-election spending have outraged locals, who say they need basic running water and roads instead of a luxury gate to a foul-smelling river.When the municipal corporation floated a ₹39 lakh tender recently to construct a decorative entrance in Haibowal, residents…
Once, there was a proper hydrant and hose reel system near civic body’s Zone A office in Ludhiana Ludhiana: The local fire department has demanded land for a third emergency station near the Jalandhar Bypass, even as two earlier approved stations remain on the drawing board.The request for a station in Ludhiana North assembly constituency…
Once, there was a proper hydrant and hose reel system near civic body’s Zone A office in Ludhiana Ludhiana: The local fire department has demanded land for a third emergency station near the Jalandhar Bypass, even as two earlier approved stations remain on the drawing board.The request for a station in Ludhiana North assembly constituency…
Ludhiana dreams of building a European-style road corridor but is saddled with dirt tracks Ludhiana: A central money-laundering investigation against a prominent state politician has stalled an overhaul of the industrial city’s infrastructure, exposing internal fractures over privatization and inflated project costs.Essential municipal services, from modern waste management to high-tech street cleaning, have ground to…
AAP national Convener Arvind Kejriwal ahead of his visit to Bhondsi jail Gurgaon: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal visited Bhondsi jail on Saturday to meet jailed Punjab cabinet minister Sanjeev Arora.The two leaders met Arora, 62, for around 20 minutes and assured him of the party’s…
GURGAON: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal visited Bhondsi Jail on Saturday to meet jailed Punjab Cabinet Minister Sanjeev Arora.Heavy security arrangements were put in place by the police. Mann and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met Arora for around 20 minutes.Arora was arrested by…
3 min readChandigarhMay 20, 2026 10:11 AM IST Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Tuesday, launched an underground electricity wiring project on a pilot basis in his native Satoj village. Laying the foundation stone of the Rs 8-crore project, Mann said Satoj would become Punjab’s first village to completely transition from an overhead electricity wiring system to…
Ludhiana: After Cabinet minister Sanjeev Arora was arrested by the ED in Chandigarh, local Aam Aadmi Party leaders alleged that central agencies were being misused for political purposes ahead of elections. Jatinder Khangura, President Ludhiana Urban of AAP, said that it is surprising on the part of BJP that raids were conducted at the house…
Punjab cabinet minister Sanjeev Arora on Thursday alleged before the high court that despite being a minister and a businessman of repute, he is being treated like a “criminal” by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Cabinet minister Sanjeev Arora (HT File) “I am a minister. The transactions are of 2023-24, when I was nothing but a businessman….
