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Punjab petrol pumps go on strike to protest high fuel taxes
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 29 (ANI): Protesting against increased excise duty levied on petrol products in the state, petrol pump dealers across Punjab have gone for a strike on Wednesday by shutting down their pumps for business from 8 am to 5 pm.
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Prices of vegetables spike in Ludhiana's wholesale market
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 28 (ANI): With heavy rains destroying crops in several parts of Punjab, the prices of vegetables have soared by three times in the wholesale market of Ludhiana.
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No designated crematorium for those who die of Covid-19, Ludhiana Deputy C
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 26 (ANI): Authorities in Ludhiana clarified that no crematorium has been designated specifically for the cremation of bodies of those who succumbed to COVID-19 in the city.
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No designated crematorium for COVID-19 deceased in Ludhiana: Deputy Commis
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 26 (ANI): The Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner on Sunday said that families of deceased COVID-19 patients can cremate bodies at any cremation ground as per their religious belief.
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Punjab Govt to start rejuvenation project of polluted Buddha Nullah in Lud
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 26 (ANI): The Punjab Government will start a rejuvenation project for the polluted Buddha Nullah in Ludhiana next month, Ludhiana Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu said.
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Shopkeepers boycott Chinese rakhis in Ludhiana
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 24 (ANI): Showing their solidarity with the rest of the country, shopkeepers in Ludhiana have refrained from buying or selling Chinese rakhis this Raksha Bandhan.
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Punjab cabinet approves USD 285.71 mn canal water supply project for Amrit
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 22 (ANI): The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved a USD 285.71 million project for canal-based water supply for Amritsar and Ludhiana under World Bank financing, said the state government spokesperson.
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Punjab: Cycle industry running at 50 pc loss due to shortage of labourers,
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 21 (ANI): Despite a rise in demand for cycles, the industry is not able to take advantage of the situation due to the shortage of labourers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Avtar Singh Bhogal, the director of Bhogal Cycle Industries.
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COVID 19: Ludhiana campus of Punjab Agricultural University to remain clos
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 21 (ANI): The Ludhiana campus of the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) will remain closed till July 24 in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, said the university registrar on Tuesday.
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Farmers protest against govt ordinances, fuel price hike
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab), July 21 (ANI): Thousands of farmers under the banners of different organisations took out a "tractor march" in Ludhiana on Monday in protest against three ordinances introduced by the Central Government and the fuel price hike.
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Punjab: Man tied to tree, thrashed, garlanded with shoes at Ludhiana villa
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 19 (ANI): A man, booked in the abduction case of a minor girl, was allegedly tied to a tree, garlanded with shoes and thrashed by locals before being handed over to the police in the Bonkar Gujran village of Ludhiana on Thursday.
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Punjab Roadways buses run at less than half capacity: Ludhiana station sup
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 19 (ANI): Punjab Roadways buses are running at less than half their capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Ludhiana station supervisor Kuljit Singh Sodhi.
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