Punjab: Ludhiana DC institutes committee to inspect factories, collect cylinders
India | May 03, 2021, 07:51 AM ISTLudhiana DC Varinder Kumar Sharma formed a committee to overlook factories and collect oxygen cylinders
Ludhiana DC Varinder Kumar Sharma formed a committee to overlook factories and collect oxygen cylinders
He tested positive for COVID at a special camp organised by health teams where samples of commuters were taken.
Fourteen deaths were reported from Ludhiana, seven from Patiala, four from Jalandhar, three each from Amritsar and Sangrur, two from Ferozepur and one each from Barnala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Moga and Mohali
A labourer allegedly killed his wife by slitting her throat and then ended his life by consuming a poisonous substance in Gurdev Nagar area in Ludhiana on Wednesday, after she asked him not to drink, police said.
Coronavirus containment zones in the city of Ludhiana have notched up to 3 with Prem Nagar (ward 63) been added to the list. Prem Nagar which reported its first case on June 7 has since reported 17 more cases in one week to take the total to 18 COVID-19 cases.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said that the maximum temperature is likely to touch 44 degrees Celcius in Ludhiana.
Seven RPF personnel posted at Ludhiana railway station have tested positive for COVID-19 and around 100 personnel quarantined, said the Director-General (DG), Railway Protection Force.
Restaurants and eateries opened in Punjab's Ludhiana on Saturday after district magistrate allowed the opening of restaurants, eateries, ice cream shops, sweet shops and juice shops amid lockdown relaxations. The shops can remain open from 7 am to 7 pm and only home delivery service will be available.
Anil Kohli, an assistant commissioner of police in Punjab's Ludhiana, died of the coronavirus on Saturday. Kohli was undergoing treatment at SPS Apollo Hospital in Ludhiana. He was tested for the deadly infection a few days ago. Infact, a plasma therapy on the police officer was finalised, for which the Punjab government gave an approval on Friday. However, the ACP passed away before his treatment could be started.
The 42-year-old patient from Ludhiana was diagnosed positive after death, doctors said. So far, 41 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the state.
Based on her complaint, the police arrested the key accused, a roadside vendor who hails from Staundi village in Karnal, and his accomplice. The married woman, hailing from Ludhiana in Punjab, has alleged that she was abducted by the two men at knifepoint when she went to use the washroom near a toll plaza on the National Highway in Karnal.
Satpal, a resident of Pathankot in Punjab, sustained head injuries after he fell off a bogie following detachment of the engine.
The building is located in the old city on the Arya School road here. There were other members of the family as well but they managed to come out of the building in the nick of time, they said.
B.C. Steel factory deals in remodeling hot iron and several employees were on the job when the blast occurred. All the injured are reportedly migrant labourers from Bihar and UP.
Punjab Police and the Special Task Force (STF) have busted a racket of habit-forming drugs operating across the state with the arrest of a Ludhiana-based chemist, who was its kingpin, the STF chief said on Tuesday.
The inmates even made video clips of the incident on their cellphones and posted them live on Facebook.
Clashes broke out in Ludhiana Central Jail after prisoners attacked police officials on Thursday, reported ANI. Several police officials were injured in the incident.
Navjot Singh Sidhu is currently serving as the Minister of Local Government, Tourism, Cultural Affairs, and Museums of the state of Punjab.
Information on any casualties or loss of life was yet not available.
The BJP-SAD alliance won 21 seats and Lok Insaf Party led by MLA Simmerjit Singh Bains won 7 seats whereas independents bagged four seats, an election office spokesperson said here.
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