Entertainment

Samantha Ruth Prabhu calls Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal ‘best birthday gift’ as film grosses Rs 40 crore at TN box office

Vignesh Shivan directorial Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal, starring Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Vijay Sethupathi and Nayanthara in the lead roles, opened to negative reviews.

Arjun Kapoor remembers his mother on completing 10 years in film industry: ‘Voh pehli picture dekh leti toh khush ho jati’

Arjun Kapoor recently completed 10 years in the Hindi film industry. The actor said that his mother would have been really proud had she seen his first film.

Jitendra Kumar on whether his character will find love in Panchayat Season 2: ‘First, he needs to figure out…’

Also starring Raghubir Yadav and Neena Gupta, Panchayat Season 2 will stream from May 20 on Amazon Prime Video.

Technology

SLS Rocket and Orion spacecraft meant for Artemis moon mission.

NASA prepares to bring Artemis I Moon rocket SLS to launchpad

SLS is technically scheduled for its first launch in June 2022 but that is still up in the air since it hasn’t yet completed a wet dress rehearsal.

Why Twitter has ignored Elon Musk’s ‘trolling’

Twitter believes Musk's comments have been in breach of the non-disparagement terms of his agreement to buy Twitter.

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Apex Legends Mobile launched on Android, iOS: How to install, system requirements and more

Apex Legends Mobile: Here's all you need to know about the game, including pre-registering rewards, system requirements, and how to install on Android and iOS devices.

Ludhiana News

Nihangs ‘torture’ man to death on suspicion of kidnapping girl

9 Nihangs booked; victim’s kin protest, block traffic

State-level function on birth anniversary of Shaheed Sukhdev: Real tribute to martyrs if we can eradicate social evils, says Bains

Harjot Singh Bains was attending the state-level function organised on the birth anniversary of Shaheed Sukhdev at Guru Nanak Dev Bhawan in Ludhiana.

Moga: Man beaten to death on suspicion of ‘stealing a piece of wire’, case lodged

FIR was filed under Sections 304, 148 and 149 of IPC at Nihal Singh Wala police station.

Rajasthan being fed poisonous water by Bikaner canal, alleges BJP

The Rajasthan canal, also known as the Bikaner canal, is 560 km long and gets its water from the Sutlej river in Punjab.

DSP says Punjab Police harassing him, kin; NCSC issues notice to DGP

The NCSC chairman, taking up the petition, has now directed Punjab Police maintain status quo on the two FIRs registered against the DSP.

Punjab revises summer vacation schedule for schools, junks online classes

The move comes days after the state administration, in view of the prevalent heatwave conditions in the state, had ordered the preponing of summer vacations in schools from May 15 to June 30.

Inmate uploads video from Ludhiana jail, alleges torture

The inmate, identified as Bharat Chauhan, was transferred from Amritsar jail to Ludhiana in February last year.

Punjab: Peak power demand crosses 10,000 MW, PSPCL appeals for electricity conservation

41% more power was supplied in May this year compared to last year, says the corporation

Power theft: PSPCL fines Bhikhiwind dera Rs 26L

A PSPCL spokesman said that the enforcement team was investigating a complaint regarding theft of electricity.

Punjab: 25-yr-old dies after taking drugs, his friends dump body in drain

Meanwhile, the youth’s father alleged that for four days since his son went missing on May 8, he was made to run from one police station to the other as cops refused to register the FIR.

Punjab: Dalit body protests changes in land auction policy, to meet CM on May 24

The new lease policy for panchayati land, which was notified on March 10 this year, has done away with several relaxations previously offered to Dalit land labourers, leaving them miffed.

Battle lines drawn between farmers, farm labourers over paddy transplantation rates

In Sangrur’s Daska, farmers fixed a rate of Rs 3,500 per acre for labouers and announced Rs 20,000 fine for farmers who flout the rule.

5-year-old dies in Ludhiana roof collapse, probe on

The incident took place when the child was sitting outside the house under a tree with his mother and his younger brother. Later, when he went inside the house to drink water, the makeshift roof of the house suddenly came crashing down trapping the child.

Ludhiana: Rs 15 lakh looted from a factory at gunpoint

Sources said that the factory employees were distributing salaries among the workers when the robbers barged inside and escaped with the cash.

Bathinda girl brings laurels by winning Gold at Deaflympics

Shreya, who hails from Bathinda, is the only disabled player from Punjab in the current Indian team. She left for Brazil on April 27 and participated in matches played on May 2, 3 and 4.

Mann’s ‘Delhi model’ for Punjab schools: training tours abroad, portal to share ideas

All praise for the Capital school story, Mann said that teachers from the state will be sent to sent to countries such as Finland, Switzerland and Singapore for training, ‘just like Delhi government does’.

Row over paddy sowing dates: Talks with minister fail, farmers to begin ‘Chandigarh morcha’ May 17

Earlier on May 8, sixteen farmers’ bodies had rejected the electricity supply schedule for the upcoming paddy sowing season issued by the state government and had asserted that they would start transplanting paddy plants from June 10.

Punjab Agricultural University’s PR-130 rice variant gets nod from state approval committee

Dr Gurjit Singh Mangat, additional director of research (crop improvement), said, “It is mid-maturing, lodging tolerant, bacterial blight resistant variety with better milling quality characteristics.”

Ludhiana: Major fire at diesel shed near railway station

According to the fire department, the blaze started at around 1.50pm after someone allegedly discarded a smoked cigarette near the waste engine oil and waste diesel filters.

Nadda to meet Punjab BJP leaders, workers

Municipal elections in Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar and Patiala are scheduled for January next year, but corporations can be dissolved 6 months ahead as well by the state government. So, political parties are making advance preparations for the polls.

Breach in Sirhind feeder, twice in five weeks, leaves farmers reeling