Ludhiana: Sarabha Nagar police have booked a driver for causing death due to negligence after a motorcycle borne youth died allegedly after being hit .
Ludhiana April 11
A servant, along with his accomplices, held his employer captive and decamped with cash and valuables worth lakhs from the latter’s house.
The complainant, Avinash Sharma, superinten
Ludhiana: To check the spread of Covid-19, the government has imposed multiple restrictions. But one round of the city’s markets shows that the police administration has completely failed in enforcement of Covid norms. There are no checks to ensure people entering shops are wearing masks, using sanitisers or maintaining appropriate distance.
During the first wave of the coronavirus, the police had deployed volunteers at different markets and had also appointed Covid monitors in shops. These volunteers and monitors ensured that the visitors followed norms.
The TOI visited markets in Old City, Sarabha Nagar, Dugri, Ghumar Mandi, Mall Road and Jawahar Nagar and found norms being run over.
Ludhiana: Four residents of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 415 tested positive on Wednesday.
As per the health department bulletin, nine deaths were reported on the day. These included two patients each of Sangrur and Jalandhar and one of Hoshiarpur.
The Ludhiana casualties included an 86-year-old man of Sarabha Nagar, who had hypertension and coronary artery disease; a 67-year-old woman of Gill Road; a 55-year-old man of Guru Nanak Nagar with hypertension; and a 66-year-old man of Samrala, who had diabetes and hypertension. Civil surgeon Dr Sukhjivan Kakkar said the district toll has risen to 1,186 and that of outsiders to 612.
To date, 8,21,465 persons have been tested.
Ludhiana: Eight residents of Ludhiana died of Covid-19 and 390 tested positive on Monday.
The district casualties included a 43-year-old man of Railway Colony, a 85-year-old man of Jagraon, a 54-year-old man, a 85-year-old man of Moti Nagar, a 70-year-old woman of Raikot, a 63-year-old patient of Sarabha Nagar, a 65-year-old man, and a man, 62, of Samrala.
Three patients, one each of Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Bathinda, too succumbed at the city hospitals and 61 cases from outside the district tested positive here.
Civil surgeon Dr Sukhjivan Kakkar said the district toll tally was 1,177 and that of outsiders 604.
To date, 8,12,374 persons have been tested.