Illiterate witness exposes complainant in court! Sangrur, February 8 (Sukhwinder Singh Bawa): In a landmark verdict in a defamation case that has been going on since 2019, the local court has acquitted all the accused, including the newspaper owner and journalists. Disposing of the case filed by Avtar Singh Chhajali against a newspaper owner, journalists Harinderpal Singh Khalsa and Baldev Singh Januha from Ludhiana, the court found that the complainant has failed to prove the charges. Lawyer of the accused journalists, Dasvinir Singh Dalli, said that the most interesting twist during the hearing of the case came when the only...

Strict Warning Issued to Municipal Council Sangrur by PPCB Installation of CCTV and Weigh-Scales at Dump Sites Now Mandatory. Sangrur, December 30, (S. S. Bawa) – The year 2025 has proved to be a year of significant public interest and legal struggle for environmental conservation and the protection of citizens’ health in Sangrur. Following a petition filed in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by a group of concerned citizens—led by Advocate Kamal Anand, Jatinder Kalra, Satinder Saini, Parveen Bansal, and Roshan Garg—this battle has finally reached a decisive turning point. After a hearing in December 2025, the Punjab Pollution Control...

Sangrur (Sukhwinder Singh): – Setting a big example for the protection of human rights in Punjab, the Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) has put an end to the arbitrariness of a private hospital in Ludhiana. The commission has ordered the immediate release of a dead body that was being held by the hospital due to an outstanding bill of Rs 6 lakh. This decision has sparked a discussion across the state that humanity is above business. A poor family, who was unable to pay the hefty bill of Rs 6 lakh for the treatment of their member, was refused...

Locked the toilet, resorted to ‘Kali’ to remove the stench! Sangrur (Sukhwinder Singh Bawa):- The Punjab government and the municipal council are making big claims to make the city clean, but the ground reality is telling something else. The public toilet built in Kola Park Market, considered the most vibrant and posh market of the city, has been closed for a long time. The performance of the Sangrur Municipal Council is currently ridiculous. The public toilet built here has been locked using the excuse of lack of employees, so that people coming to the market are now forced to pollute...