Ludhiana, Oct 16 : Sunday’s theatre blast in Ludhiana has left migrant labourers in the city scared, who now prefer to stay back at their homes out of fear for their lives.

Ludhiana/New Delhi, Oct 15 : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today denounced the bomb blast in a cinema hall here, and visited injured in the hospital.

Ludhiana, Sept. 27 : Punjab, which is known as the granary of the country, is heading towards a bumper paddy crop this year.

The 25.75 hectares of land available for paddy production has registered a rise in its per-hectare production, and the production figures stand at around 15.2 million tonnes.

Paddy has started arriving in the markets across the state, with government and private agencies busy procuring them.