Welcome to Ludhiana
ImageLudhiana the largest city in the Indian city of Punjab, with a population of over 1.5 million people.

The city is over 500 years old, rich in history and is very popular with tourists, particularly as it has easy access by road and rail to other places such as Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Delhi, and Chandigarh.

It is the major industrial center for the Punjab and is known as the "Manchester" of India because of its numerous manufacturing plants. Its an important hub for the knitwear and textile trades in adddition to being home to factories producing vehicles, machine tools, generators and more.

 
Latest Ludhiana News
Ludhiana easiest city to do business in India: IFC report (Business Standard India)
Patna ranks as the least expensive city in which to start a business. In the first city-specific study of its kind, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has said Ludhiana, the industrial hub in Punjab, is the easiest location to do business in India.

    • LUDHIANA BEST PLACE TO DO BUSINESS, SAYS WORLD BANK (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
    NEW DELHI, June 30 (Bernama) -- The World Bank has ranked Ludhiana in Punjab as the best place to operate a business after conducting a study across 17 Indian cities to check the most business friendly place.

    • More water to be released from Bhakra Nangal (New Kerala)
    Ludhiana, July 2 : Authorities at the Bhakra Nangal dam have assured that they would release an extra 6,000 cusecs of water for irrigation to paddy farmers in Punjab and Haryana.

    • Crisis hits countrys bicycle hub as demand skids (Express India)
    The decline in export orders for bicycles has hit Ludhiana's cycle industry, which produces 90% of the total cycle manufactured in the country, with a number of small-scale units downing shutters in recent months.

    • No moving out ammo, clear up depot area: HC (The Times of India)
    Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday ordered the clearing up of area around Baddowal ammunition depot in Ludhiana.