Amritsar
Medical shop raided: A team of the Health Department seized intoxicants worth Rs 20,000 from a medical store owned by Gursimranjit Singh at Baba Bakala near here today. Civil Surgeon Dr Chandanjit Singh Kondal said during the raid, the department recovered 1,646 capsules, 1,900 tablets and 60 cough syrups from the shop.Batala
Narcotics seized: A police party of police station Sekhwan nabbed Surjit Kumar of Budha Kot village with 500 gm narcotic powder, during patrolling at the same village. A case under Sections 21, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act was registered.
Gurdaspur
Gymnasts honoured: The Pt Mohan Lal S.D College for Women honoured gymnasts Sarabjit, Kanica Sharma and Mandeep Kaur, who did the institution proud by performing well in the 36th National Sports Festival held at Chhattisgarh recently. Priya Majahan, a student of BCA (final year) who topped the elocution event in the GND University inter-zonal youth festival held at Amritsar recently, was also felicitated.
Pathankot
Demand for regularisation: Members of the Public Works Department Field and Workshop Workers Union have flayed the government for ignoring their long-pending demand for regularisation of daily wagers. “The government should accept our demands otherwise we would stage a protest in CM’s constituency at Lambi on January 20,” said the union.
