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AMRITSAR Medicines seized from 2 stores: The Health Department today raided the premises of two medical stores in Jandiala Guru and seized medicines, worth Rs 50,000, and medical termination of pregnancy kits. Confirming this, Civil Surgeon Dr Chandanjit Singh Kondal said the raiding party seized drugs that were not meant for sale. He said the seized drugs would be presented in the court tomorrow while samples would also be sent to state drug controller at Chandigarh. Blood camp to be held: AlphaOne in association with Fortis Escort Hospital would organise a free medical check-ups on the occasion of World Heart Day on September 26 at AlphaOne. Paramedical staff along with doctors would be available at the centre for free medical check-ups on September 26. They would also provide free consultation to heart patients, educate them on how to take care and manage emergencies. The initiative also aims to raise awareness of the importance of healthy diets and physical activity among children and their parents. World Heart Day is observed on the fourth Sunday of September every year with the aim of encouraging all those who had experienced a heart attack to live a life free from the stress and problems that led to the attack. Bosch unveils cordless power tools: Strengthening its position as an innovation leader, Bosch Power Tools unveiled a whole new range of lightweight, cordless power tools for professional users in India. Ranging from Rs 3,000 to Rs 40,000, the new range of cordless power tools have been designed to handle light, medium and even extreme applications, both indoors and outdoors and give the best results every single time, a press release said. CHANDIGARH SANGRUR Nephew kills man: A nephew killed his uncle by hitting him with a brick for a piece of wood in Eena Bajwa village near Dhuri here on Friday. Sources said Shingara, son of Sukhdev Singh, killed his uncle Amar and injured his another uncle Jarnail by attacking them with bricks after they had gone to Shingara’s house to collect a piece of wood after taking his consent. However, Amar died on spot due to the injury. Drugs seized: The police has recovered a huge consignment of medicines used as drugs from a store in the basement of Kaula Park market here on Friday. The police has arrested father-son duo of Prem Swaroop and Sukhdarshan Kumar after drugs were recovered from their store. A case has been registered.
Tarn Taran Man electrocuted: Balwinder Singh (35) was electrocuted at his native village
Poohla, 35 km from here, late last evening. He was working in the fields when he touched a live wire. The Bhikhiwind police lodged a report under section 174 of the
CrPC. The post-mortem examination was Tributes paid to farmer leader: Gurjant Singh (17), a farmer leader who died on September 15, when he had come here to attend the dharna organised by 17
farmer-labourer organisations, was paid rich tributes at his native village Kot Dharam Chand
Kalan, 12 km from here. The representatives of the Kisan Sangarash Committee
(KSC), Zamhoori Kisan Sabha, Kirti Kisan Union, four frictions of the Bharti Kisan Union, Dehati Mazdoor
Sabha, Bharti Kisan Union (Krantikari) etc were present on the occasion. In a resolution passed on the occasion, farmer organisations resolved to intensify their agitation against the alleged anti-farmer policies of the union and the state governments. Satnam Singh Pannu of the KSC demanded the early release of an amount of
Rs 2 lakh announced by the district administration as compensation for the family of the deceased farmer. He also demanded that a total amount of Rs 10 lakh be given to the family.
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