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3-kg gold seized from flight:
The Excise and Taxation Department on Wednesday seized gold jewellery weighing over 3 kg from the cargo of a private airlines. The gold, sent through a courier company, was recovered from a Mumbai-Amritsar flight. Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner PS Randhawa (in pic) said the jewellery comprised 31 articles, including rings, necklaces, bracelets and ear rings. He said it seemed to be a case of tax evasion.Chandigarh
BBMB holds blood donation camp: A blood donation camp was organised by the Bhakra Beas Management Board, Chandigarh, on Wednesday in association with a team from the Department of Transfusion Medicine, PGI, to commemorate the death anniversary of late Maj-Gen BN Kumar, a former chairman of the board. The camp was inaugurated by AB Agrawal, chairman, BBMB. As many as 104 officials donated blood. Sangrur
Protest against ‘conversion’: Brick-kiln owners and Vishva Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal activists on Wednesday staged a dharna in Moonak, alleging that the local administration was supporting an NGO that was luring kiln workers to convert to Christianity. Brick-kiln Owners Association's president Prem Kumar said the NGO comprised a foreigner and three persons from Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Moonak SDM Subhash Chander claimed that it was not a case of conversion.
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