Fatehgarh Sahib
5 peddlers held: The police have arrested five drug peddlers and recovered 33 kg poppy husk and 10,400 intoxicant tablets from them. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gurmeet Chauhan said the accused were identified as Rajbir Singh, Sukhchain Singh, residents of Amloh, Rajinder Singh of Khanna, Jaswant Singh of Bassi Pathana and Vicky Tandon of Mandi Gobindgarh. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered.

Hoshiarpur
2 labourers burnt alive: Two labourers were burnt alive and two others seriously injured in Dasuya on Wednesday when a few cans of diesel and turpentine oil caught fire. Bachan Kumar (19) and Akhilesh Mandal (30) died on the way to the hospital while Chand Shri mandal and Mundan Thakur are critically injured. All the victims were from Bihar.

1 held for molesting sarpanch: The Chabbewal police have arrested a resident of Bilaspur village for allegedly molesting a woman sarpanch of a nearby village. The victim in her complaint alleged Pakhar Singh forcibly entered her house when she was alone and molested her.

Mohali
Exams put off to March 25: The Punjab School Education Board has put off Class IX exams from March 10 to March 25. Official sources said the exams would end on April 5. The revised date sheet is available on the board's website www.pseb.ac.in. There is no change in the exam schedule for Class XII.

Patiala
Law conference today: The 37th All India Criminology Conference of the Indian Society of Criminology (ISC) will be held at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL) in Patiala from Friday. Over 400 delegates will attend the event. Justice Iqbal Singh, (retd) judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court, will be the chief guest at the inauguration ceremony. Professor Paramjit S. Jaswal, Vice-Chancellor, RGNUL is the Patron of the Conference and Professor GIS Sandhu, Registrar, RGNUL is the organising secretary. 

Tarn Taran
Newborn's body found: The police have recovered the body of a newborn from Naushehra Pannuan village, 16 km from here, on Wednesday when it was being eaten by a stray dog. The newborn's sex could not be determined as both its legs and the right arm were eaten. A medical officer, who conducted the post-mortem, said the baby was about ten days old.

Two booked for murder: The police have booked a woman and her lover on the charge of murdering the woman's husband. The accused, Kuldeep Kaur and her paramour Kaka Singh (both from Manawan village) have been booked under Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The body of the deceased, Lakhwinder Singh, was recovered near the village.

Karnal
NDRI makes low-calorie dahi: Scientists of National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) have made "low-calorie and fibre-fortified misti dahi." Scientists claimed it was beneficial for sugar and cardiovascular disease patients, beside calorie-conscious people. NDRI Director AK Srivastava said the technology of low-calorie 'misti dahi' was available for commercialisation by dairy and food industry. It contained about 19 per cent less calories compared to conventional product and contained permitted food additives, fortified with dietary fibre, he added.

‘Bajra biscuit’ launched: Scientists of National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) have developed an ‘iron-fortified milk protein-enriched ‘bajra biscuit’. Director of the NDRI AK Srivastava said the technology of the biscuit had been transferred to an Indore-based company, which had commercially launched the biscuit in different flavours during the National Dairy Mela-2014.

Kurukshetra
KU varsity VC honoured: The DMA and Stars of Industry Group has conferred an award on Lt-Gen DDS Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor, Kurukshetra University, for outstanding contribution to education. The award was given at the Sixth Innovative B School Awards ceremony held recently at Taj Lands End, Bandra, Mumbai, said Prof Brajesh Sawhney, Director, Public Relations, KU.