70-gm intoxicating powder seized

Hoshiarpur: The city police have arrested a youth and seized 70 gm of intoxicating powder from him. The police had set up a checkpoint at Khullar Chowk on Monday. Seeing police party, he threw a plastic packet and tried to flee but in vain. On search, the plastic packet thrown by him was recovered and 70 gm of intoxicating powder was found in it. An FIR under Sections 22, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act was registered against him, identified as Pankaj Mehra, a resident of Bassi Khwaju in Hoshiarpur. OC

Automated driving test track opens

Hoshiarpur: District Magistrate-cum-Deputy Commissioner Apneet Riyait has issued orders to reopen all liquor vends falling within the district limits from 9 am to 6 pm daily under the restrictions and exemptions imposed in the district due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Also, she has directed to open the automated driving track run by the Transport Department in the district. She said that this order would be implemented in the district with immediate effect. OC

Labour party’s memo of demands

Hoshiarpur: A delegation of the Labour Party, led by party leaders Jai Gopal Dhiman and Balvir Chand, handed over a memorandum of demands addressed to Labour Commissioner, Punjab, to Assistant Commissioner Kirpalveer Singh on Tuesday. The delegation demanded to improve the schemes of the Construction Workers Welfare Board and implement them in a timely manner, prevent the neglect of the interests of the workers and appoint the required staff in the offices. They demanded to set up offices at the tehsil level to solve the labour related problems in each tehsil and to set up labour courts in all districts of Punjab. The delegation also sought scholarships for the children of construction workers. OC

Interviews for Mr Clean begin

Hoshiarpur: Deputy Commissioner Apneet Riyait said interviews to fill vacant posts of car washing under the project ‘Mr Clean’ will be conducted from June 2 to 4 at the District Bureau for Business and Employment, MSDC Building, 1st Floor, Government ITI Complex at Jalandhar Road from 10 am to 1 pm. She said the candidates, from various wards of Hoshiarpur city, could take part in the interview by reaching the DBBE. For more information, candidates can get information through the helpline number 62801-97708 of the concerned office. oc

Rahon-Phillaur road repair begins

Nawanshahr: The long-pending repair work of Rahon-Phillaur road was inaugurated on Tuesday by Angad Singh, MLA. The repair work of this 25.6 km long road will cost around Rs 21 crore. He said the issue of repair of Rahon-Phillaur road had also been raised by him in the Vidhan Sabha and he had met the top officials of the department several times. TNS