Habit-forming drugs recovered in Amritsar

Amritsar: The Central Jail staff recovered 500 habit-forming drugs from two inmates here on Tuesday. The accused have been identified as Bhagwant Singh, alias Paggu, of Budhe Di Khui village in Gurdaspur and Sandeep, alias Sunny, of Islamabad area. Revail Singh, Assistant Superintendent, Central Jail, said on a tip-off, the jail staff checked room number 5 of barrack number 7 and recovered 370 intoxicating tablets from Bhagwant Singh. During investigation, he told that he took these from Sandeep, who was transferred from Gurdaspur jail. While checking room number 6 of barrack number 4, the staff recovered 130 intoxicating tablets from the premises. SI Sulkhan Singh, in-charge, Fatahpur police post, said a case under Sections of 22-B/ 61/85 of the NDPS Act and 42 of the Prisons Act was registered. TNS

Teacher Fest from Aug 26

Amritsar: The Education Department will host a two-day district-level Teacher Fest at Meritorious School from August 26. Subject-wise winners of block-level contests will take part in this district-level fest. The winners will participate in the three-day state-level teachers’ fest to be held from September 1. Both competitions would be organised offline and different committees have been set up for their smooth conduct. Satinderbir Singh, DEO (secondary) said the winner from each subject would be given Rs5,100 for state level, Rs2,100 for district level and Rs501 for block level contest. TNS

2,565 saplings planted in 10 days

Tarn Taran: Kaar Sewa Sect, Khadoor Sahib, planted 2,565 saplings in four villages of Tarn Taran and Ludhiana districts in the last 10 days (from August 9). Simarjit Singh, in-charge of the drive, said the followers of the sect planted 125 saplings of 50 species on a small piece of land of Joginder Singh of Behla village, while 400 saplings were planted on the 2-kanal land of Sukhwinder Singh UK, of Bania village in Tarn Taran. The sect followers planted over 1,000 saplings on an acre land of Harjot Singh Sekhon of Killa Haans. In Rajoana village, 220 saplings were planted on 1 kanal land of Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon. The followers planted 420 saplings at Gurdwara Atari Sahib and 820 saplings at Rajoana panchayat land. OC

SHGs to set up help centres

Amritsar: The district administration has exhorted women self-help groups to set up their help centres in villages to create an environment for self-employment. Additional Deputy Commissioner Ranbir Singh Mudhal said such centres can provide services such as pensions, electricity bills, phone recharge, booking of railway and air tickets. He said the administration would provide training for such programmes to members of the self-help groups. Mudhal said a training session for such a group was organised on Wednesday. He said efforts were being made under the Rural Livelihoods Mission to help women in increasing their income. TNS