Two arrested with heroin in Panchkula
Panchkula: The crime branch of the Panchkula police today claimed to have nabbed two persons with 38-gm heroin. The suspects have been identified as Rahul, a native of UP and presently residing at Ambeta near Parwanoo, and Akshay, also a resident of Ambeta. The crime branch arrested the suspects following a tip-off that they were supplying heroin at the football ground near the railway station. The police recovered 21 gm of heroin from Rahul and 17 gm from Akshay. They were produced in a court, which remanded them to three-day police custody. TNS
Man booked on rape charge
Zirakpur: The police booked a native of Dharamgarh, Lalru, Balwinder Singh, a serving Army personnel, for raping and cheating a 19-year-old girl in Zirakpur. In her complaint, the victim stated that she had come in contact with the suspect through Instagram. The suspect allegedly tricked her by promising to marry her. He allegedly raped her at hotels in Dera Bassi and Zirakpur. He later refused to marry her. TNS
Sri Sri to hold ‘mahasatsang’
Chandigarh: Spiritual master and founder of the Art of Living Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will hold a ‘mahasatsang’ at the upcoming ‘Wellness City’ next to Chitkara University on the Chandigarh-Patiala highway on Sunday. Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Banwarilal Purohit will be the chief guest at the event, which will start at 5:30 pm. TNS
Amit Talwar is new Mohali DC
Mohali: Amit Talwar has been appointed new Deputy Commissioner of Mohali, replacing Isha Kalia. A 2013-batch officer, Talwar has earlier been posted as Special Secretary, General Administration, and Head, Department of Water Supply and Sanitation. Meanwhile, Additional Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal has been posted as the Depty Commissioner of Fazilka, replacing Babita. TNS
Ayaan claims lead in chess
Chandigarh: Ayaan Garg claimed two points to claim lead on the opening day of the Chandigarh U-10, U-14 and U-18 Open and Girls Chess Championship. Garg, who claimed the lead in the open U-10 category, was closely followed by Abnuj Bhatt, Yajur Nayyar, Udyaansh Goyal, Abhayveer Singh, Athrav Singh Negi and Siddharth Bhargav at points. In the Open U-18 category, Aryan Arora claimed the lead with two points, followed by Pratyaksh Goyal at second position with two points. In the U-14 category, Vedant Garg, Precious Bansal and Swastik Singhal ended the day as top three leaders, respectively, with two points. TNS
All-India Football Federation D-Licence Course
Chandigarh: Indian footballer Anirudh Thapa, former trainee of the St Stephen’s Football Academy and captain of Indian Super League franchisee Chennaiyin FC, is in Chandigarh to attend All-India Football Federation D-Licence Course, at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45. Indian team goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, another trainee of the same academy, also visited the grounds and interacted with young players attending the course. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan
PU department holds seminar
Chandigarh: A sangoshthi (seminar) on ‘Indus Waters Treaty: Challenges and Opportunities’ was organised by the Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies, Panjab University; Study Centre of the Panchanad Research Institute and the Haryana State Higher Education Council. The discussion was based on two books, Indus Waters Story co-authored by Ashok Motwani and Sant Kumar Sharma and Indus Basin Uninterrupted written by Uttam Sinha. The two authors contended that soon after the treaty, India went on to construct several hydroelectric power plants and storage on its portion of the Western rivers, but these structures have become controversial since the Western rivers were controlled by Pakistan and provide more than 90 per cent of water to that country.
