Vaccination proof or Covid negative report must for passengers flying into Punjab airports

Mohali: The Punjab Government has made it mandatory for all passengers flying into airports in Punjab to carry a certificate of full/final vaccination (both doses) or carry a negative RT-PCR certificate of the past 72 hours. Infants and children below 10 years of age shall be exempt from the above requirement. This shall apply for domestic flights only and the requirement for arrival of international passengers shall continue to be governed by the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. TNS

Video: Punjabi singer booked

Mohali: The police have booked Hoshiarpur resident Manpreet Singh and Sangrur resident Jagpreet Singh under the Arms Act after a video of them with a weapon and firing in a public place went viral on the social media. One of the suspects, Manpreet Singh, alias Singha, is a Punjabi singer and lyricist. The Mohali Deputy Commissioner has ordered a magisterial probe into the incident. TNS

1 arrested with heroin, Rs 25 lakh

Mohali: The police nabbed a Patiala resident, Sher Singh, with 500 gm of heroin, drug money worth Rs25.15 lakh, a 7.65-mm pistol with eight live rounds, a 32-bore revolver with nine live rounds and a car. A house was cordoned off in Royal Estate, Zirakpur, on a tip-off from where the suspect was held. A case under the NDPS Act and the Arms Act was registered. TNS