Covid-19: Five test positive, no death in Amritsar district

Amritsar: With five Covid-19 positive cases reported on Tuesday, the total count of cases in the district has increased to 47,384. The health authorities reported recovery of four patients with which the recovery count increased to 45,764. At present, the district has a total of 20 active cases. TNS

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Spl Operation Award to 3 cops

Amritsar: Two DSP-rank officials, including Gurinderpal Singh Nagra and Harinderpal Singh, besides Inspector Inderdeep Singh, have been awarded Special Operation Award by the Union Home Ministry. Nagra was posted as DSP (D) in Amritsar (rural) police district before his transfer to Gurdaspur. Harinderpal was posted with the State Special Operation Cell of the Punjab Police before being transferred to Jalandhar. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a list of 30 police personnel from Punjab who were awarded. Two ADGP-rank officers, including RN Dhoke and Amit Parsad, besides two SSP-rank officials Harmanbir Singh Gill and Opinderjit Singh Ghuman, and SP Rupinder Kaur Bhatti have also been awarded. TNS

Day 26: Ministerial staff protest on

Tarn Taran: On the 26th day of the strike of the ministerial staff union, clerical staff of different state government departments staged a dharna in front of the District Administrative Complex (DAC) here on Tuesday. They were pushing for fulfilment of their demands. Employees held the strike on the call of the Punjab State Ministerial Services’ Union. The strike affected the functioning in the various departments. Staff of the Revenue, Roadways, Irrigation, Horticulture, Finance, Agriculture and other departments participated in the strike. Sukhwinder Singh Sandhu and Angrej Singh, district president and general secretary, respectively, of the organisation, led the employees. The union leaders condemned the state government for its indifferent attitude towards the genuine demands of the employees. Their major demands included removal of all discrepancies in the Sixth Pay Commission report, restoration of the old pension scheme, releasing of DA instalments with arrears, regularising of the services of the outsourced and other employees working on a temporary basis and others. OC

Lahan seized from sarpanch’s home

Amritsar: The Excise Department along with the police have confiscated a huge quantity of illicit liquor and lahan from the residence of Randhawa Singh, who is associated with Congress and is sarpanch of Chogwan village. Cops nabbed his brother-in-law Ranjit Singh from the spot. “As many as 3,200 kg of lahan and 150 bottles of illicit liquor have been seized,” said Avtar Singh of the Excise Department. The lahan was stashed in five water tanks. Gurpreet Singh of Rajindra Wine said we had specific input that the accused was involved in bootlegging. Therefore, the information was passed on to the Excise Department. TNS

2 nabbed with 155-gm heroin

Amritsar: The CIA Staff on Tuesday arrested two alleged drug peddlers. The accused have been identified as Amarinder Singh alias Vijay, of Kale village, and Jaimal Singh of Chetuana village. Cops confiscated 155 gm of heroin and a motorcycle from their possession and two separate cases under the NDPS Act has been registered against them. According to police, 105-gm heroin was recovered from Amarinder, while 50 gm of heroin was recovered from Jaimal. The duo was produced before the court, which sent them to police remand. — TNS