Blood Donation Week begins

Tarn Taran: A blood donation week, being organised by the local Red Cross Society, started at the local Civil Hospital here on Thursday. Deputy Commissioner Pardeep Kumar Sabharwal, who inaugurated the camp, said considering the blood shortage at the local Blood Bank, 50 units would be donated by donors. The DC said international kabaddi players had donated blood on Thursday. A blood donation camp was also held at Patti town, 25 km from here, where Gurmukh Singh, who donated blood for the 11th time, was honoured by the Deputy Commissioner. OC

DLSA donates 200 PPE kits

Amritsar: To help the district administration overcome the shortage of necessary equipments like PPE kits, masks, gloves and sanitisers for doctors and paramedical staff, the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) on Thursday donated 200 PPE kits. DLSA Secretary Sumit Makkar presented the kits to Additional Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal. After coming to know of the shortage of PPE kits in the hospital, District and Sessions Judge Balwinder Singh Sidhu, who is also the DLSA Chairman, had asked them to arrange the kits, said the DLSA Secretary. TNS

Drug smuggler’s property freezed

Tarn Taran: The district police have freezed the property (worth Rs 1.31 crore) of drug smuggler Bohar Singh of Mari Kaboke (Khalra). The police said on Thursday that 1 kg of heroin was seized from the smuggler seven years ago. Under its drive to freeze the property of drug smugglers, the district police have freezed property worth Rs 40.54 crore of 39 smugglers. OC