Four deaths, 31 new cases in district

Amritsar: The district reported four deaths due to the Covid-19 contagion, pushing the toll to 549 on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Surinder Singh (60) of Jandiala Guru, Amarjit Singh (60) of Dharampura, Balkar Singh (72) of Tinowal village (Baba Bakala) and Surinderpal Singh (50) of Jandiala Guru. The district health authorities have also reported 31 new positive cases after which the total count of infections has reached 14,383. The new cases include 20 influenza-like illness (ILI) cases and 11 contacts of positive patients. Meanwhile, with the recovery of 38 patients, the total recovery count has increased to 13,351. At present, the district has a total of 483 active cases. TNS

1 held with 10K litres of lahan

Tarn Taran: The Patti police conducted a raid at the residence of a policeman on the Sarhali road here and seized 10,000 litres of lahan and apparatus used for the distillation of liquids. SSP Dhruman H Nimbale in a press release said that a police party led by DSP Kuljnder Singh seized two working stills, 10,000 litres of lahan , 50 bottles of illicit liquor, four LPG cylinders, four drums and other apparatus used for the distillation of illicit liquor. The SSP said the arrested accused had been identified as Jasbir Singh Jassa of Dubli. The accused was doing the illegal act at the resident of Balbir Singh Beera of the Dubli village, who is working in the police department at Amritsar. Accused Jasbir Singh too had retired from the Police Department. He is a close relative of a senior Congress leader. The police have registered a case under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act. oc

Woman held with 130 gm of heroin

Tarn Taran: A team of the anti-narcotics cell, led by Sub-Inspector Charanjit Singh, arrested Sukhwinder Kaur Sukh of Cheecha village (Amritsar) with 130 gm of heroin from Bhuse village . The Sarai Amanat Khan police have booked Sukhwinder Kaur and her husband Devinder Singh under Sections 21-B, 29, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act. The police said the accused came to dispatch the consignment to her customer when she was nabbed by the police on a tip-off. Meanwhile, the Sarhali police arrested Malkiat Singh of Sarhali village and seized 25 gm of heroin from his possession. He was booked under the NDPS Act. OC

Cinemas bank on Wonder Woman

Amritsar: Hoping for normalcy and substantial push towards reviving cinemas, multiplexes have pinned high hopes from Gal Gadot starrer Wonder Woman 1984. Cinépolis cinemas running at Mall of Amritsar and Celebration Mall have rolled out lucrative offers to attract audience. Offering to showcase Wonder Woman 1984 only at Re 1, the intent seems to reinstate the cinema going experience. Cinépolis will be dedicating one auditorium every day where all shows will be run with this exclusive offer. Devang Sampat, CEO, Cinépolis India, said, “This year has been very challenging for the entire movie industry and for the exhibition industry in particular. We are now ready to move on and this offer is a win-win for our patrons, wherein they get to experience Wonder Woman 1984 the way it was originally intended in a theater.” Gurvinder Singh, duty manager, PVR cinemas at Suraj Chanda Tara said, “The business has been average, but better than ‘no show’. We are running 17 shows in a day including that of Wonder Woman 1984 and Punjabi films. TNS