Three held with vials, heroin

Zirakpur: The police arrested three youths for supplying intoxicants and recovered 100 injections and six grams of heroin from their possession on July 10. The suspects have been identified as Machhiwara resident Gurminder Singh, Zirakpur resident Raman Kumar and Baltana resident Sunny Kumar. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered against them at the Dhakoli police station. The suspects were arrested in Dhakoli while they were coming from the Mubarikpur side. TNS

3 held with opium, intoxicants

Zirakpur: The police have arrested three suspects involved in selling intoxicants and betting on cricket matches, from Royal Empire Society. The police conducted a raid and recovered 450 grams of opium, 250 grams of intoxicant powder, four laptops and 13 mobile phones from them. The suspects have been identified as Rajesh Kumar, alias Kala (48), Suridner Kumar, alias Bhinda (49), and Rahul Arora, alias Monty (32), all natives of Malout. A case under the NDPS Act and Section 13-A of the Gambling Act has been registered. The suspects were produced in a court, which sent them in police remand till July 14. TNS

Over 61K appear for online exam

Chandigarh: As many as 61,275 students of undergraduate/postgraduate/other professional courses, including USOL/private, on Monday appeared for the ongoing even semester online examinations conducted by Panjab University, said Dr Jagat Bhushan, Controller of Examination, PU. He said as many as 161 exams were conducted in two slots. The exams went off smoothly. TNS

Anthology of English poems

Chandigarh: “Wheel of Life”, a latest anthology of English poems by Panchkula resident Rama Gupta, former Principal of Government Girls College, Shimla, was released virtually by the chief guest, Vivek Atray, former IAS officer, on Monday. TNS

305 vaccinated at Bapu Dham

Chandigarh: A Covid vaccination camp was organised at Sheetla Mata Temple in Bapu Dham Colony, Sector 26, here. It was organised by the Yuva Stamabh, an NGO, in association with Swarmani, an NGO, and Nehru Yuva Kendra. As many as 305 people were vaccinated at the camp. It was inaugurated by social activists Jeevan Jyoti and Ashinder Kaur. Yuva Stamabh chairman Upendra Maurya said the NGO members informed about the benefits of vaccination by beating drums in Bapu Dham Colony for two days and went to door to door. TNS

Cricket trials tomorrow

Mohali: The Mohali Cricket Association (MCA) will organise trials for the selection of a senior cricket team on July 14 (3.30 pm) at the PCA C-Ground. The selected team will take part in the Inter-District Senior T20 Tournament to be organised by the Punjab Cricket Association. The players born, residing or studying in Mohali district will be eligible for the trials. TNS

Online workshop on compost held

Chandigarh: The Swachhta Committee (Arts) of Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Sector 36, in collaboration with MCM Eco Club, organised an online workshop on the topic “how food residue can be turned to compost”. The event was organised as part of the 75-week-long celebration of “Bharat Ka Amrut Mahotsav”. TNS