Five booked for setting shop afire

Chandigarh: Five persons have been booked for setting a shop on fire at Colony No. 4, Industrial Area. According to the police, complainant Rajesh Kumar alleged that Jang, Shaved, Paras, Sonu and Najim set his grocery shop on fire on January 1. A case was registered under Sections 436 and 34 of the IPC against all suspects. The police arrested Sonu and Paras, both residents of Maloya. TNS

Panjab University declares MBA results

Chandigarh: Panjab University declared the results of Master of Business Administration (General) – semester II. Results can be seen at respective departments/colleges or PU’s website. TNS

Food samples collected

Patiala: Officials of the Health Department on Thursday collected 11 samples of eatables from various ‘kiryana’ stores and bakeries in Patiala city and Devigarh town. The samples will be sent for checking at respective labs and the departments would take an action against shop owners if the samples fail the quality test. TNS

No entrance for IAS centre

Chandigarh: The PU has announced scrapping of entrance examination for IAS (preliminary) batch starting from February 2, said Dr Sonal Chawla, Honorary Director. “This is for the information of students and public in general that in view of Covid-19, the Centre for IAS and other Competitive Examinations, PU, has scrapped the entrance examination for IAS (preliminary) batch,” said Sonal. TNS