Kharar resident held with heroin

Chandigarh: A Kharar resident has been arrested by the operations cell of the UT police with 302 gm of heroin. The suspect, Jatinder Singh, alias Ricku (32), was nabbed from near the Kishangarh chowk. A case has been registered against the suspect at the IT Park police station. TNS

Thief makes off with jewellery

Chandigarh: A theft was reported from a house at Raipur Kalan village. Complainant Gurmeet Singh reported that gold and silver jewellery and Rs28,000 were stolen from his house on January 4. A case has been registered at the Mauli Jagran police station. TNS

BSNL cables stolen in city

Chandigarh: BSNL cables were stolen from the duct near the road separating Sector 33 and 34. Complainant Sushil Kumar, SDOP, BSNL, reported that four cables were stolen on January 3. A case has been registered. TNS

Man booked for axing trees

Chandigarh: The UT police have booked a person for axing three trees illegally. Harjeet Singh reported that Anil Kumar of Dhanas illegally cut trees in Sector 54. TNS

Four booked for defying curfew

Zirakpur: The police booked four persons for violating the night curfew in Zirakpur on Wednesday. Cases have been registered against the owner of Hotel Green View, Om Nath Sharma of Katani Restaurant, Daljit Singh of Savitry Greens, VIP Road; and Sahil Tandon of Panchkula. Zirakpur SHO Omkar Singh Brar said, “Violaters would be strictly dealt with.” TNS

Workshop starts at UIET

Chandigarh: An Indo-UK partnership development workshop started at the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), PU, on Wednesday. The workshop is being jointly organised by the UIET and Birmingham City University, UK, along with India Education and Research Initiative, in the hybrid (physical/online) mode. The main topic of the workshop is "Solar pump-based village microgrids - potential for tackling the energy/water/food nexus in Punjab". It was inaugurated by Prof JK Goswamy, Director, UIET. TNS

Realtors meet Mohali ex-mayor

Mohali: A delegation of the Mohali Property Consultants Association on Wednesday called on AAP candidate from the Mohali Assembly constituency Kulwant Singh in Sector 79. President of the association Surinder Singh Gulati said they demanded a piece of land in Mohali for setting up an office of the association. Kulwant said he was aware of the needs of the members of the association. TNS

PU declares results

Chandigarh: Panjab University has announced the results of various golden chance examinations held in July, September and October, 2021. A PU spokesperson said the results of BSc (Medical Technology X-Ray, Part-II) golden chance examination held in September 2021; Bachelor of Laws 3rd semester (three year degree course) special chance examination held in October 2021; Post Graduate Diploma in Yoga Therapy (2nd semester) examination conducted in July 2021; and BSc (Honours) in Mathematics, 2nd semester examination held in July 2021 had been announced. TNS

Man held with illicit liquor

Mohali: The police arrested a person with 70 boxes of illicit liquor near Kharar on Wednesday. The police said the illicit liquor was meant for ‘Sale in Chandigarh only’. A case under the Excise Act has been registered at the Kharar City police station. The police also arrested a suspect with 10 boxes of illicit liquor in Dera Bassi on Tuesday. TNS

Thieves strike at Zirakpur house

Zirakpur: Miscreants stole cash and jewellery from a house in the Pabhat area, Zirakpur. The incident came to light when the house owner, Naveen, and his family members returned after attending a marriage function in Khanna. The police have registered a case under Sections 380 and 457 of the IPC at the Zirakpur police station. TNS

3 booked for rioting, theft

Zirakpur: The police booked three youths for rioting, vandalism and theft at a restaurant in Dhakoli over the payment of biryani on Tuesday evening. The trio, identified as Deepak, Sunny and Shiv Kumar, later fled from the restaurant with the packed food (biryani) without making any payment. Complainant Jalaludin, owner of the restaurant, stated that the trio came to his restaurant around 5 pm on Tuesday and ordered biryani. Later, they had a dispute with him over the mode of payment and one of them slapped him and misbehaved with the staff. On seeing the crowd, the trio fled from the spot on a scooty along with the packed food. A few hours later, the suspects reached there with some persons and vandalised his restaurant. They also took away Rs8,000 the cash box and threatened him of dire consequences before fleeing, he said. A case under Sections 323, 379, 427, 452, 506, 148 and 149 of the IPC has been registered against the suspects at the Dhakoli police station. The police said the suspects were absconding. TNS

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