Thieves decamp with Rs 40K

Chandigarh: Thieves broke into a grocery store at Mani Majra and decamped with Rs40,000 and documents. Sumit Arora, a resident of Mori Gate, Mani Majra, told the police that some unknown miscreants stole Rs40,000 and a few documents from Guru Kirpa Kiryana store in Mani Majra on the intervening night of May 11 and 12. A case has been registered at the Mani Majra police station. TNS

Newborn’s body dumped in bin

Chandigarh: The body of a newborn girl was found dumped in a garbage bin at Ram Darbar here on Wednesday morning. The police said a safai karamchari, who was on duty at Ram Darbar, spotted the body in garbage and informed the police. Cops said that the body was around five days old. A case under Section 318 (concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body) of the IPC has been registered against an unknown person at the Sector 31 police station and a probe has been initiated into it. TNS

Immunity, yoga discussed

Chandigarh: The Interdisciplinary Centre for Swami Vivekananda Studies, in collaboration with the Department of History, organised a webinar ‘Immunity and Yoga: In the context of Covid-19’. TNS

Expect light rain for 2 days

Chandigarh: The local branch of the Meteorological Department has issued a rain forecast for the next two days. According to the weatherman, generally cloudy conditions are likely along with thundery development/light rain on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday, it will be a clear sky. “Light to moderate rain (1-3 cm) is likely in many parts of Punjab and some parts of Haryana during the next 48 hours. Thunderstorm, accompanied by lightning, gusty winds and hail, is also likely over some parts during this period,” read a Met update. TNS