22,000 sedative tablets seized

Abohar: The police on Friday seized 22,000 sedative tablets by intercepting a car near Birdhwal in Sriganganagar on the NH-62. Naresh Bishnoi of Lohawat, who tried to escape, was caught and booked under the NDPS Act. Preliminary interrogation indicated that a medical drug supplier had given him the consignment for delivery in Sriganganagar. OC

Muktsar locals seek rail link

Muktsar: Muktsar residents have written to the Minister of Railways to lay a railway track between Kotkapura and Moga, which will connect several towns with Chandigarh. “The railways had conducted a survey in 2017 to lay a track between Kotkapura and Moga, but due to buses plying on this route, it could not be laid,” said Sham Lal Goyal, president, Muktsar National Consumers Awareness Group. TNS