Punjab Police officers shifted

Chandigarh: In a minor reshuffle, the Punjab Police have posted Kaustubh Sharma as IG (Jalandhar range) and Gurpreet Singh Toor DIG, Faridkot. Parambir Singh Parmar has been transferred as the ADC, Governor. Alam Vijay Singh has been made SP, Sangrur, and Karanvir Singh SP (Investigation, Sangrur. Gurpreet Singh is now SP (Punjab Bureau of Investigation), Sangrur. TNS

Thane man hits jackpot

Chandigarh: Rajkant Patil, a small businessman based in Thane district’s Diva area of Maharashtra, has won Rs 5 crore as first prize in Punjab Government’s “Dear Baisakhi Bumper Lottery”, draw of which was held earlier this week, an official press release said. TNS

Mayor takes charge

Bathinda: First woman Mayor of Bathinda Raman Goyal took charge of the office amid violation of Covid norms here on Friday. She assumed charge in the presence of FM Manpreet Badal, DC B Srinivasan and SSP Bhupinder Jeet Singh Virk. TNS