Artificial milk: Two arrested
Muktsar: The police have arrested two individuals — Bahadur Singh and Sandeep Singh of Sunam —after a staff of the Well being Division on Monday busted an artificial milk manufacturing plant close to the Edwardganj hospital in Malout. Almost 1,000-litre white liquid and about 16-kg creamy substance was seized. A case underneath sections 272, 273, 274, 420 of the IPC and seven of the Important Commodities Act has been registered. TNS
Judicial custody for gangster
Muktsar: An area court docket on Tuesday despatched gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria to judicial custody until February 6 in an extortion case registered in 2021. Earlier, the court docket had despatched him to police custody until January 24. TNS
402 containers of liquor seized
Abohar: Through the search of a truck that was impounded for transporting equipment and pomegranate peels from Punjab to Gujarat, 402 containers of “Made in Punjab” mark “countrymade overseas liquor” have been seized on Monday by the Excise Division at a naka close to Chak 23-ML village on Suratgarh Freeway. Driver Gursaheb Singh and cleaner Paramjit Singh have been held underneath the Excise Act. OC
State honour for Dr Walia
Chandigarh: Dr Navneet Walia, who served as one of many nodal officers in the course of the Meeting elections final 12 months has been chosen for a state award on the Nationwide Voters’ Day. Dr Walia, who works as a Principal with the Technical Schooling Division will probably be honoured in a state-level perform which is able to held on Wednesday in Patiala. TNS
5 promoted to DIG rank
Chandigarh: The state authorities on Tuesday promoted 5 law enforcement officials to the rank of Deputy Inspector Basic of Police. The officers are: Naveen Singla, Swapan Sharma, Kuldeep Singh, Ajay Maluja and Rakesh Kumar Kaushal. TNS
Honour for Raghav Chadha
Chandigarh: Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab Raghav Chadha will obtain the “Excellent Achiever” honour on the India-UK Achievers Honours in London on Wednesday. Raghav has been chosen for the honour within the “authorities and politics” class.