Muktsar: The district police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a man with 2 quintal poppy husk and seized a truck from near a sugar mill on the outskirts of Malout town. The accused has been identified as Jaspal Singh of Sriganganagar in Rajasthan. TNS
Roadways staff stage protest
Muktsar: Members of the Punjab Roadways-PUNBUS Contractual Workers’ Union on Sunday lodged a protest outside the residence of Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal at Badal village here. The protesters demanded regularisation of their jobs. TNS
Land dispute in Sangrur
Sangrur: A police team has been deployed in Shadihari village over a dispute on entry of some Dalits in Nazul land of the village. “There is a dispute between two groups of Dalits over Nazul land. We are trying to settle it,” said Bikkar Singh, a leader of the Zameen Prapti Sangharash Committee. TNS
Schoolteacher held for graft
Abohar: A team of the Anti-Corruption Bureau claimed to have nabbed a government schoolteacher for graft on Saturday in Sriganganagar and seized Rs 1.5 lakh from the accused. Bureau Additional SP Tejpal Singh said accused Bhim Sain Oadh had allegedly demanded Rs 2 lakh from Virpal Kaur of Chak 14-SHPD village. OC
Man nabbed with poppy husk in Muktsar
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