Briefly: Meritorious students address drug awareness rallies

Abohar: Class X and XII meritorious girl students of the Punjab School Education Board on Wednesday joined Deputy Commissioner Amarpreet Kaur Sandhu in addressing rallies under the “Yudh Nashian Virudh” programme at Bhagsar and Kular villages in Abohar. They motivated gatherings to join the campaign to make Punjab free of drugs. oc

Ropar-Chandigarh road witnesses traffic jams

Ropar: The police have issued an advisory asking those travelling on the Ropar-Chandigarh road to take alternative routes due to the construction of a flyover over the Bhakra Main Line canal near Bhaura village. The commuters travelling from Nangal to Chandigarh have been asked to take Nalagarh-Baddi road. TNS

Social organisation defends ex-Guv Satya Pal Malik

Chandigarh: Social organisation Jago Punjab on Wednesday expressed concern over the filing of a chargesheet by the CBI against former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik. “He has vociferously spoken against corruption over past many years and also highlighted dereliction of duty in high-ranking echelons of the government,” a release said. TNS

Pawan Kumar Tinu assumes charge of agri bank chief

Chandigarh: AAP leader Pawan Kumar Tinu on Wednesday assumed charge as the chairman of Punjab State Cooperative Agricultural Development Bank. Cabinet Ministers Harpal Cheema, Aman Arora and Barinder Kumar Goyal were present on the occasion. TNS

Chief Info commissioner greets Haryana counterpart

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Inder Pal Singh Dhanna called upon the newly appointed Chief Information Commissioner of Haryana TVSN Prasad here on Wednesday. He was accompanied by Information Commissioners Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, Virinderjit Singh Billing, Harpreet Singh Sandhu, Dr Bhupinder Singh Batth and Pooja Gupta. They presented an artwork to Prasad. TNS

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