Pb’s 2 districts get new police chiefs

Chandigarh: Punjab govt on Thursday appointed IPS officer Mehtab Singh as new SSP of Nawanshahr and PPS officer Varinder Singh Brar as SSP of Fazilka. Outgoing Nawanshahr SSP Akhil Chaudhary is now AIG personnel-II at Chandigarh and Fazilka SSP Manjit Singh is commandant of special operations group, Bahadurgarh, Patiala. Gaurav Toora is now AIG provisioning, CPO, Punjab; Suhail Qasim Mir is DCP city, Ludhiana, Pragya Jain is DCP city, Amritsar.Bus staff union still on protestPatiala: PRTC and Punbus Contractual Employees Union on Thursday announced to continue its strike to not allow more than 52 passengers in buses, the prescribed limit, as their scheduled meeting with the CM could not be held in Chandigarh. The employees also announced to go on strike from Feb 13 to 15 and not run govt buses during political rallies of AAP in Punjab. However, in the evening on Thursday, union members claimed that MD, PRTC, held a two-hour meeting with them and assured them of a meeting with govt officials in Chandigarh on Friday2 Indonesia flyers held with ₹90,000Amritsar: Customs officials and CISF personnel at Amritsar’s Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport intercepted two Indonesia nationals travelling from Amritsar to Kuala Lumpur on an AirAsia flight on Thursday. During a search, it was found the passengers were concealing foreign currency exceeding the permissible limit in their hand luggage. Upon examination, it was found that each individual was carrying Euros 49,500, equivalent to approximately Rs 86 lakh.Sukhbir seeks more for border areasKhem Karan: Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal called for giving a special package to border districts on Thursday to ensure their all-round development. He was speaking in Khem Karan town of Tarn Taran district as part of his Punjab Bachao Yatra. He also slammed AAP govt in Punjab for failing to provide quality education and health facilities in the border belt.Moga police nab 25 POs in a dayBathinda: Moga SSP Vivek Sheel Soni on Thursday said a special campaign has been launched by district police against proclaimed offenders (POs), arresting 25 POs on Wednesday itself. In a release, he said 24 proclaimed offenders under Section 299 of CrPC have been arrested in an FIR registered on Jan 3, 2013. One proclaimed offender belonging to Bihar has been arrested from Moga in an FIR dating to June 20, 2020.‘Probe Pb Rera chief resignation’Chandigarh: SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Thursday demanded a CBI probe into the resignation by Punjab Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Rera) chairman and retired IAS officer Satya Gopal one year after his appointment. “There are reports he was forced to resign after his personal assistant was questioned by ED,” said Majithia.Fight for women: Cong’s Lamba Chandigarh: All India Mahila Congress chief Alka Lamba called upon woman workers of Punjab Congress to fight for their rights, emphasising that these rights were being taken away under BJP rule. Lamba visited Punjab to address the Mahila Congress state unit’s executive meeting.
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