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CHANDIGARH: Jolted by the intense second wave of Covid-19 infections, Punjab’s effective reproduction rate (R-value) an indicator of how fast infection spreads has dropped below the national average and is lowest in the region.
If the trend continues for the next few weeks, experts have not ruled out the possibility of epidemic locally burning itself out. The current trend in Punjab has been attributed to the growth rate slowing down in the past few weeks. On the other hand, the growth rate has recorded a significant jump at national level and in the neighbouring states.
The container had goods like sports shoes of leading brands, earphones and button cells, among other things, valued at over Rs 1 crore.
LUDHIANA: The directorate of revenue intelligence (DRI), Ludhiana zonal unit, and its regional unit of Amritsar seized a 40-foot container that was declared to be containing mobile back covers worth Rs 15 lakh.
Instead, the container had other goods like sports shoes of leading brands, earphones and button cells, among other things, valued at over Rs 1 crore.
A Ludhiana-based firm had imported the container and it had arrived at an inland container depot near Kila Raipur.
Highly-placed sources in the department said on a tip-off, a team of the department, under the leadership of additional director general Nitin Saini, was tracking this container for the past two months after it departed from China.
Former DGP S S Saini after appearing in a court in police firing cases recently
JALANDHAR: Going by social media trends, Congress is facing questions over sacrilege and firing cases after Punjab and Haryana High Court cancelled the special investigation report on Kotkapura firing. While Congress supporters are silent, those of Shiromani Akali Dal are rejoicing.
Bargari sacrilege, Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura firing cases were the main issues in the 2017 assembly elections, besides issues like drugs and illegal sand mining. These played a major role in Congress victory after a gap of 10 years and SAD being relegated to third place.
PATIALA: The unemployed teachers and multipurpose health workers who were protesting jointly under Unemployed Sanjha Morcha banner in Patiala on Sunday were cane charged by the police after they allegedly tried to cross the police barricading in order to gherao the CM s residence.
The police said they resorted to lathi-charge after the Sanjha morcha protestors landed in a clash with the cops on duty and injured two female and two male cops. The police have also registered a case against the protestors under various sections of IPC however no arrests have been made.
The protestors under the Sanjha morcha union were dispersed off by the police that resorted to lathi-charged at around 12.30PM on Sunday near polo ground in Patiala however the protestors returned back again to sit on a protest near YPS Chowk. The police said that Sanjha morcha unemployed protestors in the evening called off their protest after their meeting was fixed with Patiala Member Parliament Preneet Kaur who is