35-kg bag, full of bullets, found in Y’nagar
Yamunanagar: Panic prevailed in the Old Hamida area of Yamunanagar after a bag, full of bullets, was found on Sunday morning. As soon as the information was received, the police reached the spot and seized the bag. The weight of the bag is said to be more than 30 kgs. “Police are conducting a search operation in the entire area with the help of bomb disposal squad and sniffer dogs since this morning,” said a local police officer. “The children had dragged this bag to the middle of the street while playing and the same bag opened and bullets split out. When the locals saw it, they informed the police,” the officer added. The weight of the bullets lying in the bag is said to be around 30 to 35 kg. “The police are now probing where the bag came from. We have also collected some soil samples from the area,” said the police.
Haryana Police secures drug peddler’s detention orders for a year under PITNDPS
Chandigarh: Haryana Police on Sunday secured the detention orders of a habitual offender and notorious drug peddler in Sonipat district under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PITNDPS) Act, 1988 — a law under which preventive detention for a period of one year without bail is possible. Police spokesperson informed that the accused had been arrested in connection with smuggling 570 grams of charas from Bihar in Sonipat district. A dossier was submitted by the Superintendent of Police Himanshu Garg before the Competent Authority in Delhi, who passed the orders to detain accused Karambir alias Karma, a resident of Kharkhoda area in Sonipat, for one year under PITNDPS Act.
Haryana becomes sports hub due to Govt’s efforts: Minister Banwari Lal
Rewari: Haryana Cooperation Minister Banwari Lal on Sunday said that besides leading in the agriculture sector, Haryana has now become a sports hub due to the outstanding achievements of its sportspersons in the past eight years under the Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. This has only been possible due to the State Government’s sports policy, he said adding that such sports infrastructure and platform has been created in the State that the sportspersons of Haryana are continuously bringing laurels to the country and the State. The Cooperative Minister was speaking as the chief guest at the closing ceremony of the ongoing annual sports meet at Jain Public School, Rewari.