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Time of India
4 days ago
- Health
- Time of India
Cancer fighter voted; why didn't you, Ludh West?
Ludhiana: A 68-year-old Veena Sood of Rishi Nagar, a former banker who is fighting chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), a bone marrow and blood-related cancer, for the last thirty years, was among the first few voters at Polytechnic College polling booth in the company of her husband, Vinod Sood, who also retired from a bank. Veena Sood has been exercising her right to vote for 40-odd years now and both her husband and she are happy to vote. She claimed to have voted for a candidate she thinks will take care of development needs of the seat.
Hindustan Times
13-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Panchkula: UP man caught with 2.6-kg opium
The crime branch of the Panchkula police on Sunday apprehended a 29-year-old man and seized 2.613-kg opium from his possession, officials said. Identified as Maniram from Budaun, Uttar Pradesh, the accused was actively involved in drug trafficking across the tricity, sourcing the contraband from UP, the police mentioned. Officials had a tip-off that Maniram would arrive to supply opium so a police team laid a trap near Polytechnic College in Sector-26 and arrested him. A case was registered against him under Section 18 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at the Chandimandir police station. On Monday, he was produced before a court that sent him to four-day police custody. Officials said they would question him to ascertain where he brought the drug from besides the individuals involved in its distribution in the tricity area.
