Chandigarh Apr 23 PTI A bag containing a detonator and some burnt wire was found near the boundary wall of the high-security Burail jail here on Saturday evening police saidA bomb disposal squad of the Indian Army has been called to the site they saidWe found some material which was prima facie a detonator and some codex wire Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Chahal saidWhen asked whether RDX could be in it the SSP said the possibility could not be ruled outPolice have cordoned off the area and a fire fighting vehicle has also been deployed officials said PTI CHS VSD NSD NSD

Chandigarh Dec 26 PTI Two more people including an 80-year-old man were found to be infected with Omicron taking the total cases of the latest variant of coronavirus reported in the city so far to threeOf the three cases two have been discharged and there is now only one active Omicron case in the city according to an official statementIt stated that samples of five family contacts of the previous Omicron positive case were sent for genome sequencing to the National Centre for Disease Control in DelhiTwo of these were found to be positive for the Omicron variant it saidOf these two the 80-year old male suffers from hypertension However he is asymptomatic and has been isolated in a hospital the statement saidIt said the octogenarian was tested on December 24 and was found positive for the omicron variant He will be re-tested on January 1 the statement saidThe other Omicron positive case was a 45-year-old man He tested negative for coronavirus on December 24 and was discharged it saidNotably a20-year-old man who had come from Italy to meet his relatives had tested positive for Omicron on December 12 He was the first patient of the new COVID-19 variant in ChandigarhFollowing this five of his relatives were tested Two of them were found omicron positive while reports of genome sequencing of the remaining three persons were pending PTI CHS VSD NSD NSD

Chandigarh Nov 19 PTI The Aam Aadmi Party AAP on Friday said its national convener Arvind Kejriwals Saturday visit to poll-bound Punjab has been postponed to November 22Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal was to visit Moga on SaturdayAAP National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals Mission Punjab tour which was scheduled to start from Moga has been postponed for November 22 a party release statedThe AAP will hold Sri Sukhmani Sahib Paath at all district headquarters of the state on November 20 in the wake of the Centres announcement of repealing the farm lawsThe in-charges and volunteers of every district will pray for the progress and prosperity of Punjab said the statementAll volunteers of theAAPs Punjab unit will participate in the celebrations it added PTI CHS VSD NSD NSD