MOHALI:The local police have arrested five persons, allegedly members of the Sampat Nehra gang, for illegally confining and attempting to kill a cab driver in Sector 71 here on Monday.
High - velocity winds and torrential rain have flattened rice crops in India , raising among farmers about the timing of the upcoming floods . The overnight storms hit crops in Tarsikka , manga and Rajasansi . Officials blamed the flattening took place in areas where wheat had been sown late after the vegetable harvest , with the worst damage found in newly - irrigated fields . However , Chief Agricultural Officer minister Dalbir Singh Chinna said that overall damage was “ negligible ” .