Making a revenue collection of 34% higher than the target, the Ambala railway division has collected ₹4.19 crore from ticketless travellers in December, officials said on Saturday. The earning is said to be higher than the target of ₹3.15 crore. In a statement, senior divisional commercial manager Hari Mohan Singh said that the ticket checking revenue also includes 330 anti-littering cases and 38 smoking cases. Division railway manager Mandeep Singh Bhatia lauded the performance of the ticket checking staff and said that the earning is substantial keeping in view a lot of train cancellations due to fog.
PGIMS doctor held for graft
Rohtak : Haryana state vigilance bureau arrested a doctor posted as general duty medical officer at the trauma centre of the Rohtak’s Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) while accepting a bribe of ₹1.50 lakh for prescribing a certain favour in a medical-legal case.