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Cotton farmers frown
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Home Guard among drug traffickers arrested
Fazilka sub-jail getting crowded
Bank manager suspended for fraud in loans
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Cotton farmers frown
Faridkot, October 7 If the cotton rate in various mandis of the region hovered between Rs 3,400-Rs 4,000 per quintal this week, the rates were in the range of Rs 3,700-Rs 4,600 last season for the corresponding period. In terms of competitive pricing vis a vis the other garment exporting countries, such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, China and Vietnam, the export of cotton from India costs more to the importers because of the appreciating rupee, said IJ Dhuria, Director, Material, Vardhman Group of Textiles. So, if the rupee's appreciation against a basket of currencies worldwide, particularly the dollar, persists in the coming days, it would adversely affect export and hit cotton prices in the domestic market, said Dhuria. The extreme volatility of the rupee will worry the farmers because of its direct correlation with the export and prices in the domestic market, said Rajesh Singla, vice- president, SEL, a Ludhiana-based leading yarn export company. Despite low chances of export, the cotton growers are getting Rs 3,400-Rs 4,000 because of the high market rate of the cotton seed. The cotton seed rates are this time about Rs 200 per quintal higher than last year. Last month, lint cotton was selling at the rate of Rs 3,800-Rs 3,825 but the rates were in the range of Rs 3,475-Rs 3,500 today.
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Singla declared president of Aggarwal Sabha
Bathinda, October 7 Nand Kishore Goenka, national president of the Aggarwal Sabha, announced this at a function organized here today. Sarup Chand Singla, MLA from Bathinda (Urban) constituency, mustered a substantial gathering to show his strength even though he may have liked more members of the Aggarwal community to participate in the function. Speaking on the occasion, Goenka asked the community members from Punjab to become more united. He said the community members should exercise their right to vote and emulate the neighbhouring Haryana where six MLAs belong to the community. Goenka said the number of such MLAs in Punjab a small even though the Aggarwal community amounted to about 27 per cent of the population compared to 17 per cent in Haryana. Sarup Chand Singla promised to the members that he would do his best to air the grievances of the community. He said he will encourage policies for their growth. Singla claimed that representatives of 130 Aggarwal Sabhas of the state participated in the function today. Mansa MLA Prem Mittal said the community provides immense employment opportunity to others in the country by developing trade and business and should have more say in the countrie’s polices. The row over the presidentship had witnessed claims and counter claims between Sarup Chand Singla and ex- Akali MLA Chiranji Lal Garg, who joined the Congress before elections. Both claimed they were the president of the Sabha.
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Home Guard among drug traffickers arrested
Abohar, October 7 The police also arrested another person, Subhash Chander, who has been running a photostat shop at the Khuyiansarwar bus stand located on the same road. During the search, the police seized 400 sedative injections, 5000 tablets and 100 syrup packings but his accomplices, identified as Gauri Shanker and Bittu Kamboj, managed to flee. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered against them all and the shop has been sealed. In another instance, the CIA staff arrested Shaminder Singh of Fazilka near village Usmankhera on the same road as 400 grams of a sedative powder along with some liquid packages were found in his possession. An Sedatives were also seized from Kartar Singh of Eidgah Basti (Abohar) near village Ramsara on the Hanumangarh road. Traders thrashed, calves freed: In another development, volunteers of an NGO today intercepted eight trucks, thrashed their staff and traders, who were mostly from Ludhiana and Sangrur districts of Punjab and freed as many as 219 calves at different places on the Pallu mega highway. The police had to bear the brunt of the mob fury as the uniform of a policeman was also torn in the commotion. At least two trucks managed to escape. Confirming the incident, the officials in neighbouring Hanumangarh area said 15 persons have been taken into custody for questioning. The “Gaurakshaks” warned that no vehicle ferrying cattle would be allowed to pass through the mega highways and national highways in West Rajasthan neighbouring Punjab. The cattle were transported for butchering, they suspected. Police officials said cases have been registered and the calves freed by the protesters have been shifted to different
Gaushalas. As per the available information, volunteers of the NGO intercepted the trucks laden with calves near village Kelnia, hotel Bikana and other roadside dhabas on the mega highway in Hanumangarh district, questioned the staff and traders, started thrashing them. The traders sought to explain that the calves were being ferried to the cattle fair at Didwana but in vain. The “Gaurakshaks” have also set up nakas on the Abohar-Sriganganagar-Bikaner road that forms part of the NH-15. In another instance, a team of the Food and Supplies Department raided a shop at the Malout Chowk in Abohar and seized eight LPG cylinders.
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Fazilka sub-jail getting crowded
Fazilka, October 7 Fazilka sub-jail is among the oldest sub-jails in the state that was set up before the independence of the country. As per sources, at present, there are nearly 110 inmates in the Fazilka sub- jail against its capacity of 48. Sometimes, the numbers are much higher. "We have to shift the prisoners to the Central Jail, Ferozepur, if the number of inmates increases to more than 120-130," said DSP, sub-jail, Fazilka, Baljit Singh. There are different types of prisoners lodged in the sub-jail including those who are to be kept in judicial custody, undertrials and those serving various sentences. Jail authorities often face a tough time in handling different criminals in the absence of adequate infrastructure. Some of the barracks constructed decades ago are in a dilapidated condition. This messy affair is despite the fact that the ancient Fazilka sub-jail caters to the needs of Fazilka, Abohar, Jalalabad and Guruharsahai areas. As per official sources, those who are sent in judicial custody and the criminals falling under the police stations of these areas are lodged in Fazilka sub-jail. "Now, Fazilka has been granted the status of district headquarters. Setting up a new judicial complex and the courts of the district and sessions judge are on the cards. Hence, there is need to upgrade the sub-jail also," said Satinder Singh Savi Kathpal, an official of the jails department. He disclosed that keeping in view the necessity, he has written to the higher authorities to upgrade the status of Fazilka sub-jail to district jail to accommodate more inmates and offer them a chance of transforming into good citizens.
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Bank manager suspended for fraud in loans
Abohar, October 7 The staff has now been cautioned to verify the credentials of the applicants before processing the requests. As per the FIR lodged by Punjab National Bank branch manager Pitamber Lal, loans were advanced against Krishi Cards by forging revenue documents in the period from January 14, 2010 to February 3 this year. Computer expert Harmandeep Singh, believed to be the kingpin of the racket could not be nabbed. |
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While the appreciation of the rupee against the US dollar has cheered up the economy, the cotton growers in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan are an apprehensive lot.
