Moga, February 4 (Doaba News Service)- Rice traders in the state have been importing raw rice of poor quality from outside states and mixing it with locally produced rice, the milling of which is in progress these days. It’s strange that this is being done at a time when the state already has a buffer stock of rice over 80 lakh metric tonnes and paddy 95 lakh metric tonnes under the milling process in the state. But rice millers are allegedly mixing quantities of low-priced rice grains imported from other states with FCI stocks and selling the better rice in the open market at higher prices. The entire procurement of paddy in Punjab is sent to private millers for cleaning, shelling and polishing of grains. Millers return the finished product back to the FCI for the central pool. It is learnt that during the past two months, after the rice milling process began in the state, raw rice of various varieties worth crores of rupees is being imported from other states like Bihar, UP, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka by rice millers/traders, the maximum quantities of which are mixed in locally milled rice, and is being given to FCI stocks. This practice is going on particularly in ...
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Patiala, January 24 (DNS)- The Gurdaspur police has achieved the distinction of being the number one among all district police in the state. Gurdaspur managed the top slot on the basis of several performance indicators. The performance of all 24 police districts of Punjab during September, October and November last year was assessed by the Punjab police. As per the data tabulated by the state police, Gurdaspur was on the top in terms of tracing murder cases, recovery of case property in theft cases, seizure of narcotics and action taken against proclaimed offenders. Gurdaspur is followed by Ferozepur and Hoshiarpur police. Patiala failed to make it to the top 10, as it stood 11th. The district police of the industrial hub of Punjab - Ludhiana (rural) and Ludhiana (urban) were ranked at number 23 and 20, respectively. The report has been sent to the respective SSPs. A letter, written by Punjab DGP PS Gill to the police heads of all districts, mentioned, “Those districts, which had minimum pendency scored high. I expect that the SSPs of the districts lagging behind would examine their weaknesses and take remedial measures in order to improve their performance in ...
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Takhtupura (Moga), January 15 (Doaba News Service)- The President of the SAD and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal has demanded from the Union Government to set up a fast- track court for carrying out trials against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and other culprits involved in the 1984 riots. He was addressing a public gathering on the eve of the Maghi mela here, yesterday afternoon. He said the trial of the culprits involved in the anti-Sikh riots should be completed within six months. He also criticised the incidents of burning of a gurdwara in Melbourne and other incidents of attacks on Punjabi youths in Australia and said that he would be writing a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, requesting him to express strong resentment with the Australian Government over its failure to check violence against Indians. Sukhbir also lashed out at the Congress over its alleged interference in the religious affairs of the community. He said Paramjit Singh Sarna, President of the Delhi Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, was an agent of the Congress and he was being pushed into the state to interfere indirectly in the coming SGPC elections. The local MP, Paramjit Kaur Gulshan, CPS ...
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