With whitefly and pink bollworm infestation showing no signs of abating, cotton farmers continue to remove the damaged crop so that they can grow a new one in Bathinda and Mansa districts. Farmer unions have demanded a girdawari must be ordered.
Dera Sacha Sauda sect head and self-proclaimed religious leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was released from Rohtak's Sunaria jail on a 21-day furlough on February 7.