Punjab Police announced the seizure of 48 foreign-made pistols and the arrest of an arms smuggler with alleged ties to Pakistan-based terrorist outfits and pro-Khalistani elements in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
Amritsar, April 26
A young entrepreneur Sirjan Singh (27), dealing in the manufacturing of small weighing scales and weighbridges, a kind of scales used for weighing trucks, says he is using this crucial phase for the consolidation and expansion of his business. He has been successfully utilising the spare time due to Covid-induced restrictions to revamp his business.
His father Harwinder Singh had established the unit here in 1992.
Beating Covid blues
His father Harwinder Singh had established the unit here in 1992
To come in direct and instant contact with customers, he launched a mobile app, where customers can register their complaints and track these as well, besides posting any enquiry
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Ruchika M Khanna
Chandigarh, April 10
On day one of procurement on Saturday, Guru Nanak Dhaba at the otherwise bustling Khanna market, the largest grain mandi in Asia, wore a desolate look. There were no farmers at the mandi, only labourers, who had come all the way from Bihar to earn money during the wheat procurement season.
Software amended
The Food Department has amended the procurement software
The commission agents will come to know how much payment is being released to farmers who are linked to them
Worried, they said they were not sure of the process through which they would be paid their wages post direct benefit transfer (DBT) implementation. Vikas Kumar Yadav said: “I am to be paid Rs 6.06 per bag (that I fill and load) by the farmer and Rs 9.24 by the agency. Earlier, the arhtiya would give me the money but I don’t know who will pay me now.” Arvind Kumar, manager of the dhaba, did not foresee a good season. “There is much uncertainty. Farmers and arht
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