The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday urged the government to “curb divisive moves" and initiate “firm action” against those indulging in disruptive activities across states by harassing students and traders belonging to Jammu and Kashmir.
JCC General Secretary Aditya Malhotra highlighted the failure of the district police administration to instil fear in criminals, despite regular patrols by Tiger Mobile and PCR vans.
Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor, who happens to be a local trader, has lauded the Delhi Police for promptly solving the Rs 80 lakh robbery case of Haidarquli, Fatehpuri in Old Delhi.
In a glaring incident, two miscreants on a motorcycle kidnapped a six-year-old boy on Thursday morning after throwing chilli powder in the eyes of his mother, who accompanied him to the school bus stop near their house in the Morar area of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh.
The businesspersons have alleged that if any fraudster buys garments from their shops and makes payment into their bank account online or through UPI by the money duped through the fraud, the police and investigating agencies freeze the entire account of the shopkeeper.
Poush Mela used to be jointly organised by the Santiniketan Trust and Visva-Bharati University. Last time the Poush Mela was held at the Purba Pally Ground was in 2019.
Large scale incidents of hoarding of stocks of tur and urad dal by millers and traders in their warehouses to avoid stock declaration, have been discovered by the government.
The traders are making hefty profits at a time when the death toll from the relentless monsoon rains has exceeded the 1,100 mark and inflicting $10 billion loss on the country's economy.
The fresh restrictions say that the weekend lockdown shall now onwards come into force from 9 pm on Friday to 6 am on Monday.
Apart from Diwali, the traders, on the day of Dhanteras, are also expecting big business.
