India turning into global investment hub: Minister
New Delhi, April 22: India is turning into a global hub for investments due to the conducive environment provided by the Central government, Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said on Sunday.
"The Union government is providing environment for the investment in different sectors, that's why in the last few years India is coming up as the global hub of investors," she said at the Global Investment Summit 2018 organised by the Abode 1st Group of Companies in Gurugram.
"The government is taking every possible step to make policies favourable to investors, and result of it we can see investment scenario being built up here," a statement from the organisers quoted the minister as saying.
She added that Non-Resident Indian businessmen and industrialists are also "expanding their businesses in the country".
According to Abode 1st Group of Companies MD Sandeep Singh Deswal, around 400 investors from around the world gathered for the event "and gave their principle consent to invest in different fields".
Abode 1st Group of Companies is a Gurugram-based group dealing in asset management, wealth management and interiors.
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Punjab: Two shooters, 5 others arrested in AAP sarpanch murder case
Chandigarh (PTI): Punjab Police on Monday said it has arrested two shooters and five other accused in the murder case of an AAP sarpanch who was killed at a wedding in Amritsar on January 4.
The two shooters -- Sukhraj Singh alias Ganga from Patti in Tarn Taran district and Karamjit Singh from Gurdaspur district -- were arrested from Raipur in Chhattisgarh on Sunday in coordination with the local police and central agencies, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav told reporters here.
The two were produced before a court in Raipur and taken into custody after obtaining transit remand. They are being brought to Amritsar for further investigation, he said.
The other five arrested accused, who were part of the support and logistical module, were arrested from Punjab, the DGP said.
Jharmal Singh, sarpanch of Valthoa village in Tarn Taran, was shot dead at the wedding at point-blank range.
CCTV footage showed the two shooters walking into the wedding venue, one of them pulling out a gun and firing at Singh's head before fleeing the spot. Singh was rushed to a hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries.
Soon after the incident, the AAP government drew flak from the opposition over alleged deteriorating law and order in Punjab, with the BJP demanding Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's resignation.
