Paswan to discuss food availability with states
New Delhi, June 28: Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan will hold consultation with state ministers on Friday to discuss measures to improve availability of essential food items at stable prices, public distribution and consumer protection, an official statement said.
Officials from Union Ministries dealing with essential commodities such as Agriculture, Chemicals & Fertilizers, Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Food Processing Industry, Health and Family Welfare, Petroleum and Natural Gas and Textiles will also be participating in the daylong event, it said.
"High on the agenda of this meeting will be a discussion on measures required to maintain and manage prices of essential food items at reasonable level through appropriate policy intervention," said the statement.
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6 held for murder of Congress leader in Ludhiana
Ludhiana (PTI): Six persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of Congress leader Parminder Tiwari, who was hacked to death with an axe on Sunday in Machhiwara here.
Tiwari, the block president of the Congress party from Machhiwara in Ludhiana, was murdered on March 29 while sitting outside his rented quarters near Takhran village
Deputy Commissioner of Police Jaskaranjit Singh Teja stated the case is neither linked to politics nor gang rivalry.
The main accused, Vijay Kumar and Lucky, were apprehended in Jamalpura village in Munger district, Bihar, by a special team dispatched there, police said.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the suspects aimed to illegally occupy a piece of panchayat land in the Machiwara area, but Tiwari opposed their plans. The accused allegedly visited Tiwari at his rented quarters on March 29 and attacked him with an axe, resulting in his immediate death, officials said.
The other four individuals arrested are relatives of the main accused and were aware of the murder plot, the DCP added.
Police have recovered the axe used in the crime, as well as the motorcycle the accused used to flee the scene.
