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Time of India
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Kerala's farm success under study by Supreme Court panel
1 2 3 Chandigarh: In a significant step towards agricultural transformation, the High-Powered Committee on Agrarian Reforms covened a meeting on Thursday to study and deliberate on the best practices adopted by the Kerala govt for making agriculture a sustainable and profitable enterprise. The high-powered committee, chaired by former judge of the Punjab and Haryana high court justice Nawab Singh, was constituted by a bench of the Supreme Court of India to recommend comprehensive reforms in the agrarian sector with the aim of improving farmers' welfare. Kerala agriculture minister S P Prasad elaborated on Kerala's strategic approach towards agrarian welfare. He highlighted landmark initiatives, including Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council Keralam (VFPCK) support programmes, paddy procurement policies ensuring MSP for farmers, Kerala State Farmers Debt Relief Commission – providing relief to debt-burdened farmers, State Crop Insurance Scheme tailored to local conditions, natural calamity relief mechanisms, Karshaka Pension Scheme to provide social security to aged farmers, and promotion of organic and natural farming. The officers of the Kerala agriculture department delivered a comprehensive presentation outlining these and other pioneering efforts that have transformed Kerala's agricultural landscape. The discussions centred around key issues such as increasing farmers' income, reducing agrarian distress, and ensuring the long-term sustainability of agriculture. The Kerala delegation shared valuable insights into the initiatives that have positively impacted the farming community in their state. The meeting was attended by prominent members of the committee and dignitaries, including Raja Shekhar Vundru, additional chief secretary, agriculture and farmers welfare department, Haryana; Devinder Sharma, noted agriculture scientist; Sukhpal Singh, chairman of the Punjab State Farmers & Farm Workers Commission; Prof Ranjit Singh Ghuman, Professor of Eminence at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar; Sriram Venkataraman, director, department of agriculture, govt of Kerala; Swaran Singh Boparai, former vice-chancellor of Punjabi University, Patiala; Col J SGill and Vikash Kumar, professor at CRRID. MSID:: 121343062 413 |
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Time of India
Man and son arrested in Mathura for faking kidnapping to evade loans
Agra: A 46-year-old man and his 22-year-old son were arrested for allegedly orchestrating a fake kidnapping to avoid repaying borrowed money in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district. Mathura SSP Shlok Kumar said that Nawab Singh, a jaggery trader from Aligarh, approached the Jamunapar police station last Friday, claiming that his son, Sonu Chaudhary, had been abducted and that the kidnappers had demanded a ransom of Rs 15 lakh for his son's release. "After receiving the complaint, a case was filed against the unknown kidnappers under section 140 (2) of the BNS. However, investigation revealed that Singh and his son staged the kidnapping to avoid repaying loans amounting to Rs 5 lakh," Kumar said. The SSP added, "Police teams searched local hotels and examined CCTV footage and a suspicious youth was found to have checked into a hotel on April 18 and 19. Surveillance team traced the youth's location to Khatu Shyam Ji in Rajasthan's Sikar and later arrested him from the Jaipur railway station, while his father was arrested from Mathura on Sunday." by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Google Brain Co-Founder Andrew Ng, Recommends: Read These 5 Books And Turn Your Life Around Blinkist: Andrew Ng's Reading List Undo During interrogation, Nawab Singh confessed to having borrowed Rs 4 lakh from one Vijaypal Singh and Rs 1 lakh from another individual, Premi Singh for his children's wedding. Singh and his son admitted to staging the kidnapping to garner sympathy and avoid repaying the loan. A case was registered under various sections of BNS including 248 (falsely charging someone with an offence with the intent to cause harm), and 229 (giving false evidence in a judicial proceeding), and both father and son have been sent to judicial custody. Further investigation is ongoing.
NDTV
22-04-2025
- NDTV
Father, Son Fake Kidnapping To Avoid Repaying Borrowed Money: UP Police
Mathura: A man allegedly hatched a fake kidnapping plot here with the help of his son to avoid repaying borrowed money, police said on Monday, adding that the duo was arrested from Jaipur. The man approached Jamunapar police station in Mathura district on Friday, claiming that his son was abducted and that the kidnappers were demanding a ransom of Rs 15 lakh, they said. Senior Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumar on Monday said police inquiry revealed the man and his son plotted a fake kidnapping "to avoid repayment of loans". According to the police, jaggery dealer Nawab Singh (46), a resident of Pither village in Aligarh district, approached police in Mathura alleging that his son Sonu (22) had been kidnapped. The duo was arrested from Jaipur on Sunday and they will be sent to judicial custody, the SSP said. The SSP also said that as soon as the police team started looking for the kidnapped person from CCTV camera footage and hotels, they found the entry of a suspicious youth staying in a hotel on April 18 and April 19. Surveillance traced the location of the youth to Khatu Shyam Jee in Rajasthan's Sikar and reached Jaipur. After this, the team went to Jaipur and arrested the alleged kidnapped person and his father from there, the police said. During interrogation, it came to light that Nawab Singh had taken a loan worth lakhs for his daughter's wedding. This conspiracy was hatched, so that he does not have to repay the loan, they said. The accused told police that by this he could get sympathy from people and also avoid repaying the loan to some extent. For this, a case (of abduction) was also registered against those from whom the loan was taken.
Time of India
21-04-2025
- Time of India
Breaking news live updates: Mathura man stages son's kidnapping to escape loan repayment, arrested in Jaipur
01:04 (IST) Apr 22 A jaggery trader from Aligarh allegedly faked his son's kidnapping to avoid repaying hefty wedding loans, police said on Monday. Nawab Singh, 46, told police in Mathura on Friday that his 22-year-old son, Sonu, had been abducted and the 'kidnappers' were demanding Rs 15 lakh as ransom. However, police grew suspicious during their investigation. Using CCTV footage and hotel records, they traced the son to a hotel in Jaipur where he had checked in under a false identity. A police team followed the trail to Rajasthan and arrested both father and son from the Khatu Shyam temple area in Sikar district on Sunday. Senior Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumar said the duo confessed during questioning. Nawab Singh had reportedly taken loans worth lakhs of rupees for his daughter's wedding and hatched the fake abduction plan to gain sympathy and avoid repayment. He even filed a police case against those who had lent him the money. Both have been taken into custody and will be sent to jail, police confirmed.
