In a major success against cross-border narcotics smuggling, the Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police have seized 27 kilograms of heroin in a joint operation conducted near the India-Pakistan international border.
Varanasi District Magistrate Satyendra Kumar inspected the mega expansion project underway at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport on Sunday.
Despite the Bihar government’s decision to order a judicial inquiry into the controversial Bharat Bhushan Tiwari encounter case in Bhojpur district, the state’s Opposition parties—the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress and Jan Suraaj—have intensified their campaign over the issue.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Omprakash Rajenimbalkar has confirmed joining the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
Awareness on government welfare schemes, sustainable farming practices and technological interventions in agriculture and aquaculture took centre stage at the PM-KISAN Utsav Diwas organised jointly by the ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA), Kausalyaganga, and Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Khordha, on Sunday.
The development came after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) headed by Raj Thackeray threatened an agitation against the move on Thursday.
In a major bureaucratic rejig, the Centre on Friday appointed Arvind Shrivastava as revenue secretary, and Vumlunmang Vualnam as expenditure secretary.
As many as 131 drugs samples were identified as not of standard quality (NSQ) during the month of March.
A day after the Grand Alliance appointed RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav head of the coordination committee, the supreme body formed to take decisions on various issues concerning the Bihar assembly elections, RJD national spokesperson Manoj Jha on Friday asserted that Tejashwi’s candidature as the chief ministerial face of the alliance is indisputable.
Expressing concern over the rise of terrorist incidents in the Jammu region, Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha said on Friday that the Army, J&K Police, and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) are determined to crush terrorism.
