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.
Singh said that the Supreme Court has done a great job by staying the new UGC rules. He said that if this welcome order had not been given by the Court, a very large movement would have been brewing across the country.
Invitations have also been sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, but no confirmation of their attendance has been received yet.
In a statement posted on X, Mayawati said that the apex court’s intervention was appropriate in view of the social tension that had emerged following the implementation of the new rules.
In a last-ditch bid to save his political future, former deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam (OPS), who has been left to fend for himself, has expressed his desire to join the AIADMK provided his ‘beloved brother’ and party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) and Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam leader TTV Dhinakaran, were prepared for readmitting him.
The initiative focuses on the rapid upgradation of major roads and key junctions in the state’s largest urban centre to improve connectivity and ease of movement for commuters.
