The minister was speaking at an impressive ceremony at the Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam, after the commissioning of INS Sandhayak (Yard 3025), the first Survey Vessel Large (SVL) ship, into the Indian Navy.
Indian Navy ships Cheetah, Guldar and Kumbhir were decommissioned on Saturday after rendering four decades of glorious service to the nation.
The seizure of huge quantities of snake venom and arrest of four persons from Asansol yesterday has unearthed a new corridor of inter-state snake venom smuggling racket, feels forest officials.
It is worth highlighting that last month, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs Chairman, Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, mentioned that during the last financial year, around 3.5 tonnes of gold, 18 crore cigarette sticks, 140 metric tonnes of red sanders, and 90 tonnes of heroin were seized along with other drugs.
It has been ascertained that these passengers were operating as part of an intricate gold smuggling network.
China is facing an electricity crisis, forcing factories to reduce operations, power consumption, and leading to outright blackouts in some provinces, media reports said.
"The logs were hidden among old furniture so that no one doubted it when giving it a quick watch," the sources said. The forest range had seized Burmese teak worth Rs 40 lakh and arrested two Haryana residents from the same area on 1 October.
The Victoria crowned pigeon has been classified as near-threatened on the IUCN ‘Red List of Threatened Species’. Originally from New Guinea and introduced to nearby islands, this bird is the largest living pigeon and the closest remaining relative to the extinct Dodo bird.
Addressing a Press Conference today, the CM said while taking cognizance of complaints received regarding liquor, Special Investigation Team (SIT), Special Enquiry Team (SET) were formed to investigate these complaints.
Tightened security may have made liquor smuggling difficult, but the availability is coming at a premium in several places.
