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SP Animesh Naithany said the drive would continue with community support to make Chatra drug-free Hazaribag: Chatra police registered 71 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and arrested 109 people during a crackdown on the illegal drug trade between Jan and July this year.Police seized 162.17 kg of opium, 703.099 grams of brown sugar, 128.228 kg of ganja, 3,561 kg of doda, 335.9 kg of doda husk and 236.7 kg of poppy seeds — a combined haul of over 4.4 tonnes. They also recovered Rs 3.28 lakh in cash from alleged traffickers.Preventive action was initiated against…
Kolkata: Three police personnel were injured on Friday while protecting former Panihati municipality chairman Somnath Dey from a barrage of eggs and bricks thrown by protesters while he was being escorted to a Barrackpore court from Khardah police station. Dey, made to wear a helmet, escaped unhurt. Dey was arrested in Bengaluru in the hurried cremation case connected with the RG Kar rape and murder.Dey was brought to Bengal on a transit remand early on Friday, and taken to Khardah PS.While cops were trying to move Dey into a vehicle for his court production, a crowd gathered outside the station…
JD Vance reveals his weight loss secret. And the credit goes to Bobby Kennedy. Vice President JD Vance was surprised to be asked about his weight-loss secret at an official White House press briefing but chuckled, saying it only meant he used to be very fat. “So, when you’re the vice president of the United States and one of the first questions at a press conference in the White House is how much weight you’ve lost, you must have gotten very fat,” Vance jokingly responded.Vance did not gatekeep the weight loss secret and revealed that the credit goes to RFK…
Donald Findlay KC, defending, lodged a special defence of incrimination against a named person, Michael Todd.He said: “I discovered that Mr Todd is no longer with us as he died some years ago.”It is a significant handicap for me during the trial. “There is nothing I can do about it if he is dead, he is dead.”Prosecutor Alex Prentice KC also told the hearing there were further witnesses who have died since the incident. Source link
At a wind farm in western Poland, the ground beneath the turbines has quietly turned into unexpected pollinator territory. A wind turbine standing 394 feet tall rises above sprayed grain fields near GoÅ‚aÅ„cz, and the unmown gravel patch encircling its base has been found to hold as many wild bees as the seminatural grasslands set aside nearby for conservation, and considerably more than the crop fields surrounding both. Researchers spent a full season sweeping insects and cataloguing weeds across ten turbines, ten grassland patches and the fields bordering them, hoping to work out whether these overlooked service squares carried any…
Funerals have taken place for two Palestinian teenagers who were shot dead this week when settlers and soldiers entered a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank.The killing of Omar al-Naasan and Khalil Abu Alia comes amid near-daily attacks by Jewish settlers in the village of al-Mughayyir, south of Nablus.”We expect that when our sons walk in the street, they are likely to return to you injured or killed,” Mohammed Al-Naasan, Omar’s father, told the BBC.Israel’s military says it fired on “instigators of a violent riot” and that the incident is under review.The United Nations says more than 80 Palestinians…
The Indian team’s recent fitness concerns have come under the scanner, with Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, and fast bowlers Harshit Rana and Jasprit Bumrah included in the squad for the Afghanistan T20Is, subject to fitness. The string of injuries in recent times has also raised questions about the Centre of Excellence (COE), with several key players missing matches due to fitness issues. The growing injury list has become a concern for the Indian team, particularly with a packed international schedule ahead.Washington Sundar suffered a hamstring injury during the third ODI against England. (AFP)Meanwhile, former India captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth has…
It took just a couple of minutes for Sahal to put Bagan in front. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Mohun Bagan Super Giant edged past Jamshedpur FC 9-8 on penalties after being locked 1-1 in regulation time to reach the semifinals of the 135th Durand Cup at Salt Lake Stadium here on Monday.Sahal Abdul Samad put Bagan ahead in the second minute, but Devendra Murgaonkar equalised towards the end of the first half. With the tournament regulations having no provision for extra-time, the quarterfinal went straight to a penalty shootout.Both teams converted their first five attempts, forcing sudden-death. The first 16 kicks…
Talent and substance: Arnav impressed one and all en route his historic run to the Wimbledon quarterfinals. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Three dozen years is a long time in any sphere of life, not just sport. Yet, on a scorching Wednesday morning last week, on the most famous lawns in the world, it took just 52 minutes for Arnav Paparkar to script a chapter in Indian tennis history.With a clinical 6-2, 6-1 demolition of Japan’s Ryo Tabata in the boys’ round of 16, the 18-year-old stormed into the Wimbledon quarterfinals and became the first Indian since the legendary Leander Paes in 1990…
Born To Rise, Star Studded and Mystical Air pleased when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning (Sept. 4).Outer sand:600m: Xanthos (rb), Gordon (rb) 46. They moved freely. Qualify (Prabhakaran), Dowsing (rb) 46. They moved on the bit. Il Volo (Kiran Rai) 45. In fine trim. Whistling Glory (Antony) 46. Easy. Turkoman (rb) 46. Easy. Crown Angel (Reza) 45. Strode out well. Kabali (R. Pradeep) 43. Shaped well. Kings Victoryqueen (rb) 43.5. Worked well.1000m: Tiger Bay (Kiran Rai) 1-16.5, 600/44.5. Moved well. Mystical Air (R. Pradeep) 1-14.5, 600/42. Impressed.1200m: Executive One (rb) 1-30.5, 1,200/1-14, 600/45. In fine trim. Born…