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Aizawl: Mizoram Police seized drugs and other contraband worth Rs 6.84 crore in two separate operations, according to a statement issued on Friday by IGP and police department chief public relations officer H Ramthlengliana.In the first case, a police team in Saitual district, bordering Manipur, intercepted an Ashok Leyland truck with an Assam registration on Thursday. During a search, police recovered 2.096 kg of morphine, valued at an estimated Rs 2,09,60,000. The driver, Kabir Hussain, 30, of Tarapur in Assam’s Katigora district, was apprehended on the spot and the vehicle was seized.In the second seizure, police from Zokhawthar Police Station,…

Times News NetworkKanpur: Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya School emerged as champion in the two-day KSS Inter-School Boys’ Chess championship for (Class 6 to class 8) which concluded at Vinyas Public School Mandhana on Friday.Deen Dayal School collected the highest 9 points from five rounds. Shri Sanatan Dharam Education Centre got the second place with 8 points and Sir Padampat Singhania Education Centre, which was leading the pack after three rounds on day one, trailed behind and got the third place with 8 points.Harshit Shukla from Gardenia Public School, Raghav Sachan from Woodbine Gardenia School, Shivanshu Nair from DPS Azad Nagar,…

Ghaziabad: With Kanwar Yatra set to begin next week, UP govt has rolled out a plan to manage the annual pilgrimage — from barricaded bathing ghats and illuminated routes to hospital alerts, ambulances, CCTV surveillance and round-the-clock control rooms. In the city, officials have identified two main Kanwar routes covering 78.5km and two auxiliary routes spanning another 81km.Officials said special arrangements are being made at major temples and the Gang Canal ghat in Muradnagar, one of the key bathing points for devotees. Barricades, safety ropes, warning signage and other protective measures are being installed to manage crowds and reduce the…

Forest officials say Pimpalsuti, Mandavgan Farata and neighbouring villages have emerged as recurring conflict hotspots because of extensive sugar cane cultivation, scattered farmhouses and the presence of perennial water sources that provide ideal cover and habitat for leopards Pune: The growing human-wildlife conflict in Shirur tehsil is back in focus after the death of Bhagyashree Ware (5) in a leopard attack. The latest fatality is the fifth such death reported from Pimpalsuti and nearby villages in the last two years.Forest officials said Pimpalsuti, Mandavgan Farata and neighbouring villages have emerged as recurring conflict hotspots because of extensive sugar cane cultivation,…

The operation was carried out by ICGS Akshay, a fast patrol vessel built by GSL Panaji: The Indian Coast Guard carried out a rapid and well-coordinated medical evacuation on Thursday, rescuing a 29-year-old Indian mariner from the India-flagged merchant vessel MT Kashimasan off the coast of Goa.“Around 3am on Thursday, an email was received from the master of the vessel regarding medical emergency. A crew member identified as Laxman Dattatray Pandhare was ill with severe lower abdominal pain and back pain.The operation was overseen by Coast Guard District Headquarters No. 11 (Goa) and carried out by ICGS Akshay, a fast…

Mohali: In a crackdown on liquor smuggling, the excise department, in coordination with Zirakpur police, seized 140 cartons of illicit liquor allegedly being transported from Chandigarh for illegal sale in Punjab. A truck driver was arrested during the operation conducted near Zirakpur.Acting on a tip-off, excise and police teams intercepted a canter truck bearing a Faridabad registration number on the Chandigarh-Zirakpur road. During the inspection, officials found that QR codes on the liquor bottles had allegedly been tampered with, while holograms had been affixed to facilitate illegal distribution and evade regulatory checks.The driver, identified as Aman, a resident of Panipat…

Lucknow: Acting on the complaints received against the vehicle scrapping operations at Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities (RVSFs) in the state, the transport department will conduct a special drive from July 25 till Aug 10 to examine the scrapping process at the centres.The department received several complaints that vehicle scrapping was not being conducted in accordance with the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021, nor in compliance with the orders and prescribed standards issued by the UP govt at the RVSFs.Minister of state for transport (independent charge) Dayashankar Singh ordered an inquiry into the complaints.The joint…

Madhubani: Hundreds of students under the banner of the Chhatra Sangharsh Samiti staged a protest in Madhubani on Thursday, demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in the NEET examination.The demonstration was led by Santosh Yadav, president of the Chhatra Sangharsh Samiti. Addressing the gathering, Yadav criticised the Centre and referred to the ongoing student protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi over the alleged NEET paper leak.He alleged that several students were injured after police action during a march towards Parliament on July 20. Yadav also claimed that some female protesters were subjected to mistreatment…

Udaipur: A constable posted at Govardhan Vilas police station in Udaipur allegedly fled after accepting a Rs 3,000 bribe from a complainant during an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) trap Thursday, officials said.The ACB’s special unit carried out the operation. The accused, identified as Rajendra Kumar Meena, escaped on a motorcycle after sensing the presence of the ACB team, allegedly taking advantage of heavy traffic on the national highway. A search has been launched to trace him.ACB additional director general Smita Shrivastava said the complainant approached the bureau’s helpline, alleging that a case of assault had been registered against him at Govardhan…

Nagpur: From Niladri Kumar’s inventive sitar and Bharat Balvalli’s classical vocals to the acclaimed Marathi musical Devbabhali, Nagpur will host three evenings of music and theatre as the 33rd Dr Vasantrao Deshpande Memorial Music Festival begins on July 29.Organised by the South Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC), the festival will continue till July 31 at Dr Vasantrao Deshpande Memorial Auditorium, Civil Lines. Performances will begin at 6.30pm daily, bringing together leading exponents of Hindustani classical vocal and instrumental music alongside musical theatre.The festival will open with a Hindustani classical vocal recital by renowned singer Padmashree Shubha Mudgal, who trained under…