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Flyer held with ganja worth Rs3cr Hyderabad: An Indian national who arrived from Bangkok was arrested after 10kg of hydroponic marijuana worth an estimated ₹3.5 crore was seized from his luggage at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Thursday.During the intelligence-based interception, officials of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Hyderabad Customs recovered nine black-coloured packets concealed inside clothes from his check-in baggage. The packets contained a greenish, lumpy substance with a strong pungent odour, officials said.The substance was subjected to a narcotic drug detection test and was found positive for marijuana.The passenger was arrested under the provisions of the…
SP Velumani, C Ve Shanmugam Chennai: Reconciliation moves are on in AIADMK after those who revolted against party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami were left hanging with chief minister C Joseph Vijay filling the last two slots in his cabinet with VCK and IUML members.Sources said the two sides have made their respective demands for a conciliation through “negotiation teams” comprising well-wishers of the party. The EPS group wants C Ve Shanmugam faction to withdraw its reported representation to ECI. Shanmugam and S P Velumani, on their part, want EPS to reinstate the functionaries who were removed from party posts.The…
Voting will take place at the assembly complex in Gandhinagar from 9am to 4pm on June 18 and counting of votes will be taken up at 5pm Gandhinagar: For the first time, the Congress party will not have a single Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat, as the term of lone Congress MP from the state, Shaktisinh Gohil, will end on June 21. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday announced schedule of election for 24 seats, including four RS seats of Gujarat.According to the ECI poll schedule, a notification for the election will be issued on June 1, last…
Prayagraj: A man and his two sons were killed and six sustained injuries after their SUV collided head-on with another speeding SUV near Leprocy Crossing under the Naini police station limits in the trans-Yamuna pocket of the district on Friday.The deceased, Deepak Chaurasia (45), and his sons Divyansh (20) and Harshit alias Mann Chaurasia (17), were residents of Phaphamau. The accident took place when seven members of the Chaurasia family were going to Maihar in Madhya Pradesh.Police said the SUV driver, travelling from Rewa to Prayagraj, lost control, broke through the divider, and entered the opposite lane. The driver has…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha governor Hari Babu Kambhampati on Friday said that the future belongs to nations that can combine infrastructure with efficiency, technology with trust and growth with sustainability, while emphasising the critical role of the logistics sector in India’s economic transformation. He said this while addressing the sixth executive committee meeting of the Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Associations in India, hosted by Odisha Customs Brokers’ Association in Puri. Source link
Tirupur: Unidentified people a few days ago beat a 27-year-old garment factory worker to death in a drunken quarrel and dumped his body into an abandoned well.The 15 Velampalayam police said the crime came to light on Thursday, when local residents found a body floating in a private well in Nerungaradu area.A police officer identified the victim as M Maheswaran, of Theni district. “After the demise of his father, Maheswaran has been living with his mother Ramayi on Mahaliyamman Kovil Street at Aathupalayam. He was employed at a local garment unit.”According to the officer, Ramayi left for her native village…
In Nov 2023, the church approached Punjab and Haryana high court seeking directions for removal of encroachments and possession of the allocated land Gurgaon: Nearly two years after land was allotted for a Catholic burial ground in Sector 58 near Ghata village, the cemetery still lacks a proper approach road. A 75-metre stretch leading to the site remains unpaved, forcing ambulances and mourners to navigate a dusty, uneven track to reach the facility.The same stretch also serves Anjuman Bagiya, a Muslim graveyard established in 2004 near the cemetery site. People visiting the kabristan, managed by Haryana Anjuman Charitable Trust, also…
Aizawl: The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Friday that the election for Mizoram’s lone Rajya Sabha seat will be held on June 18, along with 20 other seats from 10 states.The current term of the incumbent, K Vanlalvena of the Mizo National Front (MNF), expires on July 19.The notification for the election will be issued on June 1 by returning officer Zothansanga Ralte, secretary of the state legislative assembly, who has been appointed by the ECI.According to the announcement of the central election panel, nominations can be filed from June 1 to June 8. The scrutiny of the…
Kanpur: The micro, small and medium enterprises are the backbone of the state’s economic development, said the state micro, small and medium enterprises minister Bhupendra Chaudhary in Kanpur on Friday.He conducted a detailed assessment of employment-oriented and enterprise promotion schemes, including Mukhyamantri Yuva Udyami Vikas Abhiyan, Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarojgar Yojana, ODOP Margin Money Yojana, Pradhanmantri Rojgar Srijan Karyakram, Vishwakarma Shram Samman Yojana, and ODOP Training and Toolkit Yojana. Progress of Flatted Factory Complex, Common Facility Centre, ODOP Samanya Suvidha Kendra, and the PLEDGE scheme work was also reviewed.During a review meeting with the departmental officials at the Directorate of Industries…
Ludhiana: Two masked men stabbed and robbed a jewellery shop employee in broad daylight on ATI Road Friday, fleeing with gold, silver, a licensed pistol, mobile phone and a scooter in a heist that lasted barely five minutes and was caught on CCTV.Ranjeet Singh, who was alone in the shop between 11.37am and 11.41am, was overpowered by the assailants, who dragged him towards a concealed strong room, thrashed him and demanded locker keys. When he told them he was only a worker, one accused locked the main door by snatching the automatic lock key while the other began stuffing jewellery…