With the arrest of two associates of Turkey-based drug smuggler Navpreet Singh aka Nav Bhullar, the Counter Intelligence (CI) wing of Punjab Police has made one of the biggest seizures of heroin during a massive operation in Baba Bakala area here on Saturday night. It confiscated 105 kg of heroin in addition to a huge quantity of scheduled drugs, including 31.93 kg Caffeine Anhydrous and 17 kg dextromethorphan (DMR) which is used for multiplying the quantity of contraband four times. Apart from these, the police also seized five foreign-made pistols and a country made pistol (desi katta) from the spot.…
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Actor-turned-politician Vijay termed politics as not a “cine field but a battlefield”, calling upon the members of his new party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) to remain vigilant on the ground.Addressing his party’s first state conference in Chennai, Vijay said,”Politics is not a cine field; it is a battlefield. It’s serious. Whether it’s dealing with a snake or politics, if we decide to take it up with seriousness and a touch of humour, only then can we endure in this field and handle opponents. We need to stay cautious on the ground.” The 50-year-old actor-turned-politician said his party is not aiming to separate…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday took potshots at the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal, accusing it of engaging in “state sponsored infiltration” and corruption. Launching the Bharatiya Janata Party’s membership drive in Kolkata, Shah said incidents like Sandeshkhali and RG Kar hospital rape-murder indicate that the state is not safe for women. The home minister asserted that the BJP’s “next biggest target” is to form a government in West Bengal after the 2026 Assembly elections. “We are all proud to be members of the world’s largest party. I have faith in the Bengal workers that we will not lag…
Guwahati: The eight edition of Chalachitram National Film Festival – 2024 kick starts at Jyoti Chitraban premises in Kahilipara locality of the prehistoric city on Saturday, which was inaugurated by Cotton University vice-chancellor Dr Ramesh Ch Deka in presence of national award winning Assamese singer Tarali Sarma, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s northeast India media coordinator Dr Sunil Mohanty and a host of other dignitaries. Professor Deka in his speech emphasized on representing various characters in a movie with right perspectives. Releasing the booklet, published on the occasion, music composer Sarma lauded the organizers of Chalachitram film-fest for their mission to pay…
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it had sent back an unspecified number of Indian nationals staying in the country illegally on a chartered flight in an exercise that was done in cooperation with the Indian government. There was no official word from the government here on this but sources said this was done as part of India-US cooperation on migration and mobility to deter illegal migration. “This is being done to create more avenues for legal migration from India to the US. The latest deportation of Indian nationals by a chartered flight is a result of…
President Droupadi Murmu lauded the Indian Space Research Organisation – ISRO’s contributions in taking forward India’s space program to greater heights. In a video message on the occasion of Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture 2024 in Akashvani’s Rang Bhawan, New Delhi, on Saturday President Murmu paid her tributes to Sardar Patel in her message. The President highlighted that Sardar Patel is the architect of modern India through the political integration of various princely states into the nation after independence. The President also mentioned that the Statue of Unity is a befitting tribute to Sardar Patel’s rich legacy. Delivering the Sardar Patel…
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned allegations made by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against six Palestinian journalists in Gaza, accusing them of being members of militant groups.“Israel has repeatedly made similar unproven claims without producing credible evidence. After killing Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail Al Ghoul in July, the IDF previously produced a similar document, which contained contradictory information, showing that Al Ghoul, born in 1997, received a Hamas military ranking in 2007 – when he would have been 10 years old,” CPJ said. CPJ has documented Israel’s pattern of smearing Palestinian journalists with unsubstantiated “terrorist” labels following their killings by the IDF. This…
India and China have agreed to restart patrolling by their troops at Depsang and Demchok along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh at the end of this month. The patrolling is expected to start on October 30. Before that, the two sides will remove all temporary structures set up to stop each other’s patrolling routes. Only Depsang and Demchok were under discussion for the reopening of patrolling that was announced last Monday. “We will go back to patrolling to spots, where we were patrolling before April 2020,” Army sources said on Friday. The troops on either side will…
In a bid to further support budding entrepreneurs, the Indian government has raised the loan limit under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh. A notification in this regard was issued on Thursday. The decision aims to drive the programme’s mission of “funding the unfunded” and provide greater financial assistance to small businesses across the country. Announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget for 2024-25 on July 23, 2024, this increase is part of the government’s ongoing efforts to enhance access to credit for micro and small enterprises. On Friday,…
The #MeToo movement has had a significant impact on the media landscape. This is revealed by the report that Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released yesterday, entitled “Journalism in the #MeToo era.”Out of the 113 journalists surveyed in nearly the same number of countries, over 80% noted a significant increase in the number of stories covering women’s rights, gender issues, and gender-based violence since 2017, when the #MeToo slogan was born in the United States. The slogan has since been translated into many languages and taken different names, at least 40 of which have been catalogued by RSF, such as #EuTambém…