According to the police, around 72 kilograms of marijuana was seized from the accused during the raid conducted at a tourist lodge in the Badarpur area.
"The administration has decided to take extra measures for the safe conduct of the Jallikattu. The display area has been made different from the play area to reduce the risk of injuries," Madurai District Collector Aneesh Sekhar told ANI.
In a mega crackdown on drug mafia, Punjab Police arrested 258 drug smugglers and seized over 100 kilograms narcotics worth Rs 20.5 lakh in a week. Officials said they also arrested 188 people and recovered 10,269 Chinese Dor (Deadly strings), during the raids conducted last week.
On Saturday, Nitin Gadkari received two threatening calls in response to which, the Nagpur Police later beefed up the security around Union minister Nitin Gadkari.
A full dress rehearsal was conducted ahead of the Republic Day celebrations in the national capital. The rehearsals were carried out by the contingents of the Indian Armed forces at the Kartavya Path (formerly known as Rajpath).
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said that English has no connection with intellect, so I decided that medical and engineering education will be done in Hindi in Madhya Pradesh.
The Commission said in a statement that it has been observed that some of the organisations are still appointing retired employees as investigating officers to conduct probes, which is an important vigilance function.
The All India Trinamool Congress Chairperson Mamata Banerjee is slated to visit Meghalaya on January 18 for a public meeting in the North Garo Hills district, the party announced on Sunday.
FBI counterintelligence agents searched a six-storey office building on a busy street in New York's Chinatown last fall as part of a criminal investigation being conducted with the US attorney's office in Brooklyn, NYT reported citing people with knowledge of the inquiry.