The Border Security Force (BSF) has foiled a major bid by terrorists to smuggle weapons from Bangladesh along the International Border and seized a big cache of arms and ammunition in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, the officials said on Friday.
According to officials, the drug peddler, identified as Mukhtar Ahmad Rather, a resident of Hari Parigam Awantipora, was involved in four cases registered under the NDPS Act and his activities were "incorrigible" and accordingly booked under PIT NDPS Act.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh held a hearing on Friday regarding the Nuh violence case. The matter was adjourned, and the next hearing will be before the Chief Justice, as only the Chief Justice hears Su Moto and PIL cases, officials said.
Cochin Customs officers on Friday recovered gold, worth around Rs 85 lakh, from the rear toilet of an Indigo Airlines plane. The gold was in paste form found in two unclaimed bags, said officials.
The Guptkashi-Gaurikund highway leading to Kedarnath Dham has been completely blocked for traffic due to falling rocks and debris from the top hill near Tarsali under Chowki Phata, said officials, adding that here, about 60 meters of the road has been badly damaged and washed away.
At around 2:35 am to 2:40 am, due to rains, Shimla National Highway 5, between Thambu Mod and Chakki Mod, has been closed due to landslides from the hill, officials said.
The hallmarks of Yogi government's achievements on the infrastructural front include pothole-free roads, a network of expressways, highway construction, improved connectivity to major cities, industrial corridors, defense corridors, and international and domestic airports, UP government offi