Officials of the Border Security Force (BSF) recovered over three Kgs of contraband drugs, dropped from a Pakistani drone, during a search operation from the border area of Amritsar, officials said on Wednesday.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has given instructions to the authorities concerned to ensure necessary arrangements for the upcoming Chardham Yatra in anticipation of a heavy rush of devotees.
The operation involved interception at multiple locations across the state where the customs officials got hold of carriers of smuggled gold who were travelling in different modes of public transport.
Officials of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday recovered 22 cattle heads and detained three persons in Assam's Karimganj district along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday held a meeting with the officials in the secretariat regarding the proposed sports university in the state.
Six people were killed and several injured on Wednesday in an explosion at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu's Kanchipuram district, officials said.
The Chief Minister instructed the Disaster Management Secretary to inform about the situation after getting information from all the districts and to exercise vigilance," an official statement said.
According to officials, the move to increase the speed will bring down the travel time between the New Delhi and IGI Airport stations from 19 minutes by around a couple of minutes.
Reviewing ongoing works and developmental schemes of the Legislative Assemblies, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday instructed officers to solve the problems being raised by the MLAs of their constituencies quickly.
After being grounded for over 10 days, some of the ALH Dhruv helicopters of the Indian Army have resumed operations, said Indian Army officials on Tuesday.
Taliban officials in Kabul also confirmed that a mid-level delegation led by Abdullah Ghazanavi, the head of the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI), visited Pakistan to discuss the TTP and other threats to Pakistan.