The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel on Friday said that they have arrested an Uzbekistan national with US dollars valued at Rs 2.52 crore at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, officials said.
In a joint operation launched by the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Punjab Police at the outskirts of Mehdipur village in Punjab's Tarn Taran district, drugs weighing around 2.752 Kg were seized, an official statement said on Friday.
During the search, troops recovered six packets of narcotics suspected to be heroin (approximately 6.3 kg) and one packet of suspected opium (approximately 70 gram), concealed inside a 12-volt battery and kept in the vicinity of the international border, ahead of border fencing.
Far away from their siblings on Raksha Bandhan, the security personnel posted on the frontiers got a taste of sibling love on Wednesday as local schoolgirls tied rakhis on their hands in a show of gratitude for the services they render to ensure civilian protection.
Violence has gripped the entire state for over four months now and the Central government had to deploy paramilitary forces to bring the situation under control.
A Naxalite was killed in an encounter with the joint security team of Dhamtari and Gariaband districts in the jungles of Ekkawari under Borai police station in Dhamtari district on Sunday, according to an official.
The Rashtriya Rozgar Mela was organized in CRPF Group Centre, Sambo Ranchi on Monday to distribute appointment letters to candidates of Central Reserve Police Force, Assam Rifles, Services Selection Board (SSB), Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
Israel forces on Sunday morning rescued five people near the Dead Sea whereas one individual was declared dead, according to police due to dehydration.
As the Taliban's atrocities continue to add to the miseries of the women in Afghanistan, the organisation has banned women from visiting Band-e-Amir National Park in Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province in another regressive move, according to Khaama Press.