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Ahmedabad, October 8 The Coast Guard and Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad have seized heroin worth Rs 350 crore from a Pakistani boat off the state coast and apprehended its six crew members, officials said on Saturday. The ICG and ATS personnel seized the boat Al Sakar, which had 50kg heroin on…

Ambika Sharma Solan, October 7 The quality of drugs manufactured in the state has once again come under the scanner with propofol injections manufactured by Nixi Laboratories, Kala Amb, reportedly causing five deaths at the PGI, Chandigarh. This is not the first case where drugs manufactured in the state have…

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, October 7 There has been an endless wait for justice for the families of 12 Udhampur infants who died in early 2020 after consuming a cough syrup contaminated with diethylene glycol, manufactured by Himachal Pradesh-based Digital Vision Pharma located in Kala Amb. Not only did the…

Jupinderjit Singh Chandigarh, October 7 As the security agencies remain on tenterhooks on developments surrounding the emergence of a new hardline leader, Amritpal Singh, the family of the late actor and activist, Deep Sidhu, has called for an investigation into his antecedents. Mandeep Sidhu, Ludhiana-based younger brother of Deep Sidhu…

Chandigarh, October 7 The first phase of Panchayat elections will start in ten of the 22 districts of Haryana with polls for zila parishads and panchayat samitis on October 30, and for sarpanches and panches on November 2, an official announced on Friday. The ten districts to go to polls…

Mumbai, October 7 The Reserve Bank on Friday said it will soon commence the pilot launch of e-rupee for specific use cases with a view to bolstering India’s digital economy, making payment systems more efficient, and checking money laundering. In a concept note on Central Bank Digital Currency, the RBI…

New Delhi, October 7 A month before the retirement of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, the Government on Friday initiated the process for appointment of a new CJI as Law Minister Kiren Rijiju formally requested him to recommend the name of his successor. “As per the MoP (Memorandum of…

New Delhi, October 7 In a move that will help Indian students offset the falling value of the rupee and combat inflation, Canada has allowed international students to work over 20 hours per week off-campus while the class is in session. This is being permitted as a temporary measure from…

Sandeep Dikshit New Delhi, October 7 The Foreign Office on Friday cleared the air over India’s abstention from a vote against China at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) by stating that “the vote is in line with its long held position that country specific resolutions are never helpful. India…

New Delhi, October 7 In a massive job racket in which people are being lured with attractive IT jobs in Thailand but kept in harsh conditions in other countries, India has managed to rescue around 50 people from Myanmar and 80 from Cambodia while advising its citizens to be more…

Mohali, October 7 Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh, who is Punjab Cricket Association’s chief adviser, has alleged that “illegal activities” are being carried out by certain office-bearers in the state body. Harbhajan, though, didn’t mention the name of the office-bearers in his letter, which was sent to PCA members and…

Dehradun, October 7YouTuber Bobby Kataria was on Friday granted bail after he surrendered in a local court here in a public drinking case, having been on the run for nearly two months.A video of Kataria consuming liquor in the middle of a road in Uttarakhand had gone viral on social…

Mumbai, October 7 The Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express hit a cow near Anand station in Gujarat on Friday, resulting in minor damage to the train’s nose panel, an official said. A day before, the newly-launched semi-high speed train had hit four buffaloes and its nose cone had to be replaced….

New Delhi, October 7 The Delhi Police has apprehended two terror accused, including a juvenile, in connection with the May 9 RPG attack at Punjab Police headquarters in Mohali. The juvenile was also tasked with “eliminating” actor Salman Khan, police said. Apart from the juvenile, the Special Cell of the…