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THANE: The Thane police have managed to seize drugs worth Rs 3.77 crore in the last 10 months. Out of the seized contraband, 739kg is ganja or marijuana worth Rs 1.16 crore. While total 137 drug pushers have been arrested for peddling various types of drugs, 53 have been held in 39 cases of peddling ganja in 2023, statistical data by the Thane police has revealed.Apart from this a total of 577 cases of...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed on the need to expedite the saturation of all welfare schemes announced by his government in the next six months, ANI reported quoting official sources.PM Modi said this at a recent meeting with top officials. Later, in a Cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister exhorted all the ministers to work harder and ensure that the schemes reach all...

MUMBAI: Road crash-related fatalities in the city reduced by 35% with 176 deaths reported between January and September as compared to 272 in the same period last year.Traffic police have attributed the drop to strict enforcement and improved infrastructure around 'black spots' or accident-prone locations. But with high-speed corridors like the Mumbai Coastal Road and Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link to be...

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday extended “for a further period of six months” the validity of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland that were last declared as ‘disturbed area’ under the Act.This follows a review of the law and order situation in both the states. Three districts in Arunachal Pradesh – Tirap, Changlang and Longding – and the...

KOLKATA: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has taken up a major plantation drive to create green verges across the city to combat pollution. The drive, which was launched last year before the monsoon, has gained momentum in the past six months while the civic body wants to plant over one lakh saplings in the next six months. The KMC parks department has tied up with the civic body's solid waste...