Pinarayi Vijayan to head to Mayo Clinic in US for treatment
Kerala, July 30: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will be heading to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, in the United States, for treatment and a possible surgical procedure.
Confirming the development, official sources said the Chief Minister will leave for a 13-day visit to the US on August 19.
"The decision to go to Mayo Clinic has been taken because there is a consensus of views on the treatment procedure to be followed among doctors in India and at the Mayo Clinic," a top source told The Hindu, without specifying the exact nature of Mr. Vijayan's ailment.
Mr. Vijayan has been consulting doctors at the Apollo Hospital Chennai, for quite some time now and was last admitted to the hospital on March 3.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
