Veteran Congress leader Oscar Fernandes hospitalised
Mangaluru, Jul 20: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Oscar Fernandes has been admitted to a private hospital here after he slipped and fell in his apartment in Attavar here.
While practising Yoga on Sunday morning, Fernandes lost his balance and fell down.
He did not take it seriously then as it was a minor fall, they said.
However, when he visited the hospital for a routine check-up the same evening, doctors found that he had an internal head injury.
Noticing the fluctuation in his health condition, he was immediately hospitalised, they said.
Doctors at the hospital said Fernandes requires an immediate surgery.
He is currently under treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital.
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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.
