Day after taking oath as Union Minister, Shobha Karandlaje deletes all tweets from her account
New Delhi: Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje who took oath as Union Minister in PM Modi’s reshuffled cabinet, deleted tweets from her Twitter handle, hours after taking charge as Union Minister.
She was inducted as the Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare in the cabinet.
Karandlaje who has been active on the micro-blogging site Twitter over the last 11 years, has actively tweeted on communal and controversial issues. She has time and again courted controversies with her hardline tweets.
Karandlaje was also actively using twitter to list out the achievements and accomplishments of BJP government led by PM Modi.
Shobha has now deleted all but two tweets from her account. On Twitter, she has a follower base of nearly three lakh.
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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.
