Mangaluru central railway station gets monumental national flag
Mangaluru, Mar 25: Mangaluru central railway station has joined the group of other important railway stations in the country to sport the monumental national flag.
A 20 ft by 30 ft national flag has been hoisted on a 100 ft tall mast in front of the station with the aim of enhancing the aesthetics of the station and to promote patriotism.
The Railways Ministry launched the programme of hoisting monumental national flags at important railway stations across the country in 2018.
Railway stations in places of tourist importance are getting such flags.
The ministry has instructed that such flags should be placed in the premises of stations and its security should be the responsibility of the railway protection force.
Directions were also given to ensure proper lighting around the flag mast during the nights.
The flag is made of knitted polyester and printed in accordance with the national flag code using UV protected colours, railway sources said.
The monumental national flag is not required to be lowered at dusk.
Mangaluru central is the second station to have such a flag after Kozhikode in the Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway, the sources said.
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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.
