CT Ravi appointed as national General Secretary of BJP
Bengaluru: Senior BJP leader from Karnataka and Minister of Kannada and Culture, Minister of Tourism in BS Yediyurappa led Karnataka cabinet, CT Ravi has been appointed as on of the national General Secretaries of the party.
BJP President JP Nadda on Saturday made a major reshuffle in the party’s office-bearers which saw senior leaders like Ram Madhav, Uma Bharti, P Muralidhar Rao, Anil Jain, Saroj Pandey being replaced as the office bearers of the party.
The new general secretaries include names like Bhupender Yadav, C T Ravi, and Kailash Vijayvargiya, while new national vice presidents include Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Raghubar Das, and Mukul Roy.
Going by the BJP’s internal rule of giving only one post to a leader, CT Ravi might lose his spot in the Karantaka’s state cabinet during the restructuring or expansion of the cabinet by the Chief Minister. It will be interesting to see if he resigns as the minister or obeying by the party’s order, will head into national politics.
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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.
