Yadgir: Deputy Commissioner Harshal Bhoyar has denied permission to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to hold a guard of honour on the streets of Gurmathkal on Saturday afternoon.

This is the second such instance of refusal of permission to the RSS for a guard of honour, after the Kalaburagi district administration rejected an RSS application to hold the event in Chittapur on October 19.

Yadgir DC Bhoyar has cited lack of enough time between submission of the application and the date of the event as the reason for denial of permission.

“It is mandatory for an applicant to seek for permission in writing at least three days before an event is held on government premises and public places, but the RSS has failed to follow this rule,” the officer clarified.

Yadgir District Chief Convener of the RSS Basappa Sanjanol reportedly handed Gurmatkal Tahsildar Shantagowda Biradar the application for permission to hold the guard of honour on October 21. The tahsildar told Sanjanol to take permission from the concerned authority. The chief convener requested permission from the district administration on October 23, but the application was rejected as it was submitted too late.

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New Delhi (PTI): The Narcotics Control Bureau has busted a secret drug manufacturing laboratory in Karnataka's Mysuru and arrested four people from Rajasthan after seizing narcotics worth Rs 10 crore, the agency said on Friday.

This crackdown began on January 28 in Gujarat's Surat, where federal officials intercepted a SUV in the Palsana area. The vehicle was found carrying about 35 kg of Mephedrone.

Followingthe seizure, the Narcotcis Control Bureau (NCB) arrested the alleged mastermind of this trafficking racket named Mahindra Kumar Vishnoi and three others. All four suspects are residents of Rajasthan's Jalore district.

The investigation led to officials to a "clandestine" drugs manufacturing laboratory located in Hebbal industrial area of Mysuru.

The laboratory was being operated under the guise of a chemical manufacturing unit for cleaning purposes. The facility had been rented by a co-accused and relative of Vishnoi, the NCB said in a statement.

"Drugs worth Rs 10 crore (market value), Rs 25.6 lakh in cash, an SUV and 500 kgs of chemicals used in the manufacturing of drugs have been seized during the operation," it said, adding that the lab is understood to be established in 2024.

According to the NCB, Vishnoi is a "habitual offender" who "conceived" the idea of manufacturing synthetic drugs in secret labs while he was incarcerated in a drugs trafficking case. He has three drug-related cases registered against him in Rajasthan and one in Gujarat, the NCB added.