Bhupen Hazarika’s son turns down Bharat Ratna to protest Citizenship Bill
New Delhi : As the protest over the Citizenship Amendment Bill intensifies across the northeast region, Assamese singer Bhupen Hazarika’s son has decided to turn down the Bharat Ratna conferred to him earlier this year by the Modi government.
Hazarika was posthumously awarded the highest civilian award. The decision comes in the backdrop of the Citizenship Amendment Bill which is pending in the Rajya Sabha and is likely to be passed in the ongoing Budget session.
Tej Hazarika, son of Bhupen Hazarika, has said that he will not be accepting the Bharat Ratna conferred on his father posthumously. Tej, who is based in the US, confirmed to a local news channel in Assam on Monday evening, that he rejects the award based on the current scenario in the state, alluding to the Citizenship Amendment Bill.
However, 67-year-old Tej, who is a publisher, writer and teacher, based in New York, has made no official statement regarding the issue yet.
courtesy : indianexpress.com
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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.
