Do not behove state authority: MEA on Punjab CM Mann's comments criticising PM Modi's visits
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday disapproved of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign visits, terming his comments "irresponsible".
Without naming Mann, it said the government of India "disassociates" itself from the "unwarranted" comments made by a "high state authority" that undermined India's ties with friendly countries.
Mann had criticised the prime minister's just-concluded five-nation tour of Brazil, Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina and Namibia.
"We have seen some comments made by a high state authority about India's relations with friendly countries from the Global South," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
"These remarks are irresponsible and regrettable and do not behove a state authority," he said, responding to media queries on Mann's remarks.
"The government of India disassociates itself from such unwarranted comments that undermine India's ties with friendly countries," Jaiswal said.
Mann, addressing a media briefing, took potshots at Modi, alleging that he does not stay in a "country with 140 crore people", but tours "countries where the population is 10,000".
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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.
