Former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav takes oath as Lok Sabha MP from Kannauj
New Delhi: SP leader Akhilesh Yadav has been sworn in as the Member of Parliament from Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
Akhilesh had won the party strong hold Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency which his wife Dimple Yadav had lost in 2019. Akhilesh Yadav had defeated his rival Subrat Pathak of the BJP by a margin of 1,70,922 votes.
In the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, the Samajwadi Party (SP) has established itself as the largest party in Uttar Pradesh by winning 37 seats.
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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.
