Ganja-laced ice cream, sweets seized; 3 held in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Mar 14 (PTI): Three people were arrested on Friday in Hyderabad for attempting to sell ganja-laced ice cream, kulfi, and sweets during Holi celebrations, Telangana Excise and Prohibition officials said.
Acting on specific information, raids were conducted at multiple locations, leading to the apprehension of three individuals involved in preparing ganja-laced items, Excise Superintendent N Anji Reddy said.
Officials seized ganja-laced ice cream, kulfi, barfi, and silver-coated balls from the accused.
Cases have been registered against them, and further investigation is underway.
#Hyderabad :
— Surya Reddy (@jsuryareddy) March 14, 2025
STF seized #Cannabis mixed Kulfi, Barfi at #HoliCelebration in #Dhoolpet
The Special Task Force (STF) of @hydcitypolice seized 100 cannabis (#Bhang /#Ganja) mixed Kulfi ice creams, 72 Burfi sweets, and silver-coated cannabis balls during a #Holi celebration in… pic.twitter.com/PT3sftepyJ
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Nirmala Sitharaman faces backlash as old posts show use of 'ரூ' symbol
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New Delhi: The BJP, which criticised the Tamil Nadu government for replacing the official rupee symbol (₹) with the Tamil letter 'ரூ' in the logo for the 2025-26 state budget, is now facing backlash after old social media posts of its own leaders using the same symbol surfaced.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had accused the DMK-led government of promoting separatism under the guise of regionalism. However, journalist and Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair shared screenshots of her 2017 post where she had used the Tamil 'ரூ' symbol multiple times.
Similarly, BJP Tamil Nadu president Annamalai, who had questioned the DMK government over the issue and called it an insult to the national rupee symbol, was also found to have used 'ரூ' in several posts, including tweets from 2023 and last year.
This controversy comes amid Tamil Nadu’s ongoing disputes with the Centre over issues like the push to make Hindi an official language. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin had unveiled the budget logo featuring the Tamil rupee symbol along with hashtags 'Dravidian Model' and 'TN Budget 2025.'
But why ma'am why. pic.twitter.com/Xfh8yk9Nxb
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) March 13, 2025
Thiru @annamalai_k Why use 'ரூ' symbol in your tweets instead of ₹ rupee symbol sir? https://t.co/Fxls2yytjz pic.twitter.com/UXrUsz7fxW
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) March 13, 2025
