PM Modi offers tributes to Karpoori Thakur on birth anniversary
New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday offered tributes to former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur on his birth anniversary.
Modi said the upliftment of the exploited, deprived, and weaker sections of society was always at the center of Thakur's politics.
"On the occasion of the birth anniversary of former chief minister of Bihar, Bharat Ratna Jananayak Karpoori Thakur ji, I offer my humble salutations," the prime minister said in a post on X.
Thakur will forever remain memorable and exemplary for his simplicity and dedication to public service, the prime minister said.
Thakur, popularly known as Jananayak, was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 2024.
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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.
