SP Leader Dimple Yadav takes oath as Lok Sabha MP from Mainpuri
New Delhi: SP leader Dimple Yadav has been sworn in as the Member of Parliament from Mainpuri.
Dimple Yadav had won the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 2,21,639 votes, defeating her nearest rival, the BJP's Jaiveer Singh. While Dimple had got 5,98,526 votes, Singh had got 3,76,887 votes.
In the 2019 general elections, the seat was won by Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav by a margin of 94,389 votes. The seat has been with Samajwadi Party since 1996, and its journey of victories has been marked by a series of electoral wins.
Dimple Yadav is the wife of former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and daughter-in-law of former UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav
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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.
