Two more Kerala ministers test positive for COVID-19
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala ministers M M Mani and KT Jaleel tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday.
With this five members of the Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet have so far been infected by the deadly virus.
While Mani, the Electricity Minister, has been admitted to the government medical college hospital here, Jaleel, Higher Education Minister, is under observation at his official residence.
The 75-year old Mani, in a Facebook post, requested all those who had come in contact with him in the past few days to be on guard.
Earlier, ministers -- Thomas Isaac, E P Jayarajan and V S Sunil Kumar, had tested positive.
They have all recovered.
The state reported the highest single-day surge of COVID-19 with 10,606 people testing positive and the infection tally crossed the 2.50 lakh mark on Wednesday.
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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.
