Yediyurappa has no knowledge of finance: Siddaramaiah slashes at CM in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Chief Minister Yediyurappa has no knowledge of finance. Otherwise he would have not told that the govt has gone bankrupt, said Former chief minister Siddaramaiah.
Speaking to mediapersons at the Mangaluru Airport, Siddaramaiah said that treasury would never be filled. Tax would be spent on essential works as soon as it comes.
The central government has given Rs 1,200 crore that too after two months, while the state government had asked Rs 38,000 crore. This money is insufficient for the emergency management. They would have given at least 5 thousand crores. Release of such a small amount of funds is the failure of the state government. It would not have happened if the state government had put pressure on the centre, Siddaramaiah added.
Responding to a question from journalists about the cases being filed against those who speak against the central government, Siddaramaiah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was following Hitler's legacy.
Former ministers UT Khadar, K Abhayachandra Jain, MLC Ivan D'Souza, Harish Kumar and Youth Congress district president Mithun Rai were also present.
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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.
