Rs 500 crore additional grants for development of minorities: Chief Minister Kumaraswamy
Belagavi: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has said that additional grants of Rs. 500 crore has been granted for the minority welfare programmes in this year's budget.
He was speaking after inaugurating the Minority Rights Day program in the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha auditorium on Tuesday.
"The allegation that the funds for the minority welfare programs have been slashed is baseless. The previous government had implemented several programs for the development of minorities. All those programmes have been continued in the coalition government as well. In this year's budget, Rs. 500 crore more funds have been granted compared to the previous budget," he added.
Ministers Dr. G. Parameshwar, Zamir Ahmed Khan, KJ George, UT Khader, legislators Lakshmi Hebbalkar, Rahim Khan, Khanisa Fathima, CM Ibrahim, Abdul Jabbar, Ivan D'Souza and others were 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.
