Ahmedabad, June 15 (IANS) A Special NDPS Court, Vadodara, has sentenced a drug trafficker to 10 years of Rigorous Imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 1 lakh in an inter-state smuggling case dating back to 2021, an official said on Monday. Aslam Ahmad Pathan, a resident of Shahpur, Ahmedabad, was caught with 99 grams of Mephedrone(MD) in April 2021, the NCB said.The contraband was being transported from Mumbai to Ahmedabad, the NCB said.Earlier, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Jaipur Zonal U…
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Jaipur, June 15 (IANS) Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Monday challenged former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to provide evidence for his long-standing allegation that there was a conspiracy to topple the Congress government during the 2020 political crisis in the state.Taking aim at what he called Gehlot’s repeated claims of a “coup attempt”, Shekhawat said the former chief minister had failed to present any proof despite making the allegation for years.”If there was a conspi…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Low-cost carrier IndiGo on Monday became the first airline to commence flight operations from Noida International Airport (NIA) in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh.The first flight arrived at NIA from Lucknow, while the first departure was to Bengaluru shortly thereafter, said the airline.IndiGo will directly connect the newly-launched airport to over 16 destinations across the country. This also enables one-stop connectivity between 14 city pairs like Amritsar to Jodhpur; Bareilly…
Ahmedabad/Jodhpur, June 13 (IANS) A three-year-old boy from Jodhpur has made a full recovery of swallowing function after undergoing a complex reconstructive surgery at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, following severe corrosive injury to his oesophagus caused by accidental ingestion of a soap-making chemical. The child, Ayaan, consumed the chemical on February 14, 2025, while playing at his grandfather’s residence. He subsequently developed severe difficulty in swallowing both liquids and solids and…
Jaipur, June 12 (IANS) In a major success in the fight against narcotics trafficking, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Jaipur Zonal Unit on Friday secured the conviction of an accused involved in the interstate smuggling of illegal opium, a prohibited substance under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. The Special Judge (NDPS) Court in Ajmer, presided over by Bhanukumar, convicted Jawarilal, son of Sahiram and a resident of Dangiyawas in Jodhpur district, Rajastha…
Jaipur, June 11 (IANS) Rajasthan is likely to witness relief from the ongoing spell of heat and humidity from Thursday as a Western Disturbance becomes active over the state. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), parts of the Bikaner, Jaipur, Ajmer and Bharatpur divisions are expected to experience thunderstorms, gusty winds of 50-60 kmph and light to moderate rainfall between June 11 and June 14.An orange alert for thunderstorms and rain has been issued for 12 districts, inclu…
Aizawl, June 10 (IANS) Mizoram Police, in two separate operations conducted over the past 24 hours, arrested three drug peddlers, including two residents of Rajasthan, and seized narcotic substances worth an estimated Rs 2.35 crore, officials said on Wednesday. A senior police official said that a vehicle travelling from Manipur towards Aizawl was intercepted by police personnel in Saitual district on the outskirts of Keifang. The vehicle was being driven by Somraj (32). During a thorough inspec…
Jaipur, June 9 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday forecast a change in weather conditions in Rajasthan with a fresh Western Disturbance expected to become active from June 11, even as Sri Ganganagar district emerged as the hottest city in both the state and the country on Monday after recording a scorching 45.6 degrees Celsius.The approaching system is likely to bring thunderstorms, gusty winds, and rainfall to several parts of the state, offering some relief from the in…
Jaipur, June 8 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Jaipur Zonal Office, has conducted search operations at seven locations across Kishangarh (Ajmer), Nagaur, Jodhpur and Ludhiana (Punjab) in connection with a major cyber fraud and money laundering case.The searches were carried out on June 5 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.The case involves Indian mobile numbers that were allegedly obtained through fraudulent means by Point of Sale (POS) vendor…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday highlighted a series of major anti-drug operations carried out across the country during May, ranging from the busting of a transnational narcotics network and the seizure of high-grade cocaine valued at Rs 1,745 crore to India’s first-ever seizure of Captagon tablets. Sharing a roundup of its activities on social media platform X, the NCB said May reflected its “relentless and coordinated efforts” to protect the country…