Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 20 (ANI): Former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Monday recalled that former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh inaugurated the flagship project Babasaheb Dr B R Ambedkar School of Economics in 2017.

Chennai Jan 20 PTI The Tamil Nadu government will prepare a detailed project report to implement the second phase of the Hogenakkal combined drinking water project for Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts at an estimated cost of Rs 4600 crore Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Thursday Announcing a slew of schemes for the district the Chief Minister said the proposed project would further augment the drinking water supply to the people The Hogenakkal combined drinking water project was launched by former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi in 2008 when Stalin held the Local Administration portfolio This water supply and fluorosis mitigation project caters to the requirement of 3 municipalities 17 town panchayats and 7639 rural habitations in the two districts Dharmapuri always reminds me of the self-help group programme launched by Kalaignar as late Karunanidhi was called and the Hogenakkal project Stalin said while virtually inaugurating several completed projects in Dharmapuri district laying the foundation stone for new initiatives and providing welfare assistance to the beneficiaries from here In order to further enhance the quantum of drinking water being supplied through the Hogenakkal project a detailed project report will be evolved to implement the second phase of the project at an estimated cost of Rs 4600 crore the Chief Minister said Also he announced a new flyover between Kottaiyur in Salem district and Ottanur in Dharmapuri district to decongest the traffic new link road projects for Rs 250 crore a new milk processing plant for Dharmapuri a new SIPCOT Industrial Park for Dharmapuri besides an additional office building within the Dharmapuri collectorate at an estimated cost of Rs 40 crore The Chief Minister inaugurated government buildings constructed at a cost of Rs 4620 crore laid foundation stone for 591 new buildings totally valued at Rs 3542 crore in Dharmapuri district An official release here said the Chief Minister distributed welfare assistance to about 13587 persons on the occasion PTI JSP BN BN

Ahmedabad Dec 20 PTI A Pakistani fishing boat with six crew members and carrying 77 kg of heroin worth around Rs 400 crore was apprehended in the Indian waters off the Gujarat coast officials said on Monday The drug seizure was made after Sunday midnight in a joint operation by the Indian Coast Guard and the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad ATS around 35 nautical miles off the Jakhau coast in Kutch district of Gujarat they said They apprehended the Pakistani fishing boat Al Huseini with six crew members on board in the Indian waters and seized 77 kg of heroin worth approximately Rs 400 crore Gujarats defence PRO said in a tweet in the morning The boat was later brought to the Jakhau coast for further investigation he said The Gujarat ATS in a release said the Pakistani boat had left the Karachi port and was trying to establish contact using very high frequency VHF radio channel and code words Hari-1 and Hari-2 for the delivery of the drugs The joint operation was carried out after the ATS received a tip-off that the boat from Karachi was to reach around 35 nautical miles off the Jakhau coast after crossing the International Maritime Border Line between the two countries it said The boat belonging to one Shahbaz Ali left the Karachi port and its crew members loaded the drugs sent to them on a fibre boat at a distance of six nautical miles from the Karachi port Preliminary interrogation of the captured Pakistani nationals revealed the heroin was supplied by two Pakistani smugglers identified as Haji Hasan and Haji Hasam and according to the tip-off it was to be delivered to people associated with the underworld in Punjab the ATS said It was to be offloaded somewhere along the Gujarat coast in Kutch it said When challenged the boats crew members tried to flee But the boat was outmaneuvered and the crew members were forced to surrender by the ICG and ATS team a defence release said Despite adverse weather conditions the boat was thoroughly rummaged and five bags containing approximately 77 kg of heroin were seized The market value of the seized narcotics is estimated to be approximately Rs 400 crore it said The ATS said it has conducted various operations and seized around 920 kg of drugs between August 2018 and December 2021 estimated to to be priced at around Rs 4600 crore in the international markets The ATS has arrested some Pakistani Iranian and Afghan nationals as well as Indians helping them smuggle the drugs using the Gujarat coast it said According to the Coast Guard the latest drug haul is its second joint operation with the Gujarat ATS within three months In September this year they had seized 30 kg of heroin worth Rs 150 crore transported by an Iranian fishing boat at the Arabian Sea of the Gujarat coast Prior to it in April this year the Coast Guard and the ATS had carried out a similar operation and apprehended a boat with eight Pakistani nationals and carrying 30 kg of heroin worth about Rs 150 crore from the Indian waters near the Jakhau coast in Kutch officials earlier said Last month the ATS had seized a heroin drug consignment worth about Rs 600 crore from an under-construction house in Gujarats Morbi district The ATS had said the consignment was sent by Pakistani drug dealers to their Indian counterparts via the Arabian Sea In September this year in the single largest heroin haul in India the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence DRI had seized around 3000 kg of the drug believed to be from Afghanistan and likely worth Rs 21000 crore in the global market from two containers at the Mundra port in Kutch officials earlier said PTI KA PD GK GK