Coast Guard intercepts Pak boat with 8 suspected smugglers
- 7 years ago
The Indian Navy and Coast Guard intercepted a boat with eight suspected Pakistani smugglers and more than 200 packets of heroin with a street value of Rs 600 crore. Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Monday downplayed Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief and 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Mohammad Saeed’s alleged anti-India remark at a rally in Peshawar in Pakistan. A flood alert was sounded in the Valley on Tuesday as Jhelum river crossed the danger mark in Srinagar. Narendra Modi government which is being cornered over Land bill, may face more ire from the Opposition. Reportedly, government has removed names of former Congress Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi from the annual Hindi Diwas awards. Assam Governor and three-times Odisha chief minister-JB Patnaik passed away at Tirupati today at the age of 89. A court trying Bollywood actor Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run case has fixed May 6 as the date of pronouncement of verdict after prosecution and defence concluded their arguments on Monday.