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Manipur police, AR seize drugs worth Rs 278 cr

Imphal, Nov 12 (UNI) Assam Rifles and Manipur Police seized nearly 72 kg of Brown Sugar from Kamu in Thoubal District on November 11, AR official today said.
Based on intelligence inputs received about a large consignment of drugs hidden in the area awaiting further distribution to various parts of the country, multiple teams were launched by Assam Rifles and Manipur Police.
In a painstaking search undertaken in difficult terrain in the hours of darkness, three concealed bags containing Brown Sugar were recovered.
The market value of the narcotics recovered is assessed to be over Rs 287 Crores.
The security forces remain committed in their efforts to curb the drug menace in North East India by targeting the manufacturing and distribution it was added.
In another operation the same day, Assam Rifles troops in a coordinated operation intercepted a large convoy of vehicles carrying smuggled foreign origin textile and consumer goods near Moreh.
About 15 vehicles moving on NH 102 were intercepted and on checking large quantity of Chinese textile goods such as fabrics, jeans, dresses, blankets and consumer goods such as footwear were found sans any supporting legal documents.
The smuggled goods were estimated to be worth Rs 75 lakhs.
The 26 individuals transporting the illegal goods and the vehicles along with the recovered items were handed over to Moreh Police for further legal action.
These goods were being smuggled through porous Indo Myanmar border without paying any customs duty .
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Odisha to bring second ordinance in OAPM ACT to benefit the farmers

12 Nov 2020 | 8:59 PM

Bhubaneswar, Nov 12 (UNI)The Odisha cabinet today decided to bring the Second Ordinance
in the name of Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) to
give immediate benefit to the farmers in the state .

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Bursting of firecrackers allowed only between 8 to 10 pm in Jharkhand

12 Nov 2020 | 8:56 PM

Ranchi, Nov 12 (UNI) The state government has come out with directions over bursting
fire crackers on the occasion of Diwali is concerned as per which people would be allowed
to burst the fire crackers only from 8 PM to 10 PM.

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Meghalaya delaying teachers’ salaries: BJP

12 Nov 2020 | 8:51 PM

Shillong, Nov 12 (UNI) The Centre has released the SSA teacher's salaries but the State
government is delaying in its disbursement, the State Unit of the BJP, which is a constituent
of the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) said on Thursday and urged the State
Government to release the pending salaries of the teachers and all other government
employees who were deprived of their dues during ‘lockdown’.

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Over Rs 300 crore spent on salary of SSA teachers in Meghalaya

12 Nov 2020 | 8:48 PM

Shillong, Nov 12 (UNI) The state government has been spending Rs 311.47 every year
for providing salaries to Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) teachers, Education Minister
Lahkmen Rymbui informed the assembly on Thursday.

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Odisha cabinet approves 48 lakh MT rice target in 2020-21 Kharif marketing season

12 Nov 2020 | 8:44 PM

Bhubaneswar, Nov12 ( UNI) The Odisha cabinet today approved the new procurement
policy for Kharif marketing season (KMS) 2020-21 and set a tentative target to procure
48 lakh MT of rice, about 71 lakh MT of paddy .

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