7 Maoists arrested in Chhattisgarh
In a major breakthrough, security personnel on Wednesday arrested seven Maoists, including six women, allegedly involved in the killing of 3 BSF jawans and two policemen at Bhuski in Kanker district (Chhattisgarh) on August 29.
The rebels were arrested in the jungles of Panchangi in Kanker district after they fell into a trap laid by the police, local superintendent of police Ajey Yadav told this newspaper. “We have received a tip off on their involvement in the August 29 Maoist ambush on security personnel... We had successfully lured them into our trap in the Panchangi forest and overpowered them after a minor tussle,” Mr Yadav said.
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Punjab tops in drugs seizures
Age Correspondent
chandigarh
Drug running and substance abuse may be fast becoming a far bigger problem than even terrorism once was in Punjab, which has now, officially, recorded the highest seizure of narcotics in the entire country.
DGP P.S. Gill confirmed on Wednesday that in just the first seven months of 2010 seized and confiscated narcotics include 160 kg of heroin, 50,000 kg of poppy husk, 455 kg of opium, 23 kg of smack (heroin), 800 gm of cocaine, 44.5 kg of charas, 351 kg of ganja (marijuana), 148 kg of bhang and 26,000 injectible drugs.
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Goa asked to remove shipwreck
Age Correspondent
panaji
Ten years after it grounded off the famous Candolim beach, the Goa bench of the Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the state government to start work on removing the ore-carrier River Princess in two months and to finish the work by next monsoons.
Over the last 10 years, the government has called for and cancelled tenders for removing the vessel, which has created havoc to the ecology and completely destroyed the Sinquerim beach.
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Orissa fast losing its elephants
Age Correspondent
bhubaneswar
Though the Union ministry of environment and forests announced last week that elephant would soon become India’s national heritage animal, its population is fast dwindling in Orissa thanks to apathetic attitude of state forest department.
In spite of a recent letter from Union environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh to chief minister Naveen Patnaik to take steps to protect elephants, no concrete steps have been taken to save these innocent creatures in Orissa. At least two elephants have been killed at different places since Sunday. During the last 19 years, at least 231 elephants have been killed by poachers.
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