Confirming the seizure today, a BSF official said that the consignment of drug was pushed from Pakistan to India through Bikhiwind Indo-Pak border last night.
Uttar Pradesh Chief secretary Javed Usmani on Sunday said that the drive against illegal mining would be intensified in the state and the persons involved in such activities be put behind bars.
The National Food Security Bill, passed by Lok Sabha Aug 26, is expected to be taken up by Rajya Sabha Monday. The bill aims to provide heavily subsidised food to two-thirds of India's 1.2 billion people.
VHP today said SP leader Kamaal Farooqui was "fit to be in Pakistan" after his comments over the arrest of Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal.
The UPA chairperson would inaugurate the distribution of title deeds at the central stadium in the Kerala capital.
The Indian Coast Guard, in its aerial survey, found that the spill has spread in the area of 2-3 nautical miles in the sea in Gulf of Khambhat.
By properly implementing various energy efficiency measures, a shopping mall located on the outskirts of Kolkata has become the first mall to get a 5 star ranking by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE).
The railway minister said that in the first phase, seven stations have been jointly inspected by the nominated officers from both the ministries to railways and tourism.
A Sub-Inspector and two policemen have been placed under suspension after they demanded bribe from three police personnel, including a Superintendent of Police, disguised as workmen of a truck carrying river sand.
Uttar Pradesh has started identifying unutilised land in government departments and government controlled bodies so that it can be used for infrastructure and industrial development, an official said Friday.
In an open act of defiance, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy indirectly warned his own Congress party's leaders that the organisation would have to face the consequences of bifurcating the state.
The government today cleared a proposal for a social security agreement with the Canadian province of Quebec that will benefit about 40,000 people of Indian origin living there.
Delhi police will seek the custody of Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal for interrogation for his alleged involvement in several terror cases.
Tewari said the amount spent on the advertisements is only 8.09 percent of the total expenditure incurred under the print media head in the last four years from 2009-10 to 2012-13.
On air connectivity, the minister said average number of departures per week from North Eastern Airports has increased from 226 in 201 to 581 in 2011.
The Reserve Bank will soon issue Rs 5 coins to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.
The decaesed has been identified as Hemla Munna (29), a member of military company II of outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist).
A court on Tuesday directed that the accused in the Kamduni gangrape case be segregated from other prisoners and be given special protection following a prayer by them claiming fear of assault.
At least two people, including the attacker, were killed in a suicide bombing near a government building here on Tuesday evening, police said.
Maharashtra Government informed the Bombay High Court today that it was currently drafting a model prison manual to encompass all important issues governing prisoners in jails.
Naxals have been trying to expand their activities in urban areas and their plans include sabotage and selective assassinations in cities, the Lok Sabha was told today.
Vice President Hamid Ansari will Sep 25 inaugurate northeast India's biggest museum, set up in Tripura's royal palace.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has appointed a one-man Commission of Inquiry by Justice (retired) RC Gandhi to probe the Kishtwar communal clashes on August 9 in which three persons died and dozens others were injured.
Iron ore mining in Karnataka will take a minimum of two years to become fully operational after the Supreme Court verdict allowed resumption of mining at category-A & B mines in the state, an industry official has said.
The Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, who completed his two-day visit to the flood-hit areas in the Jammu region, approved the fund for relief and restoration.
The next five IIITs to start functioning from 2014-15 are in Kerala, Himachal, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura and Karnataka.
To provide safety and security to tourists, the ministry has advised all states and Union Territories to deploy Tourist Police.
A suspected terror operative has been arrested from West Bengal's North Dinajpur district, police said on Thursday.
The Gujarat High Court today acquitted Umarmiya Bukhari alias Mammumiyan Panjumiya, a key accused in 1993 Gosabara RDX landing case, in an attempt to murder case.
Four medical college students convicted of ragging to death their junior Aman Kachroo in Himachal Pradesh are likely to return to the classroom soon.