Sambalpur police conducted a surprise raid in Sambalpur Mandal Jail late Thursday night and seized a huge amount of tobacco products and drugs.
Sambalpur, Oct 4: Sambalpur police conducted a surprise raid in Sambalpur Mandal Jail late Thursday night and seized a huge amount of tobacco products and drugs.
According to the reports, seven inspectors, two SDPO, four platoons of police force and an additional SP were involved in the raid in the presence of the magistrate.
The raid started at 3:30 am and continued till 6:30 am. 576 prisoners are lodged in 22 wards in Sambalpur Mandal Jail.
Several packets of gutkha, khaini, cannabis (bhang), alcohol and cigarettes were seized from the cells.
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Kolkata, Oct 4: The Calcutta High Court on Friday nixed the plea seeking fast-track hearing against the cease work agitation by junior doctors to protest the gruesome rape and murder of their colleague at R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in West Bengal.
The public interest litigation was filed on Thursday at the division bench of Chief Justice T. S. Sivagnanam and Justice Bivas Pattanayak where an appeal for a fast-track hearing on the cease work protests was made.
However, on Friday morning, the division bench rejected the plea and advised the petitioner to approach any vacation bench that will be active as the Calcutta High Court will be on vacation because of the prolonged festive season beginning with Durga Puja next week.
The petition was filed by Raju Ghosh, director of a voluntary organisation.
Counsel for the petitioner said that even after the Supreme Court directed the junior doctors to resume their work, they are protesting, violating the Apex Court's direction.
The petitioner also requested the Calcutta High Court to give specific direction to the West Bengal government to ensure that the cease work protests by the junior doctors end.
The petitioner's counsel also argued that since the common people were suffering because of the continuing protests, there was an urgent need for a fast-track hearing.
However, as the division bench rejected the plea for the fast-track hearing, the petitioner will have to approach the vacation bench.
The junior doctors are expected to announce their next course of agitation on the issue later in the day.
On Thursday, the junior doctors had a meeting with their senior colleagues, wherein the latter advised them to continue with their protests on the issue but after partially withdrawing the cease work agitation.
However, the senior doctors have left the decision entirely to their junior colleagues.
--IANS
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Lima, Oct 4: Indian junior shooting team continued to showcase the depth of talent, winning their 11th gold of the on-going International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship, as the trio of Mukesh Nelavalli, Raajwardan Patil and Harsimar Singh Rattha clinched the team competition in the junior men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol (RFP).
It was also Mukesh’s fourth gold in the competition, including one individual gold.
India remains perched firmly on top of the medal tally with a silver and four bronze giving them a total of 16 medals so far. China was second with three gold and one silver.
Mukesh and Raajwardan also made it to the individual final in the RFP, however, the latter finished fourth with 17 hits in the first six series of shots, while Mukesh bowed out earlier in fifth, getting 10-hits out of the 25-targets available till then.
In the junior men’s 50m rifle prone, Parikshit Singh Brar was the best Indian finisher with a score of 623.0 over 60-shots. Shivendra Bahadur Singh (618.4) was 14th while Vedant Nitin Waghmare (613.2) was 24th.
--IANS
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