J&K News Live Updates: Major drug smuggling racket busted in J-K, 2 kg narcotics Seized, 5 cops among 17 arrested – The Economic Times

Rabuka confirmed as Fiji PM: parliament

Former military strongman Sitiveni Rabuka was on Saturday confirmed as Fiji’s prime minister, after accusing the outgoing government of stoking “fear and chaos” to derail his return to power. Rabuka triumphed over 15-year incumbent Frank Bainimarama by 28 votes to 27 in a secret ballot held in parliament, speaker Naiqama Lalabalavu declared.

Uttar Pradesh: 14 accused of cow slaughter arrested, search on for 4 more

Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday said about 14 people accused of cow slaughter were arrested during an encounter with miscreants in the Sarsawa area of Lakhimpur Kheri district. According to the police, apart from the 2 accused persons, an policeman also sustained bullet injury in retaliatory firing during an encounter with miscreants on December 18. “Arms, cartridges, hollow-Point bullet, 4 mobiles, Rs 2,770 in cash and tools for cow slaughter have been recovered from the accused,” Sanjeev Suman, SP Lakhimpur Kheri said. The SP further said action will be taken against all the accused under The Uttar Pradesh Gangster Act and The Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act.

US: Jan. 6 participant arrested after California standoff

Federal agents took a participant in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol into custody for his alleged role in the insurrection after an hourslong standoff Thursday, authorities said. Eric Christie, 56, was arrested in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley, according to Laura Eimiller, an FBI spokesperson. He initially refused to comply with federal agents’ orders but surrendered without incident after three hours of negotiations, Eimiller said. She would not comment on whether he was armed during the standoff. Video and photographs from the insurrection, discovered by online sleuths, show Christie at the Capitol last year wrapped in a rainbow flag with a hammer attached to his belt, federal court documents state.

Lucknow: CM Yogi flags off tractors on former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh’s birth anniversary

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday flagged off tractors for various farmer organisations on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh. Chaudhary Charan Singh served as the fifth Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980. He was also the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh twice and served as a Union minister in Morarji Desai’s cabinet as well.

China focusing on historical revisionism in relation to territorial claims

China is focusing more and more on historical revisionism in relation to territorial claims across its many borders, both land and water, reported The HK Post. The Chinese Communist Party relies heavily on rewriting history, as does every authoritarian government and it is crucial to the ideological narrative it seeks to create about its rise to power and its place in the world. Particularly under the spotlight is China’s southwest border with the Himalayas, where there is a fascination with the ancient kingdom known as Zhangzhung’, reported The HK Post.

Major drug smuggling racket busted in J-K, 2 kg narcotics Seized, 5 cops among 17 arrested

The Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested 17 persons, including five policemen, a political activist, a contractor and a shopkeeper, from different areas of Kupwara and Baramulla disricts after unearthing a narcotics smuggling module originating from Pakistan, it informed through a statement. Working relentlessly to identify drug peddlers active in Kupwara, police zeroed in on some peddlers active in Kupwara town and adjoining areas. According to the statement, after receiving a tip-off from Mohd Waseem Najar, a poultry shop owner was arrested with some narcotics from his house. Waseem admitted to being a part of a big group of drug peddlers and disclosed the names of some of his associates in the district as well as those at Uri in Baramulla district.