Ensure Raids on Locations Suspected of Drug Trafficking: K. Ravi Kumar
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1 year, 9 months ago
Ranchi EW Correspondent : The Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar emphasized the importance of creating a level playing field for all candidates in the upcoming assembly elections by strictly adhering to the guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India. He expressed concern over the possibility of attempts to influence voters through the circulation of illegal money and urged all enforcement agencies to take comprehensive action to prevent the flow of illegal funds and materials.
Speaking at the review meeting with senior officials from various enforcement agencies on Monday at the Election House, CEO K Ravi Kumar instructed the Forest Department to intensify checks at all checkposts to curb the transportation of illegal materials. He also directed the Income Tax Department to conduct raids at potential locations where illegal money might be stored or circulated and take strict action against such activities.
Further, CEO called for enforcement agencies to target and raid places involved in the trafficking of narcotics and ensure a complete halt to such activities. Present at the meeting were Additional Chief Electoral Officer Dr. Neha Arora, Assistant Chief Electoral Officer Dev Das Datta, along with senior officials from various enforcement agencies.
It is the 18th day as of 16th July 2026. For eighteen days, Sonam Wangchuk the visionary engineer, the educator who taught an entire generation that learning could be joyful, the man who inspired millions to think innovatively has been lying on a makeshift bed at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. He has consumed nothing but salt water. According to medical bulletins released by the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), his body weight has plummeted by nearly 9 kilograms, dropping dangerously to 57.15 kg.
There is a photograph that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways loves to circulate. A freshly laid six-lane expressway stretches into a golden horizon. Smooth asphalt. Clean white markings. The kind of road that makes you believe, for a brief and generous moment, that India has arrived. Minister Nitin Gadkari has built an entire political identity around such photographs — and to be fair, he has earned some of it. When I began my career as a cost engineer on national highway projects in 2010
Temperature soared across the entire European continent in the latter half of June and early July. France, the Netherland and Belgium recorded 3700 excess human deaths and authorities warned that these numbers are preliminary and may even rise. People above 50 years of age accounted for larger proportion of the deaths. Several deaths are reported due to persons drowning in water bodies; those who did not know swimming also jumped in deep water to beat the heat and perished. Experts have found that the current heat waves in Europe is worst recorded in its history.
The contemporary struggle over religious monuments in India cannot be understood without revisiting the deeper historical questions that underlie it: the nature of “Hinduism” in the past, the evolution of temple architecture, the role of Buddhism under state patronage, and the present-day politicisation of Islamic-period monuments. Taken together, these questions reveal not only a contested past but also a deliberate project of mythmaking in the present, designed to forge a unified religious-national identity by cultivating hostility toward Muslims.
Can governments introduce sweeping policy reforms without adequate public consultation? This opinion piece examines the democratic implications of E20 ethanol, governance, accountability, and citizen participation, arguing that lasting public trust depends on transparency, evidence-based policymaking, and meaningful consultation rather than one-way administrative decisions.
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