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Time of India
4 hours ago
- Time of India
Medical store owner among three held for smuggling of oxytocin
1 2 3 Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force on Wednesday busted an inter-state oxytocin smuggling racket, arresting three people, including a medical store owner, and seizing approximately 5.87 lakh ml of illegally packed oxytocin worth Rs 1.20 crore from the Kakori police station area. According to STF officials, Anmol Pal, a BPharma graduate and resident of Mayapuram, Budheshwar, runs a medical store. "Using his pharmaceutical knowledge and access, Anmol began sourcing high-density oxytocin from Bihar, falsely labelled as mineral water. He allegedly used his medical store as a front while setting up supply routes and illegal packaging units in a rented house near Mohan Road," said STF officials. To expand operations, Anmol brought in Awadhesh Pal, a resident of Budheshwar Model City, who assisted in bottling and repackaging the drug. Khageshwar, a driver from Sitapur, was hired to transport the illegal consignments across districts in a mini-truck. The STF team intercepted the trio on July 2 at 11:10 am near Budheshwar Chauraha–Mohan Road under Kakori police station limits. During the operation, 5,87,880 ml of oxytocin, one mini-truck, three mobile phones, Rs 12,000 in cash, 800 empty vials, 136 rubber caps, 40 aluminum seals, and other miscellaneous items were seized. Additional SP, STF, Amit Nagar said the gang repackaged oxytocin into smaller ampoules before distributing them in Lucknow and adjoining districts. The drug, a Schedule H hormone, is illegally used to stimulate milk production in cattle and accelerate artificial growth in fruits and vegetables — posing serious risks to public health. An FIR has been registered at Kakori police station under Sections 318(4), 280, 276, and 112 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Hans India
20 hours ago
- Hans India
Fake sauce unit unearthed in Berhampur
Berhampur: In a crackdown on food adulteration racket, Bada Bazar police unearthed a fake sauce production unit at Pichpichia Nagar in Berhampur. The illegal unit, run under the guise of Anmol Food Products, shocked authorities with the sheer volume of spurious and potentially hazardous food items being churned out. Led by Bada Bazar police station in coordination with Food Safety officials from Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC), the team raided a two-storied building stocked with a staggering quantity of fake tomato sauce, chili sauce, soya sauce, vinegar, pickles and spice products. The premises were littered with drums of artificial colouring agents, acidic liquids, jerry cans filled with suspect tomato pastes and packaging materials bearing the name 'Anmol'. The accused was identified as Prasanta Kumar Panigrahi (48), a resident of Jagannath Vihar 2nd Lane. During the raid, he failed to produce any licence or documentation for his operations. Preliminary investigations revealed that the food products were being manufactured in blatant violation of health and safety standards, involving non-edible and harmful substances disguised as food ingredients. Police have registered a case under sections of FSS Act, 2006, and Section 16 of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act. The entire stock of suspicious goods has been seized and samples have been sent to the Food Testing Laboratory for chemical examination. The accused has been arrested and will be forwarded to court. Further investigation into the supply chain and distribution network is underway. This major bust has raised serious public health concerns, and authorities have urged citizens to remain vigilant against such illicit food manufacturing units operating under the guise of familiar brand names.
News18
23-06-2025
- Sport
- News18
Seychelles National Day Boxing Tournament: India Seal Top Spot With Seven Medals
Last Updated: Himanshu Sharma, Ashish Mudshaniya and Gaurav Chauhan all claimed gold, while Anmol, Aditya Yadav, and Neeraj picked up a silver each. Kartik Dalal added a bronze the Indian tally. The Indian boxing contingent picked up a total of seven medals at the Seychelles National Day Boxing Tournament held at Mahe on Monday to top the medal tally. India clinched three gold, three silver and a bronze to finish atop the medal table. Himanshu Sharma, Ashish Mudshaniya and Gaurav Chauhan all claimed gold in their respective events, while Anmol, Aditya Yadav, and Neeraj picked up a silver each. Kartik Dalal claimed a bronze to round off India's dominant showing at the event. Sharma bagged the yellow metal in the 50Kg event, while Mudshaniya claimed the top spot in the 55Kg category. Chauhan's performance in the 55 Kg category also added to India's golden run at the tournament. Anmol came in second in the 60Kg category, while Yadav and Neeraj fell just short of the top spot in the 65Kg and 75Kg events respectively. Dalal's bronze came in the 70Kg category. Neeraj, another silver medallist at the National Combined, also secured an RSC victory over his opponent in the second round of the 75kg event. Himanshu Sharma from Haryana, a former Belgrade Boxing champion and bronze medallist at the 6th Elite Nationals, achieved a confident 4-1 win against Mathieu Soupprayen of Mauritius in the 50kg section to move into the final of the event, which he ultimately won due to a walkover. Ashish Mudshaniya, who continued his fine form with an easy 4-1 victory over Guillaume Francis of Mauritius in the 55kg category, registered a 4-1 win in the final to strike gold. Anmol from Haryana, who earned a composed 4-1 split decision win against Dario Gabriel of Seychelles in the 55kg event in the semifinal, came up just short of the yellow-metal in the final bout. (With Inputs From PTI) First Published: June 23, 2025, 15:53 IST
Indian Express
19-06-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
When will disabled NEET aspirants get their SC-sanctioned rights?
Written by Satendra Singh A NEET aspirant with a disability has been messaging me continually since March. Her only question: 'When will the National Medical Commission (NMC) issue revised disability guidelines for MBBS and MD/MS, as per the Supreme Court's directions?' On 14 June 2025, the NEET-UG results were declared. Over 750 students with disabilities from diverse communities — General, OBC, SC, ST, and EWS — have qualified. However, their joy is short-lived. The silence of the NMC and the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has left them paralysed by uncertainty. Which guidelines will apply? Have more disability assessment centres been designated? Which colleges can they safely choose? The promised web portal listing accessibility-compliant colleges — as ordered by the apex court — is still absent. This is not merely a bureaucratic delay. It seems to be a defiance of the Supreme Court's orders, a betrayal of India's constitutional promise of equality, and perhaps even contempt of court. In April 2022, the Delhi High Court in Neha Pudil vs NMC directed that the discriminatory disability guidelines be revised within six months. Two years later, that direction remains unimplemented. Then in October 2024, the Supreme Court in Omkar Ramchandra Gond vs UOI mandated the NMC to revise its guidelines before the NEET 2025 brochure was published and to establish an Appellate Medical Body. The brochure was released, but the guidelines and the body were not. In the same month, in another landmark judgment — Om Rathod vs DGHS — the apex court went further, ordering the establishment of enabling units for reasonable accommodations, accessibility compliance details on the NEET portal, functional support, including assistive technology, modified pedagogy, and trained staff. None of these directives has been followed. By November 2024, the situation was so dire that the Supreme Court had to summon the DGHS in Anmol vs UOI. Only after the embarrassment of public scrutiny did Anmol receive his rightful MBBS seat. Still, the DGHS has ignored directions to establish Disability Assessment Boards (DABs) in every state and to include doctors with disabilities in these boards, as well as provide them with training on disability justice and ableism. Following the SC's lead, the Punjab and Haryana High Court in January also ordered the formation of an Appellate Board. The NMC ignored that, too. In February 2025, the apex court finally struck down the infamous 'both hands intact' clause as ableist and left scope for further compliance review. But in March, the Suyash Patil case exposed the NMC's indifference again: the student lost an entire academic year due to a clerical lapse in DAB records. The NMC's solution? Accommodate next year. Even when the NMC did form a committee, it stuffed it with the same architects of the old discriminatory policy. Tokenism ruled: just one doctor with a disability, from an institution outside the NMC's purview, with no undergraduate programme. Expectedly, this committee missed its 15 April deadline to publish the revised guidelines. Then came May, and the Kabir Paharia case. The Supreme Court gave relief only one day before NEET 2025. Another student was rescued. Another year lost. Another trauma inflicted. As of today, both the NMC and DGHS have violated their affidavit in the Anmol matter, which had promised to release guidelines by 15 April 2025. NEET 2025 results are out. But disabled aspirants are frozen in limbo, deprived of the ability to plan or hope. Worse, the very committee revising the guidelines includes no medical student with a disability. This is a violation not just of principles of participatory justice, but also of international norms. The World Federation for Medical Education — to which NMC is affiliated — mandates in its Basic Medical Standards (2020) under Clauses 4 and 8 that students must be involved in governance. What we are witnessing is institutionalised impunity. The NMC and DGHS have now routinely defied not just one, but multiple High Court and Supreme Court directives. Why then has no contempt proceeding been initiated? Justice delayed is not only justice denied — it becomes injustice institutionalised. Every day of inaction from the NMC and DGHS is a day of stolen dreams, heightened anxiety, and unconstitutional discrimination against India's most marginalised NEET qualifiers. It is now imperative that the Supreme Court's vacation bench takes suo motu cognisance of this deliberate, systemic, and continuing contempt — and that real accountability, not symbolic compliance, is finally enforced. The writer teaches at the University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, and is a disability rights activist. Views are personal
Hindustan Times
16-06-2025
- Hindustan Times
Gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar part ways: What led to the breakup?
A major rift has emerged between notorious gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar, posing a fresh challenge for central intelligence agencies and state police forces tracking their criminal syndicate. Lawrence Bishnoi, currently lodged in Gujarat's Sabarmati jail, and Goldy Brar, believed to be operating from the United States, are no longer working together, The Indian Express reported, citing sources. The split has raised concerns among security agencies, who fear a possible turf war or a realignment of loyalties within their widespread network, the report added. The fallout reportedly stemmed from Lawrence Bishnoi's anger at Goldy Brar and Sachin Godara over their handling of his brother Anmol's case in the United States. 'Central intelligence agencies received information that Brar and Godara did not help Anmol file the required bail bond. Anmol was later released but with an ankle bracelet tracker,' the report quoted sources saying. In November 2024, 25-year-old Anmol was taken into custody by US immigration officials for allegedly using forged travel documents. He has been linked to the May 2022 murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala and is also named as the 'mastermind' behind the killing of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique last year. 'Both the gangsters have decided to stop working together. Goldy has started working with Azerbaijan-based Rohit Godara while Bishnoi is now associated with Canada-based Noni Rana. This feud and their new syndicates are now a source of increasing tension for state police forces,' an official told The Indian Express. Quoting sources, the report also mentioned that the matter was recently discussed with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) during a meeting attended by senior police officers from Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Delhi. Investigations over the past few months have revealed that Noni Rana (Surya Pratap), younger brother of Haryana's Yamunanagar-based gangster Kala Rana (Virender Pratap), has been operating from the US, making calls and collecting money on behalf of Lawrence Bishnoi. Referring to Brar and Godara, the report quoted sources as saying, 'Last month, they took responsibility in a social media post for the killing of Harjit Singh, a businessman operating a trucking safety and insurance consultancy, outside his office in Canada's Mississauga… they did not mention the name of Lawrence and other gang members, which they usually do in such posts.' In addition to the killings of Sidhu Moosewala and Baba Siddique, Lawrence Bishnoi's name has surfaced repeatedly over the past three years in connection with multiple threats to actor Salman Khan, including the recent firing outside his residence. Meanwhile, Canada has accused 'agents' of the Indian government of working in collaboration with the Bishnoi gang to foment terror on Canadian soil — an allegation that India has strongly denied, the report said. Sources cited in the report said that during his early days in crime, Lawrence Bishnoi had formed a team with Goldy Brar, Kala Rana, and others. 'Bishnoi later made a 'business model' involving alliances with gangsters from UP (Dhananjay Singh), Punjab (Jaggu Bhagwanpuria), Haryana (Kala Jatheri), Rajasthan (Rohit Godara) and Delhi (Rohit Moi and Hashim Baba),' the report quoted sources as saying.
