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Mizoram: Assam Rifles Seize Foreign-Origin Cigarettes Worth Over Rs. Five Cr

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Troops of Assam Rifles seized a large quantity of foreign-origin cigarettes worth over Rs 5 crore in Mizoramโ€™s Champhai district, officials said. The recovery was made on Thursday.

Champhai: Troops of Assam Rifles seized a large quantity of foreign-origin cigarettes worth over Rs 5 crore in Mizoramโ€™s Champhai district, officials said. The recovery was made on Thursday.

โ€œIn yet another success in its crusade against smuggling activities, the Serchhip Battalion of 23 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of Inspector General Assam Rifles (East), recovered 420 cases of foreign origin cigarettes worth Rs 5.46 crore in the Ruantlang area near Tiau river of Champhai district,โ€ read an official statement.

Based on a tip-off, the operation was carried out by a joint team of Assam Rifles and Custom Preventive Force, Champhai.

A senior official of Assam Rifles said that the troops of Assam Rifles recovered the items which were dumped in the Ruantlang area near the Tiau river.

The approximate cost of the recovered foreign-origin cigarettes is Rs 5,46,00,000. The seized items were handed over to the Customs department, Champhai for further legal proceedings.

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Further investigations are underway. Earlier on Wednesday, the troops of Assam Rifles recovered a large quantity of foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs 2.47 crore in Mizoramโ€™s Champhai district.

Serchhip Battalion of 23 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of Inspector General Assam Rifles (East), on Wednesday, recovered 190 cases of foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs 2.47 crore from the New Zotlang area of Champhai district.

โ€œThe Assam Rifles team recovered the items which were dumped in the Zotlang area. The approximate cost of the recovered foreign-origin cigarette is Rs 2,47,00,000. The seized items were handed over to the Customs department, Champhai for further legal proceedings,โ€ the official said.

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Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot Launches Multiple Development Initiatives In Baran

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot listed development initiatives of over 100 crores for the people of Rajasthanโ€™s Baran district, while giving an address at the felicitation ceremony of โ€˜Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Olympics Khel 2022โ€™.

Baran:  Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot listed development initiatives of over 100 crores for the people of Rajasthanโ€™s Baran district, while giving an address at the felicitation ceremony of โ€˜Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Olympics Khel 2022โ€™.

During his visit to Baran on Thursday, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for development works worth Rs 149 crore. The Chief Minister, during the felicitation ceremony of the winners of the Rural Olympic Games in Baran on Thursday, urged the Central Government to implement the ongoing public welfare schemes in Rajasthan in the country and reiterated the demand to declare ERCP as a national project.

The initiatives included various development works related to education, higher education, medicine, water resources and roads. The Chief Minister said that the NTPC plot was set up in Baran during the previous tenure. โ€œThe work of constructing a dam on the Parvan river in the district is in progress,โ€ he added.

โ€œThe development works include the inauguration of the construction work of Antaโ€™s college building at a cost of Rs 6 crore. Laying the foundation stone of Government Girls College, Atru worth Rs 4.50 crore. The government will also spend Rs 4.50 crore on the foundation stone laying of Government College Kelwara (Kishanganj), and others,โ€ said a press release.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot urged the Central Government to recognize the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) as a National Project at the earliest. โ€œWith the completion of this project, the availability of drinking water and irrigation water will be ensured in a large area of Rajasthan,โ€ Gehlot said. He added that the Prime Minister himself during addresses in the meetings of Jaipur and Ajmer has backed the ERCP.

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Addressing the people of Baran, CM Ashok Gehlot said that the State Government is continuously taking important decisions in the interest of the common man. All types of medicines and tests have been made free of cost to the general public by the Chiranjeevi scheme implemented by the state government. The state has made expensive treatments like organ transplants free of cost. Due to this, the common man has got freedom from the worry of expensive treatment.

โ€œPrime Minister Narendra Modi should study the Chiranjeevi Yojana and implement it in the entire country so that the common man can get relief in this era of inflation,โ€ Gehlot added.

During the event Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi, PWD Minister Bhajan Lal Jatav, Mines Minister Pramod Jain, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Ashok Chandna, and other delegates accompanied CM Ashok Gehlot on the dais.

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