A Maoist was killed in an encounter with security forces in the forest of Gariaband district in Chhattisgarh on Friday, police said. Gariaband’s forest has often been used as a transit route by Maoists, prompting intensified security measures in the region. Superintendent of Police, Gariaband, Nikhil Rakhecha said that the encounter took place in the Sornamal forest area, about 100 …
HYDERABAD: The city and its outskirts, which were the transit points for gangs into ganja smuggling for supplies to Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and other states, have now become transit points for international smuggling gangs. Though there are direct routes from Andhra Pradesh and Odisha agency areas connecting sea ports, the smuggling gangs could have chosen Hyderabad to dodge surveillance by …
