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Shimla police on September 20 arrested a person named Shahi Mahatma (Shashi Negi), an apple dealer, for running a sophisticated WhatsApp cartel 'Chitta' (heroin) in the hills. Police said the delivery driver and the final consignee never met during the entire trade. In fact, the people involved in the network acted as completely independent individuals, and Negi ensured that the connections could not be linked to each other in order to evade the authorities. Dig deeper

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Actor Arshad Warsi broke his silence a month after he faced backlash over his 'Joker' remark on Prabhas. In August, Arshad had said that Prabhas was “like a joker” in the film Kalki 2898 AD. Now, on the green carpet of IIFA Awards 2024 on Saturday, Arshad spoke to the media about the backlash following his comment and also called Prabhas a “brilliant actor”. Dig deeper

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Isha Ambani was one of the celebrities who attended the BOF 500 gala in Paris. For the star-studded occasion, the entrepreneur wore a green maxi dress by Giambattista Valli. Read on as we decode Isha's demure looks that transformed her into a modern-day princess. Dig deeper

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Pulkit Chitkara, a Delhi-based content creator, often posts hilarious content that might make you laugh. Recently, Chitkara decided to play a prank on the people of Delhi by leaving a bottle of whiskey in the middle of the road. The prank was done to see whether or not someone would actually stop to get the alcohol bottle. What happens later in the video might surprise you. Dig deeper

That's all we have in our morning briefing at this hour. I'll be there until the afternoon.