CHANDIGARH, Aug. 28 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday said that Sirsa district remains vulnerable to drug smuggling as the district is bordering Punjab and Rajasthan. In a statement placed on the table of the House, in response to Congress MLA Bharat Singh Beniwal's (Ellenabad) query about steps taken to curb the menace of drug abuse in Sirsa district, Saini said that to counter this challenge, the state government has implemented strict enforcement, community awareness, and rehabilitation initiatives to control both supply and demand. As per the written reply, a total of 952 NDPS cases were registered in Sirsa district between January 1, 2024, and July 31, 2025, resulting in 1,680 arrests. Large quantities of narcotics seized, included heroin (19 kg) ganja(40 kg), opium (49 kg) and cocaine (24 grams). Additionally, pharmaceutical drugs seized include 8,073 tablets, 30 capsules and 2 bottles. The Haryana assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed an official resolution directing the media to refrain from any form of glorification of criminals and gangsters. A government spokesperson said that as per the resolution, names and photographs of gangsters and criminals "should not be published under any circumstances." The development and panchayat minister Krishan Lal Panwar moved the resolution stating that glorifying criminals projects their image as heroes in the minds of the youth. The House passed the resolution unanimously and urged media platforms to consciously discourage the tendency of glorifying criminals. "Vidhan Sabha speaker Harvinder Kalyan also associated himself with the resolution and assured the House that it would be conveyed to all media platforms on behalf of the Haryana assembly," the spokesperson said in a statement....