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A team from Air Intelligence Unit of the Customs department arrested on Sunday a man at Ahmedabad airport for sneaking in 601.9g of 24-carat gold with a market value of over Rs 96 lakh, officers said. Nearly half of the contraband, about 278g, was concealed in the passenger’s underwear in the form of gold paste.Based on intelligence developed through passenger profiling, officers of the AIU, Ahmedabad Customs, intercepted the passenger arriving from Dubai. “On examination, the passenger was found concealing two gold bars and one cut gold bar, weighing 324.1g with 24 carat purity, with a market value of Rs…

Puri: A fast-track court in Puri on Monday sentenced a 69-year-old Gujarat resident to one year of imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 for allegedly sexually harassing a 25-year-old woman in the Jagannath Temple in Nov last year.Additional district and sessions judge Ramanath Panda directed that the convict would have to undergo an additional 15 days in jail if he failed to pay the fine. The court also ordered the state govt to pay Rs 2 lakh compensation to the survivor.Bhubaneswar: Activism Abroad, Violent Crime, Political Allegations and School Harassment CaseOn Nov 22, 2025 around 6 pm, the…

Coimbatore: The number of people migrating from the Nilgiris and settling in the Coimbatore district has increased significantly over the past 15 years.The northern part of Coimbatore district is emerging as the most preferred destination for the people who are moving to the plains from Udhagamandalam and surrounding areas in the Nilgiris. Higher education opportunities and employment prospects are cited as the two primary reasons driving this migration. While this migration has been taking place for over 15 years, registration department officials say the pace has increased significantly in recent years. Apart from the growth of Coimbatore district, certain challenges…

Gurgaon: The city has emerged as the “biggest laggard” where anti-smog guns are concerned. The city requires 787 anti-smog guns but has only 541 available — a gap of 246 units. In fact, several Haryana cities continue to face major shortfalls in anti-smog guns despite repeated winter action plans, according to data submitted to Commission for Air Quality Management. An anti-smog gun is a cannon-shaped device that sprays fine particles of water into the air, creating an artificial mist that helps settle dust, PM2.5 particles and other pollutants. The system is connected to a water tank for continuous supply and…

Dibrugarh: A 52-year-old farmer suffered injuries after being attacked by a leopard in the Gojpuria area of Moran in Dibrugarh district on Monday morning, marking yet another incident in the escalating man-leopard conflict plaguing the region.According to reports, Lohit Chutia was attacked by the leopard when he ventured into his garden to chase away monkeys that had been damaging his crops. The leopard suddenly leaped at him, inflicting deep wounds on his head with its sharp claws.Hearing his cries for help, nearby villagers rushed to the scene, causing the leopard to retreat into the nearby thickets. Chutia was taken to…

Caption: Social activists, led by Srinivasgouda Patil, launched an indefinite hunger strike at the Belagavi DC office on MondayBelagavi: Social activists, led by Srinivasgouda Patil, launched an indefinite hunger strike at Belagavi DC’s office on Monday. Protesters demanded accountability from police and transport officials for failing to curb high-decibel DJs on tractors and private vehicles. They highlighted that noise pollution and obscene lyrics were causing severe distress to women, children, and commuters across Belagavi, Bagalkot, and Vijayapura districts.GDP growth at 6.4%, Kanpur Lamborghini Case, No-Trust Move Against Birla And MoreSpeaking on the occasion, Srinivasgouda Patil, a social activist from Obalapur…

Mangaluru: In a late-night surprise inspection conducted at the district jail, prison authorities seized mobile phones and chargers from inmates lodged in different barracks.The complainant, superintendent of the district jail, Sharanabasappa, stated that on Feb 6 at around 11.58pm, he, along with jail officers and staff, conducted an unexpected inspection of room No. 1 and 4 of ‘A’ block and room No. 5 of ‘B’ block. During the inspection, items were recovered, including a keypad mobile phone and a charger from Ibrahim Harshad, lodged in A block, room No. 1, and a keypad mobile phone from Asgar, lodged in A…

Noida: The Urban Restructuring Plan (URP) rolled out by Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited has drawn criticism from residents, who say the new grievance redressal system has made routine issues harder to resolve.The URP was introduced in Nov last year to streamline grievance redressal by shifting complaints to a centralised system, supported by dedicated helpdesks and an online and telephone complaint mechanism through the 1912 helpline. Under the earlier arrangement, consumers could approach sub-divisional officers (SDOs) at local substations for billing and meter discrepancies, load corrections, and matters related to high- and low-tension lines. Residents say the shift to issue-specific…

Pune: A team of doctors at a city eye hospital successfully performed complex corneo-scleral tear suturing (a surgical procedure performed under an operating microscope to close eye lacerations) on three construction workers who suffered severe ocular trauma. While the vision of two workers, who sustained injuries while working with iron nails, has been restored fully after the procedure, that of the third, who was injured by a grinding machine, will be restored in full after keratoplasty (corneal transplant), said Shilpa Joshi, head of the cornea department and eye bank director at HV Desai Eye Hospital.The three, all in their early…

Tells HC It Will Be A One-Time Exercise Panaji: State govt has proposed conducting a satellite survey to demarcate the boundaries of public beach properties, the tourism department told Bombay high court on Monday. It told the court that private property owners along the coastal belt keep tampering with boundary stones to mislead the tourism department that structures encroaching upon the public beach are, in fact, not on the public beach.To curtail this menace, govt proposed conducting a satellite survey to demarcate the boundaries of beach properties, the tourism department told HC.Goa: ISL Hurdles, Fake Storm Alert, ODP Row &…