Mangaluru: Seven arrested for illegally transporting gold worth Rs. 4 crore on train
Mangaluru: Sleuths of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence have arrested seven persons in connection with illegally transporting gold in a train.
Syed Muhammad and Ashoka KS were transporting gold from Calicut to Mangaluru by train. Based on specific information, the officials conducted a raid on them in Mangaluru railway station had seized about 5.6 kg of gold from them.
The officers, who were chasing smuggling, carried out raids at Mangaluru, Udupi and Shivamogga and also on Calicut jewelers who transported the gold. Gold worth Rs. 4 crore, silver and Rs 84 lakh cash has been seized in the operation. Seven persons, including smuggling mastermind Naveen Chandra Kamath, have been arrested. About 40 officers were involved in the operation, police said
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PM Modi to address the nation tonight at 8.30 PM
New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation tonight at 8.30 PM, a day after a bill to implement women's reservation in legislatures was defeated in the Lok Sabha.
"The Prime Minister will address the nation at 8.30 PM (April 18, Saturday)," an official said.
Modi is expected to delve into the issue of implementation of women's quota and the happenings in Parliament, where opposition parties on Friday voted against the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill.
Under the Bill, Lok Sabha seats were to be increased up to 816 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census. Seats were also to be increased in state and UT assemblies to accommodate 33 per cent reservation for women.
A two-thirds majority was required for the passage of the crucial bill but the ruling BJP-led alliance could not muster the numbers.
During polling on the bill in the Lok Sabha on Friday night, 298 members voted in its support, while 230 MPs voted against it.
Out of 528 members who voted, the bill required 352 votes for a two-thirds majority.
