Officials said the the gold was seized in various forms like gold in wax, rhodium plated wires and buckle, washer shaped rings and crude gold jewellery (pendant, payal etc).
District administration and forest officials are working to tackle the challenges they were facing in ensuring 100 per cent voting in elephant-dominated areas, fearing elephant attacks and difficult forest terrain.
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam vigilance officials on Thursday detained a person for allegedly impersonating an IAS officer to illegally obtain VIP darshan tickets of the Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirumala.
In a tragic incident, 18 people were injured when a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus, identified by its registration number DL1PD6164, collided with a roadside pole in Rajouri Garden on Thursday morning, police officials said.
All 31 polling stations in the district will be staffed by women polling officers. The voting for the union territory of Puducherry will be held on April 19.
A Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) terrorist was killed in an encounter that broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Frassipora area in Kashmir's Pulwama, police officials said on Thursday.
Foreign journalists reporting in China face obstacles, including visa problems, surveillance and harassment by police or other officials while on assignment, Voice of America (VOA) reported, citing, the annual survey by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China (FCCC).
US Federal Reserve officials felt that the key interest rate was likely at its peak and it would be appropriate to loosen the monetary policy stance at some point this year, Minutes of its latest policy review meeting showed.
US Federal Reserve officials expect it would not be appropriate to reduce the key interest rate until they gain "greater confidence" that inflation is moving sustainably toward a comfortable 2 per cent, minutes of its latest monetary policy meeting showed.