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63 kg of smuggled gold seized at Vizag airport
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Over 60 kg of gold "concealed and smuggled" by several passengers on three flights coming from Singapore and Malaysia was seized at the Visakhapatnam airport by the directorate of revenue intelligence, officials said on Monday.

"The DRI Chennai seized 63 kg gold at Visakhapatnam airport concealed and smuggled by several passengers of three flights from Singapore and Malaysia last (Sunday) night," they said.
 
Heavy rains leave Mumbai crawling yet again
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Mumbaikars travelling to work faced a harrowing time on Tuesday morning owing to waterlogging caused by the incessant rain since Monday night.

Vehicular movement and train services across the city were badly affected on Tuesday.

According to media reports, several areas in Mumbai like Hindmata, Parel, Dadar, Bandra, Sion, Colaba, Lalbaugh, Matunga, Mahim, Kurla, Andheri, Jogeshwari, Malad, Ghatkopar, Bhandup have witnessed heavy rainfall since Tuesday morning, making it difficult for commuters.

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Heat wave claims 400 lives in Karachi

About 400 people, including women and children, have been killed in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi due to the country’s worst heat wave in more than a decade, as the government called in the army to deal with the crippling crisis.

The heat wave, sweeping across the Sindh province, has been going on since the start of Ramzan on Friday, wreaking havoc and triggering an emergency situation in major hospitals of the province.

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A Pakistani boy cools himself in polluted water near a port during a high heat wave, in Karachi.
 
Govt warns 48 lakh central government employees – be punctual or face action
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New Delhi: The Centre on Monday warned all its employees to come in time to offices, failure of which might attract disciplinary action.

The Department of Personnel and Training
(DoPT) has written to all central government
ministries to ensure punctuality in government
offices.

"Habitual late attendance is viewed as conduct unbecoming of a government servant and disciplinary action may be taken against such a government servant. It is also added that punctuality in attendance is to be observed by government servants at all levels," the DoPT said in its missive.

Service rules stipulates that every government servant shall at all times maintain devotion to duty, it said.

There are about 48 lakh central government employees working across the country.

The DoPT order said instructions have been issued from time to time with regard to the need to observe punctuality by government servants. "Responsibility for ensuring punctuality in respect of their employees rests within ministries, departments or offices," it said.

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K'taka govt moves SC against Jaya's acquittal
Delhi govt asks striking doctors to resume work
FM does not rule out joint session on LandBill
Sister Nirmala dies
 
Maoists call for shutdown, torch tractors in Bihar

Noida pharmacist held for raping wife of rape accused cab driver

Flights grounded temporarily after radar failure in New Zealand
 
One from Mysuru, two from Chennai arrested for running fake credit card scam
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Mysuru City Police have arrested three persons, for purchasing goods worth several lakh rupees from fake credit cards.

The accused, Selvam (27) a resident of Mysuru, and Uday Kumar (38) and L. Bhaskaran (40) both residents of Chennai, were arrested by the City Crime Branch (CCB) on Sunday.

Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, City Police Commissioner B. Dayananda said the accused had managed to obtain credit card data of account holders in foreign banks from the Great Dump website and loaded the details into the fake credit cards in their possession with the help of read and write machines.
 
Pakistan releases 113 Indian fishermen from prison, arrive in Gujarat

The fishermen said they had lived years behind bars, after being captured by Pakistan Marine forces, only with the hope of returning home some day.

About 113 Indian fishermen, released from the
Landi Kotal prison near Peshawar in North-
Western Pakistan, arrived in Vadodara late on
Monday night and were welcomed by BJP
leaders including MP Ranjan Bhatt. The
fishermen, who were released from Pakistan at
the Wagah border arrived in Vadodara by the
Golden Temple Express.
 
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China blocks India's move in UN for action against Pak on Lakhvi
 
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