Ahmedabad, Oct 10 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Rural Police have seized 696.94 kg of poppy husk concealed beneath steel coils in a truck travelling from Nagpur in Maharashtra to Sanand in Gujarat and arrested the driver, while two other suspects have been identified in connection with the alleged interstate trafficking operation.
Ahmedabad, Oct 10 (IANS) Around 200 National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets from 22 states, including Gujarat, have begun intensive drill training in Ahmedabad ahead of the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) parade at Kevadia on October 31, marking the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) At least 124 former civil servants, with direct or indirect involvement earlier in India’s electoral process, wrote an “open letter to the citizens of India” on Saturday in favour of the Election Commission’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters list and condemned the use of “rigged” without evidence.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday criticised the detention of young men and women exercising their right to protest, claiming that the security curbs for the CJP’s protest on SIR in Delhi show that the government is “terrified” that its “illegitimacy” is being exposed.
Imphal, Oct 10 (IANS) Three people, including a woman, were killed in fresh clashes between armed groups in Manipur’s Kamjong and Ukhrul districts in the past 24 hours, while Kamjong police station was reportedly set on fire, officials said on Saturday.
Mumbai, Oct 10 (IANS) India’s office market saw strong momentum in Q3 2026 (July-September), with net absorption across the top eight cities reaching 14.1 million square feet (MSF) up 26 per cent quarter-on-quarter, a report said on Saturday.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Several opposition leaders, including former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, AAP national convener and former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and former Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, were on Saturday detained by the police while attempting to join the protest, called by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) in the national capital, against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Around 1,000 protesters were detained across the national Capital on Saturday while on their way to take part in the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led agitation against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, police said.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Lighthouse tourism in India has risen from about 4 lakh visitors in 2014 to 18.63 lakh in 2024–25, and 75 lighthouses have been developed as tourism destinations to preserve their historical and architectural significance, a government factsheet said on Saturday.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The Centre has clarified that alignment studies for three proposed high-speed rail corridors linked to Hyderabad are currently underway and that it has not sent any land acquisition requisitions to the concerned state governments.
