The Customs Department at Shri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport has seized  336 Grams gold worth Rs. 17.77 Lakhs.

A statement issued here today by the Customs department said that based on inputs Customs  staff of SGRDJI Airport, Amritsar, intercepted two passengers, who arrived on domestic flight from Mumbai to Amritsar on Indigo flight No. 6E6072. On examination of their cabin bags, Customs officers recovered 401 gms gold  paste.  A total of 336 Grams gold of 24 Kt purity valued Rs. 17.77 Lakhs was extracted from the paste.

On further interrogation, it was disclosed that said Gold was smuggled from Dubai to Mumbai in the same aircraft and these two  passengers boarded in the aircraft at Mumbai and took the delivery of said gold from the aircraft.  Gold weighing 336 gms valued Rs. 17.77 Lakhs has been placed under seizure being liable to confiscation, said Custom official.

New Delhi:  Setting in motion the process of appointing the next head of the Indian judiciary, the government on Friday wrote to Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit to recommend his successor.

Justice Lalit will retire as the CJI on November 8 after a brief tenure of 74 days.

“As per the MoP on appointment of Chief Justice of India and Supreme Court Judges, today the Hon’ble Minister of Law and Justice sent a letter to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India for sending his recommendations for appointment of his successor,” the Ministry of Law and Justice said in a tweet.

This is perhaps the first time that the ministry has tweeted about it.

According to the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), the CJI names the senior-most judge as his or her successor.

The MoP is a document which guides the appointment and transfer of Supreme Court and high court judges.

Justice D Y Chandrachud is the senior-most judge after the CJI.

Going by the established practice and convention, Justice Chandrachud would be the 50th CJI and take oath on November 9.

He would have a tenure of two years and demit office on November 10, 2024.

While Supreme Court judges retire after attaining the age of 65, high court judges retire at 62 years.

Veteran actor Arun Bali, best known for his work on TV show Swabhimaan and blockbuster hit 3 Idiots , died on Friday morning at his residence in suburban Mumbai. He was 79.

Bali’s son Ankush said his father was suffering with Myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease caused by communication failure between nerves and muscles, for which he was admitted to a hospital early this year.

Ankush said his father was responding well to the treatment but passed away at around 4.30 am.

My father left us. He was suffering from Myasthenia gravis. He had mood swings for two-three days. He told the caretaker he wanted to go to the washroom and after coming out he told him he wanted to sit down and he never got up then, he told PTI.

Bali made his acting debut with noted filmmaker Lekh Tandon’s TV show Doosra Keval as superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s uncle and went on to work in TV shows such as period drama Chanakya , Swabhimaan , Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand , Kumkum Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan , and P.O.W. – Bandi Yuddh Ke .

Some of his popular films include Saugandh , Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman , Khalnayak , Satya , Hey Ram , Lage Raho Munna Bhai , 3 Idiots , Ready , Barfi , Manmarziyaan , Kedarnath , Samrat Prithviraj , and Laal Singh Chaddha .

His film Goodbye , also featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Rashmika Mandanna, released on Friday.

Bali is survived by a son and three daughters. His last rites will be performed on Saturday.

Punjab-origin a Sikh family of four, including an eight-month-old child, who were kidnapped from Merced County in California, was found dead, authorities said on Thursday.

“It’s horribly, horribly senseless, ” Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke said. “We found the four people from the kidnapping and they are in fact deceased.”

He said the man in custody was convicted in 2005 in a case involving armed robbery and false imprisonment. The man was paroled in 2015 and knew the victims.

The victim family, from Hoshiarpur in Punjab, was kidnapped on October 3.

Earlier, Merced County Sheriff’s Office in a statement said 36-year-old Jasdeep Singh, 27-year-old Jasleen Kaur, their eight-month-old child and 39-year-old Amandeep Singh were taken against their will from a business.

Merced County Sheriff’s Office in a statement on October 4 said the detectives received information that one of the victim’s ATM cards was used at an ATM located at a bank in the City of Atwater.

“Investigators obtained the surveillance photo of a subject making a bank transaction where the person is similar in appearance to the surveillance photo from the original kidnapping scene.

“At approximately noon, working in conjunction with our local law enforcement partners, the Sheriff’s Office received information that identified Jesus Manuel Salgado (48-years-old) as a person of interest in this investigation.

“Prior to law enforcement involvement, Salgado attempted to take his own life. Salgado is in our custody, currently receiving medical attention and in critical condition.”

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday visited the famous Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta hills in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Maha Navami festival and offered his prayers.

Accompanied by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Union Minister Jitendra Singh, the Home Minister arrived at Sanji Chhat by helicopter to pay his obeisance at the shrine on the concluding day of the nine-day Navratra celebrations, officials said.

Before visiting the shrine, Shah in a tweet greeted the people of the country on Maha Navami festival.

“Wishing everyone a very happy Mahanavami. May maa Bhagwati shower her grace and blessings on everyone. Jai Mata Di!,” the home minister tweeted in Hindi.

The officials said stringent security arrangements have been made at the shrine in view of the home minister’s visit.

He was received by senior officers of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) including its Chief Executive Officer Anshul Garg and prominent people and religious leaders, the officials said.

The home minister is scheduled to fly to the border district of Rajouri to address a public rally after leaving the shrine.

Telecom major Jio will start a beta trial of 5G services in four cities – Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Varanasi – from October 5 with a select set of customers, the company said on Tuesday.

The company will send an invite to customers under Jio True 5G Welcome Offer to try its 5G services, and the subscribers will get unlimited 5G data with up to 1 gigabit per second speed.

“Post the successful demonstration of its True-5G services at the India Mobile Congress 2022, Jio is announcing the Beta trial of its True-5G services on the auspicious occasion of Dussehra for Jio users in 4 cities – Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Varanasi,” Jio said in the statement.

Invited users will be automatically upgraded to the Jio True 5G service without needing to change their existing Jio SIM or 5G handset.

Customers will only pay for their existing 4G plan and will not be charged an additional amount for 5G data during the trial.

Reliance Jio Infocomm Chairman Akash M Ambani said that by embracing 5G, Jio will create nation-first platforms and solutions that will transform skill development, education, healthcare, agriculture, and many such sectors, with the promise of enabling a better life for every Indian.

“5G cannot remain an exclusive service available to the privileged few or those in our largest cities. It must be available to every citizen, every home, and every business across India. Only then we can dramatically increase productivity, earnings, and living standards across our entire economy, thereby creating a prosperous and inclusive society in our country,” Ambani said.