The arrest of a passenger coming from Dubai with 20 gold bars at the Cochin airport on Saturday shows that smuggling of the precious metal through this airport continues unabated. The passenger, Khader Maitheen, a resident of Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, was picked up by the Air Intelligence Unit officials after they became suspicious on seeing him walk through the green channel. After a detailed inspection they detected 20 gold bars weighing around 2330 grams stitched to his clothes .

Following Ireland’s historic win over Pakistan in the first of three T20 internationals, former wicketkeeper batter Kamran Akmal has accused the players of the national side of “prioritizing personal goals” over the team’s collective good. Seasoned Andy Balbirnie top scored for Ireland with a 55-ball 77, studded with 10 fours and two sixes, as they successfully chased down the target of 183/5 with a ball to spare after restricting Pakistan to 182/6 in their 20 overs.

A man, who accused his wife of having illicit relationships and stabbed her, was arrested in Ahmedabad on Saturday. The accused, identified as Mahesh Govindbhai, stabbed his wife in the neck and back near the Bhavna furniture shop at Delhi Darwaza before fleeing the scene on May 3. According to police reports, Mahesh confronted his wife at around five in the evening, accusing her of inappropriate behavior and having illicit relationships.

Ravi Gandhi, additional director general (ADG), Eastern Command, Border Security Force (BSF), inspected border areas in the districts of Nadia and Murshidabad in West Bengal ahead of the fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls, scheduled to be held on Monday. During his meetings with senior commanders, the ADG instructed them to keep a close watch on the goings-on along the Indo-Bangladesh border that is to be completely sealed during the polling process.

Disappointed over her class 12 result, a girl student committed suicide in Assam's Tinsukia district, police said on Saturday. She was a student of Margherita College. According to police, the result of the examination was declared on Thursday.

In order to ensure speedy and hastle free dispensation of justice under the directions of NALSA and Punjab State Legal Services Authority, National Lok Adalat was held in Sessions Division Fatehgarh Sahib and Sub Division Amloh and Khamanon.  Arun Gupta, Chairman, District Legal Service Authority informed that besides the matrimonial cases, cases under section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, compoundable criminal cases, civil cases, motor accident claim cases, traffic challans were taken in the National LokAdalat and 5457 number of cases were settled with an amount of Rs. 11,36,66,777/-. 

More than $320 million has been raised by 24 Indian startups in funding this week, which includes 7 growth-stage deals and 13 early-stage deals. Four early-stage startups did not disclose the amount raised, reports. Last week, around 28 early and growth-stage startups collectively raised nearly $340 million in funding.

In what comes as a huge blow for the Delhi Capitals, skipper and left-handed wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant is all set to miss his side’s upcoming clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2024 after being handed a one-match suspension for a third slow over-rate offence in the tournament. The IPL said in its statement on Saturday that DC recorded its third slow-over rate offence of the season during its 21-run win over Rajasthan Royals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on May 7. Ahead of the last over of RR’s innings, DC were found ten minutes short on the innings timer, which meant they could field only four fielders outside 30-yard circle as per the in-game slow over-rate penalty.

An evacuation alert was issued for two communities in Canada's western province of Alberta due to an out-of-control wildfire. The two communities were Fort McMurray and Saprae Creek Estates. The fire is currently 25 km southwest of Fort McMurray, and smoke could impact visibility on Highway 63 south of Fort McMurray. Residents in the affected area were asked to be ready to evacuate on short notice.

The death toll in storms and flash floods in north Afghanistan's Baghlan and Takhar provinces rose to 150, local officials said. In Baghlan, the natural mishap hit Gozargah-e-Noor, Jelgah, Nahrin, Baghlan-e-Markazi and Barka districts, as well as the provincial capital of Pul-e-Khumri, Hedayatullah Hamdard, provincial director for the disaster management authority said .