A robbery near Prantij in Gujarat's Sabarkantha district has triggered a statewide hunt by police after two robbers fled with Rs 1.5 crore.

The theft occurred near Dalani Muvadi village following a car accident on Monday night, prompting local and district police to launch a manhunt across the state. The investigation is still on.

According to reports, the incident unfolded when a car overturned in an accident near the village. After the crash, the driver informed the police that two bags containing Rs 1.5 crore had been stolen. The robbers, who fled the scene on a motorcycle, disappeared with the cash.

The police began a district-wide search to apprehend the robbers. Along with the Prantij police, the Local Crime Branch (LCB) and Special Operations Group (SOG) officers arrived at the scene and established checkpoints across the district.

Tokyo stocks gained ground on Tuesday following a plunge on the previous day as bargain hunters targeted the dip, pushing up the index.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, gained 1.93 per cent, or 732.42 points, to close at 38,651.97.

The market was also buoyed by a weakening yen, with the yen trading at around 144 per dollar, as well as gains on Wall Street, reports news agency.

Despite the rebound, concerns over the new government's economic policies led to some profit-taking after the initial buying spree.

Shigeru Ishiba, leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was officially elected the country's prime minister on Tuesday after winning a majority of votes in both houses of parliament. The market has been closely watching how his economic policies will fold out.

Qatar Airways has reached a deal to buy a minority stake in Australia's second-largest airline, Virgin Australia.

Virgin Australia announced on Tuesday that Qatar Airways will acquire a 25 per cent equity stake in the airline from its owner, Bain Capital, pending approval by the government's Foreign Investment Review Board.

Under the proposed deal, Virgin Australia plans to launch flights from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth to Doha, reports news agency.

Jayne Hrdlicka, chief executive of Virgin Australia, said that the proposed long-haul services would generate an economic benefit of $2.07 billion to the Australian economy through incremental visitor flows over the next five years.

Master's students of Forensic Science from RIMT University, Mandi Gobindgarh, visited the Anatomy and Forensic Medicine departments of AIMSR as part of an educational tour. Organized in collaboration with Dr. Parmod Goyal, Principal and Professor of Forensic Medicine, the tour aimed to study human skeletal remains obtained through the body donation program, a unique collection in the Malwa region. Students studied bones from numerous skeletons to identify age, gender, and other vital details. They also visited the burial site and learned about bone cleaning processes.

Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Ltd (MMMOCL) has announced an extension of its Metro train services during the Navratri Festival.

The announcement was made by the Metropolitan Commissioner of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), Dr Sanjay Mukherjee, who emphasised the importance of enhancing transportation services to accommodate increased demand during the festive period.

To support late-night commuters attending Navratri celebrations, additional Metro services will be provided between October 7 and October 11. During these dates, 12 extra trips will be operated daily, with a headway of 15 minutes, to ensure that citizens attending midnight festivities can travel conveniently and economically.

The representation of women in the Indian workforce has plateaued at 26 per cent, with just 16 per cent of the fairer sex seen in the executive or C-level positions, according to a report on Tuesday.

The report by Great Place To Work, a workplace assessment and recognition organisation, showed that there remains an 11 per cent gap in women's representation from mid-level managers to CEOs in India.

The report also highlighted a pivotal factor for women’s success in the workplace -- a strong sense of belonging. It showed that women who feel a sense of belonging are 6.2 times more likely to experience a great workplace and 3.1 times more likely to have career growth opportunities.

Australia all-rounder Sophie Molineux is a little bit nervous about the Women's T20 World Cup in UAE following her return to the national team earlier this year.

The two-time World Cup winner spent over two years out of the team due to serious foot and knee injuries between 2021 and 2024. She missed the 2022 ODI World Cup, 2022 Commonwealth Games and 2023 T20 World Cup for Australia. As the tournament begins on October 3, the all-rounder is ready to play any role for her side.

"I haven't been around for a few years in terms of World Cups so there is a little bit of nervousness that I'm feeling at the moment," cricket.com.au quoted Molineux as saying. "But that's cool, and it's a T20 World Cup and there's so much could happen in that space," she added.

The 26-year-old returned to the Australian team against South Africa earlier this year and has not looked back. She bagged the Player of the Series award against Bangladesh in the T20I series in March. However, a rib injury interrupted her World Cup preparations but she returned to take on key overs in the powerplay and at the death in the recent T20I series against New Zealand.

In the first four hours of polling on Tuesday, an overall voter turnout of 28.04 per cent was recorded in the 40 Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir.

The overall voter turnout was recorded till 11 a.m., said the officials of the Election Commission of India (ECI).

“Bandipora district recorded 23.20 per cent, Baramulla, 27.15 per cent, Jammu, 31.78 per cent, Kathua, 27.34 per cent, Kupwara, 31.50 per cent in Samba and 33.84 per cent in Udhampur district.

In the first and second phases of J&K Assembly polls, nearly 62 per cent and 58 per cent voter turnout was recorded respectively.

Cambodia has seen a remarkable increase in both the number of people arrested and the amount of narcotics seized in the first nine months of 2024, according to an Anti-Drug Department (ADP) report on Tuesday.

The authorities had detained 19,655 drug-related suspects during the January-September period this year, up 33.5 per cent from 14,722 over the same period last year, the report said, adding that 640 suspects were foreigners of 15 nationalities.

A total of 6.1 tonnes of illicit drugs was confiscated from those suspects' possession in the first nine months of 2024, up 127 per cent from 2.68 tonnes over the same period last year, the report said.

India’s diamond imports saw a 54 per cent decline in August compared to the same month last year, as the country remains a dominant player in the global diamond industry, responsible for producing 95 per cent of the world’s polished diamonds, a report showed on Tuesday.

As per preliminary data from the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), India imported 5.6 million carats of diamonds during this period, underscoring the ongoing global shifts within the diamond market.

India’s imports of lab-grown rough diamonds, which are increasingly significant in the global market, were valued at $119 million in August, down 12 per cent from the previous year.

In terms of value, however, the narrative differs, with the imports for August 2024 estimated at $672 million.

This figure marks a 49 per cent increase in value compared to August 2023, reflecting adjustments in pricing and demand for higher-value stones, as well as global supply chain shifts affecting both natural and synthetic diamonds, according to the data.