Gold and cash worth Rs 1.87 lakhs looted from house in Surat

Tuesday, December 26, 2006, 21:35 [IST]

Surat, Dec 26 (UNI) A house in the posh Ghod Dod Road area of the city was robbed by unidentified persons who looted gold worth Rs 1,12,000 and Rs. 75.000 cash.

According to Umra police, the culprits entered the house of Firoze Ali Kurmani yesterday night and broke open the steel cupbord to loot the valuables.

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Bhopal, Dec 26 (UNI) Bharatiya Jan Shakti founder-president and former Union Sports and Youth Welfare minister Uma Bharti has urged senior hockey players to make coordinated efforts towards ensuring a replay of the ''golden age'' of hockey in Bhopal. ''There was a time when this city's hockey talent was recognised even internationally. Several hockey greats have emerged from here,'' the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister said yesterday at the prize distribution ceremony of the.....