A tragic incident occurred in Sakrauli village under Mohania block of Kaimur on Tuesday, where three minor girls died due to drowning while bathing in a pond, creating an atmosphere of mourning in the entire village.

According to an official, five girls had gone out to graze goats when it started raining. They then went to bathe in a pond located east of the village.

While bathing, three girls began drowning in the deep water. The two other girls on the bank rushed back to the village, screaming for help.

By the time villagers and family members reached the spot, all three girls had drowned.

A shocking incident unfolded at the ASL Motors showroom in Mango, Jamshedpur, on Tuesday, when a frustrated customer allegedly attempted to set his Tata Safari SUV on fire and then threatened to immolate himself, citing repeated technical issues with the vehicle.

The customer, identified as Sumit, was stopped just in time by local police. Sumit had purchased the Tata Safari in January 2024 for around Rs 32 lakh.

Patna Police have cracked the broad daylight murder case of advocate Jitendra Kumar, who was shot on July 13 in Sultanganj locality of Patna City, by arresting eight accused in the case, Patna SSP Kartikeya Sharma said on Tuesday.

Advocate Jitendra Kumar, a resident of Mohammadpur, Sultanganj, and practising at Patna Civil Court, was shot dead near a tea stall on Ashok Raj Path around 2 PM on July 13 while he had gone for tea.

“The criminals were waiting at a tea stall for the advocate to arrive. After the advance payment, they executed the crime in broad daylight and tried to go underground but were tracked by Patna Police,” said SSP Kartikeya Sharma.

Jitendra sustained serious injuries and was admitted to PMCH, where he succumbed during treatment.

A series of Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday targetted convoys of Syrian forces in and around the southern Syrian city of Sweida, killing and wounding several personnel, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and state media outlets.

Ravindra Jadeja’s valiant unbeaten 61 at Lord’s in the third Test may go down as one of his finest knocks, but former India captain Anil Kumble believes a crucial tactical misstep at the end may have cost India a miraculous win.

Speaking after India’s dramatic 23-run loss, Kumble reflected on Jadeja’s heroic effort but said that exposing tailender Mohammed Siraj to a full over from Shoaib Bashir was a decision that backfired at a critical moment.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested five individuals, including the Deputy Chief Engineer of the Gati Shakti Unit, Northern Railway, Lucknow, in connection with a major bribery scandal.

The arrests were made during a probe into alleged corruption related to a railway project under the Gati Shakti scheme in Bhadohi, Varanasi.

Among those arrested are the Deputy Chief Engineer, a Senior Section Engineer (SSE) of Drawings, an Office Superintendent (OS) of Northern Railway in Lucknow, and two private individuals employed by a railway contractor company.

Maharashtra Water Resources Department on Tuesday signed four MoUs for the development of pumped storage hydropower projects with a total generation capacity of 6,450 megawatt, entailing an investment of Rs 31,955 crore in the state, which will generate 15,000 jobs.

In a significant breakthrough, Punjab Police have foiled a targeted killing plot with the arrest of five operatives linked to the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang, being operated by US-based Husandeep Singh, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.

Two weapons-- PX5 pistol and .32 bore pistol – were recovered from their possession in the intelligence-led operation jointly conducted by Counter-Intelligence Punjab and the district police of Amritsar (Rural) and Batala. Those arrested have been identified as Lovepreet Singh, Sikandar Kumar, alias Gola, and Onkarpreet, alias Jashan -- residents of Shahabad village in Batala; Gagandeep, alias Giani, a resident of Gandhi Camp in Batala and Mehakpreet Singh, a resident of Amritsar.

Russian Security Council's Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday dismissed US President Donald Trump's threats to impose massive economic sanctions on the country, calling it a "theatrical ultimatum to the Kremlin" and asserting that Moscow does not care.

The Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) has suffered another major setback in the Majha region. Senior Akali leader from Tarn Taran, Harmeet Singh Sandhu, along with dozens of his supporters, left the Akali Dal and joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday.

Harmeet Sandhu has been elected MLA from the Tarn Taran constituency three consecutive times. In 2002, he was first elected as an independent candidate. After that, he won the elections twice on the Shiromani Akali Dal’s ticket in 2007 and 2012. He also contested 2017 elections and 2022 assembly elections, he stood second.