A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, officials said on Wednesday.

The incident took place on the intervening night of April 8-9 in Gurdaspur, the BSF said.

A BSF party was undertaking an area domination patrol ahead of the border security fence during the night when it detected multiple improvised explosive devices (IEDs) with concealed wires “well inside” the Indian territory, it said.

While cordoning off and sanitising the area, the detonating device of some of the IEDs, which was concealed, accidentally got triggered, resulting in a serious leg injury to a BSF jawan.

Panic gripped residents of Jaora town in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district after an ammonia gas leak from an ice factory late on Tuesday night.

The incident occurred around 10.30 p.m., sending residents in nearby colonies, including a police residential complex, into a state of alarm.

The leak was first detected by police personnel on night patrol near a public garden located just a few yards from the factory.

The officers reportedly experienced intense eye irritation and a pungent smell, prompting them to investigate further.

Upon inspection, they found that ammonia gas was leaking from the ice manufacturing unit.

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) accommodative monetary policy, combined with the government's growth-centric fiscal policy, will help boost domestic growth amid global economic turmoil, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said on Wednesday.

Terming the central bank’s decision to continue with the rate easing cycle by reducing the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.0 per cent as “timely and prudent,” Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General of CII, said the rate cut coupled with the shift in monetary policy stance from 'neutral' to 'accommodative,' too, is a big positive.

"This change, which CII has long advocated, firmly emphasises the Central Bank's pro-growth approach while maintaining vigilance regarding inflation outlook,” Banerjee said in a statement.

As temperatures rise abnormally in several parts of Rajasthan, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for heatwave conditions in 20 districts on Wednesday.

The yellow alert has been sounded in districts -- Hanumangarh, Bikaner, Churu, Nagaur, Sikar, Alwar, Jaipur, Pali, Dausa, Bharatpur, Dholpur, Karauli, Sawai Madhopur, Tonk, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Baran, Kota, Bundi, and Jhalawar -- while an orange alert has been issued in Sri Ganganagar and Jhunjhunu.

According to the Meteorological Centre, a new western disturbance is expected to impact the state starting April 10. This system will likely bring thunderstorms, lightning, and wind speeds of 30-40 km/h, accompanied by light rainfall in several districts.

In order to further boost digital payments, the National Payments Corporation of India will be enabled to set the limit on person-to-merchants transactions via Unified Payments Interface (UPI), RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Wednesday.

At present, the transaction amount for UPI, covering both person-to-person (P2P) and person-to-merchant payments (P2M), is capped at Rs 1 lakh, except for specific use cases of P2M payments which have higher limits, some at Rs 2 lakh and others at Rs 5 lakh.

“To enable the ecosystem to respond efficiently to new use cases, it is proposed that NPCI, in consultation with banks and other stakeholders of the UPI ecosystem, may announce and revise such limits based on evolving user needs,” said Malhotra after the 54th meeting of the monetary policy committee (MPC).

Appropriate safeguards will be put in place to mitigate risks associated with higher limits. Banks shall continue to have the discretion to decide their own internal limits within the limits announced by NPCI.

Indian equity markets have now entered the ‘attractive zone’ from the ‘fair’ and ‘moderately expensive’ zones where the markets remained for most of 2024, a new report said on Tuesday.

This is a notable improvement as the shift indicates a good opportunity for long-term investors, according to the Union Mutual Fund report.

Despite global geopolitical tensions and trade uncertainties, the long-term outlook for India remains positive.

Harshad Patwardhan, Chief Investment Officer at Union AMC, said that strong macroeconomic fundamentals, healthy corporate and banking balance sheets, expected demand revival due to tax relief and welfare schemes, and signs of a new private investment cycle are all encouraging factors.

A man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing to death a woman over a relationship dispute with another man, police said on Tuesday.

Police said that they received information from Rewari Government Hospital regarding a woman named Neelam (25) being brought in dead due to knife injuries on Monday.

Following the information, a police team from Bilaspur police station reached the hospital and took custody of the body.

A special court in Rajasthan on Tuesday sentenced four terrorists to life imprisonment in the case of live bombs found during the serial bomb blasts in Jaipur in 2008.

The court issued a 600-page verdict on Tuesday.

On May 13, 2008, there were eight serial blasts in Jaipur, and the ninth bomb was discovered near a guest house in Chandpole Bazaar. It was defused just 15 minutes before it could explode.

The court remarked, “The greatest court is our mind… our mind knows what is right and what is wrong… punishment has been given, which means the crime has been committed.”

Earlier on Tuesday, during the sentencing debate, government lawyer Special PP Sagar Tiwari called for life imprisonment for the accused, stating, “The act of the culprits is the most serious crime. They cannot be treated with leniency under any circumstances.”

Nicholas Pooran's unbeaten 87 and Mitchell Marsh's 81 powered Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to their second-highest-ever total of 238/3 in 20 overs against Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Eden Gardens here on Tuesday.

It was a Marsh and Markram show early on as the experienced overseas opening duo nullified KKR’s power-play plans with clinical aggression. Vaibhav Arora, hailed recently as a power-play specialist by Venkatesh Iyer, struggled to trouble the right-handed opening pair.

After registering three back-to-back wins, Gujarat Titans will aim to continue their winning streak against Rajasthan Royals, who have a mixed start with two wins and as many losses, in match 23 of the IPL 2025 at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Wednesday.

Led by captain Shubman Gill, GT have arrived in their home after thrashing Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets while Sanju Samson-led RR trounced Punjab Kings by 50 runs.

The GT bowling unit is riding on the brilliance of pacer Mohammed Siraj and spinner Sai Kishore. Siraj, who produced career-best bowling figures of 4-17 in the IPL in the last match, is one of the most dependable new-ball bowlers this season.

Having pic