Two persons were feared trapped while two others were rescued and 50 people managed to rush to safety when a multi-storey building collapsed in Belapur, Navi Mumbai, in the wee hours of Saturday, officials said.

The incident occurred at around 4.30 A.M. when residents of the Indira Nivas building in Shahbazgaon were sleeping in their homes, said Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

He said that rescue teams were making efforts to evacuate the two persons trapped under the debris, while the survivors have been housed in a shelter of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC).

Minutes before the collapse, the residents were rudely awakened by tremors, rumbling sounds and household articles rattling, said one of the survivors.

One Pakistani terrorist was killed and two Indian Army soldiers were injured during an encounter between militants and security forces in Trehgam sector in North Kashmir's Kupwara District, officials said on Saturday.

"There has been an exchange of fire with unidentified personnel on a forward post in Kamkari, Macchal Sector on the Line of Control. One Pakistani person has been killed while two of our soldiers have suffered injuries and have been evacuated," the Army said in a statement.

Reinforcements have been brought to the area.

“Some terrorist movement was noticed by the soldiers on the LoC after which firing exchanges started between the terrorists and the armymen. The operation is still going on in the area and further details are awaited”, sources said.

Three Army soldiers were injured on Saturday in a fierce gun battle on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Kupwara District.

Official sources said that three soldiers were injured when firing exchanges took place near Kumkarib post on the LoC in Trehgam sector of Kupwara District on Saturday.

“Some terrorist movement was noticed by the soldiers on the LoC after which firing exchanges started between the terrorists and the armymen. The operation is still going on in the area and further details are awaited”, sources said.

Terrorists aided by Pakistan Army have been making fresh infiltration attempts in J&K in recent days.

Two persons were rescued and 24 people managed to rush to safety when a three storey building collapsed in Belapur, Navi Mumbai, in the wee hours of Saturday, a police officer said.

The incident occurred at around 4.30 A.M. when residents of the Indira Nivas building were sleeping in their homes.

NRI Sagari Police Station, Senior Police Inspector, Satish Kadam said that barring the two injured who were rescued from the debris, there is no information of more people being buried under the rubble.

Minutes before the collapse, the residents were rudely awakened by tremors, rumbling sounds and household articles rattling, said one of the survivors.

An encounter has started between terrorists and security forces in Trehgam sector in north Kashmir's Kupwara district, officials said on Saturday.

Sources said that three army soldiers have been injured as the gunfire rages on.

Additional reinforcement has been brought in.

The operation started after a joint team of police and security forces got input about the presence of terrorists in that area.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Friday rescued 16 people stranded in flood water in Vadsar village of Gujarat's Vadodara district.

"The NDRF team successfully rescued 16 more people, ensuring their safe transport from the flooded region," officials shared.

Due to the rising water levels of the Vishwamitri river, several residents of Vadsar have been relocated.

On Thursday, local authorities and NDRF teams evacuated 102 individuals, who were then accommodated in temporary shelters with meals and other necessities provided by the corporation.

The Jharkhand government has appointed Anurag Gupta, a 1990 batch IPS officer, as the acting DGP of Jharkhand replacing Ajay Kumar Singh.

Ajay Kumar Singh, a 1989 batch IPS officer, has been appointed as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Jharkhand Police Housing Corporation Limited. He was appointed as the DGP of Jharkhand on February 14, 2023, based on seniority.

Anurag Gupta has previously served as the Director General of CID and ACB. He has held several significant positions in the Jharkhand police, including SP of Garhwa and Hazaribagh, SSP of Ranchi, and DIG of Bokaro Range.

He has also served as ADG of the Special Branch at the Jharkhand Police Headquarters.

A woman, working as a manager with a leading non-banking finance company attached to its Thrissur branch, is presently reported missing and has been booked for swindling Rs 20 crore.

Police have registered a case and a probe is currently on.

The accused, identified as Dhanya Mohan, has been working with a leading private financial institution for nearly two decades.

After Mohan went missing, it was found that she had been misappropriating funds since 2019.

With intermittent heavy rain continuing to lash the Sahyadri ranges leading to floods and dam water release, the Maharashtra and Karnataka governments are in touch and monitoring the situation closely.

Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also handles the Water Resources department, said the state is in constant touch with Karnataka over the unfolding developments, which have created tricky situations in the past.

“The Government of Maharashtra is in constant touch with the Government of Karnataka. Constant communication is being maintained with the Additional Secretary of Karnataka and the Chief Engineer of the Almatti Dam. A maintained water level (FRL) of 517.5 meters has been asked and accepted by the Government of Karnataka,” Fadnavis said in a social media post.

At least three persons, including a Nepali, were killed in Pune city and another three were trapped in their posh villas after a hill slide in Lavasa city in rain-related havoc here, the Pune Disaster Control said.

In the first incident, three mobile snack stall owners were electrocuted when they attempted to shift their handcart to safety from the flood waters near the Z bridge around 3 a.m.

They were rushed to a nearby hospital but succumbed during treatment, and are identified as a Nepali youth Shiva Jidbahadur Pariyar, 18, Akash V. Mane, 21, and Abhishek A. Ghanekar, 25, said the officials.

In the second disaster, a hill slide triggered by heavy rain in Lavasa city in Mulshi buried at least three villas, trapping around three persons this morning. An NDRF team has been rushed to the spot to carry out rescue operations, and the identity of the victims is not yet available.