The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) forecast heavy rainfall across multiple districts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.

According to the RMC, Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, and Thoothukudi are expected to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall today.

Additionally, districts such as Virudhunagar, Sivaganga, Mayiladuthurai, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Pudukkottai, and Ramanathapuram are also likely to experience significant rainfall.

In response to the forecast, district officials have urged residents to remain cautious.

A warning has also been issued for fishermen in Kanyakumari, advising them to avoid venturing into the sea.

Three people lost their lives when a fire broke out in a slum in Delhi's Anand Vihar during the early hours of Tuesday, police said.

The incident occurred around 2 am at a slum on a DDA plot near Manglam Road in Anand Vihar, where four labourers employed by the IGL company resided, according to a police statement.

The fire engulfed the entire tent, reducing it to ashes. Forensic teams are currently examining the scene to determine the exact cause of the blaze.

Among the four occupants, only one labourer, Nitin Singh, managed to escape. He initially believed his companions had fled as well. Tragically, the other three -- Jaggi, Shyam Singh, and Kanta Prasad -- were unable to get out in time and lost their lives.

The Border Security Force (BSF) has arrested an 18-year-old Pakistani youth who illegally crossed into India on foot through the sensitive border region of Kutch.

A search of his belongings led to the recovery of a Rs 50 Pakistani currency note, a mobile phone, and a matchbox.

Acting on intelligence about a suspicious individual in the Khawda Rann area of western Kutch, local police detained the youth near a BSF post.

The individual was identified as Love Sarup Deva Bhil, a resident of Dermo village in Diplo taluka, Mithi district, Tharparkar, Pakistan

The security forces after the expiry of the 15-day deadline to surrender looted and illegally-held arms and ammunition, further stepped up their search operations in 10 of the 16 Manipur districts and recovered 114 weapons, IEDs, grenades, various ammunition and other war-like stores, officials said here on Saturday.

A Defence spokesman said that in a series of joint operations during the past 24 hours, Army, Assam Rifles, various Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and Manipur Police recovered 114 weapons, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), grenades, various ammunition and other war-like stores.

The joint operations were conducted in the hill and valley districts -- Bishnupur, Senapati, Thoubal, Jiribam, Chandel, Churachandpur, Kangpokpi, Imphal East, Imphal West and Kakching.

The security forces also destroyed several bunkers in Kangpokpi and Tengnoupal districts.

A man was charred to death when the car in which he was traveling hit a tree early on Friday morning, near Dinera-Puni road village at Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh, an official said.

The car, carrying a group of individuals from Durg, Chhattisgarh, crashed into a tree and subsequently gutted in fire near Murmari village, under the jurisdiction of Rampayali police station in Balaghat district.

The impact and ensuing blaze resulted in the tragic death of one occupant, Rakesh Srivas, who was unable to escape the burning vehicle. The other passengers, who managed to get out of the car, sustained severe injuries. The group had been returning home after attending a wedding in Katangi, Balaghat.

The Army and police on Friday started a major search operation to trace three civilians who went missing while they were on their way to attend a marriage in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.

Officials said that a massive search operation is underway in the Lohai Malhar area of the Kathua district, where three civilians have gone missing.

“Army and Jammu and the special operations group (SOG) of J&K Police have launched a joint manhunt to locate the missing individuals,” officials said.

The three civilians went missing in the Lohai Malhar area of Kathua after they left home to attend a marriage in the Billawar area. Twenty-four hours after they went missing, there is no clue about their whereabouts with the Jammu and Kashmir Police.

An official of the Jammu and Kashmir’s Sheep and Animal Husbandry Department was arrested by the CBI for demanding a bribe of Rs 5 lakh and accepting Rs 50,000 from a job aspirant for a vacancy advertised in newspapers, an official said on Thursday.

Asif Ahmad Bhat, section officer, demanded the bribe from Gulzar Hussain, a resident of Poonch, who was seeking an appointment as stock assistant in the department.

After Gulzar Hussain’s son lodged a complaint with the CBI, ACB, Jammu, the complaint was verified by the anti-corruption agency and the accused was trapped while he was negotiating the bribe amount, an official said.

A case was registered on Wednesday on allegations that the accused demanded a bribe of Rs 5 lakh for issuing/processing the case of Gulzar Hussain. During negotiations, the accused asked the job seeker to pay Rs 50,000 as an initial bribe amount through online UPI on a mobile number.

An MBBS student was found hanging in his hostel room in Rajasthan's Kota district, police officials said on Thursday.

The deceased was identified as 28-year-old Sunil Bairwa and his body was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his room on Wednesday night, the police said.

A suicide note was recovered in which Sunil expressed his inability to fulfil his parents' dreams and apologised to them.

Following the incident, undergraduate and postgraduate students protested outside the principal's office, raising slogans against the college administration and demanding accountability.

Mahavir Nagar police station ASI Mohanlal said after getting information, police rushed to the hostel and sent the body for post-mortem.

Sunil's father, Kajodmal, shared that his son secured admission to Kota Medical College in 2019-20 after clearing the NEET exam.

The body of a woman with 10 nails hammered into her feet was found in Bihar's Nalanda district on Thursday.

The incident occurred at Bahadurpur village under the jurisdiction of Chandi Police Station in the district on Wednesday evening.

The body was spotted by the local villagers who alerted the police authorities.

Acting on the information, Chandi Police reached the spot, recovered the body and sent it to Biharsharif Sadar Hospital for post-mortem.

Six persons were killed and 30 others injured in two separate road accidents in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday.

Four persons were killed and 20 others injured in a collision between a private bus and a truck in Eluru district.

The accident occurred near Chodimella village in the early hours of the day.

Police said a bus belonging to a private travel operator, on its way to Kakinada from Hyderabad, rammed into a cement-laden truck.

Such was the impact of the collision that the bus rolled over several times. Three passengers died on the spot while 20 others were injured. One of the injured later succumbed at the hospital.