Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat on Saturday chaired a joint meeting with officers from Police, CRPF, ITBP, Traffic Police, Railways, and various security and intelligence agencies at Srinagar’s Police Control Room to review the overall security arrangements for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra-2025.

Officials said that at the beginning of the meeting, the zonal IGsP briefed the chair on the proposed security arrangements for the conduct of Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra-2025.

“The officers of CAPF and other SFs also briefed the chair, gave their feedback and emphasized the significance of effective coordination among the various forces. During the meeting, DGP J&K issued directions for implementing the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and also emphasized the importance of proactive measures in mitigating risks and ensuring the safety and security of the yatris.

“He also directed the field officers to intensify their efforts to dismantle the terror ecosystem. The DGP instructed the officers to bolster security measures and mitigate potential risks by deploying Anti-Sabotage teams along the yatra routes," an official said.

The long wait is over. Kerala has officially welcomed the South West Monsoon, marking the onset of the country’s crucial four-month rainy season.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) confirmed the onset of monsoon on Saturday, noting that the seasonal rains have arrived earlier than the normal onset date of June 1.

Interestingly, this is the first time since 2009 that the monsoon has arrived as early as May 24.

Last week, the IMD had forecast the likely onset date to be May 27, with a margin of error of plus or minus four days -- a prediction that has turned out to be spot-on.

The onset of the monsoon over Kerala signals the beginning of its northward advance, gradually covering the rest of the country through June and typically reaching the farthest corners by mid-July.

Three people lost their lives and 17 others were injured after a sleeper bus overturned near the Bhava bus stand in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district.

The bus, belonging to a private travel company, was en route from Ahmedabad to Bhilwara when the incident occurred.

According to Hansaram, CI of Kankroli Police Station, the preliminary investigation suggests that the driver dozed off at the wheel, after which the vehicle overturned.

The driver reportedly fled the scene after the accident.

The deceased have been identified as Akhilesh (25), resident of Chayanpur, Motihari (Bihar), Geeta Ahir (30), resident of Suravas Potla, Bhilwara and Asif Mohammed (27), resident of Pur, Bhilwara.

Three persons lost their lives in a tragic road accident near Sisai village on the Siwan-Patna Road under Goriyakothi police station area in Bihar’s Siwan district on Saturday.

According to Geetanjali Kumari, Additional SHO of Goriyakothi police station, the accident took place around 5 a.m., when the deceased's car was hit by an unidentified vehicle, suspected to be a truck.

“We received the information early morning and reached the spot immediately. The car was completely mangled, and the three occupants were found dead inside,” Kumari told.

The deceased have been identified as Ahsan-ul-Haq, Azad Alam and Abrar Ali, all three are residents of Siwan district.

In the wake of a deadly rockslide at a stone quarry in Sivaganga that claimed six lives, the Tamil Nadu Department of Geology and Mining has issued a statewide directive to inspect stone quarries and tighten safety protocols.

According to the order, deputy and assistant directors in each district must conduct safety inspections in at least 10 quarries every month and submit detailed reports to the Commissionerate.

District Collectors and Zonal Joint Directors of mining have also been directed to supervise inspection efforts and ensure strict enforcement of regulations.

The initiative is aimed at addressing growing concerns over safety violations and illegal operations in the state’s stone quarrying sector.

Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s aide Rahul Sarkar was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), successfully busting the gang’s fake passport module that helped the killer of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala flee the country in 2022, an official said on Friday.

Sarkar was presented at a Special Court which remanded him to NIA custody for questioning, said the official.

The NIA has found that the accused had been helping the gang members by arranging forged passports, facilitating them to flee the country after committing crimes.

In a tragic incident, Lieutenant Shashank Tiwari of the Indian Army’s Sikkim Scouts regiment lost his life while saving a fellow soldier during an operational task in North Sikkim on Thursday, officials said on Friday.

The fellow soldier is an Agniveer who was a part of Lieutenant Shashank Tiwari’s team.

The 23-year-old officer was commissioned less than six months ago on December 14, 2024.

The body of a man, a history-sheeter facing 23 cases, was found dead at a culvert in a nearby village, Bilkisganj, 25 km from Bhopal, police said on Friday.

The deceased has been identified as Lalu Arjun Yadav.

Confirming the report of murder, police said the accused lured Yadav to a meeting before killing him.

Influenced by the Lon Varratu (Come Back Home) campaign being conducted in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, nine Maoists, including four individuals with rewards on their heads, have surrendered, an official said on Friday.

The surrendered Maoists include Anita Potam, a member of the Dandakaranya Communication Team; Biju Ram Telam from Kamalur, a member of the Line of Sight (LOS) unit; and Badru, also known as Gorga Kadti, the President of the Toynar Revolutionary People's Committee (RPC) Jantana Sarkar.

The Chhattisgarh government had placed a bounty of Rs 1 lakh on each of them.

Six persons were killed in a head-on collision between a car and truck in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district on Friday, the police said.

The accident occurred at Thaticherla Motu in Komarolu mandal at around 1.40 p.m.

Six persons travelling in an Innova car died on the spot while two children were injured. The deceased include two women.

The deceased hailed from Stuartpuram in Bapata district. The accident occurred when they were returning home after darshan at Mahanandi temple in Nandyal district.

The collision was captured on CCTV. The SUV was seen moving at a high speed and ramming into the truck from opposite direction.