In a series of joint operations in Manipur, the Army and other central and state security forces have arrested four hardcore extremists of different outfits and recovered 62 different types of arms, a large cache of ammunition and other war-like stores from eight districts, officials said on Tuesday.

The West Bengal Police told on Tuesday that the officers of its Special Task Force (STF) have arrested two men of being suspected for having links with Pakistan's ISI and both accused have been remanded to seven days of police custody by a lower court in Kolkata, officials said.

Confirming the development on Tuesday afternoon, a state police official said that they were arrested from the East Burdwan district early Sunday morning and thereafter produced at the city court on Monday silently

In a tragic incident, a woman lost her life after the wall of a "dhaba" (eatery) collapsed at the Bageshwar Dham premises in Garha village of Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district in the night between Monday and Tuesday, officials said.

The victim, identified as Anita Devi Kharwar (40), wife of Raju and a resident of Adalhat village in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh, died on the spot after being buried under the debris.

She was visiting the Bageshwar Dham with her family to celebrate Guru Purnima, scheduled for July 10.

A Special CBI Court in Patna on Tuesday sentenced a former quality control manager of the Food Corporation of India to 18 months' Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) and a fine of Rs 25,000 in a bribery case.

Liyaqat Ali, the then Manager (Quality Control), Food Corporation of India, Buxar, was held guilty under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act for demanding Rs 7,200 bribe for releasing a payment of Rs 4.49 lakh to a group of rice suppliers.

Bihar Police on Tuesday claimed to have cracked the murder case of high-profile businessman Gopal Khemka, revealing that a property dispute was the primary reason behind his brutal killing outside his home.

Police have arrested two key accused in Khemka’s murder case – the shooter, Umesh Yadav and the conspirator Ashok Sahu. Early this morning, Vikas, an associate of the shooter Umesh, was killed in an encounter with Bihar Police in the Malsalami area.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a key operative of a cybercrime syndicate from Noida for running a tech support scam targeting citizens of the UK and Australia.

Nishant Walia, partner of the company FirstIdea, was arrested on Monday as part of the federal probe agency’s ongoing Operation Chakra-V directed at transnational cyber criminals.

Walia was produced in a Special CBI court on Tuesday, where the CBI sought his custody for interrogation.

An IndiGo flight from Indore to Raipur became an unsettling experience for 51 passengers on Tuesday when it developed a technical fault and made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff.

The aircraft, typically scheduled to depart at 6:35 a.m., left seven minutes early at 6:28 a.m. from Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport.

Around 30 minutes into the journey, approximately 100 kilometres away from the Indore airport, the aircraft reportedly experienced a sudden jolt, causing panic among passengers.

Tension prevailed in the Malsalami area of Bihar’s Patna after the encounter of Vikas Kumar alias Raja, an alleged “arms dealer”, with his family, alleging foul play by the Bihar STF and SIT teams.

As news of the encounter reached his home, Vikas’s family members rushed to the spot, creating a scene and accusing the police of killing an innocent person.

His mother claimed that although there were two to four cases against Vikas, he was working in Chennai and had returned home recently.

In an extraordinary display of endurance and discipline, 30-year-old Sandeep from Gujarat has set a world record by performing 20,000 Surya Namaskars in 37 consecutive hours in Motera, Gujarat.

The remarkable feat earned him recognition in international record books, including the USA and London Book of Records, and a congratulatory call from the office of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Sandeep began his yoga journey at the age of 10, the same year he lost his mother. Since then, he has dedicated his life to the ancient practice, inspired deeply by Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev.

Bomb threats at City Civil Courts, Raj Bhavan, and a couple of other places in Hyderabad created a scare on Tuesday, prompting police to launch a thorough search of the premises.

Police went on alert after an email threatened bomb blasts at the City Civil Court in the old city, the Raj Bhavan, the Gymkhana Club, and the Secunderabad Civil Court.

The email reportedly received at the City Civil Court in the old city threatened that RDX-based improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were planted at these places.

Police swung into action to launch a search at all four places with the help of bomb disposal and sniffer dog squads.