ਸੋਮਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਹੈਦਰਾਬਾਦ ਨੇੜੇ ਪਸ਼ਮੈਲਾਰਾਮ ਵਿਖੇ ਇੱਕ ਉਦਯੋਗਿਕ ਯੂਨਿਟ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਵੱਡੇ ਰਿਐਕਟਰ ਧਮਾਕੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਛੇ ਮਜ਼ਦੂਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਮਾਰੇ ਜਾਣ ਅਤੇ 20 ਹੋਰ ਜ਼ਖਮੀ ਹੋਣ ਦਾ ਖਦਸ਼ਾ ਹੈ।

ਇਹ ਘਟਨਾ ਸੰਗਰੇਡੀ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ ਦੇ ਉਦਯੋਗਿਕ ਖੇਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਕੈਮੀਕਲ ਫੈਕਟਰੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਵੇਰੇ 9 ਵਜੇ ਦੇ ਕਰੀਬ ਵਾਪਰੀ।

ਧਮਾਕੇ ਨਾਲ ਇੱਕ ਵੱਡੀ ਅੱਗ ਲੱਗ ਗਈ, ਜਿਸਨੇ ਸਿਗਾਚੀ ਕੈਮੀਕਲਜ਼ ਦੇ ਅਹਾਤੇ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੀ ਲਪੇਟ ਵਿੱਚ ਲੈ ਲਿਆ। ਅੱਗ ਬੁਝਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਫਾਇਰਫਾਈਟਰ ਮੌਕੇ 'ਤੇ ਪਹੁੰਚ ਗਏ। ਅੱਗ 'ਤੇ ਕਾਬੂ ਪਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਗਿਆਰਾਂ ਫਾਇਰ ਇੰਜਣਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸੇਵਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਲਗਾਇਆ ਗਿਆ।

Six workers were feared killed and 20 others injured in a massive reactor blast at an industrial unit at Pashamailaram near Hyderabad on Monday.

The incident occurred at a chemical factory in the industrial area in Sangareddy district around 9 a.m.

The explosion triggered a huge fire, which engulfed the premises of Sigachi Chemicals. Firefighters rushed to the spot to douse the fire. Eleven fire engines were pressed into service to control the fire.

Police, fire services and other personnel launched rescue and relief operations. Ambulances were also seen at the spot to shift the injured to hospitals.

Three children from the same family drowned in a tragic incident in the Utavali village, located under the Pipat police station limits of Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh.

The siblings -- identified as 12-year-old Hari Yadav, 10-year-old Sunita Yadav, and 7-year-old Bhanu Pratap Yadav -- had gone to bathe in the Ghuvau pond on Sunday when the accident occurred.

Bijawar Sub-Divisional Police Officer Ajay Kumar Rithoriya confirmed the details and stated that the bodies have been sent for post-mortem.

An investigation is underway to determine the exact circumstances of the drowning. According to the official, all three children were siblings from a family. They went to take a bath during the rain in a pond. One of the children began to struggle in the water, prompting the other two to attempt a rescue.

In a major boost to connectivity in the Northeast, the construction of the much-awaited Bairabi-Sairang railway line in Mizoram has been completed. The 51.38 km-long railway line will soon be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Vinod Kumar, Chief Engineer of the project, said, “This has been one of the most challenging projects undertaken by Indian Railways. Every segment of this line posed unique difficulties. Due to heavy rainfall in the region, the working season is limited to just four months a year.”

The Bairabi-Sairang line connects the Mizoram capital, Aizawl, directly to the Indian railway network. Previously, the railway line extended only up to Bairabi, and further travel to Aizawl was only possible via road, a route often affected by landslides and weather disruptions.

In a tragic road accident on National Highway 75 near the Kunigal bypass in Karnataka's Tumakuru district, four members of the same family lost their lives after the car they were travelling in was hit by a speeding canter truck.

The deceased have been identified as residents of Mattikere village in Magadi taluk -- Seebe Gowda, his wife Shobha, and their children Dumbishree and Bhanukiran Gowda.

The accident occurred while the family was on their way to drop their son off at his school hostel. Seebe Gowda, who lived with his family in Magadi town, had come to Kunigal to drop off his son Bhanukiran Gowda, a Class 8 student at Valley School near Bidanagere on the outskirts of Kunigal.

The family had returned to Magadi on Sunday for the holiday and were travelling together after dinner to drop the boy back at the hostel. As they reached the Kunigal bypass, a speeding canter truck coming from the wrong side on a one-way road rammed into their car.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has found incriminating documents related to money laundering activities and seized Rs 1.37 crore in cash from the premises of the private engineering colleges after raids at 17 locations in Karnataka in connection with the seat blocking scam, an official said on Saturday.

“The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, has conducted search operations at 17 locations related to the Seat Blocking Scam in private engineering colleges in Bengaluru on June 25 and June 26 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act( PMLA), 2002,” the ED said in a statement.

The decomposed body of a Kerala man, who went missing around 15 months ago, was recovered on Saturday from a forest area of Tamil Nadu bordering the Wayanad district after a combined search conducted by the Kerala and Tamil Nadu Police.

53-year-old Hemachandran went missing reportedly in March last year. On April 1, his wife registered a missing complaint with the Medical College Kozhikode police station.

It has surfaced that Hemachandran left his home on March 20 following a call that he received from a woman.

The Enforcement Directorate has attached immovable property worth Rs 15.78 crore in Jammu and Kashmir’s Patnitop hill station linked to a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) 2002, an official said on Saturday.

“Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Jammu Sub Zonal Office has provisionally attached several immovable properties worth Rs 15.78 crore (approx.) on June 27, 2025, in the case of Patni Top Development Authority (PDA) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The provisionally attached properties comprise land, building and income generated from the running of Hotel Pine Heritage, Hotel Dream Land and Hotel Shahi Santoor, all located in Patnitop,” the ED said in a statement issued on Saturday.

Assam Police on Saturday arrested one person on the charges of working as a linkman to the banned outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent), officials said.

The arrested person has been identified as Shibanan Saikia.

Saikia was arrested by police from a tea factory in the Charaideo district.

Two persons were killed on Saturday when a truck skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district.

Officials said that the truck was en route to Srinagar from Jammu when the driver lost control over the wheel and the vehicle rolled down into a deep gorge in the Nachinala area.

"Both the truck driver and the helper of the vehicle died on the spot. Their bodies have been shifted to the Sub-district hospital Banihal for medico-legal formalities. The driver has been identified as Raju of Udhampur. The police are investigating the cause of the incident," officials said.