A trainee pilot was killed when a small aircraft belonging to a private aviation training institute crashed in a residential area in Gujarat's Amreli district on Tuesday.

The deceased, identified as Aniket Mahajan, was on a solo training flight at the time of the accident.

Eyewitnesses reported that the aircraft suddenly nosedived and crashed into the ground, triggering a loud explosion upon impact. The blast caused panic and fear among residents living nearby, many of whom rushed out of their homes in alarm.

Thick smoke billowed from the wreckage as flames engulfed the crash site. Emergency teams from the fire brigade and local police quickly reached the scene and began rescue operations. Despite their efforts, Mahajan could not be saved.

The West Bengal government’s initial “outsider” theory behind the communal violence in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district has been nullified to a great extent by the identities of the four arrested individuals in connection with the killing of a man and his son on April 12.

It has been revealed that all four arrested individuals were not only residents of Murshidabad district but also used to frequent the village where the slain father and son, Hargobindo Das and Chandan Das, lived.

At the same time, the villagers have also confirmed that three of the four arrested were residents of villages adjacent to the village of the slain father and son.

The state police first arrested two cousins in this connection, namely Kalu Nadab and Dildar Nadab, both residents of a village adjacent to the one where the Das duo used to reside. Villages have confirmed to the investigating officials that both these accused cousins used to frequent the resident village of the Das family to meet their acquaintances there.

At least six people, including a two-year-old child, were killed in a tragic road accident on the Bhopal-Jabalpur highway on Monday.

The incident occurred near ‘Bamhori Dhaba’ under Sultanpur police jurisdiction in Raisen district when a sports utility vehicle (SUV) carrying nine occupants collided with a culvert between 6.30 and 7.00 a.m.

According to the police, six individuals died instantly at the spot, while three others sustained serious injuries and are currently undergoing treatment at the Raisen district hospital.

The victims were reportedly returning from Patna, Bihar, after attending a wedding ceremony of two of the occupants of the vehicle, who received severe injuries.

Bhojpur police have arrested one person in connection with a firing incident that claimed the lives of two people and left four others injured in Laharpa village under Garhani police station late Sunday night, officials said on Monday.

The violence broke out during a wedding celebration after a minor dispute escalated into a scuffle, leading to indiscriminate firing.

According to police, the clash began during the Dwar Pooja ceremony of Kamlesh Kushwaha, whose wedding procession had arrived from Kaup village under Charpokhari police station.

The confrontation reportedly started over a disagreement about the right of way for a Thar SUV, resulting in a deadly altercation.

Eyewitnesses said Rahul Kumar and Lavkush Kumar, who were in the SUV, were shot dead on the spot.

Four others -- Appu Kumar, Pankaj Kumar, Aryan (all from Laharpa), and Akshay Singh from Bhaluni village under Narayanpur -- sustained gunshot wounds.

The Karnataka Police were questioning the wife and daughter of former Karnataka DGP Om Prakash (68) in connection with his brutal murder, police sources confirmed on Monday. The two were detained and brought to the police station from the Observation Centre in a Hoysala patrolling vehicle.

Police sources confirmed that the deceased officer’s wife, Pallavi, had sent a message to the wife of an IPS officer, stating that she had "finished off a monster". The police have also gathered information that Pallavi made a video call after allegedly committing the crime.

Preliminary investigations have revealed that DGP Om Prakash was killed by his wife, Pallavi. However, police suspect that it may not have been possible for one person to commit such a brutal crime alone, and are therefore questioning the daughter as well.

Investigators have found that the accused sent a WhatsApp message to a family group, alleging harassment by Om Prakash. In the message, she claimed he was roaming around the house with a gun and could kill both her and their daughter. She also urged someone to file a police complaint against him.

Vinay Kumar Singh, the national vice president of Karni Sena and Jharkhand state president, was shot dead in Jamshedpur late Sunday night, triggering widespread outrage among his supporters, police officials said on Monday.

Singh, 46, was a resident of Aastha Space Township in Mango, Jamshedpur.

According to his family, he had left home on Sunday afternoon for work related to land dealings but did not return by evening. A search was launched, and around 11 pm, his body was found in a bush off a dirt road, approximately 500 meters from NH-33 (Tata-Ranchi Road).

He had bullet wounds to the head and multiple injuries on his body, police said.

Police reached the spot shortly after receiving information. A scooty, a mobile phone, and a pistol were recovered from the scene.

Family members have alleged that the pistol was planted near his hand to mislead investigators, insisting Singh had no criminal background or links to weapons.

Two persons were killed on Monday morning in a devastating fire at a commercial building complex at Pathuriaghata Street in North Kolkata, West Bengal.

The two deceased persons have been identified as Kishanlal Upadhyay and Sunil Sharma. Both were earning their livelihood as contractual priests. Police were trying to contact their relatives.

It is learned that the fire broke out at the commercial building late Sunday night. Ten fire tenders, after rigorous firefighting, ultimately got control over the raging blaze early Monday morning.

Thereafter, the firemen spotted Upadhyay and Sharma in a state of senselessness in the attic of the commercial building where both used to reside. They were immediately rushed to Calcutta Medical College & Hospital in central Kolkata.

A horrific road accident on Monday in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar district claimed the lives of five people and left two others seriously injured when a high-speed car lost control and rammed into a tree near Bhujauli village under the Nebua Naurangiya police station area.

The victims were returning from a wedding ceremony in the Maruti Brezza when the tragedy struck.

The impact was so severe that the vehicle was completely mangled, with its parts scattered across the crash site. According to eyewitnesses, the car was speeding when the driver lost control, leading to the devastating collision.

Five of the passengers died on the spot, while two others sustained critical injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital with the help of residents.

Police officials reached the site soon after the accident. Locals also reached the spot and tried to lend a hand. During the initial investigation, Aadhaar cards recovered from the deceased helped identify one of the victims as a resident of Maharashtra, indicating that the passengers may have come from different states to attend the wedding.

Two sanitation workers, including a minor, died of suffocation in a tragic incident on Saturday in Khedli town of Alwar district in Rajasthan, due to suffocation while cleaning a sewer line at a paper mill located in Navkar Vatika.

An official identified the deceased as Lacchi (50), son of Mangtu, and Hemraj (13) alias Akash, son of Sagar Valmiki.

He said that both entered the sewer line for cleaning, adding that when Lacchi failed to return for a long time, Hemraj went down to check on him and also fell unconscious.

“Both were later pulled out and rushed to the district hospital, where doctors declared them dead,” he said.

Two persons, including a woman, were killed in a road accident at National Highway 27 (NH-27) on Kanti flyover in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district on Saturday.

One person was also injured in this mishap.

The incident, which involved a head-on collision between two bikes, a car, and two heavy trucks, took place around noon.

According to officials, the crash was triggered due to the ongoing construction of an elevated road, which has resulted in one lane being closed, forcing traffic from both directions onto a single, narrow lane.

Residents and local authorities have long voiced concerns about the high risk of accidents under such conditions.