In a tragic incident, five members of a family lost their lives after a car plunged into a river in Devprayag, located in Uttarakhand’s Tehri district, on Saturday, officials said.

The vehicle veered off the road and fell into a deep gorge, resulting in a fatal crash, they added.

According to authorities, six people were travelling in the car at the time of the accident. One woman was miraculously rescued from the wreckage and is currently receiving medical treatment. She is still in shock. The remaining five occupants died on the spot.

The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) launched a rescue operation soon after being alerted. Teams used cranes and other heavy machinery to pull the mangled vehicle out of the river, a process that took several hours due to the difficult terrain.

With heavy loss to Maoists reported in the Indravati dense forest region of Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh, security forces have eliminated three Maoists.

“The bodies of the three in camouflage uniform have been recovered from the area during a joint operation of security forces launched on Saturday morning,” police officials said.

They said that heavy ammunition and explosives have also been recovered from the encounter site, adding that the bodies are being identified.

An official said that the encounter in the area is also going on.

He said that the operation is a part of the ongoing mission to make India Maoist-free by March 2026.

An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale occurred on Saturday with an epicentre in Pakistan, while its tremors were felt in J&K.

Mukhtar Ahmad, Director of MET Department, told IANS that an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale occurred on Saturday at 13:00:55 IST with latitude 33.63 degrees north and Longitude 72.46 degrees east.

“The epicentre of the earthquake was in the Pakistan region. The earthquake occurred 10 km inside Earth’s crust. Mild tremors were also felt in J&K,” he said.

Seismologically, Kashmir Valley is situated in an earthquake-prone region, where earthquakes in the past have wreaked havoc.

A major mishap occurred on Saturday in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district after a bridge near Manglore on National Highway 305 collapsed, causing a sand-laden truck to plunge into the river below.

The incident brought traffic on the route to a complete halt, stranding scores of commuters, including locals and tourists.

The bridge, a key connector between Kullu and the remote regions of Banjar, Ani, and Nirmand, gave way as the truck was crossing it.

Eyewitnesses said a loud cracking sound was heard just moments before a section of the bridge caved in.

The truck, which was heavily loaded with sand, lost balance and fell straight into the gushing river beneath, they said.

A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian Army was killed when alert soldiers foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's (J&K’s) Akhnoor sector, officials said on Saturday.

Officials said that late on Friday evening, terrorists tried to infiltrate into the Indian side of the LoC in Keri-Battal area of Akhnoor sector in Jammu district.

“Alert Army soldiers engaged the terrorists in exchange of gunfire and the infiltration bid was foiled.

“In the exchange of fire with the terrorists, one JCO was critically injured. He was shifted to hospital yesterday. He succumbed to critical injuries today”, officials said.

Kuldeep Chand was a soldier with the 9 Punjab regiment, the Army's Jammu-based White Knight Corps said in a post on X.

Paying tributes to the fallen soldier the Army posted on platform X, “#GOC#WhiteKnightCorps and all ranks salute the supreme sacrifice of #Braveheart Sub Kuldeep Chand of 9 PUNJAB. He laid down his life while gallantly leading a #CounterInfiltration operation along the #LineofControl in the #Keri-#Battal area of #Sunderbani on the night of 11 April 2025. His team’s valour and Sub Kuldeep’s ultimate #sacrifice foiled an #infiltration attempt by #terrorists. We stand in solidarity with the bereaved family in this hour of grief.”

Three terrorists including Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) top commander, Saifullah were killed in a three-day-long anti-terrorist operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Kishtwar district, officials said on Saturday.

“In the Kishtwar encounter, three terrorists including the JeM commander Saifullah were killed. A large quantity of war-like stores, including one AK and one M4 rifle, has been recovered”, officials said.

On Friday one terrorist was killed in this joint operation launched against the terrorists in Kishtwar district.

Officials said on Friday, that one ultra was neutralised in the joint operation by the Army and the security forces that was launched on April 9 in Chatroo area of Kishtwar district.

“The operation was based on specific Intelligence inputs, which led to a firefight with terrorists, resulting in one militant being neutralised.

Rajasthan Police's Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), on Friday, arrested a key aide of the Lawrence Bishnoi and Rohit Godara gang for allegedly aiding gangster activities from Dubai.

According to Additional Director General of Police (Crime) Dinesh MN, the accused, Ilyas Khan (30), son of Hakeem Ali and a resident of Ramgarh in Sikar, was arrested early morning following a tip-off about his presence in the area.

Ilyas had been living in the UAE since 2014 and was currently residing in Dubai.

He previously worked as a storekeeper at the Musadat Police Station (Central Jail) in Sharjah.

Using his police credentials, he allegedly helped gang members by arranging accommodations and hiding spots in Dubai.

At least 50 people were rescued after a massive fire broke out early Friday morning at the Happy Excellencia residential tower located in the upscale Vesu area in Gujarat's Surat.

The intensity of the fire triggered panic and a large-scale emergency response.

The blaze reportedly began around 8.00 a.m. on the eighth floor of the high-rise and quickly spread to the floors above, affecting at least three levels of the multi-storey building.

Videos from the scene showed thick plumes of smoke billowing from the upper floors of the building as emergency teams worked tirelessly to contain the fire and bring residents to safety

The incident prompted an immediate response from the Surat Fire and Emergency Services, which deployed multiple fire tenders to the scene.

A terrorist was killed in a joint operation launched against terrorists in J&K's Kishtwar district on Friday, officials said.

The terrorist was killed in the joint operation by the army and the other security forces launched on April 9 in the Chatroo area of Kishtwar.

"The operation was based on specific intelligence inputs, which led to a firefight with terrorists, resulting in one terrorist neutralised. The search operation, conducted by the Army and police, aimed to flush out terrorists hiding in the dense forests, continues," an official said.

Another operation is going on in the Joffar forest area in the jurisdiction of Ramnagar police station in Udhampur district.

The property of some drug peddlers and terrorists worth Rs 4.67 crore has been attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag and Ganderbal districts, said police on Friday.

The amount has been estimated after action was taken in the last two days.

An official statement said, “Continuing its relentless drive against drug trafficking and in strict adherence to the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, Anantnag Police have attached properties valued at approximately Rs 1.2 crore belonging to drug peddlers in multiple cases across the district. In one significant action carried out under Section 68-F of the NDPS Act, Anantnag Police attached a single-storey residential house along with one kanal of land at Sallar, Anantnag."