Tension gripped Dhanbad's Asanbani village on Friday after police resorted to a lathi charge to disperse protesting villagers opposing the commencement of the Tasra opencast coal project work by the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).

At least 10 villagers, including several women, were injured in the clash. The condition of one woman is reported to be critical.

Incidents of cyber fraud continue to surge in Bihar, posing a significant challenge for the police. In a major breakthrough, Patna Cyber Police Station has busted a gang that defrauded people of crores of rupees in the name of providing personal loans.

According to City SP (West) Bhanu Pratap Singh, the fraudsters lured people through pamphlets and online advertisements, offering personal loans under the name of SBI’s YONO App and other bank schemes.

In a significant development in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, 22 Maoists laid down their arms on Friday, marking another step toward peace in the conflict-ridden Abujhmad region.

They surrendered before senior police officials, including Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Robinson Guria, as part of the state's ongoing anti-Maoists' campaign and rehabilitation initiative.

Collectively, the 22 individuals had rewards totalling 37.50 lakh rupees on their heads. Their decision to return to the mainstream is being seen as a major blow to the Maoists' network in the region, Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Robinson Guria said.

Five people were killed and four others seriously injured when a truck laden with borewell-digging equipment plunged into a 60-foot-deep gorge on Friday in Kawardha district, Chhattisgarh.

According to police, the accident occurred around 5 a.m. near Chata village of Gram Panchayat Agarpani, in the Kukdur police station area, when the truck lost control on a sharp turn. It was loaded with borewell mining materials and heading from Shahdol to Pandaria.

In a key development in the Rs 250 crore bank fraud case against an infrastructure company, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has restored properties – attached as Proceeds of Crime (POC) - valued at Rs 55.85 crore to rightful claimants, an official said on Friday.

The POC were restored to the successful resolution applicant, which took over the management of Era Infra Engineering Limited as part of the resolution process. The company, Hem Singh Bharana (an official) and others were booked for fraud in 2018

Acting against a Himachal Pradesh university and its agents in the Rs 387-crore fake degree scam, the ED provisionally attached seven properties worth Rs 1.74 crore in Delhi, Haryana, UP and Bihar, an official said on Thursday.

The properties belong to accused commission agents, namely, Abhishek Gupta, Himanshu Sharma and Ajay Kumar, involved in the scam surrounding Manav Bharti University (MBU), Solan, with proceeds of crime (POC) adding up to Rs 387 crore.

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached immovable assets worth approximately Rs 1.75 crore in a corruption and money laundering case linked to illegal constructions inside the Corbett National Park.

The action was taken under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, following an FIR registered by the Vigilance Establishment, Dehradun.

A large cache of arms and ammunition was recovered on Thursday by the security forces during a CASO (Cordon & Search Operation) in J&K’s Poonch district.

Officials said that based on specific intelligence inputs, a CASO was started by the security forces in the Khanetar Top area of Poonch district.

Even as Railway services between Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and the rest of the country are yet to be restored and landslide clearance in the Lumding–Badarpur hill section is still underway, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) operated two special trains for the benefit of stranded passengers, officials said.

A day after the Gambhira-Mujpur bridge collapsed in Padra taluka, claiming 15 lives, concerns mounted over the structural safety of other bridges across Gujarat's Vadodara city.

Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has assured the public that most bridges under its jurisdiction have been recently audited and declared structurally sound.

Built in 1985, the ageing Gambhira-Mujpur bridge was frequently used by heavy vehicles bypassing toll routes and had long been flagged by locals for structural concerns. This incident marks the 12th bridge-related failure in Gujarat in the past five years.