Two local policemen, including an officer, were injured on Thursday in the ongoing gunfight between holed up terrorists and the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.

Officials said that two policemen, including an officer and a jawan of the Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police, were injured in initial firing exchanges between the hiding terrorists and the security forces in the Juthana area of Kathua district.

The officials said both policemen have been shifted to the hospital and their condition has been described as stable.

There are reports of one terrorist killed in this gunfight, but there is still no official confirmation of this.

After massive searches during the last four days, firing exchanges had started again on Thursday morning between the joint forces and the terrorists in Kathua district.

After massive searches during the last four days, firing exchanges started again on Thursday between the joint forces and the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district.

Officials said, “Contact has been re-established with militants in the forest area of Sufain under Police Station Rajbagh in Kathua. Security forces launched a search operation in the area during the early hours. According to initial reports, firing is still ongoing.”

Massive searches, initially started in the Sanyal village of Hiranagar Tehsil, were spread to other adjoining areas as the terrorists had not responded to any speculative firing by the security forces after the initial exchange of gunfire on Sunday.

A local woman informed the police on Tuesday that two men in Army uniform asked her for water while they were having food in the area.

Two persons feared killed and some others trapped when a six-storey under-construction building collapsed in Telangana's Bhadrachalam town on Wednesday.

Police rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation along with other departments.

The incident occurred in the Super Bazar centre area of the temple town in Bhadradri Kothagudem district in the afternoon.

It was immediately not clear as to how many people might be trapped under the rubble. Area residents believe that about six people may be trapped inside.

Police, fire services, revenue and panchayat raj departments were participating in the rescue operation. Officials were mobilising cranes and other heavy machinery to remove the debris.

The search operation to trace terrorists hiding in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district entered its fourth day on Wednesday, with the villagers also joining hands with the security forces.

A local woman informed the police on Tuesday that two men in army uniform asked her for water while they were having food in the area. This prompted the area to be cordoned off.

Security has been tightened along the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway in the Samba-Kathua section, with increased vigilance on border roads, officials said.

The search operation is underway in multiple areas from Sanyal to Ding Amb and beyond, covering several kilometers.

The operation involving the Army, NSG, BSF, police, Special Operation Group, and CRPF armed with technical and surveillance equipment, is supported by helicopter, UAVs, drones, bulletproof vehicles, and sniffer dogs.

Three people were killed and two others injured when a dumper collided head-on with a car returning from Jodhpur.

The incident occurred late Tuesday night near Chaba village in the Shergarh police station area.

ASI Raghunath Singh Champawat said the deceased were identified as Ganesh Ram (32), a government teacher, his wife Mamta, and Ajay Kumar (35), a Lower Division Clerk.

The injured include Ganesh and Mamta's one-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Mansi, and another government teacher, Girdhariram.

Ganesh Ram, who was unwell, had traveled to Jodhpur for medical consultation at Rajmathai. After finishing their visit, the group left Jodhpur at 7 p.m. for their home.

In a swift and coordinated operation, a special team of the Greater Chennai Police arrested two interstate robbers at the airport on Tuesday, as they attempted to flee to North India after allegedly committing a string of chain-snatching crimes across the city and its suburbs.

The suspects, identified as Suraj (28) and Jafer (26) from Uttar Pradesh, are accused of targeting women in upscale areas including Adyar, Neelankarai, and along East Coast Road.

Using a stolen two-wheeler, the duo is believed to have executed over eight robberies within just two days. The arrests followed an uptick in chain-snatching incidents, which led the police to form a special investigation team.

The breakthrough came when investigators traced a mobile number linked to one of the suspects, leading them to the Chennai International Airport through tower location tracking.

More than a month after a portion of the roof of a tunnel collapsed in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district trapping eight persons, rescue workers recovered a second body on Tuesday.

The body was brought out of the partially-collapsed Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in the afternoon and was shifted to a government hospital at Nagarkurnool. It was identified as that of project engineer Manoj Kumar of Uttar Pradesh.

The body would be handed over to the family of the deceased after the autopsy. Nagarkurnool district Collector Badavath Santosh said the state government would pay Rs 25 lakh to the family of the deceased.

This was the second body recovered from the tunnel since the accident that occurred on February 22.

The body of Gurpreet Singh, a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) operator from Punjab was recovered on March 9.

In another blow to Maoist insurgents in Chhattisgarh, security forces have neutralised three Naxalites in a fierce gunfight near the Dantewada-Bijapur border.

The encounter, which reportedly took place along the banks of the Indravati River, marks another significant success in the ongoing battle against extremism in the region.

Gaurav Rai, Superintendent of Police, Dantewada district confirmed the development and told, “Three Naxalites were killed early Tuesday morning, and their bodies have been recovered.”

He added that the forces have established a commanding presence in the area, with operations continuing to ensure complete control.

With summer setting in, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai has forecast a gradual rise in day temperatures across many parts of Tamil Nadu, starting Tuesday.

Dry weather is expected to dominate the state, except for districts along the Western Ghats, which may receive light to moderate rainfall until Wednesday.

According to the Regional Meteorological Centre, a north-south trough and wind discontinuity may bring isolated rain to these regions.

However, dry weather is expected to return fully by March 27. The RMC has warned that day temperatures could increase by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius in some areas over the next four days.

Interior districts, in particular, are likely to experience hotter conditions as the influence of minor weather systems fades and dry conditions intensify.

Light to moderate easterly and northeasterly winds in the lower troposphere are resulting in the temperature rise.

The police have registered a case against four accused in various sections of the BNS (Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita) in the case of the recent attack on a police team in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh. All of them have been arrested.

The incident occurred late Saturday night when a group of miscreants attacked a police team, led by Sub-Inspector Ramnaryan Dhruve, that had been dispatched to Kheri village in the Ichhawar area to quell an escalating tension.

“Police have arrested all the four accused, and the sub-inspector Ramnarayan Dhruve is under treatment but out of danger,” district collector, Balaguru K. told.

Sehore is 40 km away from Bhopal. The arrested individuals have been identified as Gajraj, son of Lalji Ram Jangde; Rajaram; Vishal, son of Gajraj Jangde; and Rahul, son of Hemraj Jangade. All four hail from Gerukhal Junapani village, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Ichhawar Police Station.