A fake organisation which was “hiring” gullible job seekers for various posts in the Department of Rural Development has been prosecuted and its website blocked, the Parliament was informed on Friday.

Minister of State for Rural Development Kamlesh Paswan, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha, said that the Department recently came across a fake organisation of “National Rural Development and Recreation Mission (NRDRM)” impersonating as a government agency.

The fake organisation, through its website, had called applications from candidates for recruitment to various posts by using content like that on the official website of the Department, said the MoS.

Taking cognizance of the matter, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs was requested to take down the fraudulent websites of NRDRM. The I4C removed all the related websites of the NRDRM from the Internet.

In a major operation against Naxalites, the Gaya Police, in coordination with Bihar’s Special Task Force (STF), arrested seven Naxal operatives since March 30, recovering a huge cache of arms and ammunition from their possession, some of which were previously looted from police teams.

Gaya SSP Anand Kumar stated that the crackdown is part of a continuous drive to dismantle Naxal networks in the district.

On April 3, the district police received Intelligence about Naxal activities in Gangti Bazar under the jurisdiction of the Imamganj police station area.

Accordingly, a special team, led by City SP Gaya, and comprising Bihar STF and district police, was dispatched to raid the location

The fragile peace in the Gadra village of Madhya Pradesh's Mauganj district suffered a new blow when three bodies were discovered in a house on Friday, deepening the turmoil already burdening local police authorities.

The grim discovery came to light after neighbours reported a foul odour emanating from the residence of one Auseri Saket. Upon their arrival, police entered the premises and found the bodies hanging.

Auseri Saket had been living alone with his two children following the demise of his wife. Authorities believe the bodies to be of Auseri and his children.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Ankita Sulya stated, “Three bodies have been recovered from Auseri Saket’s residence. While we suspect their identities, confirmation is still pending.”

She added that Saket's daughter had been reported missing before the incident.

Three persons have been arrested for their involvement in a broad daylight robbery at a jewellery shop in the Greater Kailash area of Jammu city in February this year, police said on Friday.

The three arrested persons, including a lawyer, revealed during questioning that they were inspired by a gold heist in Delhi's Samaypur Badli in 2023, the police said.

"The arrested persons include the mastermind, lawyer, Rahul Sharma of Lower Kana, Bishnah. The other two accused were identified as Sunil Sharma, 26 and Tushar Kumar, 22, who carried out the robbery," they said.

"Police have successfully solved the sensational Greater Kailash jewellery shop robbery case, bringing the culprits to justice. Three persons, including a lawyer, have been arrested," SSP Jammu, Joginder Singh told reporters.

The final rites of two children aged 5 and 8, who lost their lives in a firecracker factory in Banaskantha district of Gujarat, were performed on Thursday at Nemawar ghat on the Narmada river in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh.

Two other victims -- aged 11 and 12 -- were among those who lost their lives in a blast that occurred in a firecracker factory in Deesa, Banaskantha.

Government officials have said two persons who lost their lives are yet to be identified through DNA test.

All the victims were residents of Harda and Dewas districts in Madhya Pradesh.

A collision between two buses occurred on Thursday on the Tikamgarh-Sagar road near the Baragaon police station area in Tikamgarh district, leaving ten individuals injured.

The incident, which took place just a few meters away from the police station, was reported by officials and has been attributed to poor visibility caused by hazy weather and light drizzling in morning hours.

Kailash Patel, the traffic inspector, Tikamgarh explained that the drivers of both buses were attempting to navigate a blind turn on a table-top road.

During the manoeuver, the rear section of one bus struck the front of the other, causing one of the buses to plunge into a five-foot-deep roadside trench

The Telangana High Court on Thursday extended its order to halt tree felling on 400 acres in Kancha Gachibowli near Hyderabad Central University (HCU) to April 7.

The High Court resumed hearing on Public Interest Litigations (PILs) filed by HCU students and Vata Foundation.

Appearing on behalf of the state government, Advocate General Sudershan Reddy sought time to file a counter to the PILs.

In a tragic incident, four people were killed on the spot after their car was hit by a luxury Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation bus, Airavat, on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway here on Thursday.

The accident occurred at the highway exit near Tubinakere village, close to Mandya city.

The deceased were identified as 51-year-old Satyananda Raje Urs, his wife, 45-year-old Nischita, 62-year-old Chandru, and Chandru's wife, 50-year-old Suvedini Rani.

According to police, the accident took place when the car driver, while traveling on the expressway and attempting to exit onto the service road, suddenly re-entered the highway, failing to notice the speeding bus approaching from behind.

One person was killed while three others were injured when a speeding car lost control and rammed into a group of pedestrians in Chennai's Teynampet area on Thursday.

The deceased was identified as Babu, a resident of Nandanam.

Three others sustained severe injuries and are currently undergoing treatment.

Abis Ahmed, who was driving the car, has been arrested.

After eight people died in a blast at an illegal firecracker factory at Patharpratima in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, the role of the local panchayat has come under the scanner of investigating officials.

The blast took place on Monday night. District administration sources said that it had been revealed that the Banik family, at whose residence the illegal firecracker was being run, had secured an ordinary trade license from the local panchayat, which did not come with the permission to run a firecracker manufacturing unit.

Now, questions are being raised about how even that ordinary trade license was granted by the local panchayat, especially in the backdrop of criminal antecedents of one of the two arrested accused in connection with the blast, Chandrakanta Banik.