In an intelligence-led operation Punjab Police have busted a cross-border smuggling module with the arrest of two brothers in Amritsar and recovered one improvised explosive device (IED) and two mobile phones from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Wednesday.

Those arrested have been identified as Akashdeep Singh, alias Akash, and Yuvraj Singh, both residents of Ranike village in Amritsar.

Apart from recovering improvised explosive device and mobile phones, the police teams have also impounded their motorcycle, which they were using to commit crime. DGP Yadav said that preliminary investigation has indicated that the duo were in contact with a Pakistan-based handler, highlighting strong cross-border links behind the conspiracy.

Further investigation is ongoing to establish forward and backward linkages in this case, he said.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested Ramesh Chandra Bairagi, General Manager of Tilam Sangh Kota, after he was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000.

The action was carried out by the ACB Outpost Baran unit following directions from the ACB headquarters.

According to ACB Director General Govind Gupta, the complainant had approached the bureau alleging that Bairagi had demanded a total bribe of Rs 1,45,000. This included Rs 1,00,000 for allotting land for a support price procurement centre in Palaitha, Baran district, and an additional Rs 45,000 at the rate of Rs 1 per 'katta' for 45,000 katta of wheat procured last year.

In a sweeping 24-hour crackdown ahead of the upcoming MCD bye-elections, Delhi Police carried out massive coordinated raids across the city under Operation Kavach-11.0, targeting narco-offenders, bootleggers and organised criminals, the Delhi Police said on Wednesday.

The drive conducted between 6 pm on November 24 and 6 pm on November 25 -- saw simultaneous raids at 1,566 locations across all 15 districts, with participation from district units, the Crime Branch and Special Cell.

As part of the operation, 80 drug peddlers were arrested in 76 NDPS cases, leading to the “recovery of 282.71 grams of heroin, 19.235 kg of ganja, 2.147 kg opium, 2.034 kg charas, 4,704 Tramadol capsules, and Rs 1,02,660 cash,” the police said in its press note.

According to Delhi Police, the action forms part of the police’s intensified efforts under the Centre’s “Zero Tolerance” policy against narcotics.

J&K police in Udhampur district on Wednesday seized property worth Rs 70 lakh belonging to a drug peddler during its continuing operation against drug smugglers and drug peddlers.

A police statement said today, "Tightening its grip on narcotics syndicates, Udhampur Police has attached a residential house tied to drug trafficker Tariq Hussain, marking another major action under the NDPS Act this year."

During the investigation of a case registered at Police Station Rehambal under the NDPS Act, it was found that Tariq Hussain, resident of Chak, District Udhampur, a notorious drug peddler, is linked to an immovable property- a residential house constructed on land Khasra No. 1624/1625 at Chak, Udhampur.

In a major success, 41 armed Maoist cadres, including 12 women, surrendered before senior police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Wednesday.

The group, which carried a combined reward of Rs 1,19,00,000 on their heads, decided to abandon violence and return to the mainstream.

The surrendered cadres belonged to some of the most sensitive formations of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), including five members of PLGA Battalion No 1, three area committee members, 11 platoon and area committee party members, several militia commanders and members, and office-bearers of front organisations such as DAKMS and KAMS.

Cold wave tightened its grip over the Valley on Wednesday as Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city witnessed this season's coldest night so far at minus 3.9 degrees Celsius.

Meteorological Department officials said the weather is likely to remain dry till December 10, and the minimum temperature is expected to drop further during this period.

"At minus 3.9 degrees Celsius today, Srinagar city recorded the coldest night of this season so far. Gulmarg had zero and Pahalgam minus 4.6 as the minimum temperature today," Meteorological Department officials said.

At least five people were killed on the spot and two others seriously injured in a head-on collision between an auto-rickshaw and a truck in Bihar's Sheikhpura district on Tuesday.

The accident occurred near Maninda village on the Sheikhpura–Sikandra Road, part of National Highway 33A.

Baliram Kumar Choudhary, SP of Sheikhpura district, confirmed the accident and said the bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination at the Sadar Hospital, where the process was underway.

Two people were killed and 31 others injured in a road accident on the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan's Alwar district on Tuesday.

The crash occurred near the Pinan Interchange bridge when a bus travelling from Ahmedabad to Delhi rammed into a stationary truck around 6 a.m.

The impact was so severe that the front portion of the bus was completely embedded in the truck.

The bus had departed from Ahmedabad for Delhi at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday. Upon receiving information, police from the Rajgarh police station rushed to the site.

The designate NIA court has ordered the forfeiture of a residential house in Kakapora area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district holding that the premises was used as a hideout and planning base of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror outfit for the 2019 attack on a CRPF convoy, officials said on Tuesday.

Officials said on Tuesday, “In a decisive strike against terror logistics, the Designated Special Court under the NIA Act, Jammu, has ordered forfeiture of a residential house at Hakripora in Kakpora tehsil of Pulwama district holding that the premises were used as a hideout and planning base by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) operatives, who were behind the February 14, 2019 Pulwama IED attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel.

Six people were injured in a massive fire in an electronics shop in the old city of Hyderabad.

On Monday night, the fire started in the electronics shop on Shahalibanda due to a short circuit, completely gutting it. A CNG cylinder explosion in a car parked in front of the shop further spread the blaze.

Eight fire engines, a skylift fire truck, and a firefighting robot were pressed into service to bring the blaze under control. It took more than two hours for the firefighting personnel to douse the flames.

The fire, which started in an electronics shop, spread to the adjoining warehouse and other shops, resulting in huge property loss.

A layer of pollution continues to blanket Delhi and its neighbouring cities, with air quality remaining firmly in the ‘very poor’ category, raising health concerns among residents.

At 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi was recorded at 435, according to air quality tracker aqi.in.

Particulate matter levels in the capital remain dangerously high. The PM 2.5 concentration stood at 294 μg/m³ at 7 a.m., while PM 10 reached 396 μg/m³. For comparison, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that 24-hour exposure to PM 2.5 should not exceed 15 μg/m³, and PM 10 levels should remain below 45 μg/m³, highlighting the severity of the current pollution crisis.

In a devastating road accident, six passengers were killed and more than 20 others were injured when two buses collided head-on near Duraisamipuram, close to Kadayanaallur in Tenkasi district.

The incident occurred around 11 a.m. and immediately sent shockwaves through the region.

According to police sources, a private KSR bus was travelling towards Tenkasi when it reached Duraisamipuram junction. At the same time, another bus — operated by MR Gopalan Travels and heading from Kovilpatti to Tenkasi — was approaching from the opposite direction. In a split second, both vehicles rammed into each other with immense force, trapping several passengers inside.

A person was burnt alive when fire broke out in a car in Hyderabad early Monday morning.

The accident occurred on Outer Ring Road near Shamirpet on the city outskirts.

According to police, the fire broke out in EcoSport car, which was parked by the roadside.

Police suspect that the man had slept in the car with its AC switched on. He was trapped as the fire spread fast and engulfed the entire car.

After Delhi, rising pollution levels have now spread into Rajasthan, triggering concern across the state as air quality worsens. More than a dozen cities, including the capital Jaipur, recorded poor to severe air quality on Sunday with the Air Quality Index (AQI) crossing the 200 mark in at least 12 major urban centres. Bhiwadi and Kota emerged as the most polluted cities of the day, both crossing the 300 mark, while Jaipur’s Sitapura industrial area touched an alarming 307 AQI, placing it firmly in the severe category.

This marks the third-consecutive day Jaipur has remained enveloped in dense smog as pollutants accumulated near the ground due to cooling temperatures and stagnant winds. Throughout the day, large parts of Jaipur and its outskirts were shrouded in haze, reducing visibility and forcing residents to limit outdoor activities. Environmental experts warn that such persistent smog may trigger a spike in respiratory, cardiac and eye-related ailments, especially among children, the elderly and those already suffering from chronic health issues.

As the minimum temperature dropped further in the Valley, Srinagar city witnessed the coldest night on Monday at minus 3.2 degrees Celsius, with the MET department forecasting further drop in temperature in coming days.

“As the minimum temperature continued to drop further, Srinagar city recorded minus 3.2 degrees celsius today, which is the lowest so far this season.

“Night temperature is likely to drop further in the coming days. Gulmarg had minus 1.9 and Pahalgam minus 4 as the minimum temperature today”, MET department officials said.

Jammu city recorded 10, Katra 9.2, Batote 5.5, Banihal minus 1.2 and Bhaderwah 0.5 as the minimum temperature today.

Delhi Police on Monday arrested a thief who stole jewellery from his own relative’s house. The Bindapur Police Station team of the Dwarka district recovered the stolen gold items following the arrest.

According to a statement released by the Dwarka Police, the team recovered one gold chain with a locket, another gold chain, one pair of gold chains, one pair of gold earrings, two gold rings, and a 20-gram gold biscuit at the instance of the accused.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials conducting raids and search operations at different places in West Bengal and Jharkhand since Friday morning have recovered huge amounts of cash and gold from some of these locations.

Sources aware of the development said that of the 25 locations in West Bengal and Jharkhand where the raids and search operations are being conducted, huge amounts of unaccounted cash and gold had been recovered from three places, all of which are in West Bengal.

However, the ED officials have yet to disclose the exact locations of the three places from where the cash and gold have been recovered.

The religiously significant Anandpur Sahib, founded by the ninth Guru of the Sikh sect, Guru Tegh Bahadur, in 1665 and named it Chak Nanaki after his mother, Mata Nanaki, has been decked up to commemorate the 350th martyrdom day of the founding Guru, a beacon of courage and strength, from November 23 to 25.

One of the most sacred sites in Sikhism, Anandpur Sahib, revered for its historical, cultural, and religious significance, has played a pivotal role in the evolution of Sikh identity and tradition.

The entire city, located on the foothills of the Shivalik range where Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, spent significant time, has been painted white as a mark of reverence for the unique warrior, Hind di Chadar, for inspiring the struggle against unrighteousness and tyranny.

Panic struck the people in various parts of West Bengal as earthquake tremors were felt in different areas of the state, both in North and South, on Friday morning.

The magnitude of the tremor on the Richter scale was recorded at 5.7 in Bangladesh, and the tremors were felt in West Bengal. However, no casualty or damage to property has been reported from anywhere in the state at the time the report was filed.

Tremors could also be felt in different parts of the state capital of Kolkata, both in the northern and southern parts of the city. The districts where the earthquake tremors were felt include Nadia, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, and Murshidabad in South Bengal and Cooch Behar and North Dinajpur in North Bengal.

Delhi Police on Friday arrested a thief wanted in a mobile phone snatching case after sustained technical surveillance and intensive field efforts by the Jama Masjid Police Station team of the Central District. The original Aadhaar card of the complainant was also recovered during the operation.

According to a statement released by the Central District Police, the incident occurred on September 16, when a case of mobile snatching was reported at Jama Masjid Police Station. The complainant, a BSF personnel who had come to Delhi for onward posting, visited the Jama Masjid area. At around 6 pm, while walking near the Service Road at Kabutar Market, he was intercepted by two unknown individuals—one obstructed his path while the other snatched his Vivo V-40E mobile phone, which contained one ATM card.

The Punjabi Sahit Sabha, D.A.V. College, Sector-10, Chandigarh, successfully organized a special lecture dedicated to the 350th Martyrdom Anniversary of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji today, 20 November 2025, at 11:00 AM in the Conference Hall.

Dr. Amrit Pal Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of History, SGGS College, Chandigarh, was invited as the keynote speaker for the event. He presented Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji’s martyrdom within a historical perspective, discussing in detail the religious, social, and political circumstances of the 17th century.

He explained how the attacks on religious freedom during the Mughal rule, the pleas of the Kashmiri Pandits, and the suppression of human rights elevated the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji into a global symbol—an unparalleled sacrifice made for the protection of human rights and religious liberty.

The police in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday attached the property of a drug peddler in the Narwal area of Jammu city under the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

An official statement said that police in the south zone area of Jammu city attached property worth Rs 15 lakh belonging to a drug peddler, Vishal Kumar of Narwal, Jammu.

Three young men died on the spot and four others suffered life-threatening injuries in a horrific head-on collision between their car and a speeding truck in the Bajranggarh police station area of Madhya Pradesh's Guna district on Thursday.

The accident took place around 4 a.m. near Duhai Mandir turn on Aron Road -- a notorious sharp blind curve long labelled an “accident black spot” by locals and authorities.

Sub-Divisional Officer (police) Priyanka Mishra said seven close friends were travelling in a Maruti Suzuki Swift from Aron towards Guna when their car, while negotiating the dangerous curve, rammed head-on into a heavily loaded truck coming from the opposite direction at high speed.

Delhi-NCR's air quality deteriorated sharply on Thursday, as the Air Quality Index (AQI) touched 400, right on the threshold of the 'severe' category, and a thick blanket of toxic smog continued to hang over the region. Several pollution hotspots saw the AQI go over the 400 mark.

According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), stagnant winds and falling temperatures have trapped pollutants close to the surface, worsening air conditions across the national Capital and NCR.

Data from the CPCB-developed Sameer App showed Wazirpur recording the highest AQI at 477, placing it firmly in the 'severe' category. Lodhi Road reported the lowest AQI among 39 monitoring stations with a reading of 269, which still falls under the 'poor' category.

A major disaster was averted as a private travel bus rammed into a chemical tanker in Telangana’s Mahabubnagar district on Thursday.

Dense chemical fumes due to leakage of Hydrochloric Acid (HCL) from the tanker due to the collision triggered panic. The accident occurred on the Hyderabad-Bengaluru national highway (NH 44) near Macharam in Jadcherla mandal.

According to police, the sleeper bus belonging to Jagan Travels hit the tanker filled with acid from the rear, resulting in the leakage. Dense chemical fumes enveloped the area.

Panic gripped the passengers, who escaped to safety through the emergency exit.

The Karnataka Police have launched a hunt for the robbers involved in the shocking Rs 7.11 crore daylight heist in Bengaluru. The FIR filed in the case reveals chilling details of how the robbers, claiming to be officials from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), threatened the driver at gunpoint, forced the gunmen and another staffer to get down from the vehicle, and carried out the robbery.

It has also come to light that the gang took away the DVR from the cash-refill vehicle.

The complaint was filed by 47-year-old Vinod Chandrar, Branch Manager of CMS Info System Limited, located in HBR Layout. Every day, the company withdraws money from the HDFC Bank currency chest in ITI Layout, J.P. Nagar, Bengaluru, and deposits it into ATMs across the city.

In a major crackdown on inter-state drug trafficking, the Delhi Police Special Cell has dismantled a high-value narcotics syndicate operating across Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, and Bengaluru, officials said on Wednesday.

Four key members of African origin have been arrested, and a mobile drug manufacturing lab has been busted, marking one of the biggest seizures of the year.

The recovered contraband -- including 20.146 kg of methamphetamine and 700 drug tablets -- is valued at over Rs 100 crore in the international market.

As Delhi-NCR chokes under “severe” air quality amid a dense blanket of smog, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to consider directing schools to postpone sports and games scheduled for November–December to safer months, once air quality improves.

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran passed the direction after senior advocate Aparajita Singh, the amicus curiae assisting the top court, flagged that several schools in the national capital and adjoining areas were preparing to conduct sports meets at a time when the Air Quality Index (AQI) had plunged to dangerous levels.

“Children are most vulnerable. Holding sports now is like putting them in gas chambers,” Singh submitted.

Alert troops of the Indian Army on Wednesday foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

Officials said that alert troops posted along the forward positions on the LoC in the sector noticed suspicious movement from the Pakistan side.

“The suspected infiltrators were engaged in sustained gunfire exchanges, forcing them to withdraw. A search operation is now going on in the area to ensure that no terrorist manages to cross over into the Indian side of the LoC," the officials said.

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of J&K Crime Branch said on Wednesday that it has submitted the charge sheet against six accused in the high-profile CAT record tampering case in the court of the chief judicial magistrate of Srinagar.

In a statement, it said, “The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a charge sheet in FIR No. 87/2022 under Sections 209, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code before the Hon’ble Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar."

Pollution levels across Delhi-NCR remained in the 'severe' category on Wednesday, as a dense blanket of smog continued to engulf the region, further worsening the air quality crisis.

Several monitoring stations recorded alarming figures, with Wazirpur (578), Knowledge Park-5 in Greater Noida (553), and Bawana showing some of the worst conditions.

Multiple locations in Noida and Greater Noida also saw AQI values rise well above the 400-mark, including Sector 125 at 434, Sector 62 at 367, Sector 1 at 411, Sector 116 at 440, and Knowledge Park 3 at 423.

Following the recent blast in Delhi, the Mumbai Police has issued a high alert across the city. Vigilance has been tightened, and security arrangements have been strengthened, with authorities maintaining a close watch on all sensitive locations.

A senior Mumbai Police official stated that terrorism has become one of the most serious threats faced by major cities in the country. He emphasised that the threat to metropolitan areas is now being taken extremely seriously, and every possible precaution is being prioritised to ensure public safety.

Two schools and three courts in Delhi received bomb threat emails on Tuesday, prompting quick evacuation, police officials said.

According to the information, a CRPF school in Dwarka and another in Prashant Vihar (near which a blast occurred last year) received the threatening emails. Additionally, three courts, including Saket Court, Patiala House Court and Rohini Court, also received the threats.

"R/Member, court work is suspended for the next 2 hrs due to a security issue. Proceedings resume after lunch once cleared. Stay calm, cooperate & avoid crowding," said Anil Basoya, Secretary of Saket Bar Association.

Air pollution in the Delhi-NCR continues to remain at dangerous levels. According to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Meteorological Department, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in most cities in the national capital region has crossed 400 on Tuesday, placing them in the ‘severe’ category.

Air quality in this range is extremely harmful not only for people suffering from asthma, heart conditions, and lung diseases, but also poses serious health risks to otherwise healthy individuals.

The situation in Ghaziabad and Greater Noida is steadily worsening. Greater Noida recorded an AQI of 430, making it one of the most polluted cities in the region.

A man allegedly sent a bomb threat email claiming that his divorced wife, a staffer in Metro in Bengaluru, was being harassed, police said on Tuesday.

The threat email warning of a blast at a metro station has triggered panic within the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL).

The message was sent by an unidentified person to the official BMRCL email address around 11.30 p.m. on November 14.

Following the development, BMRCL has lodged a complaint with the Wilson Garden police. Based on the complaint, the police have registered an FIR and initiated further investigation.