Rain lashed the plains of Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as moderate snowfall occurred in the higher reaches on Wednesday.

MET department officials said that rain and snow during the last 24 hours has brought down the temperature.

The weather across the National Capital Region (NCR) has become increasingly distressing for residents, with an unusual combination of morning fog, rising daytime temperatures, and hazardous pollution levels worsening daily life. While thick fog in the early hours disrupted visibility and travel, the sudden surge in temperatures later in the day made conditions feel more like April than early March.

Parts of Rajasthan are likely to experience isolated heatwave conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday, particularly in the southwestern region, warns the Meteorological Department.

Drivers of a private travels bus and a truck were killed after a vehicle hit them when they were fighting over a
"near-collision" between their vehicles.

A fire broke out in Anandapur area in southern outskirts of Kolkata, said the police on Tuesday.

This time a fire broke out in the factory of a famous cake manufacturing company. However, there is no report of any injury. An investigation into the incident has been started.

Light to moderate rainfall is expected in several coastal districts of southern Tamil Nadu until Sunday due to a low-pressure system prevailing in the atmosphere, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested the main contractor hired by the Delhi Jal Board, Himanshu Gupta, in connection with the Janakpuri pit death incident following a relentless manhunt. A team of the Anti-Auto Theft Squad (AATS) of the West District apprehended Gupta from Udaipur in Rajasthan, early in the morning, from where he had been hiding. Police officials said he is currently being brought to Delhi for further investigation.

Madhya Pradesh Police on Monday registered a case against two unidentified persons in the temple town of Ujjain, who allegedly triggered an explosion that produced thick smoke and flames, sparking immediate panic among the attendees.

Security agencies conducted extensive searches at court complexes in Ahmedabad on Monday after bomb threat emails targeted the Gujarat High Court and the Ahmedabad Rural Court, prompting evacuations and suspending court activities.

Court premises in Rajasthan’s Barmer and Nagaur districts were put on high alert after bomb threat emails were received on Monday. Police immediately evacuated the court complexes and launched intensive searches with bomb disposal and dog squads. Officials said the threatening emails received at both locations contained identical content.

The met department has sounded a heatwave alert in parts of Rajasthan for Monday and Tuesday as mercury has started touching new highs in different areas of the state. The temperature is crossing the 40 degree celsius mark for the first time this season.

 In a major crackdown under its ongoing anti-drug campaign, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of the Crime Branch of Delhi Police has dismantled an interstate narcotics supply network and arrested two accused while seizing multiple drugs valued at more than Rs 2 crore in the illegal market.

Life returned to normal after six days on Saturday in Kashmir Valley as authorities lifted all restrictions and people started their day-to-day routine as usual.

Shops, private transport, other businesses, public transport, banks, post offices and government offices started working as usual in the entire Valley.

Deployments of police and the security forces continued to remain on ground to keep a close watch on the situation as people came out to buy essentials of life.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday set aside the conviction of Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and acquitted him in the murder case of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.

The acquittal came just over seven years after Ram Rahim was convicted and handed a life sentence in the murder case.

Mild earthquake tremors were felt in parts of Rajasthan early Saturday morning after a low-intensity earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale struck near Sikar district, officials said.

Five Nigerian nationals, who were found illegally staying in India, were deported or repatriated, said officials on Friday, adding that this was part of an ongoing crackdown by the Delhi Police in the national capital.

Five people sustained injuries late on Thursday night when a car driven by a local doctor lost control and struck multiple vehicles on the Pal–Umra Bridge, police said on Friday.

The incident involved a Honda WR-V driven by Dr Viralkant Chaudhary, a resident of Bhatha village and associated with Life Line Hospital.

The Gujarat government has carried out a major reshuffle in the state police administration, transferring 37 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers and assigning them new responsibilities.

The strong winds that have been blowing for the past several days have had a positive impact on the air quality in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR). In most areas of Delhi, Noida, and Ghaziabad, the Air Quality Index (AQI) has reached the moderate category i.e. the Yellow Zone. This has provided significant relief from pollution, and people in the NCR are breathing cleaner air. However, the mercury has continued to rise in the region, giving indications of a scorching summer ahead.

Panic spread in the area after a massive fire broke out on Thursday night in a paint factory and a scrap warehouse in the Mainapur Industrial Area located on Meerut Road in Ghaziabad. The fire was so intense that thick black smoke could be seen from a distance.

More than 170 Indian passengers arrived safely in Ahmedabad from Dubai early on Thursday as special flight operations continued amid widespread disruptions to international air travel caused by the ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran in West Asia.

Restrictions continued across Kashmir on Thursday, even as the overall situation has improved and tensions are gradually coming down.

The situation had become tense in the wake of the protests over the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the US-Israel strikes in Iran.

Security forces, engaged in a fierce encounter with Maoists, have neutralised an armed insurgent in dense forest-mountain terrain along the Dantewada-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh, police officials said on Thursday.

A young man, who allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the fifth floor of a residential building succumbed during treatment at a hospital in Indore early on Thursday.

The deceased has been identified as Raj Makwana (23).

Panic spread late Wednesday night after a chemical-laden tanker overturned and caught fire on the Nagaur-Ladnun stretch of National Highway 458 in Rajasthan. The blaze was so intense that flames and thick smoke were visible from nearly two kilometres away.

Authorities immediately closed the highway from both sides to prevent any further mishap. The incident occurred near the Kunjal Mata Temple.

Hyderabad city police, in a joint operation with Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW), arrested a foreign drug peddler and his associate and seized MMDA from them.

Acting on credible information, the police and H-NEW conducted the joint operation and arrested Al-Aqar Abdurabu Mohammed Abdurabu, a Yemeni national and his assistant, Hasan W. A. Hashem, a Palestinian, within the limits of Rajendra Nagar Police Station.

Five members of a family were killed when a car in which they were travelling rammed into a truck in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district on Wednesday, police said.

The accident occurred on the Bengaluru-Chennai national highway near Dundapalli cross in Gangavaram mandal.

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai has warned that maximum temperatures across Tamil Nadu could rise by as much as 3 degrees Celsius above normal over the coming days, signalling a spell of intense heat across the state.

The Indian Army opened fire on Wednesday after noticing suspicious movement along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district.

Officials said around 4.30 a.m. this morning, the soldiers guarding the LoC observed some persons trying to sneak across the fence.

“Subsequently, the Army opened fire towards the suspected spot, thwarting a possible infiltration bid. Reinforcement has been rushed to the spot, and a search operation has been started in the area,” officials said.