Nine railway officials have been arrested and booked along with unknown candidates by the CBI over a Departmental Examination Paper Leak Scam under the East Central Railway at Mughal Sarai on the eve of the exam scheduled for Tuesday, an official said.

Overall, 26 Railway officials have been arrested in this case so far, he said, adding that investigators also seized Rs 1.17 crore reportedly collected from the candidates for leaking the question papers.

East Central Railway had scheduled a Departmental Examination on Tuesday for the posts of Chief Loco Inspectors.

During checks conducted by the CBI at three spots past midnight on March 3 at Mughal Sarai, a total of 17 candidates were found with photocopies of hand-written question papers, the official said.

A youth on Tuesday allegedly killed his father, mother and sister over a family dispute in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district on Tuesday.

The accused has been identified as 22-year-old Surykanta Sethi of Dhoba Sahi of Jayagada village.

"Suryakanta killed his father Prasanta Sethi alias Kalia, mother Kanakalata Sethi and sister Mamali Sethi by hitting their head with either a stone or an iron object. The Inspector in charge of the Sadar police station and team launched an investigation after reaching the crime spot in the morning. The accused has also been nabbed. It seems he has some mental health issues," said Bhawani Sankar Udgata, the Jagatsinghpur Superintendent of Police.

One of the villagers, who informed the police about the ghastly incident, told media persons that Suryakanta on Tuesday came to his house and informed him about killing his parents and sister. The villagers rushed to his house where the bodies of deceased persons were found in a pool of blood.

A family staying at a resort in the Bandipur of Karnataka's Chamrajnagar district has mysteriously disappeared into the woods, police said on Tuesday.

The missing persons have been identified as 40-year-old J. Nishanth from Bengaluru, his wife Chandana and their 10-year-old son.

According to Gundlupet Police, the family checked into the Country Club near Bandipur on March 2 and went missing the next day.

The family left the luggage in the resort's room, went out in a car and never returned. The police stated that the family had travelled in their car to Mangala Road in the Bandipur forest area and disappeared from there. The police have lodged a missing case.

In a major success to the government’s ongoing anti-naxal operation, Dinesh Modium, a Naxal commander with a Rs 8 lakh bounty on his head, reportedly surrendered to security forces along with his wife and children.

His surrender is seen as a significant blow to the Naxalites' Gangaloor Area Committee.

According to reports, Dinesh Modium, who was wanted for over 100 murders and numerous attacks, surrendered under increasing pressure from security forces.

Home Minister Amit Shah has set a target to make Chhattisgarh Naxal-free by March 31, 2026.

Security forces have been conducting operations to apprehend Naxalites, leading to several arrests and seizures of banned materials.

The Jalgaon police in Maharashtra have arrested three persons and detained one minor in connection with the harassment and molestation of Union Minister Raksha Khadse’s daughter.

The harassment occurred last Friday. The police sources said they nabbed Aniket Bhoyi, Kiran Mali, Anuj Patil and one minor. The police have registered offences against seven persons while it has launched a search for others linked to the case. The police swung into action following a complaint by Minister Raksha Khadse’s security guard in the early hours of Saturday.

The arrest of four persons comes after Union Minister Khadse expressed serious anguish over the incident, saying, "If the daughter of a Union Minister and an MP is being molested, what about others?" She also spoke to CM Fadnavis and demanded strict action against those involved in the case.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday unequivocally said that gangsters, smugglers, criminals and other anti-social elements have no place on the sacred land of Punjab and they will soon be wiped out from the state.

Vadodara Rural Police in Gujarat cracked down on an illicit liquor smuggling operation in Desar taluka, seizing foreign liquor worth Rs 15 lakh hidden beneath a load of vegetables in a tempo car.

The Desar Police intercepted the vehicle near Pandu village, acting on a tip-off, and discovered a large consignment of liquor meant for notorious bootlegger Dinesh Parmar from Nava Sihora. Authorities have intensified efforts to apprehend the absconding bootlegger.

The police team, led by Desar Police Inspector, was on patrol when they received intelligence about a tempo transporting illegal liquor under the guise of carrying vegetables. The vehicle was en route from Pandu to Nava Sihora when the police set up a roadblock near a local dargah.

Two individuals have been taken into custody for allegedly attempting to derail the Doon Express on the Lucknow-Bareilly railway line.

The incident took place under the Pihani Road Overbridge in Hardoi on Saturday.

Unidentified individuals placed an iron net and stones on the railway tracks in an attempt to derail the Doon Express. Fortunately, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Kotwali Dehat Police were alerted in time and arrived at the scene to prevent a possible disaster.

Forensic teams were also called to collect fingerprints and other evidence.

The Kerala Police on Thursday recorded the statement of 23-year-old Affan who is the sole accused in the killing of four of his relatives and his 22-year-old girlfriend.

The police registered six cases against Affan under two police station limits where the crime took place in the capital city outskirts.

On Thursday, the police team visited the accused in the hospital and recorded his statement in the case related to the killing of his grandmother.

The police team was informed by the medical board treating Affan that he needs to remain in the hospital for a few more days. Following which the police team decided to bring the local magistrate to the hospital and record Affan’s statement.

As police hunt for the accused in the case of the sexual assault of a woman on a bus in Pune depot, another incident of molestation came to light on Thursday wherein a young IT professional was molested by the cab driver who has now been arrested.

A woman working in an IT company in Maharashtra's Pune was molested by the driver who made obscene gestures to her from the front mirror.

The woman jumped out of the taxi, and after running almost two kilometres, she complained to the Khadki police station.

According to police sources, the incident took place on February 21, and they arrested the cab driver, Sumit Kumar, who is from Uttar Pradesh, in this case.