A horrific incident of three persons committing gang rape on two women, a tourist from Israel, and a female local homestay owner and killing a male Indian tourist who was with them, came to light on Saturday in Karnataka.

The incident was reported from the Gangavathi Rural police station located close to the UNESCO heritage site Hampi.

The accused pushed three other tourists who were with the two women into a nearby canal before targeting the females.

The rape victims are recovering at the hospital while the body of the tourist from Odisha was found in the Tungabhadra Left Canal near Sanapura village near Gangavathi town on Saturday.

The deceased tourist has been identified as 40-year-old Beebas.

As of January 31, a total of 144 fishermen from Gujarat remain in Pakistani jails, the state government informed the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.

In the one year from February 1, 2023, to January 21, 2024, Pakistan released 432 Gujarat fishermen. However, no fishermen have been released since then.

The number of arrests of Gujarat fishermen by Pakistan has drastically decreased, the government said. Between February 1, 2023, and January 31, 2024, only nine Gujarat fishermen were detained by Pakistani authorities. In the following year, 13 fishermen were arrested, marking a slight increase.

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.