The body of a six-year-old boy, who has been missing since the December 18 crash of an Indian Navy speedboat with a crowded passenger ferry, off the Gateway of India, was found after nearly 72 hours, an official said here on Saturday.

The rescue teams had traced the body of another missing man from the Arabian Sea waters on Friday, and now the toll in the coastal city's worst maritime disaster has shot up to 15.

The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Disaster Control and the Indian Navy confirmed the recovery on Saturday.

However, the Indian Navy added that a search still continues in the vicinity of the crash – around 5 km away -- to locate the wreckage of the ferry boat and ascertain that there are no more victims trapped in it.

In two separate incidents, fishermen from Tamil Nadu were attacked by Sri Lankan pirates in the sea.

Fishermen leaders said that a group of three fishermen from Tamil Nadu were attacked and robbed by Sri Lankan pirates while fishing near Vedaranyam on Saturday.

According to reports, Rajkumar, Rajendran, and Nagalingam from Nagapattinam were fishing in their fibre boats when six Sri Lankan pirates in two boats ambushed them.

The pirates attacked the fishermen with sticks and knives, leaving them injured.

Nine people, including two children and three students were killed in separate road accidents reported from Bengaluru Rural and Mandya districts in Karnataka on Saturday.

In the first incident, six persons were killed on the spot on the Bengaluru-Pune National Highway-4 near Taalekere village, close to T. Begur near Nelamangala town on the outskirts of Bengaluru. A container truck overturned and crushed their car.

All six victims, travelling in the car, were from the same family, including two children. The deceased were identified as Yagappa Gol (48), Gowra Bai (42), Deeksha (12), Jaan (16), Vijayalaxmi (36), and Ayra (6). All were residents of Vijayapura district.

The police stated that the family was on a weekend trip when the tragic accident occurred. The incident happened after the truck driver lost control over the vehicle, causing it to overturn and crush the car.

In a tragic incident, four members of a family, including two children, were burned alive in a massive fire that broke out at their home in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, early Saturday morning, the police said.

The incident occurred in Nayapura town of Dewas district, approximately 45 km from Indore.

The fire reportedly started on the ground floor of a two-story building, where a dairy shop was being operated.

Dewas Superintendent of Police (SP) Puneet Gahlot said that preliminary investigations indicate the fire was caused by a short circuit on the ground floor. The flames quickly engulfed the entire building, leaving the family trapped on the upper floor.

“Upon receiving information, fire-fighting teams from Dewas Municipal Corporation and local police rushed to the spot. Unfortunately, the fire spread rapidly, and the family had no time to escape,” Gahlot told reporters.

Seven persons were killed in two separate road accidents in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Saturday.

Four persons were killed and 10 others injured when a mini-van, in which they were travelling, rammed into a stationary truck on the national highway near Bullasamudram in Andhra Pradesh's Sri Sathya Sai district.

Four persons died on the spot while four others were critically injured. Police and emergency health service personnel rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to a hospital at Madakasira.

Seven of the injured were shifted to Bangalore for treatment.

The deceased were residents of Gudibanda in Amrapuram mandal. They were returning home after darshan at Sri Venkateshwara Temple at Tirumala.

The mini-van was carrying 14 people belonging to the same family. The driver apparently failed to notice the truck which was parked roadside.

The deceased were identified as Ratnamma (68), Manoj (32), Prem Kumar (30) and Atarva (4).

On the first day of the 40-day period of extreme winter cold called the 'Chillai Kalan' on Saturday, Srinagar city froze at minus 8.5 degrees Celsius, recording the lowest temperature since 2000.

MET department officials said, "Today's minimum temperature of minus 8.5 degrees Celsius, recorded in Srinagar is the lowest since 2000. It was minus 7.7 degrees Celsius in 2018. The previous record is minus 12.8 degrees Celsius in 1934."

Everything from window panes, water taps, lakes, streams and river surfaces froze as the Valley reeled under bone-chilling cold conditions.

Despite small fires lit around, water in frozen taps could not be defrozen. People helplessly waited for the temperature to pick up before venturing out again for water.

Streets remained deserted in the morning as people did not dare go out due to icy wind sweeping across the Valley while the temperature resulted in the formation of long icicles wherever water leakages had been noticed on Friday evening.

A fire broke out in a multi-storied building in Information Technology hub Madhapur in Hyderabad on Saturday.

The fire started around 6 A.M. in a bar-and-restaurant on the fifth floor of a Sattva Elixir building in Salarpuria Sattva Knowledge City under Raidurgam Police Station of Cyberabad Commissionerate.

No casualties or injuries were reported in the city.

The fire was suspected to have been triggered by a cylinder blast and the flames spread to the fourth floor.

The cylinder explosion was so forceful that it partially damaged an adjoining building.

Two separate police encounters in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur and Mathura resulted in the arrest of cow smugglers, including one wanted criminal with a reward on his head.

In Jaunpur, the Machhli Shahr and Sujanganj police conducted a joint operation late on Friday night to apprehend the cow smugglers.

In the wee hours of Saturday, an encounter occurred in which one smuggler was shot in the leg and captured while his accomplice managed to flee.

CO Vivek Kumar stated that the police had been conducting checks when two individuals on a bike tried to evade them.

The toll in the horrific accident and fire in Jaipur rose to 14 by Saturday as more people succumbed to their burn injuries.

The tragic accident on Friday morning at the Ajmer Highway in Jaipur claimed the lives of eight people immediately and left over 35 injured, when an LPG gas tanker collided with a truck. The death toll continued to rise through the day after that.

The collision triggered a massive explosion and fire, engulfing the area in flames, leaving over 35 people injured.

The toll is expected to go up further due to the horrific nature of the burns.

The accident took place when the LPG tanker, traveling from Ajmer toward Jaipur, was making a U-turn back toward Ajmer and collided with a truck coming from Jaipur.

The toll in the horrific accident and fire in Jaipur rose to 13 by Saturday as more people succumbed to their burn injuries.

The tragic accident on Friday morning at the Ajmer Highway in Jaipur claimed the lives of eight people and left over 35 injured, when an LPG gas tanker collided with a truck.

The collision triggered a massive explosion and fire, engulfing the area in flames, leaving over 35 people injured.

The accident took place when the LPG tanker, traveling from Ajmer toward Jaipur, was making a U-turn back toward Ajmer and collided with a truck coming from Jaipur.

The impact caused the gas to leak, spreading over a 200-metre radius before igniting into a massive fireball.

The explosion led to catastrophic destruction, with more than 40 vehicles catching fire after that.