The Indian Army has joined the civil administration in the rescue operations following the Tharali cloudburst in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district.

A 45-year-old cleanliness worker employed with the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) died of electrocution while on duty in Kannagi Nagar early Saturday morning, sparking outrage and calls for accountability.

Eight people were killed and five others seriously injured after a truck collided with an auto-rickshaw in Bihar's Patna district on Saturday.

According to police, the incident occurred when a speeding truck hit an auto-rickshaw carrying devotees from Malama village in Nalanda district to Fatuha for bathing in the Ganga River around 6 a.m.

In a major operation, the Ahmedabad Crime Branch has busted a Syrian gang that was collecting donations from local mosques by falsely claiming to be victims of the Gaza conflict. One of the gang members, Ali Meghat Alzahar (23), was arrested from a hotel.

In a significant step towards road safety, the Gautam Buddh Nagar Transport Department has launched a crackdown on the sale and use of fake and substandard reflective tapes on vehicles.

Continuous rainfall in neighbouring Jharkhand has worsened the flood situation in Bihar, with the Falgu river swelling dangerously and inundating several villages across Gaya and Jehanabad districts.

The security forces have seized highly addictive banned drugs, Methamphetamine tablets and heroin valued at Rs 77 crore in Mizoram and Tripura, and 12 people were arrested in these connections, officials said on Friday.

Mohali-based builder Rajdeep Sharma was arrested by the ED under the PMLA Act in the Birfa IT case related to illegal foreign remittance worth Rs 4,817 crore, an official said on Friday. He was remanded to ED custody till August 28.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) searched eight locations across Punjab and recovered incriminating documents related to a Rs 95-crore fraud allegedly involving illegal sale of a land allotted by former Maharaja of Kapurthala in 1933 for running a sugar mill, an official said on Friday.

Police have launched an intense investigation into the "killing" of a tribal youth after a video surfaced, showing him hoisting the Tricolour at a "Naxal Memorial Pillar" on his village school premises, accompanied by children.