An aggrieved Ola Electric customer set a company's showroom on fire after an argument with the staff over issues in his newly-purchased electric vehicle in Karnataka's Kalaburagi city.

The accused was identified as 26-year-old Mohammad Nadeem.

Earlier, the police suspected that a short circuit may have caused the fire.

However, investigations revealed that Nadeem set the showroom on fire on Tuesday. Six new Ola electric vehicles and other materials worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in the incident.

The Madhya Pradesh Police has booked two persons for running over stray cattle in two separate incidents.

A disturbing video of the incidents surfaced on social media which showed a calf sitting on the road along with a group of cows was run over by a car, leading to his death in Singrauli district.

The viral video shows that after blowing the horn, the driver initially slowed down the car, however, after the calf didn’t move, the driver accelerated speed and ran over the calf, killing him on the spot.

Police said that an FIR has been registered at Waidhan police station in Singrauli, also revealing that the incident occurred in the Vindhya Nagar area on September 5.

Nitin Pandey, a local resident, with the help of an NGO, lodged a complaint at Waidhan police station on September 6.

An encounter between security forces and terrorists broke out in J&K's Udhampur district on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

Officials said that the gunfight was taking place in Khandara Top of Basantgarh area in Udhampur.

"A joint team of local police and army launched a cordon and search operation in Khandara Top of Basantgarh. As the joint team of security forces came close to the hiding terrorists, they fired upon the security forces, triggering an encounter," an official said.

Further details about this operation are still emerging.

A division bench of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with a directive requiring low-cost carrier SpiceJet to ground three engines over the failure of payment of lessors.

Earlier, a single-judge bench of Justice Manmeet Singh Arora asked the debt-ridden airline to ground three engines by February 16, apart from taking steps to ensure that the engines are re-delivered to lessors within 15 days.

Challenging the single-judge bench’s order, SpiceJet moved an appeal before the division bench of the Delhi High Court and prayed for an urgent hearing.

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Wednesday reviewed the flood situation in Eluru district while the rising water levels in the Godavari River prompted authorities to issue a danger alert at Dowleswaram Cotton Barrage.

Rajahmundry District Collector, P Prasanthi said that as Godavari River is in spate people in areas along the river banks have been alerted.

The irrigation officials were releasing 13 lakh cusecs of water downstream.

The flood situation in Bihar's West Champaran district, particularly in the Bairia block, is alarming due to the rising water levels of the Gandak River and severe soil erosion threatening embankment.

The erosion threatens the embankment near Bettiah, creating a significant flood risk for the surrounding villages. Despite the villagers' repeated complaints, the response from the water resource department appears inadequate.

The officials from the Water Resources Department acknowledged the gravity of the situation and claimed that they had initiated anti-erosion measures with urgency.

A six-member central team will arrive in Telangana later on Wednesday to visit flood-affected districts.

The team led by Col Kirti Pratap Singh, Joint Secretary (Operation and Communications) in the Union Home Ministry, will meet Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari in the Secretariat.

The Chief Secretary will brief the team on the damage caused by the floods through a PowerPoint presentation.

The central team will also see a photo exhibition arranged by the Telangana government to depict the destruction caused by heavy rains and floods in various districts.

Later the team will split into two groups to visit Suryapet, Khammam, Mahabubabad, and other districts to assess the damage.

ਪੁਲਸ ਨੇ ਦੱਸਿਆ ਕਿ ਬੁੱਧਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਆਂਧਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸ਼ ਦੇ ਪੂਰਬੀ ਗੋਦਾਵਰੀ ਜ਼ਿਲੇ 'ਚ ਇਕ ਮਿੰਨੀ ਟਰੱਕ ਦੇ ਪਲਟ ਜਾਣ ਕਾਰਨ ਸੱਤ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਮੌਤ ਹੋ ਗਈ।

ਪੂਰਬੀ ਅਤੇ ਪੱਛਮੀ ਗੋਦਾਵਰੀ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਜੋੜਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਹਾਈਵੇਅ 'ਤੇ ਚਿੰਨੀਗੁਡੇਮ ਦੇ ਚਿਲਕਾਵਰੀ ਪਾਕਾਲਾ ਖੇਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਾਪਰੇ ਇਸ ਹਾਦਸੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੋ ਹੋਰ ਜ਼ਖ਼ਮੀ ਹੋ ਗਏ।

ਕਾਜੂ ਨਾਲ ਭਰਿਆ ਮਿੰਨੀ ਟਰੱਕ ਏਲੁਰੂ ਜ਼ਿਲੇ ਦੇ ਬੋਰਾਮਪਾਲੇਮ ਤੋਂ ਪੂਰਬੀ ਗੋਦਾਵਰੀ ਜ਼ਿਲੇ ਦੇ ਤਾਡੀਮੱਲਾ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਸੀ। ਪੁਲਿਸ ਨੇ ਦੱਸਿਆ ਕਿ ਹਾਦਸਾ ਉਸ ਸਮੇਂ ਵਾਪਰਿਆ ਜਦੋਂ ਡਰਾਈਵਰ ਕੰਟਰੋਲ ਗੁਆ ਬੈਠਾ। ਗੱਡੀ ਬੇਕਾਬੂ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਸੜਕ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਲੱਗਦੇ ਖੇਤਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਲਟ ਗਈ।

Seven people were killed when a mini-truck they were travelling in overturned in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district on Wednesday, police said.

Two others were injured in the accident that occurred in the Chilakavari Pakala area of Chinnaigudem on the highway connecting East and West Godavari districts.

The mini-truck, laden with cashew nuts, was on its way from Borrampalem of Eluru district to Tadimalla in East Godavari district. Police said the accident occurred when the driver lost control. The vehicle veered off the road and overturned in the adjoining agricultural field.

Nine labourers, who were travelling on the mini-truck, got trapped under the sacks of cashew nuts. While seven of them died on the spot, the police rescued two others and shifted them to a nearby hospital.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital has noticed major contradictions in certain contents mentioned in the post-mortem report and the seizure list given by city police.

The Kolkata Police handled the initial investigation into the case before the central agency took charge following a Supreme Court order.

As per the rules, pointed out sources aware of the development, while sending the body for post-mortem. the cops were supposed to send to the forensic team the details of the garments the victim was wearing at the time of the recovery of the body.