The Meteorological (MeT) department on Monday predicted cloudy skies and rain in the southeastern parts of Rajasthan till April 3.

Light rain with thundershowers is forecasted for the Udaipur and Kota divisions on April 2, while the Jaipur, Ajmer, and Kota divisions may experience similar conditions on April 3.

In the last few days, cool winds have dipped the temperature in many parts of the state. Nights have become quite cold due to the mercury coming down in the state. Even on Sunday, the minimum temperature dropped to 10 degrees Celsius in three cities. Fatehpur (Sikar) recorded the lowest temperature at 10 degrees. Mount Abu also registered the same temperature, while Sangariya registered 11 degrees.

Due to reduced daytime heat and cool winds in the morning and evening, the night temperature was significantly low in these regions. A new western disturbance is expected to become active in Rajasthan from April 2, leading to cloudy skies and rain across the state between April 2 and 4.

Two children lost their lives, and one person was injured in a fire after an LPG cylinder exploded in Delhi's Manohar Park area.

The tragic incident occurred near Ashok Park Metro Station in Wazirpur around 8:20 pm on Sunday.

Upon receiving the emergency call, two fire tenders were dispatched to the location. The fire brigade team managed to control the blaze, but three people suffered severe burns.

The injured were immediately rushed to Acharya Bhikshu Hospital, where doctors declared the siblings, 12-year-old Sakshi and 9-year-old Akash, dead.

The children's mother, Savita, stated that while she was cooking, clothes hanging near the kitchen caught fire. At that time, her son and two daughters were in the room.

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has forecasted heavy rainfall across several districts of Tamil Nadu in the coming days, with isolated showers expected to continue until April 5.

According to the latest weather bulletin, Coimbatore, Tenkasi, Virudhunagar, Theni, and Dindigul districts are likely to receive heavy rain on April 2.

On April 3, rain is expected over isolated places in the ghat regions of Coimbatore, the Nilgiris, and Erode. Light to moderate rain is also likely in some parts of the state on April 4 and 5.

The RMC noted that a trough currently extends from South Chhattisgarh to North Tamil Nadu, crossing through interior Maharashtra and Karnataka. This weather pattern is likely to bring rain to various parts of the state.

Security forces have recovered the body of a female Maoist along with weapons, including an INSAS rifle, other ammunition, and daily-use materials from the encounter site near the Dantewada-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh, officials reported on Monday.

A team of security forces had embarked on an anti-Naxal operation in the border area of the Dantewada and Bijapur districts.

Officials stated that continuous firing between Maoists and security forces has been going on since 9 a.m.

The Dantewada-Bijapur border is considered the most sensitive Maoist-affected area in Chhattisgarh.

After suspected movement of terrorists was detected on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, police and security forces cordoned off the area.

Officials said that the fresh movement of three terrorists in the Juthana area of Rajbagh police station is believed to be that of the remaining terrorists after two were killed in Safiyan village in an encounter with the army and security forces.

Two terrorists and four policemen were killed, and three others, including a deputy superintendent of police, were injured in a fierce encounter in the forested area of the Sanyal belt of Kathua district on Thursday.

On Monday, police received fresh inputs about the movement of three persons suspected to be escaped terrorists in the Juthana area of the Rajbagh belt and immediately put the area under cordon to conduct searches, officials said.

In a grievous turn of events in Bodga village, Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, a 28-year-old rural woman, Sarsati Oyam, suffered critical injuries after inadvertently stepping on an improvised explosive device planted by Maoists.

Early on Saturday morning, she ventured out to gather Mahua fruits and flowers before joining her family and friends in food preparation.

While cleaning utensils at the Tadopot Ghat of the Indravati River, she unknowingly triggered the explosive while returning to her family. Her family and other local residents swiftly transported her across the river to Bhairamgarh hospital.

Later, she was shifted to Jagdalpur district hospital for advanced medical care.

Cold winds from North India have caused a significant drop in temperatures across Rajasthan, with several cities of the desert state recording a decrease of up to 7 degrees Celsius.

On Friday, the maximum daytime temperature in Ganganagar and Sikar dropped below 30 degrees Celsius.

Cities such as Barmer, Jaisalmer, and Jodhpur also experienced a temperature drop of 2 to 6 degrees Celsius, bringing their maximum temperatures below 35 degrees Celsius.

Weather experts have predicted that temperatures may decline further over the next two days.

From April 1-2, wind direction in the state will shift from north to west, leading to a subsequent rise in temperatures.

Security forces eliminated 16 Maoists in an intense encounter in the Kerlapal area of Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Saturday.

The gunfight erupted as part of a joint anti-Maoist operation launched by the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) based on specific Intelligence regarding Maoist presence in the region.

Officials confirmed that the joint team moved into the area on March 28, and intermittent firing between security forces and the insurgents continued into early Saturday morning.

Following the successful operation, search teams have been deployed to comb through the encounter site and the surrounding forested terrain. Authorities stated that a detailed report will be released once the operation concludes.

Hundreds of people took to the streets on Friday in Ranchi to protest against the brutal murder of a shopkeeper in the Pandra area.

Demonstrators in Pandra, Ratu, and other areas of the city have shut shops and blocked roads, burning tyres and raising slogans against the police and the administration, demanding immediate action against the perpetrators.

The protests erupted after Bhupal Sahu, a shoe shop owner near ‘Ravi Steel’ in the Pandra OP area, was killed in a horrifying attack on Thursday evening.

According to eyewitnesses, the assailants posed as customers before overpowering Sahu and slitting his throat with a sharp weapon.

The attack took place despite the presence of a large gathering at a nearby satsang program, raising concerns about the audacity of criminals operating in the city.

The number of terrorists killed in an anti-terrorist operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district has risen to five after two more bodies were recovered on Friday in the forest area where they had been hiding.

Official sources said that five terrorists had been killed. At the same time, three jawans of the special operations group (SOG) of J&K Police died in the operation in Ghati Heights of Sufiyan Jakhole village of Kathua district.

Seven security personnel, including Deputy SP border, Dheeraj Katoch and a para commando of the Army, were injured in this operation.

The injured have been shifted to a hospital in Jammu city, while the Dy SP is being treated at the government medical college (GMC) hospital in Kathua.