In a shocking incident, a female police officer was hacked to death allegedly by her husband at Karivellur in Kerala's Kannur district on Thursday, said the police.
Amid the high pollution levels in Delhi-NCR, the air quality in Rajasthan's Khairthal-Tijara district was in the "poor" category, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) being recorded at 300 on Thursday.
This comes after, a five-count criminal indictment was unsealed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, charging prominent Indian executives including Gautam Adani by linking them to an alleged bribery and fraud scheme.
A woman sustained severe injuries after a fire broke out on early evening on Thursday at a restaurant near the Nandakam Guest House in Tirumala area in the Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh, according to fire officials.
BJP workers staged protests in Kalaburagi and Haveri districts of Karnataka on Thursday against the alleged encroachments of farmers' lands by the state Waqf Board.
The Chief Minister was speaking at the launch of new varieties of Nandini milk, organized by the Karnataka Milk Producers' Federation (KMF) and Mandya District Cooperative Milk Union. He credited the state's success to the strong support given to the dairy sector.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at the residence of an accused, Tanay Deb, at Silchar in Assam's district, as part of its ongoing investigation into a financial scam. The operation led to the recovery of incriminating devices and documents.
Speaking to reporters, CM Omar Abdullah said, "My intention in coming to Poonch today was to assess the ground reality after the elections. This is the first district in Jammu where we have met with officials, MLAs, and DDC chairpersons... I met various delegations as well."
At least 38 people were killed and 11 others were injured in a gun attack on passenger vans in the Ochat area of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's (KP) Lower Kurram district on Thursday.
Assam Government on Thursday issued an official notification renaming Karimganj district and Karimganj town as Sribhumi district and Sribhumi town, respectively.