LIVE News Updates: J&K Security forces conducting search in Kupwara, where encounter broke out with terrorists

Jammu and Kashmir Security forces are conducting a search and cordon operation in Wadder Bala forest area in Kupwara, where an encounter broke out with the terrorists today.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) files a supplementary prosecution complaint against Rajan S Shah & 11 others before Special Judge (PMLA), Patna with a prayer for the confiscation of properties worth Rs. 8.12 Crore in the case related to misuse of demonetization scheme: ED

MHA guidelines, it has been decided to run “Shramik Special” trains from International Workers’ Day on May 1: Railways

The Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and the three serving military chiefs will address an unprecedented press conference this evening, according to NDTV.

A farmer, who had been missing for three days, was found hanging from a tree in Nari village in Pailani area here, police said on Friday.

The body of the 48-year-old farmer was found on Thursday, SHO, Pailani, Baljeet Singh said.

The farmer had gone missing three days back.

The body has been sent for postmortem.

Price of non-subsidised LPG cylinders has been reduced by Rs 162.50 per unit in Delhi, Rs 190 in Kolkata, Rs 135.5 in Mumbai, Rs 192 in Chennai.

IAS officer Ajay Tirkey assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development today. He succeeded Rabindra Panwar who retired on superannuation yesterday: Ministry of Women & Child Development

Maharashtra: The five people, who were arrested in connection with the Palghar lynching case, have been remanded to the custody of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) till May 13.

Telangana: Fire breaks out at a cooler manufacturing factory in Kondapur village of Ghatkesar area in Medchal District. Three fire tenders have been rushed to the spot. No casualties reported till now.

The workers are not only the strength of a country, they also represent our collective will. Respectful and hearty greetings to lakhs of labourers on Labour Day.

Lakhs of labourers had to recently migrate. Crores of labourers are in distress today. These labourers are the pivot of the country. If they stop, the country will stop. It is the greatest task today to help them

My warm wishes to the millions of workers of the country on International Labour Day. This country is made up of courage and struggle of the labourers like you. In this difficult moment, my thoughts and support are with you. We salute you. Jai Hind.

All major financial markets including BSE, National Stock Exchange, currency and debt markets will remain closed on Friday on account of Maharashtra Day.

Giving a fillip to the Polavaram multi-purpose project, the Andhra Pradesh government, after a long gap, has released Rs 1,962 crore largely for main dam related works and rehabilitation and resettlement of displaced families.

The amount has been released even as the state was awaiting disbursal of over Rs 3,000 crore by the Centre which has agreed to bear the entire cost of over Rs 55,500 crore for the project, a top official of the Water Resources Department said.

Declared as a national project under the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, Polavaram is a multipurpose major terminal reservoir project on river Godavari for development of irrigation, hydro power and drinking water facilities to East Godavari, Vishakhapatnam, West Godavari and Krishna districts in the state.

The Election Commission on Friday decided to hold polls to the Maharashtra Legislative Council before May 27, highly placed sources said.

Former Uttar Pradesh Minister and senior Congress leader Vivek Singh passed away in Delhi on Friday after a brief illness.

He was 64 and is survived by his wife and two sons.

The body will be taken to Banda district where the cremation will be performed, said a family member.

Vivek Singh was first elected to the state Assembly in 1996 and went on to become one of the architects of the erstwhile Loktantrik Congress which was formed by a breakaway group of the Congress.

He had served as a minister in the Kalyan Singh, Ram Prakash Gupta and Rajnath Singh governments in Uttar Pradesh.

Vivek Singh, later, returned to the Congress and remained with the party till date.

In February this year, he had been appointed as a member of the three-member Advisory Council to party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Uttar Pradesh.

State Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu offered condolence to the departed leader and has said that the passing away of Vivek Singh was a great loss to the party.

After flamingos in Mumbai, 'nilgai' in Noida, dolphins in Meerut, it is now a leopard that has been spotted in Noorpur village in Gosainganj, on the outskirts of Lucknow.

The leopard was spotted by villagers, late on Thursday night after which the police was informed. The villagers blocked the opening of a tunnel pipe in which the big cat had taken refuge.

A local resident, Mohit Kumar, who had first spotted the leopard near the culvert said, "I ran for my life and informed the villagers and then the police. The leopard had also been spotted a few days ago in Sarojini Nagar area."

In a bizarre incident, a man climbed up a unipole advertising hoarding and threatened to commit suicide if he was not provided liquor.

The high drama began late on Thursday evening and ended after an hour when police promised him a bottle of liquor.

Confirming the incident, Kotwali SHO Geetesh Kapil said: "We managed to get him down without any injury. We had only promised but did not give him liquor. The sale of liquor is banned in the state and we are strictly following the lockdown guidelines. We are trying to establish his identity so that his family can be informed."

The policemen offered food and soft drink to the man and even counselled him before releasing him. The police officials said that the man seemed mentally unstable.

In a shocking incident, a 26-year-old man hacked to death six members of his family over a property dispute.

The incident took place on Thursday night in the Gudauli village on the outskirts of Lucknow.

The accused, identified as Ajay Singh, reached the police station immediately after he killed his father, mother, brother, sister-in-law, nephew and niece.

The deceased have been identified as -- Amar Singh, father of the accused, mother Ram Dulari, younger brother Arun Singh, his wife Ram Sakhi and their two children Saurabh, and Sarika.

A 20 year-old man allegedly committed suicide at his home in suburban Kandivali on Thursday, police said.

An 18-year-old woman was allegedly raped by seven persons, including three minors, when she was returning to her village in Betul in Pradesh with her brother, police said on Thursday.

The accused threw the victim's brother in a well before committing the crime on the intervening night of April 29-30, they said.

The police have taken five accused, including the three minors, into custody while two are absconding, an official said.

Kotwali Police Station in-charge Rajendra Dhurve informed the woman was returning on a motorbike with her 21- year-old brother on Wednesday night to their village.

The seven accused intercepted the motorbike and threw the woman's brother in a well at around 8.30 pm, he said.

The accused took turns to sexually assault the woman till 2 am on Thursday, he said.

After being freed by the accused, the woman took out her brother from the well and reached the village in the morning, Dhurve said.

They later filed a police complaint, he said.

Two of the accused, identified as Shubham Bele (22) and Sandeep Khatiya (23), and three minors were taken into custody, he said.

The other two accused, identified as Lokesh Soni (22), a resident of Nemawar (Dewas district), and a local resident, Pawan Bele (24), are absconding, the police officer said.

Dhurve said the accused have been booked under IPC sections 376 (rape), 365 (kidnapping) and 307 (attempt to murder).