An Additional Collector in the Naxal-affected Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh on Friday allegedly committed suicide on account of mental stress, police said.

A four-kg bomb shell was today recovered by police in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here.

Madhya Pradesh's first diesel locomotive plant to manufacture environment friendly and fuel efficient railway engines will be set up in the neighbouring Sehore district.

Commercial vehicles in the interiors of Odisha stayed off the roads on Thursday due to a statewide shutdown called by the Maoists against the central government's economic policy, particularly hiking diesel prices and putting a cap on subsidised cooking gas cylinders.

Two more persons were on Saturday arrested for allegedly trying to set ablaze the district supply officer in Dehgava village after he sealed a fair price shop.

Seven persons were arrested from Bhanjanagar area in Ganjam district of Odisha for alleged involvement in several crimes, including two recent bombing incidents, police said on Sunday.

Madhya Pradesh Police have launched operations to trace the Agriculture Extension Officer Ramesh Jaroliya, who was disappeared on June 12. Ramesh, posted in Mumsom in Morena district after he left his residence for office, police said.

The Ramanagaram district court granted bail to the controversial self-styled godman Nityananda on Thursday, a day after he was remanded to one day judicial custody following charges of assault.

A three-year-old boy, allegedly kidnapped by his relatives, was on Friday rescued by police from Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh.

Six women drowned and another was missing when a country-boat capsized in Kosi River in Bihar's Madhubani district on Friday.