India News Updates: Two killed in ambulance-car collision in Kerala

Two people were killed in Thrissur district on Sunday when an ambulance and a private car collided with each other. An octogenarian patient who was travelling in the ambulance from Ernakulam to Kannur after treatment and a 55-year-old woman, who was in the car, died in the accident, police said.

The car driver was seriously injured in the incident and is on ventilator support. The driver of the ambulance, the patient’s son, son-in-law and a nurse suffered minor injuries in the incident, they said.

An officer of Kunnamkulam police station said the car was trying to overtake an autorickshaw when it collided with the ambulance coming from the opposite direction. The ambulance toppled over in the incident.

The officer further said the car was being driven at high speed and in a rash manner, which led to the accident. A case of rash and negligent driving has been registered against the car driver. -- PTI

The weather office here issued on Sunday an orange warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh from Monday to Thursday.

Light to moderate rain continued to lash parts of the state with Kangra receiving 68.4 mm of rain since Saturday night, followed by Murari Devi 52.6 mm, Palampur 52 mm, Sarahan 25 mm, Dharamshala 23.2 mm, Jubbarhatti 17 mm, Bajura 16 mm, Pandoh 11.5 mm, Kufri 11.2 mm, Bilaspur 10.4 mm and Kasauli 10 mm.

A total of 360 roads, including the Aut-Sainj road, which is part of NH-305, were closed for vehicular traffic. Of these, 212 were in Mandi district and 92 in the adjoining Kullu district, according to the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC). -- PTI

A retired woman here lost Rs 3.09 crore to cybercriminals in a ‘digital arrest’ scam, police said on Sunday. The victim, identified as Leni Prabhu, filed a complaint with the Cyber Economic and Narcotics (CEN) police station after receiving a missed call on January 15 from an unknown number.

When she returned the call, a woman posing as a General Post Office official told her that a parcel sent in her name to China had been intercepted, containing 150 grams of MDMA. The caller "threatened that the offence carried a prison sentence of over 75 years." Claiming she could help obtain a no-objection certificate, the fraudster coerced Prabhu into surrendering 93 percent of her pension.

Under duress, Prabhu first transferred Rs 55 lakh via RTGS. Between January 17 and July 4, she made multiple transactions totaling Rs 3.09 crore to accounts allegedly provided by the suspects.

The scam was uncovered when the victim stopped receiving responses from the fraudsters. -- PTI

Good healthcare, education beyond reach of common citizens now, says Mohan Bhagwat in Indore

Good healthcare, education beyond reach of common citizens now, says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at function in MP's Indore. Earlier, healthcare, education driven by service spirit, now it has got commercialised, he said. Bhagwat also said "West applies uniform healthcare standards across the world; Indian medicine treats patients as per individual needs". -- PTI

An earthquake of magnitude 3.1 struck Jhajjar, in Haryana, on Sunday afternoon, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).

Sharing the details in a post on X, the NCS said that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres at 16:10:05 hours Indian Standard Time (IST).

"EQ of M: 3.1, On: 10/08/2025 16:10:05 IST, Lat: 28.63 N, Long: 76.72 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Jhajjar, Haryana," NCS said on X.

Further details are awaited. -- ANI

PM Modi conducted roadshow in Bengaluru

PM Modi interacts with students during metro ride from RV Road to Electronic City on Yellow line in Bengaluru

"We have to strengthen the presence of Bengaluru and Karnataka in 'Make in India'. I urge that our products should be of the standards of 'Zero Defect, Zero Effect'. That is, there should be defect-free products, and their manufacturing should also not have any negative impact on the environment. I expect that the talent of Karnataka will lead this vision of 'Aatmnirbhar Bharat'," says PM Modi in Bengaluru. — ANI

"Our next big priority among the current achievements should be 'Tech Aatmanirbhar Bharat'... Now is the time to give more priority to the needs of India and move ahead faster in developing new products," says PM Modi in Bengaluru. -- ANI

"The reach of digital solutions has reached every village. More than 50% of the world's real-time transactions are done through UPI in India. With the help of technology, we are bridging the gap between the government and citizens," says PM Modi in Bengaluru.

"Now we are also investing in technologies like AI-powered threat detection. Our effort is to ensure that the benefits of the digital revolution in the country reach each person in society. Bengaluru is working actively in this effort, he added. -- ANI

"We are rapidly moving towards becoming the top third economies. This speed came to us from the spirit of reform, perform, and transform. This speed came to us from clear intention and honest efforts. In 2014, Metro was limited to only five cities. And now there is a network of more than 1000 km in 24 cities," says PM Modi in Bengaluru.

"Before 2014, about 20,000 km of rail route was electrified...We have electrified more than 40,000 km of rail route in the last 11 years itself... Till 2014, there were only 74 airports in India. Now their number has increased to more than 160... The figures for waterways are also equally impressive. In 2014, only 3 national waterways were operational. Now this number has increased to 30," he added. -- ANI

'In Operation Sindoor's success, there is strength of our technology and Make in India...World has seen for first time India’s new face during Operation Sindoor', says PM Modi in Bengaluru.

'We demonstrated ability to destroy terror hubs; brought Pakistan to its knees,' he added.

He also said there was a major role of Bengaluru and its youth in Operation Sindoor. -- PTI

Behind Bengaluru's success story is efforts and talent of people here: PM Modi at an event in Bengaluru. -- PTI

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