Overview
- Jaipur police arrested five people and recovered about 66.4 kilograms of silver bars and coins after technical checks of call records and sudden bank activity led investigators to suspects tied to a haveli demolition.
- Border Security Force officers held talks with Bangladesh’s BGB after family members said tea farmer Dipankar Gope was taken across the India–Bangladesh line and efforts to secure his return continue.
- Kolkata airport police filed an FIR after a Malaysia Airlines flight was targeted by a ground‑level laser during approach and the crew diverted, circled, and then landed the aircraft safely.
- Uttar Pradesh ATS arrested two men whose questioning exposed a multi‑state counterfeit currency network that moved fake notes through Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal using local couriers and train passengers while a suspected ringleader remains at large.
- The India Meteorological Department has issued heavy‑to‑very‑heavy rain warnings through mid‑August that are raising flood and landslide risks and complicating ongoing rescue and investigative operations.