A fire broke out at the Central Ammunition Depot in Maharashtra's Pulgaon, near Wardha, late on 30 May.

According to reports, about 17 people have lost their lives in the mishap, including two officers and 15 DSC jawans. About 19 people have reportedly sustained injuries, and some are said to be in a critical condition.

A series of explosions that were set off by an initial outburst of flames led to this tragedy, which broke out in the country's largest ammunition depot.

Villages in the vicinity of the depot have been evacuated.

The fire is yet to be completely extinguished. Death toll is expected to rise.

The Prakash Singh committee looking into the situation in Haryana during the Jat agitation in February has reported an administrative paralysis in that period, with the home department and the police failing to act. The riots claimed 30 lives and caused damage worth crores.

According to the 451-page report, the "highest functionaries" in the government failed to show "the kind of guidance, direction and control" that is expected in such a crisis. The report indicts 90 police and administrative officers for their failure to act.

The Jat community has threatened to renew their agitation from 5 June, according to The Indian Express.

The Global Slavery Index published by human rights organisation Walk Free Foundation says that India has the largest population of modern slaves in the world, including bonded labourers, forced beggars, sex workers and child soldiers.

"Existing research suggests all forms of modern slavery continue to exist in India, including inter-generational bonded labour, forced child labour, commercial sexual exploitation, forced begging, forced recruitment into non-state armed groups and forced marriage," said Grace Forrest, co-founder of the foundation.

About 18 million people are trapped in India under the circumstances listed above, working out to 1.4 per cent of the country's total population, according to the Hindustan Times.

Documents missing from the case files relating to the death of Ishrat Jahan remain lost, but the BK Prasad panel will not recommend an investigation by the CBI or Delhi Police, but leave that decision to be made by home minister Rajnath Singh and home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi.

The panel will submit its report on the issue today.

Prasad is believed to have interviewed about 24 officials in the ministry of home affairs who had cause to handle the Ishrat Jahan files, says The Economic Times. A source said that a timeline has been established that indicates when the documents were lost.

India's first anti-trafficking law aims to show compassion towards victims, but be tough on perpetrators.

According to Maneka Gandhi, minister for women and child development, the draft Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill 2016 aims to ensure that a trafficked individual forced into prostitution is not treated as an offender.

"The new law is compassionate towards the victim," said Gandhi said. The draft law proposes setting up an anti-trafficking fund and creating a protocol for the treatment of victims.

In 2014, nearly 5,500 cases of human trafficking were reported in India, says the Hindustan Times.

The seven men accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks case were issued notices by the Islamabad high court on the prosecution's plea to examine the boat used by the terrorists to get to India.

The accused included Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, the man behind the attack.

"The Islamabad high court has issued notices to the accused of Mumbai attack case and the government on the prosecution's plea to form a commission to examine the boat at port city of Karachi," a court official told the Hindustan Times.