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9:46 PM

Dharwad District Commissioner declares one-day holiday for schools due to rain

8:12 PM

Punjab suffered losses of nearly Rs 1,000 crore due to floods, says CM Mann

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Sunday that the state suffered estimated losses of nearly Rs 1,000 crore due to recent floods. A detailed report on the losses will be sent to the Union government and a relief package will be sought, he said.

An on-ground assessment of the losses will be done and people will be provided compensation, he said. Several districts of Punjab and Haryana were battered by heavy rains this month that left normal life paralysed and flooded vast tracts of agricultural land and residential areas.

 

7:28 PM

PM Modi's proposal for full G20 membership to African Union draws overwhelming response: Kant

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposal to make the African Union a permanent member of the G-20 has received an overwhelming response from the grouping, India's G-20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said. In an interview to PTI, the top negotiator said that India was "very hopeful" of the African continental body receiving full membership of the G-20 during New Delhi's presidency of the grouping.

Last month, Modi wrote to the leaders of the world's 20 largest economies pitching for giving the African Union full membership of the grouping at its upcoming summit in New Delhi.

 

6:37 PM

Yamuna's water level recorded above danger mark at 206.35 meters at 6 pm today

5:37 PM

AAP stages protest in UP's Meerut against atrocities on women in ethnic violence-hit Manipur

The AAP staged a protest here on Sunday after a video purportedly shot on May 4 surfaced online last week, showing two women being paraded naked in Manipur, and raised slogans against the BJP-led central and Manipur governments.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers gathered at the Kashi toll plaza and raised slogans against the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. During the protest led by the Uttar Pradesh unit chief of the AAP's Yuva Sangharsh Samiti, Vanshraj Dubey, and district president Ankush Chowdhary, the party workers expressed displeasure over the misbehaviour meted out to women in ethnic violence-hit Manipur.

 

4:52 PM

NIA raids homes of five absconding POs, suspects across 21 locations in Tamil Nadu in PFI conspiracy case

3:43 PM

NSG team visits Shimla eatery rocked by explosion

A team of the National Security Guard (NSG) on Sunday visited the eatery on Mall Road where a gas leak apparently led to a blast, killing one person and injuring 13 others. The blast occurred on Tuesday evening at Himachali Rasoi restaurant, known for serving Himachali cuisines, located in Middle Bazaar adjacent to the fire brigade office in the heart of the city. Police said the blast was apparently caused by a gas leak. A team from the National Bomb Data Centre of the NSG has come for the post-blast investigation to find out the cause of the explosion, Director General of Police Sanjay Kundu told PTI.

 

3:13 PM

Rescue operation underway by NDRF team after a child fell into a borewell in Nalanda

1:51 PM

Water level rises in Godavari in Telangana

1:49 PM

Hirakud dam authorities release season's first floodwater

The authorities of Hirakud dam in Odisha's Sambalpur district on Sunday released the season's first floodwater to downstream of river Mahanadi, official PTI sources said. The water was released following a steady rise in the water level in the reservoir due to heavy rain in upstream of river Mahanadi.

 

1:27 PM

12 killed, 40 missing in Afghanistan flash flood

At least 12 people were killed and up to 40 more are missing following a flash flood caused by torrential rain in central Afghanistan, a government spokesman said Sunday. Zabihullah Mujahid said urgent aid was being rushed to the disaster zone in the Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province.

 

10:07 AM

Yellow alert in 6 districts of Kerala

Heavy rains are lashing central and northern areas of Kerala. The weather department has issued Yellow alert in Idukki, Malappuram , Kozhikode ,Wayanad , Kannur and Kasargod districts of the state.

 

9:36 AM

Magnitude 4.6 earthquake strikes Afghanistan

An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 jolted Afghanistan on Sunday, the National Center for Seismology reported. It toook place at 08:46:16 IST, at a depth of 165 Km.

 

9:07 AM

DCW chief Swati Maliwal to visit Manipur

DCW chief Swati Maliwal said, "I have decided to visit Manipur and I am appealing to the State Govt not to stop me but make arrangements so that I can meet the sexual assault survivors so that we can reach out to them and provide all possible help."

 

9:07 AM

NIA conducts searches in TN over former PMK functionary's killing

Officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday conducted searches at multiple locations across Tamil Nadu in connection with the 2019 murder of a former Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) functionary at Thirubhuvanam in Thanjavur district, PTI sources said.

9:06 AM

NDRF continues search & rescue operation at Raigad Irshalgad landslide-hit area: NDRF

NDRF continues search & rescue operation at Raigad Irshalgad landslide-hit area: NDRF 

 

IMD issued an 'orange' alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg districts.

6:31 AM

Rs 5 crores relief amount provided to those affected by floods in Kullu, says official

Kullu Deputy Commissioner on Saturday said that five crore rupees relief amount was provided to those affected by floods in the district. "People who are affected by the heavy rainfall in the Kullu district are being provided with a relief amount by the government. People whose sources of income were affected along with their houses and shops are being procured the relief amount. Till now, 1,700 families have been affected by the floods. Most of the families were provided with Rs five crores of relief amount", said Ashutosh Garg, DCP, Kullu. Garg further added, "Still, the employees of the revenue department are on the field and distributing the relief amounts". 

6:28 AM

Flood like situation in parts of Gujarat due to torrential rain, NDRF conducts rescue operation in Junagadh

6:28 AM

Water level of river Yamuna in Delhi increasing again, water level recorded at 205.75 m

6:03 AM

Israel PM Netanyahu reportedly at hospital, undergoing pacemaker implant

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Saturday night (local time), reportedly arrived at Sheba Medical Center and the procedure of implanting a cardiac pacemaker has begun, Times of Israel reported.

 

Earlier, on his Twitter account, Netanyahu posted a video where he said that he was feeling "excellent" and that he is adhering to his doctors' advice.

 

Not more than a week ago, Netanyahu was hospitalized for dehydration and had a heart monitoring device implanted, the premier says that the device beeped earlier in the evening, which necessitates immediate surgery to implant a pacemaker, a device that prevents one's heart from beating too slowly.

 

In the video, Netanyahu said that his medics told him he's expected to be released tomorrow (July 23) from Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan in time to take part in potential votes on the coalition's controversial "reasonableness" bill, reported Times of Israel.

5:51 AM

Shut temples if it can check violence: High court

Observing that temple festivals were becoming an occasion of power tussle, the Madras high court has said it was better to close down temples if they perpetuated violence.
 

“The purpose of a temple is to enable the devotees to worship God for peace and happiness, but unfortunately, temple festivals are perpetuating violence,” Justice N Anand Venkatesh observed.
 

“If temples are going to perpetuate violence, their existence will have no meaning and in all such cases, it would be better to close down the temples so that violence can be averted,” the judge said on Friday, dismissing a plea seeking a direction to police to provide adequate security for a temple festival.

5:51 AM

Thousands of Israelis march ahead of final votes on judicial bill

Thousands rallied against the controversial judicial reform bill that faces a final vote early next week, protesters set up a ‘tent city’ near Knesset after the multi-day march, Times of Israel reported. Some of the protesters blocked the traffic on Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway, as part of demonstrations against the judicial overhaul.