IMD issues red alert for Palghar, Pune, Satara; orange alert for Mumbai, Thane, Nashik

IMD issues red alert for Palghar, Pune, Satara; orange alert for Mumbai, Thane, Nashik

Saturday, 03 August 2024 | PTI | Mumbai

The India Meteorological Department on Saturday issued a red alert for Maharashtra's Palghar, Pune and Satara districts for August 4. The IMD has also issued an orange alert for Thane, Mumbai, Raigad, Sindhudurg and Nashik. Heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places is...

Punjab CM Mann denied political clearance to visit Paris

Punjab CM Mann denied political clearance to visit Paris

Saturday, 03 August 2024 | PTI | Chandigarh

The Centre has denied political clearance to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for his visit to Paris to support the Indian Hockey team at the Olympic Games, an official source said on Saturday. Mann, who holds a diplomatic passport, was scheduled to visit Paris from August 3 to 9 for the...

Coaching centre deaths: Court disposes of plea of basement co-owners

Coaching centre deaths: Court disposes of plea of basement co-owners

Saturday, 03 August 2024 | PTI | New Delhi

A court here on Saturday disposed of the bail plea of the four co-owners of a coaching centre's basement where three civil services aspirants drowned last month, noting the prosecution's submission about the transfer of the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). On Friday, the Delhi High Court had...

Kerala landslides: 215 people dead, says Wayanad district administration

Kerala landslides: 215 people dead, says Wayanad district administration

Saturday, 03 August 2024 | PTI | Wayanad (Kerala)

Four days after massive landslides hit this north Kerala district, 215 bodies have been recovered from the affected areas, the district administration said on Saturday. The 215 dead include 87 women and 30 children, the administration said in a statement. It further said that 143 body parts have also been recovered till...

Fresh violence in Manipur's Jiribam within 24 hours of agreement to restore normalcy

Fresh violence in Manipur's Jiribam within 24 hours of agreement to restore normalcy

Saturday, 03 August 2024 | PTI | Imphal

Shots were fired and an abandoned house was torched in Manipur's Jiribam, triggering fresh tensions within a day of the Meitei and Hmar communities reaching an agreement to make efforts to restore normalcy in the district, officials said on Saturday. An abandoned house in Lalpani village was torched by armed men...

Delhi govt orders probe into death of inmates at shelter home; BJP, Cong slam AAP

Delhi govt orders probe into death of inmates at shelter home; BJP, Cong slam AAP

Friday, 02 August 2024 | PTI | New Delhi

The Delhi government on Friday ordered a magisterial probe into the death of 14 inmates of city-run Asha Kiran shelter home last month, with revenue minister Atishi pointing out that many of the deceased had comorbidities even as Lt Governor V K Saxena termed the fatalities as "an act of...

Kanwar yatra concludes, 4.5 crore kanwariyas visit Haridwar

Kanwar yatra concludes, 4.5 crore kanwariyas visit Haridwar

Friday, 02 August 2024 | PTI | Haridwar

The nearly fortnight-long Kanwar fair came to an end here on Friday with a huge crowd of devotees thronging the Lord Shiv temples dotting the city to perform "jalabhishek" on the occasion of Shiv Chaturdashi. The devotees also made an offering of the holy Ganga 'Jal' (water) at the Daksheshwar Mahadev...

Out of 14 inmates who died at Asha Kiran shelter home, some had comorbidities: Atishi

Out of 14 inmates who died at Asha Kiran shelter home, some had comorbidities: Atishi

Friday, 02 August 2024 | PTI | New Delhi

Delhi Revenue Minister Atishi said on Friday that out of the 14 inmates who died in July at the Asha Kiran shelter home, some had comorbidities, and added that if any negligence is found, the guilty will not be spared. Asha Kiran is a Delhi government-run facility for "mentally challenged" and...

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