A total of six people have lost their lives and 47 are still missing after a cloudburst and following flash floods in the Kullu, Mandi and Shimla regions of Himachal Pradesh.
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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, along with party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, visited the landslide site at Chooralmala in Kerala’s Wayanad. The Congress leaders took stock of the situation in the area and met the affected people.
02 Aug, 18:24 (IST)
Amravati, Maharashtra, has reported six positive cases of COVID-19 and one case of swine flu, according to recent test results from Sant Gadgebaba Amravati University's laboratory. District Surgeon Dilip Saundl confirmed that these cases emerged from a batch of 140 tested samples.
02 Aug, 16:33 (IST)
The Delhi High Court has transferred the investigation into the deaths of three UPSC aspirants in Rajendra Nagar to the CBI, citing the seriousness and potential corruption involved. The court also directed the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) to nominate a senior officer to oversee the CBI probe.
02 Aug, 15:36 (IST)
The Delhi High Court on Friday, August 2, dismissed a plea challenging the arrest of CM Arvind Kejriwal's aide, Bibhav Kumarin, in connection with the assault case of Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal.
02 Aug, 13:36 (IST)
Air India has suspended its flights to and from Tel Aviv until August 8 due to escalating tensions in the Middle East. The airline announced the decision today, stating, "In view of the ongoing situation in parts of the Middle East, we have suspended scheduled operation of our flights to and from Tel Aviv with immediate effect up to and including 8 August, 2024." Air India assured passengers with confirmed bookings during this period that they will receive a one-time waiver on rescheduling and cancellation charges.
02 Aug, 12:23 (IST)
The Supreme Court on Friday (August 2) held that there was no systemic breach in the conduct of National Entrance cum Eligibility Test - Undergraduate 2024 (NEET-UG 2024) examination. It added that the paper leak was only limited to Patna and Hazaribagh.
02 Aug, 10:19 (IST)
Police in Maharashtra's Palghar district have arrested a 25-year-old man for causing the death of a college professor while driving under the influence of alcohol, an official said on Friday. Professor Atmaja Kasat (45) was walking home after the day's work when she was hit by a car within the limits of Arnala Sagri police station around 6.30 pm on Thursday. She suffered serious injuries and was taken to a hospital but succumbed to her wounds after a few hours.
02 Aug, 09:06 (IST)
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that the government is planning an Enforcement Directorate raid on him following his recent 'Chakravyuh speech' in the Parliament during the discussion on the Union Budget. The Congress MP said he will wait for the central probing agency with open arms after ED 'insiders' informed him that a raid was being planned.
Mumbai, August 2: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, along with party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, visited the landslide site at Chooralmala in Kerala’s Wayanad. The Congress leaders took stock of the situation in the area and met the affected people. Speaking to the media after meeting people in Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi said, "It is a terrible tragedy for Wayanad, for Kerala and the nation. We have come here to see the situation. It is painful to see how many people have lost family members and their houses. We will try to help and make sure that the survivors get what is their due. A lot of them want to be relocated. There is a lot that needs to be done here. I would like to thank all those including doctors, nurses, administration and volunteers."
The Indian Army on Thursday completed the construction of a bailey bridge to connect the worst affected areas in the landslides in Kerala's Wayanad as the search continued for survivors and bodies.
The CBI on Thursday filed its first chargesheet in the alleged NEET-UG 2024 question paper leak case. The chargesheet names 13 people as accused who were allegedly involved in the paper leak and other irregularities. The accused named in the chargesheet are Nitish Kumar, Amit Anand, Sikander Yadvendu, Ashutosh Kumar, Roshan Kumar, Manish Prakash, Akhilesh Kumar, Avdesh Kumar, Anurag Yadav, Abhishek Kumar, Shivnandan Kumar, and Ayush Raj.
Learning lessons from waterlogging after every rain and the Rajinder Nagar tragedy where three UPSC aspirants lost their lives in a basement library due to waterlogging, the Aam Aadmi Party-led Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has announced a major overhaul of the city's decades-old drainage system. MCD Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Thursday emphasised that the ageing infrastructure, some of which is 20-30 years old and severely dilapidated, would be replaced.
Bangladesh on Thursday banned the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir under anti-terrorism law following nationwide unrest, citing the threat posed by the fundamentalist party to public security. A notification issued by the Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday confirmed the ban on the Islamist party, a key ally of former prime minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Russian nationals involved in a complex swap of prisoners with Western countries arrived in Moscow late on Thursday and were met at the airport by President Vladimir Putin, Russian news agencies reported. The agencies quoted Putin as saying that the eight returnees would all be presented with state awards and that he told them that their homeland "had not forgotten them, not for a single minute".
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