Authorities in Rajkot in Gujarat on Monday sought help from the Indian Air Force and Navy as heavy rains through the day inundated large parts of the district, leading to the death of one person and the evacuation to safety of over 2,000 people.
The record heavy rain that is pounding Odisha for 24 hours has claimed at least three persons died, hit over 19.53 lakh people, and inundated extensive areas in 11 districts prompting authorities to launch evacuation of people from low-lying areas on Monday, officials said.
An audit by a central agency in Delhi has found the use of Pusa bio-decomposer, a microbial solution for stubble management, highly effective, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday, and urged the Centre to ask neighbouring states to distribute it for free among farmers. He said stubble burning in neighbouring states in October is a major factor behind the high level of air pollution in Delhi.
The Shiv Sena on Monday said the brutal rape and murder of a woman here has shocked everyone, but Mumbai is the "safest city" in the world for women and there should be no doubt about it in anyone's mind. An editorial in the Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' said the recent incidents of crime against women in Maharashtra were a "blot" on the state's culture and the feeling of anger among people was justified.
BJP leader and party's Bhabanipur Assembly bypoll candidate Priyanka Tibrewal on Monday lashed out at the Mamata Banerjee government over rising incidents of violence in the state. She urged people of Bhabanipur to "make history" by defeating Mamata in her hometurf.
Security forces on Monday averted a major tragedy by detecting and defusing six hand grenades placed by militants on the busy Parimpora-Panthachowk axis in Srinagar, officials said here. "During a routine road opening exercise along National Highway 44, alert troopers of the 73 Battalion of the CRPF recovered six Chinese grenades from a sandbag placed on a divider of the road," a spokesperson of the force said.
A four-storey building collapsed in the Sabzi Mandi area of Delhi on Monday. Several people are feared trapped under the debris of the building. Local police and district administration officials have reached the incident site. A massive relief and rescue operation has been launched by the officials.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
