In a tragic incident, three children of the same family died after a mysterious fever within a span of 72 hours. The incident was reported from Baraatbhoj village in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit. The deceased children were aged 3, 4 and 5. Local residents in the Baraatbhoj village have been in mourning since Thursday when Veerpal's younger son, Naresh, 3, died of fever.
Chennai Rain Live Updates: Chennai and nearby regions experienced intense rains in about 24 hours, leading to inundation of most areas on Sunday and opening up of sluice gates of three city reservoirs to let out surplus water. Since the start of the Northeast monsoon in October, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry regions have experienced about 43 per cent excess rainfall. Heavy to very heavy rains lashing the city in about 24 hours comes after about six years, while other regions of Tamil Nadu received mild, and or moderate rainfall. The Meteorological department said a cyclonic circulation lay over north coastal Tamil Nadu, southeast of Bay of Bengal and a low pressure area is likely to form by November 9 and the agency has forecast widespread rainfall for at least the next three days in the state. Districts like Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Tiruvarur, Villupuram, Erode, Karur, Cuddalore, Pudukottai, Perambalur received more than 60 per cent of normal rainfall during the season. The government declared holiday for schools and colleges in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpet districts on November 8 and 9. Chief Minister MK Stalin has appealed to private companies to announce a holiday or allow employees to work from home.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted former deputy PM and BJP's longest-serving president LK Advani on his 94th birthday today. Besides PM Modi, other BJP leaders including the party's national president JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also greeted Advani and lauding his contributions to the country and the party.
India logged 11,451 new coronavirus infections taking the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,43,66,987, while the active cases declined to 1,42,826, the lowest in 262 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 4,61,057 with 266 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.
The air quality in various parts of the national capital continues to remain in the 'severe category', informed the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) on Monday. As per SAFAR's analysis, an overall air quality index (AQI) of 432 was reported in the national capital today morning.
At least four jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force 50 bn were killed, while 13 others were injured in a case of fratricide at a camp under Maraiguda Police Station limits in Chhattisgarh. 
Aided by cyclonic circulation during monsoon, Chennai and nearby regions experienced intense rains in about 24 hours, leading to inundation of most areas on Sunday and opening up of sluice gates of three city reservoirs to let out surplus water. Since the onset of the Northeast monsoon in October, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry regions have experienced about 43 per cent excess rainfall.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...
