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A woman drowned, and three people were injured in separate incidents as heavy rains lashed parts of Jammu overnight, officials said on Saturday. The woman was identified as Rozi Kouser (30), they said. Kouser's body was recovered from a stream in Keri Kangra in the Gursai area of Mendhar sub-division in Poonch district on Friday night, the officials said. They said the cause of her death was not known immediately, but the area had witnessed heavy rains, and the woman might have slipped into the fast-flowing stream. In another incident, three people were injured when their mud-house collapsed due to heavy rains at village Hansu in the Kotliwala area of Udhampur district, the officials said. Heavy rains lashed parts of the Jammu region overnight, with Jammu city recording the highest 69.4 mm of rainfall, followed by 57.4 mm in the Udhampur district. Katra, the base camp for the pilgrims visiting Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, recorded 50.1 mm and Kathua district 53.6 mm of rainfall,...

Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena approved the recommendation for a probe against jailed former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in a graft case related to the installation of CCTVs in the city, Raj Niwas officials said today. The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleged that the case against Mr Jain was part of the BJP's "relentless conspiracies" against it and the Delhi government. The BJP, on the other hand, said the sanction for an investigation "comes as no surprise" and it was expected long back. In a statement, the AAP said, "The BJP is relentlessly engaging in sinister conspiracies against the Delhi government day and night to halt its works." It claimed that with "over 200 cases filed against AAP ministers and MLAs, and sending our top leadership, including Delhi Chief Minister (Arvind) Kejriwal to jail in just 10 years, this case is yet another step towards suppressing the AAP". The BJP, however, described Mr Jain as a "master of corrupt...

The devastating flood in Assam's famed Kaziranga National Park (KNP) has claimed the lives of 114 wild animals while 95 others have been rescued till Saturday, an official said. The animal mortality in the KNP has increased from 77 till Friday. The dead animals include four rhinos and 94 hog deer due to drowning in the KNP and 11 others during treatment. The forest officials rescued 86 hog deer, two each of sambar deer and scops owl and one each of a rhino calf, Indian hare, otter, elephant and jungle cat, the KNP official said. Currently, 34 animals are under medical care while 50 others have been released after treatment, the official said. A hog deer was also killed after being hit by a speeding vehicle on a highway that runs through the KNP. This is the worst deluge in terms of animal mortality in recent years in KNP. An 18-month-old rhino calf which took shelter in the house of one Pushpanjali Sharma at Baghmari was subsequently rescued by members of the Centre for Wild...

राष्ट्रीय जनता दल (राजद) के नेता तेजस्वी यादव ने शुक्रवार को नीतीश कुमार के नेतृत्व वाली बिहार सरकार पर नीट प्रश्नपत्र लीक घोटाले के लिए उन्हें दोषी ठहराने का प्रयास करने की आलोचना की. यादव ने सत्तारूढ़ राष्ट्रीय जनतांत्रिक गठबंधन (राजग) को चुनौती दी कि अगर सबूत हैं तो उन्हें ‘गिरफ्तार' करना चाहिए. यादव ने ये टिप्पणियां राजद के गठन के 28 साल पूरे होने के अवसर पर आयोजित एक कार्यक्रम में कीं. उन्होंने सरकार पर भ्रष्टाचार और अपराध को बढ़ावा देने का आरोप लगाते हुए कहा, ‘‘यह सरकार डबल इंजन होने का दावा करती है. एक इंजन भ्रष्टाचार को बढ़ावा देता है, दूसरा अपराध को बढ़ावा देता है.'' पूर्व उपमुख्यमंत्री तेजस्वी यादव ने कहा, ‘‘राज्य में हर मुद्दे का दोष तेजस्वी के सिर मढ़ा जा रहा है, चाहे वह पेपर लीक हो, पुल ढहने का मामला हो या हत्या का. अगर सरकार के पास मेरे खिलाफ कोई सबूत है, तो उन्हें आरोप लगाने के बजाय मुझे गिरफ्तार करना चाहिए.'' राजग में शामिल जनता दल (यूनाइटेड) और भारतीय जनता पार्टी (भाजपा) के नेताओं ने इस बात पर जोर दिया है कि प्रश्न पत्र लीक मामले के एक प्रम...

In a brazen attack, the Tamil Nadu chief of the Bahujan Samaj Party was hacked to death by six bike-borne men near his house in Chennai on Friday.  The six men attacked Armstrong when he was having a discussion with a few party functionaries near his house in the city's Sembium area and then fled. The family rushed him to a hospital, but he was declared brought dead. Police officials said this could be a revenge murder, linked to the killing of a gangster, Arcot Suresh, last year. A senior police officer told NDTV, "We are conducting an investigation. The murder seems to be linked to an earlier killing."  Some reports said the attackers posed as food delivery agents, but police are yet to confirm this. The Sembium inspector of police has been tasked with cracking the case.  The opposition has hit out at the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu and said the killing is evidence of the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.  Leader of Opposition Edappadi Palanisw...

A total of 31 animals have died so far due to drowning, while 82 others have been rescued from flood waters in the worst deluge in recent years inside the famed Kaziranga National Park, a park official said on Thursday. The animal mortality includes 23 hog deer due to drowning in the Park and 15 during treatment. The forest officials rescued 73 hog deer, two otters, two sambar deer, a scops owl, one rhino calf, an Indian hare and a jungle cat. Currently, 20 animals are under treatment, while 31 others have been released after treatment, the official said. A total of 11 animals had died due to drowning, while 65 others were rescued from the flood waters of the severely affected park till Wednesday. Meanwhile, a Royal Bengal Tiger strayed into a neighbouring village in the Nagaon district from the flooded park and forest officials were trying to tranquilise the animal. Police personnel were deployed to prevent any untoward incident, and control the people as panic gripped the villa...

The ED said on Wednesday that it has arrested three persons including a chartered accountant and a resolution professional as part of a money laundering probe linked to an alleged bank loan fraud related to regaining control of an insolvent company from the NCLT. Chartered accountant (CA) Rakesh Kumar Gulati, Ajay Yadav of resolution applicant firm Umaiza Infracon LLP and a person identified as Paramjeet were taken into custody on July 1 by the Gurugram zonal office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court sent them to ED custody till July 9, the agency said in a statement. The case pertains to Sunstar Overseas Ltd (SOL), its ex-directors Rakesh Aggarwal, Rohit Aggarwal, Manik Aggarwal, Sumit Aggarwal and others. The money laundering case stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR filed against the company and its former promoters on charges of fraud, criminal misappropriation, criminal breach of trust, cheating and ...