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After the catastrophic cloudbursts hit different areas of Himachal Pradesh, including Samej, state minister Vikramaditya Singh on Saturday said that around 50 people are feared dead in the affected areas and the official number can only be declared after official confirmation and completion of rescue operations. Mr Singh also said that the topmost priority of the state government is to retrieve the bodies and restore connectivity in the affected areas of the state as soon as possible. Speaking with ANI, Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh said, "The main priority of the government is to retrieve the bodies from the site, as the catchment area of the destruction spot is huge. Apart from it, Government is making all efforts to restore the connectivity in affected areas as soon as possible. It is being feared that around 50 deaths have taken place, but it can only be officially confirmed after the rescue operations." He further informed that the government has announ...

With a steeply pitched tiled roof piercing misty green hills in southern India and a stream gushing through rocks nearby, the Stone House Bungalow was one of the most popular resorts in the Wayanad area of Kerala state. It was empty when two landslides early on Tuesday washed away the 30-year-old stone building: staff and tourists had left after rain flooded its kitchen a few days earlier. But neighbouring dwellings in Mundakkai village were occupied and 205 people, almost all locals, were killed and scores are missing. Tourists had been warned to leave the day earlier because of the rain. Local authorities are now counting the cost of the disaster and questioning whether the rapid development of a tourism industry was to blame for the tragedy. Weather-related disasters are not unusual in India, but the landslides in Kerala state this week were the worst since about 400 people were killed in floods there in 2018. Mundakkai, the area worst affected by the landslides, was home to som...

The government faces fresh challenges in Manipur after the Centre decided to move out two Assam Rifles (AR) battalions from the state to Jammu and Kashmir. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will replace the two AR battalions. Nearly two dozen tribes under the Kuki banner have started protesting against the Centre's move, which they alleged would be destabilising as they considered the Assam Rifles a "neutral" force amid the ethnic tensions. The protesters held a candlelight vigil in Churachandpur and Kangpokpi districts. They tried to stop AR soldiers from moving out of their locations. "The Assam Rifles have been doing a good service for people living in sensitive areas without any bias. It is due to the AR's presence that peace and normalcy are possible at least in some of these areas," Kangvai Women Union secretary Vahneinieng said. She alleged there is a trust deficit with the state police and other central forces like the CRPF. The village chi...

A 32-year-old auto-rickshaw driver, who was the sole breadwinner in his family and father to three kids, was killed in an alleged road rage incident in Faridabad. Police identified the victim as Bunty, a native of Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh who earned his livelihood by driving an auto-rickshaw in Faridabad. They said Bunty got into a dispute with a car driver near Nagla Chowk on Thursday when his auto-rickshaw brushed past the four-wheeler. The car driver allegedly beat him up brutally and fled the scene. Bunty was rushed to the civil hospital by locals where he died during treatment, police said. According to a complaint filed by his sister, the car rider thrashed Bunty before local people could rescue him. She said her brother was the sole breadwinner in his family and had three children. "His wife has hearing and speech impairment and now, a big crisis has come before us," the woman told police. Following her complaint, an FIR was registered against the car driver u...

In a major crackdown on reckless behaviour, the Railway Protection Force has arrested a YouTuber for endangering public safety by criminal tampering with railway tracks for publicity. Viral videos on Twitter had shown a person placing various kinds of objects on railway tracks, prompting an urgent investigation. The culprit, Gulzar Sheikh has uploaded more than 250 videos on his YouTube channel and has over 2 lakhs subscribers. His on-camera activities posed a significant risk to both railway safety and operations. Through a detailed analysis of Sheikh's YouTube profile and social media presence, RPF Unchahar, Northern Railway registered the offence under various provisions of the Railway Act on August 1. On the same day, a joint team of RPF and Local Police arrested Gulzar Sheikh from his residence in Khandrauli Village in Uttar Pradesh. While appreciating RPF, Lucknow Division for the prompt and effective action, DG RPF emphasized that legal action against Gulzar Sheikh would...

खालिद मेशाल (Khaled Mashaal) अस्पताल के बिस्तर पर पड़ा था और मर रहा था.. उसके खून में जहर बह रहा था.. इससे उसका श्वसन तंत्र आहिस्ता-आहिस्ता काम करना बंद करता जा रहा था. एक मशीन के जरिए उसके फेफड़ों को आक्सीजन दी जा रही थी. उसकी जिंदगी के चंद दिन ही बचे थे. फिलिस्तीनी आतंकी संगठन हमास (Hamas) के संस्थापकों में शामिल रहे मेशाल की जान एक एंटीडॉट, यानी जहर का असर खत्म करने वाली दवा ही बचा सकती थी. लेकिन यह दवा वही व्यक्ति दे सकता था जिसने जहर दिया था, यानी कि जिसने मेशाल की हत्या की कोशिश की थी... और वह व्यक्ति थे इजरायल (Israel) के प्रधानमंत्री बेंजामिन नेतन्याहू (Benjamin Netanyahu).  बेंजामिन नेतन्याहू के आदेश पर ही इजरायली खुफिया एजेंसी मोसाद (Mossad) के एजेंटों ने खालिद मेशाल को कान के जरिए जहर का इंजेक्शन दिया था. यह घटना सितंबर 1997 में हुई थी.  जहर दिए जाने के बाद मेशाल की हालत बिगड़ती गई और चार दिन बाद वह बेहोश हो गया. मोसाद के एजेंट ने जॉर्डन के अम्मान शहर में एक सड़क पर मेशाल के कान में जहर दिया था. यह इजरायल में किए गए आत्मघाती हमलों का बदला लेने की कार्रवाई थी. मोसा...

Representatives of the Meitei community and the Hmar tribe held a peace meeting in Manipur's Jiribam today, and agreed to work for normalcy nearly two months after ethnic violence reached the district bordering Assam. The district commissioner, and senior officers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Assam Rifles (AR) moderated the meeting at the CRPF group centre, the representatives said in a statement jointly signed by them. Both sides will make full efforts to bring normalcy and prevent incidents of arson and firing, they said in the statement. The two sides also agreed to cooperate with security forces in Jiribam, and to ensure controlled and coordinated movement of people. Another meeting will be held after August 15, they said in the statement. Representatives of the Paite, Thadou and Mizo tribes living in Jiribam also participated in the meeting, the statement said. Jiribam, 250 km from the state capital Imphal, didn't see violence for over a year sin...