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India records highest monsoon rains in 25 years: IMD

9:43 pm September 30, 2019

New Delhi: India recorded the highest rainfall this monsoon since 1994, the weather department said classifying it ‘above normal’ as the season officially ended on Monday. Monsoon still remains active in several parts of the country and withdrawal of the southwest monsoon is likely to commence from northwest India around October 10, the India Meteorological Department […]

Death toll rises to 28 in Bihar; IAF chopper air drops relief

9:15 pm September 30, 2019

Patna: Devastated by a spell of torrential rains lasting over three days, claiming at least 28 lives, Bihar on Monday trudged towards normalcy with intensified relief and rescue work in badly affected localities including the state capital. While people tried resuming normal business under an overcast sky, but weather department predicted fresh showers may lash […]

Bihar battered by rain for third consecutive day; 18 dead

9:26 pm September 29, 2019

Patna: Battered by heavy rainfall for the third consecutive day, Bihar lost at least 18 lives on Sunday to mishaps caused by the downpour that inundated streets, water-logged railway tracks and marooned business establishments. The state capital continued to be among the worst affected, some of its parts submerged in water levels rising up to […]

California: 34 presumed dead after fire on scuba diving boat

2:37 am September 4, 2019

SANTA BARBARA, California: No one likely escaped the flames that tore through a boat packed with scuba divers, with all 34 people sleeping below deck presumed dead during a Labor Day weekend expedition off the Southern California coast, authorities said Tuesday as they called off the search for survivors. Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Man shot dead in south Delhi’s Amar Colony

10:47 pm August 24, 2019

New Delhi: A 38-year-old man was allegedly shot dead by two bike-borne assailants in southeast Delhi’s Amar Colony while he was going home on a scooter with his son, police said on Saturday. The incident took place late on Friday night near Okhla sabzi mandi. The victim was identified as Fajlu Qureshi, a resident of […]