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City likely to witness rains, thundershowers
Overnight showers in some areas of the national capital kept humidity levels high this morning. "The minimum temperature recorded at 8.30 am was 25.3 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal," a MeT official said. Humidity level was recorded at 74 per cent
Few takers of Yoga in Ramdev's ancestoral village
Yoga guru Ramdev may have led three lakh people in Ahmedabad in performing asanas on the International Yoga Day today and claiming it to be a "world record" but there were merely 40 people who perfomed yoga in his native village Saidalipur in Haryana
Yoga guru Ravi Shankar and minister Irani lead Yoga enthusiasts in Himachal
Thousands of men, women and children today thronged the huge 'chaugan' (courtyard) of the erstwhile Katoch dynasty rulers at Sujanpurtira in Hamirpur district to observe the International Day of Yoga. The function was presided over by Sri Ravi Shankar of the Art of Living society who was accompanied by Union Minister Smriti Irani and former Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal
Hundreds stranded as J&K highway closed after landslides in Ramban, Udhampur
The 300 km long Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed for traffic after rains triggered landslides in the Udhampur and Ramban districts of Jammu and Kashmir today
J&K: Army jawan, another feared dead as truck falls in Chenab
Two persons including an Army jawan are feared dead after a truck skidded off the highway and fell into the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district today, the police said
Eight-year-old falls in pit in Delhi, dies
An eight-year-old boy has died after falling into a rainwater-filled pit in a park here, the city police said on Wednesday. The boy was identified as Khalid from Mangolpuri area, the police said
Former judge Karnan taken to Kolkata by WB Police
Former Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan, arrested from Coimbatore more than a month after the Supreme Court sentenced him for contempt of court, was today taken to Kolkata by a team of West Bengal Police. He was taken by an Air India flight by a six-member team of West Bengal Police at around 11.50 am, police said
To curb rash driving, police gets high-tech interceptor vans
Equipped to move swiftly in all weather conditions, and even in pitch-darkness, the Delhi Traffic Police today added 11 hi-tech interceptors vans in its fleet to add more teeth to its anti-rash driving paraphernalia
Taslima Nasreen's visa extended for one year
New Delhi: Controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen's visa has been extended for one year, with effect from July 23, 2017, by the Union home ministry. Home Minister Rajnath Singh today gave approval for the visa extension, official sources said. Taslima, a citizen of Sweden, has been getting Indian visa on a continuous basis since 2004. Her visa has been further extended on the basis of the Swedish passport, they said.
Cop, discom officials beaten during checking of power theft
A police officer and some officials of a discom were allegedly beaten by residents of Shivpuri locality here when they reached there to check power theft, the police said today. Discom sub-divisional officer (SDO) Vikas Sharma lodged a complaint with police that yesterday an assistant sub inspector (ASI) of police and officials of power utility were beaten when they went to check power theft