Friday, 03 May 2024
Friday, 03 May 2024
Fourteen people have died and 102 others, including 22 army personnel, were missing after the cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim triggered a flash flood in the Teesta river basin. A study by an international team of researchers had warned two year ago that the South Lhonak lake in Sikkim may burst in the future and significantly impact the downstream region. State-owned NHPC's two hydro power plants in Teesta Basin in Sikkim have been affected following flash floods.
AAP leader Sanjay Singh was produced before a court, a day after he was arrested in the Delhi excise policy case. The Rajya Sabha MP said his arrest was an act of injustice by Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose party was going to lose the next Lok Sabha elections. ED is seeking 10 days custody of Singh.
Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature 'for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable,' the award-giving body said. The prize is awarded by the Swedish Academy and is worth 11 million Swedish crowns (about $1 million).
Fresh violence broke out in Manipur's Imphal West district where at least two houses were set on fire and several rounds of bullets were fired. After the attack, the accused fled the spot, triggering tension in the area, they added.
The Calcutta High Court has said that the Enforcement Directorate can consider issuing fresh summons to TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee if it is not satisfied with the documents submitted by him in connection with the alleged school jobs scam in West Bengal. Hearing an appeal by the Diamond Harbour MP challenging an order of a single bench that had directed the ED to ensure the investigation process on October 3 is not hampered, a division bench said the agency can fix a time limit for Banerjee to submit documents as required by it.
Police have registered an FIR against the acting dean and a doctor of a government hospital in Maharashtra's Nanded district, where 31 patients died in 48 hours, on the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. They were booked under Indian Penal Code sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 34 (common intention), the official said.
The Delhi Police called journalist Abhisar Sharma for questioning in connection with a case filed under anti-terror law UAPA, following charges that the NewsClick portal received money for spreading pro-China propaganda. Delhi Police opposed the applications filed for the supply of a copy of the FIR by NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and human resources department head Amit Chakravarty. Delhi Police has accused Purkayastha of conspiring to peddle a narrative that Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh are disputed territories.
The women's combine emerged triumphant in an edge-of-the-seat thriller while the men's outfit secured the top prize without fuss as Indian compound archers swept all three gold medals on offer in team events, further bettering their best-ever show at the Asian Games. Veterans Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu survived some anxious moments to win the mixed doubles gold as Indian squash players recorded their best-ever performance at the Asian Games.
Congress' top decision making body CWC will meet on October 9 here to deliberate on the current political situation, caste census and further firm up the strategy for the upcoming assembly elections in five states. The meeting is likely to have a discussion on the caste census.
The US embassy trashed reports that American Ambassador Eric Garcetti alerted his team about possible impact of New Delhi's diplomatic spat with Ottawa on India-US relations. The ties between India and Canada came under severe strain following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations of a 'potential' involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June.
