Death toll in Himachal landslides and floods rises to 23, over 650 roads blocked

Shimla, August 21Death toll in rain-related incidents in Himachal Pradesh increased to 23 with three more deaths in Mandi district, officials said on Sunday.Heavy monsoon rain in the state since Friday has triggered flashfloods, landslides and house collapses, affecting normal life.Eight persons were killed in a house collapse following landslide…

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Manish Sisodia claims Look Out Circular issued against him; CBI denies; BJP says Kejriwal is ‘nervous’

New Delhi, August 21 Facing the heat in the excise policy “corruption” case, Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday claimed the CBI issued a Look Out Circular against him, but officials said the agency has not taken such action “as of now” against any of the accused. While…

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Excise policy case: Delhi Deputy CM Sisodia claims CBI has issued lookout notice against him

New Delhi, August 21Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday claimed the CBI has issued a lookout notice against him and termed the move a “drama” as the agency found “nothing” during a raid at his residence.He said he is “roaming freely” in Delhi and asked Prime Minister Narendra…

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Rain fury leaves trail of destruction; Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand worst hit

Shimla/Dehradun, August 21The rain fury since Friday has wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Odisha, leaving at least 31 people dead, 22 of them in Himachal alone, as heavy monsoon rains triggered flashfloods, landslides, and house collapses, upending normal life across large swathes of the country.The fatalities included…

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Rain: ഹിമാചലിലും ഉത്തരാഖണ്ഡിലും ദുരിത പെയ്ത്ത്; വെള്ളപ്പൊക്കത്തിലും മണ്ണിടിച്ചിലും 25 മരണം

മാണ്ഡി, കംഗ്ര, ചമ്പ എന്നീ ജില്ലകളിലാണ് ഏറ്റവും കൂടുതൽ നാശനഷ്ടമുണ്ടായത്.  Source | zeenews.india.com…

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Landslips, flash floods kill 22 in Himachal

Shimla, August 20Twenty-two persons were killed while six others were missing in incidents of landslide and flash floods triggered by heavy rain in Mandi, Chamba, Kangra, Shimla, Kullu and Una districts of Himachal Pradesh since Friday night, officials said.As many as 743 roads, including the Kalka-Shimla National Highway-5 (at Shoghi),…

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Punjab, Haryana agree to name airport after Bhagat Singh

Chandigarh, August 20 A decade-old tussle came to an end today as Punjab and Haryana agreed to name the Chandigarh International Airport after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. An announcement in this regard was made after a joint meeting between Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant…

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Punjab finally hires 156 law officers, kin of judges on list

Saurabh MalikChandigarh, August 20About five months after it came to power in Punjab, the AAP government today finally engaged the services of 156 law officers to represent the state before the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Supreme Court.Among others, the appointees include the relatives of retired and serving…

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Mumbai cops get 26/11-type attack threat, on alert

New Delhi, August 20Almost 14 years after 10 heavily armed Pakistani terrorists stormed Mumbai and carried out attacks that left 166 persons dead, the police of the country’s financial capital in Maharashtra are on the alert again after receiving text messages that threatened of a ’26/11-like’ attack.The Mumbai police’s traffic…

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