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Around 110 people stranded due to floods in Mahagaon tehsil of eastern Maharashtra's Yavatmal district were rescued on Saturday, officials said. Besides the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), an Mi-17 V5 chopper of the Indian Air Force was also pressed into service for the rescue operation at Anandnagar Tanda village, district collector Amol Yedge told PTI.

The SDRF shifted the stranded people to safe places and the rescue operation was over, he added. The district, around 150 km from Nagpur, has been receiving heavy rains since Friday.

Earlier, Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had tweeted that two IAF choppers had left from Nagpur for rescue operations, but a defence spokesperson said only one chopper was pressed into service. The Mahagaon tehsil recorded 231 mm of rainfall from midnight till Saturday morning while the district recorded 117.5 mm rainfall, said collector Yedge.

The Centre will present facts on the Manipur incident in the Parliament, Union Minister for Earth Sciences Kiren Rijiju said here on Saturday and declined to speak on the viral video that showed two women being paraded in the north eastern state. Refusing to be drawn into any controversy over the May 4 incident that took place in Kangpokpi district, he indicated that it would be inappropriate to discuss the issue outside the Parliament.

"Whatever matters are to be discussed in the Parliament we will present our point of view. But right now, I can't say anything outside on the matter," Rijiju told reporters here when his comments on the issue were sought. "I have come here (today) for the Rozgar Mela. I will not make any (other) comments," the minister further said.

11:35 PM

Hyderabad police busts Rs 712 cr 'Chinese investment fraud', nine arrested

The Hyderabad police on Saturday claimed to have detected a cryptowallet investment fraud of Rs 712 crore by Chinese operators. Nine people have been arrested in this connection from different places in the country.

Some of the cryptowallet transactions in the fraud have been found to have linkages with Hezbollah wallet (labelled as wallet belonging to terror financing module), a police release said.

The Cyber Crime Police had registered a case, based on the complaint lodged by a Hyderabad resident. The complainant said he was offered a part-time job to 'rate and review' (certain tasks) via a messaging app. Believing it to be genuine, he registered in their website.

10:49 PM

Delhi Police cracks down on sale of Chinese Manjha

With kite-flying season picking up, Delhi Police has launched a crackdown on those illegally selling 'Chinese Manjha' and its chief Sanjay Arora on Saturday stressed the need for consistent and deterrent action while citing "unsatisfactory" seizure.

The police took legal action against 44 people and seized 120 rolls of Chinese Manjha in the national capital on Wednesday and Thursday - the first two days of the drive , officials said.

A seven-year-old girl died after her throat was allegedly slit by a stray Chinese Manjha in west Delhi's Paschim Vihar area on Wednesday evening when she was travelling on a motorbike driver by her father.

9:59 PM

Delhi govt on high alert due to surge in discharge of water from Hathnikund Barrage into Yamuna, says Atishi

Revenue Minister Atishi on Saturday said the Delhi government is on high alert due to discharge of over 2 lakh cusecs of water from the Hathnikund Barrage into the Yamuna.

Some parts of Yamuna Khadar (floodplains) might get inundated if the water level in the river rises to 206.7 metres but the government is ready for evacuation, she said in a statement.

According to Central Water Commission (CWC) data, the flow rate at the Yamunanagar-located Hathnikund Barrage crossed the 1 lakh-mark at 9 am and oscillated between 2 lakh and 2.5 lakh cusecs between 10 am and 4 pm.

The India Meteorological Department has predicted heavy to very heavy rain in parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand till July 25.

9:30 PM

1,457 villages still affected by floods in Punjab

A total of 1,457 villages in Punjab are still affected by floods caused by the recent heavy downpour in the state, officials said on Saturday.

Currently, 19 districts Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Hoshiarpur, Rupnagar, Kapurthala, Patiala, Moga, Ludhiana, SAS Nagar, Jalandhar, Sangrur, SBS Nagar, Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Mansa, Bathinda and Pathankot are flood-affected, they said.

A total of 27,221 people were evacuated from waterlogged areas and taken to safer places in the state, the officials said, adding 170 relief camps are operational in which 4,909 flood-hit people are staying.

8:57 PM

G20 energy ministers discuss phasing down of unabated fossil fuels at Goa meeting

The larger view of G20 energy ministers who met in Goa on Saturday was that unabated fossil fuels should be phased down, Union minister R K Singh said.

Singh, who chaired the meeting, said all the countries are on the same page as far as the need to combat climate change is concerned.

Some members at the meeting underlined the importance of working towards phasing down unabated fossil fuels through efforts built upon safe, stable, diverse, and reliable supplies of various existing, new and emerging clean and renewable energy options, while others put different views on this matter, stated the outcome document of the meeting.

8:41 PM

Union minister and Manipur MP says interfaith committee formed to bridge gap of mistrust'

Stating that violence should have never happened in Manipur, Union Minister of State for Education Rajkumar Ranjan Singh on Saturday said an interfaith committee has been formed to bridge the "gap of mistrust".

Singh, whose house in Kongba Nandeibam in Manipur's Imphal East district had been set on fire in mid-June during a clash, told PTI, "I always pray to god that let the darkness get over. An interfaith community has been constituted to bridge the gap of mistrust. The darkness should not recur again."

On the viral video showing two women being paraded naked in Manipur in early May, the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha MP said, "I was very shocked and sad to see the video. I strongly condemn the perpetrators who committed such an act. Manipur is a land of peace, a state where different ethnic communities have been living together peacefully for centuries."

7:51 PM

Adani Wilmar files police complaint against sale of counterfeit Fortune brand products

Edible oil major Adani Wilmar Ltd on Saturday said it has lodged a police complaint against a B2B platform for allegedly distributing counterfeit products in the name of its 'Fortune' brand.

As part of a routine market survey, Adani Wilmar representatives discovered the malpractice.

In a statement, the company said it has lodged an FIR through their agency, against the B2B platform for alleged distribution of counterfeit products on the platform.

The FIR has been lodged at Badalpur police station in Gautam Budhnagar District, Uttar Pradesh.

6:56 PM

Will present our view on Manipur incident in Parliament, says Union Minister Rijiju

The Centre will present facts on the Manipur incident in the Parliament, Union Minister for Earth Sciences Kiren Rijiju said here on Saturday and declined to speak on the viral video that showed two women being paraded in the north eastern state.

Refusing to be drawn into any controversy over the May 4 incident that took place in Kangpokpi district, he indicated that it would be inappropriate to discuss the issue outside the Parliament.

"Whatever matters are to be discussed in the Parliament we will present our point of view. But right now, I can't say anything outside on the matter," Rijiju told reporters here when his comments on the issue were sought.

"I have come here (today) for the Rozgar Mela. I will not make any (other) comments," the minister further said.

6:49 PM

Waterlogging in various parts of Junagadh due to heavy rainfall in Gujarat

6:47 PM

G20 draft tweaked to reflect dissent on cutting 'unabated' fossil fuels

A draft statement by Group of 20 energy officials was edited on Saturday to reflect concerns from some members on phasing down "unabated" fossil fuels, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and two people familiar with the matter.

Major fossil fuel producers Saudi Arabia and Russia have opposed a proposal to triple G20 countries' renewable energy capacity in long debates at a ministers' meeting in India working on a statement for the G20 summit in the capital New Delhi in September.

A draft late on Friday read: "The importance of making efforts towards phase down of unabated fossil fuels, in line with different national circumstances was emphasized."

6:11 PM

Manipur incident: NE gender activists call for action against perpetrators

Gender activists from all the Northeastern states have called for action against the perpetrators of sexual assault and parading of the two women in Manipur but without politicising the issue.

The incident that came to light via the viral video is "shocking, unfortunate and a gross violation of human rights," Manipur gender activist and secretary of Women Action for Development (WAD) Sobita Mangsatabam told PTI.

"In a conflict situation, it is the women and children who are used as weapons and the same is happening in Manipur. The state has a long history of violence against women and children, but it is a sad state-of-affairs that they receive no justice," she said.

6:02 PM

Jharkhand CM writes to President Murmu on Manipur situation

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu, expressing his anguish over the "unspeakable torture" of women in violence-hit Manipur and urged her to take steps to ensure peace in the northeastern state.

The country cannot let tribals in Manipur be treated in a "barbaric way", he said in the letter days after a video of women being paraded naked in the northeastern state surfaced.

"Silence in the face of cruelty is a terrible crime and so I am compelled today to write to you with a heavy heart and profound anguish over the ongoing spate of violence in the state of Manipur," Soren said.

Manipur is "burning for over two months, heart-wrenching videos are surfacing" and there is an "unparalleled breakdown of democratic governance" in the northeastern state, he said in the letter.

5:38 PM

CBSE communique to schools on Indian languages important reform: Nadda

BJP president J P Nadda on Saturday lauded the CBSE communication to schools for using Indian languages as an optional medium of instruction as a major step towards making education more holistic and inclusive.

This is an important reform, he said.

The National Education Policy (NEP) as envisaged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emphasised the importance of education in the mother tongue, Nadda noted.

5:02 PM

Cloudburst triggers flash floods in Ladakh; no loss of life reported

A cloudburst triggered flash floods in the Union Territory of Ladakh, causing debris to flow into the main market area and throwing life out of gear, but there are no reports of any loss of life, officials said on Saturday.

The cloudburst hit the Gangles area of the Union territory late Friday night and left several parts of Leh town inundated, they said, adding the debris entered many buildings in the low-lying areas, causing some damage to them.

A police spokesperson said rescue and rehabilitation work was underway in Leh town, especially in Khakshal, Sanker, Skampari, Chhubi, Zangsti and the main market Gonpa Soma areas.

4:02 PM

UNAU students forum organise a protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar over Manipur incident