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12:57 AM

DRDO to name its Covid hospital wards after soldiers killed in Galwan clash, ICU unit named after Colnel Santosh Babu

11:56 PM

Mamata Banerjee warns TMC leaders of stern action for corruption in Amphan aid distribution

11:56 PM

All India Radio to broadcast its first-ever 'News Magazine' programme in Sanskrit

11:50 PM

Ram Mandir Trust members to meet on 18 July in Ayodhya

11:50 PM

Priyanka Gandhi to speak with UP Congress leaders over state's law and order situation

11:48 PM

China appoints hardliner Zheng Yanxiong head of national security office in Hong Kong

11:48 PM

Bengal govt finds 34,000 complaints of cyclone compensation irregularities true: Official

10:21 PM

Lightning strikes Bihar again, kills 8

Lightning strikes killed eight people in Bihar on Friday and two minor boys drowned in a rainwater-filled lake in Maharashtra, even as the flood situation remained grim in Assam, claiming one more life and affecting over a million people in 20 districts.

 

Mumbai, meanwhile, received heavy rains with the IMD predicting intermittent moderate to heavy rainfall and "possibility of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places" on Saturday.

 

In Bihar, officials said in Patna that at least eight people were killed in in lightning strikes on Friday, a day after 26 died in similar incidents in eight districts of the state.

 

The latest fatalities were reported from five districts, with Samastipur accounting for the highest number of three deaths. Two deaths were reported from Lakhisarai, while one each died in Gaya, Banka and Jamui districts, sources in the Disaster Management Department said.

10:19 PM

Over 500,000 Indians returned home after launch of Vande Bharat mission: MEA

10:13 PM

Rajasthan govt transfers 66 IPS officers

The Rajasthan government on Friday transferred/redesignated 66 IPS officers.

 

The government had transferred 103 IAS officers on Thursday.

 

Senior IPS officer M L Lather who was Director General (Law and Order) has been appointed as DG (Crime Branch) while B L Soni who was holding DG (Crime Branch) post has been appointed as DG (Jail).

10:10 PM

Indiabulls Housing Q4 net drops 86 per cent to Rs 137 crore on higher provisioning

9:52 PM

PM Modi speaks to Assam CM on floods, Covid-19

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday assured full support to Assam in fighting the Covid-19 and flood crises facing the state, as he took stock of the latest situation during a telephonic conversation with Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.

 

PM Narendra Modi has sanctioned ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for next of kin of persons who lost their lives due to floods in Assam, from Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF)," the PMO tweeted.

 

According to an official statement issued in Guwahati, Modi said the Centre stands shoulder to shoulder with the Assam government in the effort to overcome the challenging situations.

 

Sonowal apprised Modi about the havoc wrought by the latest wave of floods, which has killed 35 people as on Friday, submerged a vast tract of agricultural land and crippled normal life.

 

He informed that several districts are reeling under floods which have also disrupted communication networks in some parts.

 

Besides, erosion and landslides have also severely impacted the state and claimed several lives, the chief minister informed, according to the statement.

9:50 PM

Heavy rains lash Mumbai

Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Friday, with the IMD predicting intermittent moderate to heavy rain and "possibility of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places" in the metropolis and surrounding areas on Saturday.

 

According to India Meteorological Department's Mumbai centre, the Colaba weather bureau reported 161.4 mm rainfall between 8:30 am and 8:30 pm on Friday.

 

During this period, the Santacruz weather station in the city recorded 102.7 mm rainfall.

 

The IMD had, on Thursday, predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in Mumbai and adjoining coastal districts, and issued an orange alert for Friday and Saturday.

9:43 PM

Locust control operations carried out in 132,777 hectare in many states since April 11: Govt

9:40 PM

DPIIT meeting with e-commerce firms on mentioning 'country of origin' on each product likely on July 8