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Hyderabad weather: Heavy rain brings city to standstill, officials on high alert
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, who was in Delhi, alerted officials in view of the heavy rains and the forecast for more rain in Hyderabad.
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Kheer Ganga's fury: Satellite images point to moraine breach behind Uttarkashi's Dharali disaster
Dharali satellite images: Experts examining the images suggest the disaster may have been triggered by a glacial collapse upstream of Kheer Ganga. The NDMA is awaiting clearer satellite images to confirm the exact cause.
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Flood fear looms as Yamuna flows above warning mark in Delhi, residents urged to move to higher ground
An alert has been issued to all agencies concerned to take precautionary measures to deal with a potential flood-like situation in Delhi.
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Uttarkashi flash floods: Clearing Dharali may take months as debris piles as high as 3-storey buildings
NDRF Commandant Sudesh Kumar Drall said the sheer volume of debris is making the mission extremely challenging.
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‘Don't judge what you don't understand’: Himachal brothers defend polyandrous marriage
‘Jodidar Pratha’, though legally recognised, has become rare due to urbanisation and changing social norms.
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Historical hoax? Delhi Assembly’s ‘hanging house’ row escalates, AAP leaders face probe
Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta announced during the Monsoon Session that the Privileges Committee will summon Kejriwal, ex-Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and other AAP leaders for allegedly misleading the public and misusing government funds to promote the “false” historical narrative.
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Telangana weather: IMD sounds heavy rainfall alert in six districts on August 8
IMD has issued a heavy rain alert for six Telangana districts on Friday, with thunderstorms expected across the state. Hyderabad may witness evening showers, gusty winds, and hazy mornings, according to the latest forecast
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Delhi woman kills father after argument, held
Delhi woman arrested for allegedly killing her father with a pan during a household dispute in Shahdara. Police probe ongoing; victim’s daughter reportedly has a mental health condition, say officials
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The last rickshaw pullers of Maharashtra hill town | In pics
The Supreme Court has delivered a strong indictment of the hand-pulled rickshaw system still operating in Maharashtra’s Matheran hill station, describing the practice as “inhuman”.
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‘I felt very disgusted’: Model recounts horror as man masturbates in front of her at Gurugram highway
A model was left horrified after a man allegedly masturbated in front of her at Gurugram's Rajiv Chowk while she waited for a cab, prompting police action only after her video went viral
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Janmashtami rush: Vrindavan’s Banke Bihari temple issues strong advisory for devotees
The 161-year-old Banke Bihari shrine, which covers just 1,200 square feet, struggles to manage the sheer volume of worshippers it draws, which is about 50,000 on a regular day, over a lakh on weekends and more than five lakh during festivals.
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Bengaluru plans new tunnel road from Hebbal to Veterinary College
Bengaluru’s new tunnel is expected to start near the Nadaprabhu Kempegowda statue, located in the Tree Park at the Hebbal flyover junction.
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SC condemns ‘inhuman’ hand-pulled rickshaws in Mumbai’s Matheran, orders urgent e-rickshaw transition
SC called hand-pulled rickshaws in Matheran “inhuman” and directed Maharashtra to replace them with e-rickshaws within six months. The court stressed dignity in livelihood and warned against delays due to lack of funds
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DDA begins rent payments to Signature View residents
According to Delhi Development Authority, rent has already been transferred to 56 residents who submitted the necessary documents and handed over possession of their flats. The payment covered rent up to the end of July.
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Rajasthan horror: Armed bikers gun down over 25 stray dogs in Jhunjhunu, one booked | Watch
After the video spread online, police began an investigation and identified one of the accused as Shyochand Bavariya, a resident of Dumra village. In the video, the bodies of the poor animals can be seen lying lifeless on roads and in nearby fields.
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Six dead in MP’s Kubereshwar Dham in 72 hours as lakhs gather for Kanwar Yatra
The Indore-Bhopal Highway, a major route for pilgrims, has been choked since Tuesday night. The victims, Upendra (22) from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and Dilip Singh (57) from Raipur, Chhattisgarh, are the latest to die during the ongoing Kanwar Yatra.
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4 friends on way to Gangotri swept away in flash flood, rescued by Army chopper
What began as a quiet birthday trip to the Gangotri shrine turned into a test of survival when the sudden flood struck near Harsil on Tuesday, leaving the group stranded overnight in a remote stretch of Uttarakhand’s mountains.
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'A river never forgets': Why one side of Uttarkashi's Dharali vanished, the other survived
Geologists argue this was no accident of nature, but a direct consequence of ignoring basic river dynamics. The Kheer Gad did not change course, it simply returned to the path it had carved over centuries.
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3 CRPF jawans killed, 15 injured after vehicle plunges into gorge in J&K's Udhampur
The incident took place around 10:30 am in the Kadwa area in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district when the personnel were returning from an operation at Basant Garh. The vehicle belongs to the 187th Battalion of the force.
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Fiancé beaten up, Dalit woman gang-raped during forest outing in MP; 3 held
Additional Superintendent of Police Arvind Srivastava said after parking their motorcycle on the roadside in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh, the woman with her fiancé went to a nearby hill. Four men roaming in the area spotted the couple, beat up the woman's fiancé, and chased him away.
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16 tourists from Maharashtra's Jalgaon remain untraceable after flash flood in Uttarakhand
Maharashtra government and Jalgaon district administration are actively coordinating with the Uttarakhand government and Uttarkashi district authorities to trace the missing individuals.
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Punjabi singer Baaz Sran arrested by NCB in drug smuggling case
Jagsir Singh, also known by his stage name Baaz Sran, originally from Malikpura village in Sirsa district, Haryana, managed to escape arrest for nearly a decade by frequently changing his identity and location.
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Bengaluru weather: City set for another rainy week as monsoon intensifies; IMD warns of heavy rainfall across Karnataka
Bengaluru braces for persistent rain as IMD forecasts continued wet weather across Karnataka. Southwest monsoon resurgence triggers heavy showers and fresh advisories across key districts
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Uttarkashi flash floods: Glacial deposits equivalent to 1.4 lakh Olympic pools were a 'hidden hazard'
Dharali disaster: The trigger, experts suggest, was a retrogressive slope failure high in the mountains, approximately 7 km upstream of Dharali at an elevation of 6,700 metres.
