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Flood situation improves in Odisha as water recedes in most rivers. Bhubaneswar/ Balasore/ Jajpur, The flood situation in Odisha improved on Monday with water receding in most of the rivers, following which the body of a missing person was found, officials said. Waters were receding in the Subarnarekha, Brahmani, Baitarani, Jalaka and Budhabalang, which flooded six districts in the northern region of the state, they said. The body of 28-year-old Santosh Jena, who went missing on Sunday, was fished out of the Baitarani river in Dasrathpur block of Jajpur district. “This is a very unfortunate incident. We appeal to all…

SC junks Punjab’s plea against HC order over release of extra water to Haryana. The Supreme Court on Monday refused to examine the Punjab government’s plea against an order directing it to abide by the decision over the release of 4,500 cusecs of extra water to Haryana. The Punjab and Haryana High Court had directed Punjab to abide by the decision taken in the meeting held on May 2 under the chairmanship of the union home secretary. On Monday appearing before a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, senior advocate Abhishek M Singhvi, representing Punjab, said Haryana was…

Chief ministercsaid Chhattisgarh is a peace-loving state where people of all faiths coexist harmoniously and it is unfortunate that such issues related to women’s safety are being politicised. Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Monday called for restraint and urged political parties not to politicise the issue of women’s safety, following the arrest of two Kerala-based nuns and another individual in an alleged case of human trafficking and forced religious conversion. On July 25, the Railway Police at Durg station arrested Preethi Merry and Vandana Francis, both nuns from Kerala, along with Sukaman Mandavi, after a local Bajrang Dal…

According to District Collector Pratap Singh Nathawat, the boy was at the school to pick up his sister. A 9-year-old boy lost his life in a tragic incident at a school in Poonam Nagar, Jaisalmer, when the main gate collapsed due to its dilapidated condition. According to District Collector Pratap Singh Nathawat, the boy was at the school to pick up his sister. The incident also left a girl with head injuries and a teacher with a leg fracture. Nathawat, while speaking to mediapersons, confirmed that another girl got multiple injuries on her head and a teacher got a fracture…

Light showers were reported in parts of the city on Monday, while the minimum temperature settled at 28.4 degrees Celsius, 1.1 degrees above normal. The national capital recorded a maximum temperature of 35.6 degrees Celsius on Monday, 2.6 notches above the season’s average, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Light showers were reported in parts of the city, while the minimum temperature settled at 28.4 degrees Celsius, 1.1 degrees above normal, it added. A cloudy sky with moderate rain is expected on Tuesday, according to weather forecasts. In an X post, Mahesh Palawat, vice-president of private weather forecasting agency Skymet,…

SC issues notice on TN YouTuber’s plea for CBI probe into irregularities in state schemes. The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea of YouTuber Savukku Shankar against Madras High Court’s refusal to order a CBI probe into alleged financial irregularities under Tamil Nadu’s Annal Ambedkar Business Champions Scheme . A bench comprising Chief justice B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and N V Anjaria was also informed by Shankar’s counsel that his house was vandalised after he filed a plea seeking the CBI probe. Shankar alleged large-scale misappropriation of funds under the state’s AABCS and…

As of June 2025, 3,925 complaints have been registered with DGCA, compared to 4,016 in the entire year of 2024, civil aviation minister Rammohan Naidu told parliament on Monday. The number of passenger complaints filed with the civil aviation regulator— the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)— in 2025 has reached nearly 98% of the total complaints recorded in all of 2024. As of June 2025, 3,925 complaints have been registered, compared to 4,016 in the entire year of 2024, civil aviation minister Rammohan Naidu told parliament on Monday. In a written reply to a query raised by member of…

Police stated that a heated argument broke out between the couple on July 24 after she asked her husband why he went out with another woman. A 25-year-old woman was set on fire allegedly by her husband for questioning him about going out with a female friend in Latur district of Maharashtra, police said on Monday. The woman suffered 70 per cent burn injuries, and her condition is critical. Police stated that a heated argument broke out between the couple on July 24 after she asked her husband why he went out with another woman. Enraged, the husband allegedly poured…

Ex-BKTC chairman meets CM Dhami seeking conservation of Tungnath temple. Former chairman of the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee Ajendra Ajay on Monday requested Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to take necessary steps for the conservation of the Tungnath temple. Standing at a height of 12,073 feet above the sea level at a picturesque location in Rudraprayag district, the centuries-old Tungnath temple is the third among the Panch Kedar group of temples dedicated to Lord Shiva. The former BKTC chairman who met the chief minister at the secretariat also handed him a letter stating in detail why it was necessary to take…

Jaishankar was addressing questions on Operation Sindoor, one of which has been on Trump’s claim of intervening and using trade offers for India-Pak ceasefire. There was no call between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump between April 22 and June 17, said external affairs minister S Jaishankar in the Lok Sabha on Monday, during the debate on Operation Sindoor. Jaishankar was addressing questions on the Indian military operation, one of which has been on Trump’s claim of intervening and using trade offers for making India and Pakistan reach a ceasefire understanding.  “I want to make two things…