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Daily Archives: July 10, 2023

Delay and deficit rainfall impacts cultivation; rice and pulses see a decline

NEW DELHI: Initial delay and deficit thereafter in monsoon has already caused decline in the acreage of major kharif crops: rice and...

3-storey building collapses in Ahmedabad; 1 killed, 5 rescued

AHMADABAD: A man was killed after a dilapidated three-storey building collapsed in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad city on Monday morning, police said.

After SYL breach, situation in Patiala grave, govt asks for more Army columns

CHANDIGARH: With the passing of every hour, the situation in Patiala seems to be turning grave as the Punjab government has sought...

S Jaishankar arrives in Ahmedabad, to file nomination for Rajya Sabha polls

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has arrived here to file his nomination papers on Monday for the Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat,...

DRI seizes 48 kg gold paste worth Rs 25 crore at Surat airport in...

SURAT: In one of the biggest seizures in recent times, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 48.2 kg of gold paste...

Earthquake jolts J&K

JAMMU: An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 hit Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district early on Monday, the National Centre for Seismology said.

Water level in Ghaggar, Satluj begins to recede

Even as the downstream flow of river water brings misery in villages and cities located along the banks of the Ghaggar and...

Power, water supply situation grim in Himachal Pradesh

SHIMLA: Heavy rain since Saturday morning across Himachal Pradesh has left at least eight persons dead, three missing and several stranded. At...

Delhi CM calls meeting to discuss waterlogging, rising water level in Yamuna

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold a meeting on Monday to discuss waterlogging caused by torrential rains in the...

BBC staffer ‘paid’ teen for explicit pics, suspended

LONDON: Britain’s BBC suspended a male staffer on Sunday following an allegation that he paid a teenager 35,000 pounds to pose for...