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Breaking LIVE: BJP To Discuss 2025 Assembly Polls Strategy In Extended Executive Committee Meet

Breaking News Live Updates: Hello and welcome to this space brought to you by ABP Live. Please follow this page for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world. President Murmu To Witness Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra Today President Droupadi Murmu will witness Jagannath Rath Yatra in Odisha's Puri on July 7, an official release by Rashtrapati Bhavan stated on Friday. The grand Jagganath yatra is set to begin today and is expected to be attended by 12-15 lakh people. While on her four-day visit to the coastal state from July 6 to 9, the President will also be attending the historic yatra in Puri amid tightened security. Speaking to reporters in Puri, ADG (law and order) Sanjay Kumar said tight security arrangements have been made in and around Puri to ensure smo...
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Breaking News Live: Rahul Gandhi To Visit Gujarat Today; To Meet Rajkot Fire Victims’ Kin

Breaking News Live Updates: Hello and welcome to this space brought to you by ABP Live. Please follow this page for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world. AP, Telangana Chief Ministers To Meet On July 6 To Resolve Pending Inter-State Issues  Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu are scheduled to meet on Saturday to address unresolved issues stemming from the bifurcation of the two Telugu states. The meeting will be held at Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phule Bhavan on Saturday evening.  As per the report of PTI, upon arrival of Naidu at Begumpet airport on Friday evening, after his trip to Delhi, TDP leaders, and activists in Telangana gave him a grand welcome.  Telangana was formed on June 2, 2014, after th...
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Despite monsoon deficit, Kharif acreage up 32% in June, driven by pulses & oilseeds | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The country has reported higher acreage of summer-sown Kharif crops in June compared to the corresponding period in 2023, despite a bigger deficit in monsoon rainfall for the month. The good show in sowing can be attributed to focus on sowing of less water-consuming crops such as pulses and oilseeds.Though both the years - 2023 and 2024 - reported deficit rainfall in June, the deficit this year (11%) was bigger than the deficit (9%) last year.Nevertheless, acreage of Kharif crops as on June 28 this year was 59 lakh hectares (over 32%) more than the corresponding period of last year.Agriculture ministry’s acreage data shows that the total sown area in the country as on June 28 was 240 lakh hectares compared to 181 lakh hectares during the same period last year.The higher acrea...
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Video | How To Make Urban Infra Stand Test Of Time And Elements? Experts Discuss

The recent roof collapse at Delhi airport, along with similar incidents at Jabalpur and Rajkot airports, and the flooding of the Pragati tunnel underscore a critical issue: the increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events. These climate-related disasters highlight the urgent need to enhance the resilience of our infrastructure. How can we prevent future calamities such as airport roof collapses, tunnel flooding, or expressway cave-ins? Join Manisha Natarajan as she discusses these pressing concerns with insights from Suresh Subudhi - Managing Director and Senior Partner, Global Leader: Travel, Cities and Infrastructure Practice at Boston Consulting Group, and Shailesh Pathak, Former Secretary General FICCI, Urbanist and Infrastructure Expert. Source link
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Breaking News Live: Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi Leaves For Hathras To Meet Stampede Victims

Breaking News Live Updates: Hello and welcome to this space brought to you by ABP Live. Please follow this page for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world. LoP Rahul Gandhi To Visit Hathras Today Following the tragic stampede in Hathras, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit the district on Friday, where he will also meet the family members of the victims, party officials told news agency PTI. "Our leader Rahul Gandhi will visit Hathras on Friday. He will meet the family members of the victims of the incident," Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai told PTI. On Thursday, Rai blamed the state government for the Hathras incident that claimed 121 lives. The stampede occurred at a 'satsang' of self-styled godman Narayan Sakar Har...
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Breaking News Live: Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu Meets Union Ministers

Breaking News Live Updates: Hello and welcome to this space brought to you by ABP Live. Please follow this page for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world. Gujarat BJP To Adopt Resolution On Modi's 3rd Term During Executive Meeting On July 4-5 BJP party leaders told news agency PTI that a two-day executive meeting will begin on July 4 in Botad district. The agenda of the meeting includes adopting a resolution congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi for assuming office for a third time and discussion on organisational matters in the backdrop of the recent Lok Sabha polls. There are reports that there will be a change of guard at the top of the Gujarat BJP after state unit president C R Paatil was inducted in the Union cabinet last month. Paatil's suc...
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Breaking News Highlights: PM Modi On Two-Day Visit To Russia and Austria From July 8, Says MEA

Breaking News Highlights Updates: Hello and welcome to this space brought to you by ABP Live. Please follow this page for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world. Gujarat BJP To Adopt Resolution On Modi's 3rd Term During Executive Meeting On July 4-5 BJP party leaders told news agency PTI that a two-day executive meeting will begin on July 4 in Botad district. The agenda of the meeting includes adopting a resolution congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi for assuming office for a third time and discussion on organisational matters in the backdrop of the recent Lok Sabha polls. There are reports that there will be a change of guard at the top of the Gujarat BJP after state unit president C R Paatil was inducted in the Union cabinet last month. Paatil...
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Breaking News Live: ‘Such Incident Has Never Happened Before’…Say Hathras Stampede Survivor

Breaking News Live Updates: Hello and welcome to this space brought to you by ABP Live. Please follow this page for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world. EX-Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren To Chair I.N.D.I.A Bloc Meeting Today  Just five days after coming out of jail, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren is all set to preside over a meeting of I.N.D.I.A bloc legislators on today, July 3, news agency PTI reported citing MLAs of the alliance said familiar with the development. Hemant, the executive president of the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), was released from jail on June 28. He was granted bail by the high court in a money laundering case linked to a land scam. "We were asked by our party to attend a meeting of INDIA bloc legislators on Wed...
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Breaking News Live: Posters Of New Criminal Laws Seen Outside Tughlak Road PS To Create Awarene

Breaking News Live Updates: Hello and welcome to the live blog of ABP Live. Please follow this space for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world. Delhi Police Ready To Implement New Criminal Laws Which Come Into Effect On July 1  The Delhi Police is ready to enforce three new criminal laws that will take effect nationwide from Monday, significantly reforming India's criminal justice system and replacing colonial-era statutes. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam are to replace the British-era Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Indian Evidence Act, respectively. "Extensive training sessions were held to familiarize officers with the new laws. Those who attended the training receiv...
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Breaking News Live: PM Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ To Resume Today

Breaking News Live Updates: Hello and welcome to the live blog of ABP Live. Please follow this space for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world. Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi To Take Over As Indian Army Chief tomorrow Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi is to take over as the next chief of the Indian Army on Sunday succeeding Gen Manoj Pande on completion of his 26-month tenure. As per the report of ANI, he will be the 30th Chief of the Army Staff and is taking over at a time when the force is undergoing major modernisation through indigenisation along with structural reforms. During his lengthy tenure as the Northern Army Commander, Lt Gen Dwivedi was exposed to the ongoing military operations pertaining to the standoff on the LAC in eastern Ladakh. On June 30...
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Breaking News Live: BSF Seizes 5 Kg Heroin From Village In Punjab

Breaking News Live Updates: Hello and welcome to the live blog of ABP Live. Please follow this space for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Leaves For Delhi, Will Chair JD(U) National Executive Meeting On June 29 Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar departed for Delhi on Friday, one day ahead of the party's National Executive meeting in the national capital. Kumar, who is the JD(U)'s national president, will preside over the meeting on June 29. Party sources indicated that Kumar will also meet with the party's Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs at his official residence in Delhi on Friday evening. As per the report of PTI, the National Executive meeting will be attended by all party MPs, including Union Ministers and ...
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Record rain, endless pain: First day, first show-ers a deluge, ‘orange’ alert for next two days in Delhi | Delhi News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Scorched and parched by record heat and dry spell over the past two months, Delhiites had been yearning for the monsoon. But when it arrived unexpectedly on Friday morning, it brought with it a deluge the likes of which the city hadn't seen in nearly three decades.The city's base station Safdarjung recorded 228.1mm of rain in 24 hours - the highest on a single day since 1996 and the wettest day in June since 1936 - with as much as 148.5mm falling in just three hours from 2.30am to 5.30am.IMD promptly declared the arrival of monsoon in Delhi, revising its earlier onset forecast of May 29-30. The agency had forecast light to moderate rain for Friday but Safdarjung recorded "extremely heavy" showers, turning it into a day of traffic trauma and rain-related mishaps. In Vasant Vih...
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Video | Weather Update: Delhi Airport Roof Collapse में एक शख़्स की मौत, कई घायल, ज़िम्मेदार कौन?

  Delhi Airport Roof Collapse: दिल्ली के इंदिरा गांधी इंटरनेशनल एयरपोर्ट की भी सुरक्षित नहीं रह पाया। सुबह-सुबह बारिश के बीच टर्मिनल-1 के ड्रॉपिंग एरिया की छत अचानक गिर गई...इस हादसे में एक कैब ड्राइवर की मौत हुए और 8 लोग घायल हो गए...दिल्ली फ़ायर सर्विस, पुलिस, CISF और NDRF की टीमों ने मिलकर राहत और बचाव का काम किया। Source link ...
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Video | Weather Update: कोई डूबा, कोई फंसा, कोई तैरा… Delhi पर आज क्या-क्या गुजरी | Khabron Ki Khabar

  Delhi Weather Update: मिंटो ब्रिज की कहानी बताती है कि भारत में किस कदर लापरवाही बरती जाती है. एक समस्या आजादी के बाद के समय से चली आ रही है लेकिन उसका समाधान नहीं किया जा सका. कितनी ही सरकारें आईं और गईं, मगर हालात अब भी वही है. Source link
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Delhi: Political Slugfest Ensues As First Monsoon Rain Wreaks Havoc In Capital — Top Points

Delhi experienced severe disruption on Friday as the monsoon rains hit, leading to widespread flooding, the collapse of the roof at Terminal 1 of the Delhi airport, and the death of one person. The downpour also led to the electrocution of a 39-year-old man in the Rohini area. The first rains in the national capital sparked various political reactions.  Delhi Faces Chaos With Monsoon's First Downpor: Top Points Early morning rain inundated the city, causing severe waterlogging that submerged vehicles, flooded homes, and brought traffic to a standstill. Many residents were stranded, unable to reach offices or appointments.  Key tunnels, including Pragati Maidan, were closed and upscale areas such as Lutyens Delhi, Hauz Khas, South Extension, an...
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Video | Heavy Rain Lashes Parts Of Delhi-NCR

Delhi and NCR (National Capital Region) received incessant rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning beginning in the early hours of Friday.On Thursday, parts of Delhi received spells of heavy rainfall, bringing much-needed respite from the sweltering heat. Source link
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Breaking News Highlights: 3 Children Dead, 5 Others Injured After Under-Construction House Wall

<p><strong>Breaking News Highlights Updates:</strong> Hello and welcome to the live blog of ABP Live. Please follow this space for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world.</p> <h3>Oppn To Raise NEET, Other Issues In Both Houses Of Parliament On Friday</h3> <p>Leaders of the I.N.D.I.A bloc plans to address the NEET issue in both houses of Parliament on Friday and will submit notices to this effect, sources have revealed.</p> <p>This decision emerged from a meeting of the I.N.D.I.A bloc floor leaders on Thursday. Opposition members are expected to file adjournment notices in the Lok Sabha and invoke Rule 267 in the Rajya Sabha.</p> <p>Additionally, leaders from various parties have agree...
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Breaking News Live: Roof Collapses At Terminal 1 Of Delhi Airport

Breaking News Live Updates: Hello and welcome to the live blog of ABP Live. Please follow this space for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world. Oppn To Raise NEET, Other Issues In Both Houses Of Parliament On Friday Leaders of the I.N.D.I.A bloc plans to address the NEET issue in both houses of Parliament on Friday and will submit notices to this effect, sources have revealed. This decision emerged from a meeting of the I.N.D.I.A bloc floor leaders on Thursday. Opposition members are expected to file adjournment notices in the Lok Sabha and invoke Rule 267 in the Rajya Sabha. Additionally, leaders from various parties have agreed to hold a protest on Monday morning before parliamentary proceedings begin. The protest will focus on the "political vendett...
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Why small farmers remain anxious about the monsoon | India News – Times of India

Irrigation facilities in several Indian states are inadequate increasing the dependence of farmers on the monsoon rains.One of the more enduring images from the iconic film from the 1950s, Do Bigha Zameen, was its poster showing the family of a marginal farmer looking anxiously at the sky hoping that rains would save his tiny holding, their only source of livelihood, from being appropriated by the landlord.Seven decades later, the importance of timely rains remains critical for the survival of the millions of small and marginal farmers in India, especially for those who are dependent on the kharif (summer) crops. Therefore, year-after-year, the progress of the monsoon is watched with much anxiety.In April, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that in the 2024 southwest m...
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Nepal Rains: Landslides, floods, and lightning kill 14 – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Several people were killed in landslides, floods, and lightning incidents in different parts of Nepal within the last 24 hours as the monsoon spread across the nation.Eight people have been killed by landslides, five due to lightning, and one due to floods, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRMA) under Nepal's ministry of home affairs."We recorded a total of 44 incidents on June 26, 2024. In those incidents, 14 people have lost their lives, 8 were due to landslides, 5 due to lightning, and 1 in flooding. 2 people are still unaccounted for in the incident of landslide while 10 people have sustained injuries," Dijan Bhattarai, spokesperson at the NDRMA told ANI over the phone.On Wednesday, a landslide claimed the lives of five people i...
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Breaking News Live: IPS Maninder Partap Singh Pawar Takes Over As New IG Of BSF’s South Bengal

Breaking News Live Updates: Hello and welcome to the live blog of ABP Live. Please follow this space for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world. AIADMK To Hold Hunger Strike Over Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy Today Tamil Nadu's main opposition party AIADMK on Wednesday stated that it would hold a hunger strike on June 27, demanding a CBI probe into the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy. AIADMK president Edappadi K Palaniswami asserted that his party's protests would continue till justice is served. He further said that the fast is to condemn the denial of permission to raise the issue in the assembly and to demand a CBI investigation. The Leader of the Opposition, in a post on X said, that the hunger strike at Rajarathinam stadium would be led by him, and his par...
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Breaking News Highlights: Veteran BJP Leader Lal Krishna Advani Discharged From AIIMS

Breaking News Highlights Updates: Hello and welcome to the live blog of ABP Live. Please follow this space for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world. AIADMK To Hold Hunger Strike Over Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy Today Tamil Nadu's main opposition party AIADMK on Wednesday stated that it would hold a hunger strike on June 27, demanding a CBI probe into the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy. AIADMK president Edappadi K Palaniswami asserted that his party's protests would continue till justice is served. He further said that the fast is to condemn the denial of permission to raise the issue in the assembly and to demand a CBI investigation. The Leader of the Opposition, in a post on X said, that the hunger strike at Rajarathinam stadium would be led by him, and h...
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Monsoon breaks its hiatus, brings relief from the searing heat wave in many parts | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Breaking its hiatus, the monsoon on Thursday finally advanced into remaining parts of Maharashtra (Vidarbha), Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and some parts of Bihar bringing relief to these states from the searing heat wave. “No heat wave conditions are likely over most parts of the country during next 4-5 days,” said India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday while also noting that the monsoon will now gradually progress towards the remaining parts of the country.“Conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest (summer) monsoon into some more parts of North Arabian Sea, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, northwest Bay of Bengal, some parts of Gangetic West Bengal, remaining parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, some parts of Jharkh...
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