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12 May

Temperature in the city settles to normal

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The national capital witnessed a warm morning on Thursday as the city recorded a minimum temperature of 29.5 degrees Celsius, the highest minimum temperature of the month so far, the Met office said. Skies will be clear on Thursday and heat wave may start from Friday. The maximum temperature on Thursday is likely to be around 43 degrees Celsius, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said. The relative humidity was 67 per cent at 8.30 am on Thursday, the Met office said. Back-to-back showers, thunderstorms, and strong winds provided some respite from the intense heat wave.

10 May

India looking at new markets for edible oil

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India was looking at tapping new markets for edible oil imports following the standoff between Ukraine and Russia, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. According to her, due to the conflict, the country is facing various obstacles in the import of edible oil. "Everyone knows there is a war between Russia and Ukraine. There are various obstacles to importing oil. You know we cannot import edible oil, we were getting sunflower oil. Now, we don't," she said at an event here. "Now, we are importing edible oil from different markets and also looking at new markets," she said.…

10 May

New COVID-19 cases in Odisha

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Odisha recorded 12 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the tally to 12,88,222, a health department bulletin said. Another 53 coronavirus patients have died so far due to comorbidities. Odisha now has 114 active cases. The daily positivity rate was 0.08 percent and four of the newly infected persons were children. In total, 14,225 samples were tested for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

10 May

Vidya Balan-starring ‘Neeyat’

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Vidya Balan's titular thriller film "Neeyat", began its first shooting schedule in the UK on Tuesday. The Prime Video movie reunites Balan with his "Shakuntala Devi" director Anu Menon. Balan took to Instagram and posted a picture with Menon and Abundantia Entertainment film producer Vikram Malhotra. “Excited to begin shooting one of the most engaging scripts I have read in the recent times, with some of my favourite people – @directormenon & @ivikramix All I can say is expect the unexpected. #Neeyat Filming Begins,” the 43-year-old actor wrote. The story of the film is written by Menon, Advait Kala and…

10 May

Rajasthan HC stays arrest of TV journalist Aman Chopra

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The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday stayed the arrest of Noida-based journalist Aman Chopra who was booked by the state police for a TV controversy over the demolition of a temple by civic authorities in Alwar district. Chopra had already obtained a stay on his arrest from the Jaipur bench of the court in cases registered against him in Bundi and Alwar districts, but a similar FIR filed in Dungarpur made him face arrest. A team of Rajasthan police camped in Noida, neighboring Delhi, to arrest the TV 18 journalist in connection with the third FIR. Now, Justice Dinesh Mehta…

09 May

Rahul Gandhi to visit Gujarat on May

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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be on a one-day election tour of Gujarat on Tuesday where he will address a meeting of tribals in Dahod. He will address a public meeting at Navjivan Arts and Commerce College in Dahod on the 'Adivasi Satyagraha rally', the party said. Later, Gandhi will address a meeting of Congress MLAs at Swami Vivekananda Sankule in Govinda Nagar, Dahod. During his visit, Gandhi will hold another meeting with tribal leaders of Gujarat at the same place.

09 May

UP men died in cloudburst

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A woman and her two sons from Uttar Pradesh were killed in a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district on Monday, officials said here. The woman and her two sons - believed to be adults - were working as laborers in a brick kiln at Chandhara in Budgam when the cloudburst occurred, officials said. They said that three people died on the spot. According to initial reports, the deceased are residents of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.

09 May

Prison for 14 years in term for throwing acid on woman

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A court in Odisha's Jagatsingpur district on Monday sentenced two men, including an army jawan, to 14 years in jail for throwing acid on a women college student 13 years ago after she refused one of their marriage proposals. Assistant Sessions (Women's Court) Judge Rasmita Sahu also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on each of the two convicts. Santosh Kumar Vedant alias Bapi and Biswajit Dalsinghe alias Anil threw acid on the woman when she was returning home along with her brother after attending college on April 18, 2009 in a village under Tirtol police station area. The main…

09 May

Delhi to witness heatwave again

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert, warning of a fresh heatwave spell in Delhi which may see temperatures soaring to 44 degrees Celsius by Wednesday.Though there won't be a steep rise in temperatures in most parts of Delhi as easterly winds are prevailing in the region under the impact of Cyclone Asani over the Bay of Bengal, the increase in humidity levels can cause discomfort, said Mahesh Palawat, Vice President (Meteorology and Climate Change), Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency."Without the easterly winds, temperatures would have leaped to 46-47 degrees Celsius," he said.On Monday, the Safdarjung…

07 May

Head constable dead in car crash

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A head constable posted at the Lucknow CBI office died in a car accident on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, police said. The head constable's wife and their three children were injured, they said. Superintendent of Police (Rural) Akhilesh Narayan said Sanjeev Yadav (50) of Etawar was returning from Mathura with his family when his car hit a divider on the expressway in Nasirpur police station area.