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July 3, 2025 2:09 PM

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Flood situation improving in Odisha; damage assessment begins

In Odisha, the flood situation in Balasore, Mayurbhanj, and Jajpur districts is improving with the water levels in several rivers, including Subarnarekha and Budhabalanga, receding. Both rivers are flowing below the danger level. However, two people reportedly died due to floods in the Balasore dist...

July 5, 2025 1:54 PM

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IMD issues rain alerts for Himachal Pradesh

In Himachal Pradesh, the Meteorological Center Shimla has issued warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall for next 5 days due to increased monsoon activity.   The monsoon which entered Himachal Pradesh on 20th of last month has severely disrupted normal life across the state.   During this period, m...

July 3, 2025 1:44 PM

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Telangana forms expert committee to probe chemical factory blast

Telangana government has constituted an expert committee to investigate the explosion that occurred in a pharma factory at Pashamylaram in Sangareddy district, claiming 40 lives and leaving 35 others injured. The Committee, headed by an Emeritus scientist at CSIR-IICT, B Venkateswar Rao, will ascert...

July 3, 2025 11:57 AM

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IMD predicts heavy rainfall across several states

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Konkan, Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura today. The weather agency predicted ...

July 3, 2025 10:57 AM

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J&K: Search resumes after nightlong gunfight with terrorists in Kishtwar

After an overnight halt, the search operation resumed this morning to neutralise the terrorists in a dense forested area in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in the area last evening when police, the Army and CRPF launched a search ...

July 3, 2025 10:51 AM

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Second batch of 5,246 Amarnath pilgrims leave Jammu base camp for Kashmir

The second batch of 5246 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas base camp in Jammu for the Kashmir valley to perform pilgrimage to the Amarnath Shrine. Chanting ‘Bam Bam Bhole’, the pilgrims left the base camp in a cavalcade of 268 vehicles early this morning.   These included 4074 Men, 795 W...

July 3, 2025 9:59 AM

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IMD issues orange alert for heavy rain in Maharashtra

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert of moderate rainfall for four districts in southern Maharashtra-Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, and Kolhapur.   In addition, a yellow alert indicating light to moderate rainfall has been issued for Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban, and ...

July 3, 2025 2:13 PM

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Amarnath Yatra begins smoothly amid tight security

The annual 38-day Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra that formally commenced today is going on smoothly, from twin routes of Pahalgam in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district and Baltal in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. The Yatri movement started early morning from both routes under strict security cover. Th...