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Mayur Vihar and old Yamuna bridge areas have been sleeping in the open with just a tarpaulin over their heads, defecating in the open and waiting for the water levels to recede. Pointing towards the submerged house under the Yamuna bridge, Seema, a 39-year-old woman, grieved about how her efforts of 20 years went into vain in just three days. «I have been working as a househelp for the last 20 years and spent every penny of my income for my house and my children. The efforts and hard work of 20 years went into vain in just three days,» a tearful Seema said. She claimed that they have received no help from the government except for plastic tarpaulins and a packet of milk and that they were not alerted beforehand about the rising water levels. «Earlier the police used to alert us before floods but this time no one even prompted to move out of our houses and the whole of the slum is submerged in water now. The government says a lot of things but gave us nothing. We only received one tarpaulin and a packet of milk. They came and wrote our names on Saturday, took all details but nothing has been done so far,» Seema told PTI.

AAP government rebutted by sharing a photo of Gambhir in Jaipur. Northeast Delhi MP Manoj Tiwari was in Patna when his constituency was flooded, the AAP party called them 'shameless MPs'. "One is East Delhi MP and the other is from Northeast Delhi.

NEW DELHI : Indians were over the Moon with the launch of Chandrayaan-3 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday. Since Chandrayaan-2 failed about four years ago, scientists are hopeful that this third lunar mission's lander Vikram and rover Pragyaan will descend softly and safely on the Moon on 23 August.

Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday informed that the Chandrawal water treatment plant is back at work. It was one of the three plants that authorities had shut in Delhi after Yamuna River's water level surged to an unprecedented level, causing floods in several parts of the city. The Chandrawal water treatment plant was shut on 13 July as the floodwater entered the pumping stations of these plants.

ANI, “There is a possibility of more rainfall in Uttarakhand on 16-17 July. For today, a red alert has been issued in Dehradun, Tehri, Pauri and Haridwar districts. There will be a slight reduction in rainfall on July 18," said Vikram Singh, Director, Meteorological Department, Dehradun.

Here are the key highlights of this momentous event. As incessant heavy rainfall continued to pummel North India, Northern India grappled with a rising death toll caused by landslides and flash floods. Himachal Pradesh, in particular, bore the brunt of this calamity, witnessing the highest number of reported fatalities, with the count reaching 91.

US predicts that the country is set to witness an “extremely hot and dangerous weekend". The prediction indicates that the heat could remain concentrated on the West Coast this weekend, things could get hotter in the South by early next week. The US weather agency noted that Phoenix is likely to record its hottest week on record, based on the 7-day temperature average.

BJP national spokesperson RP Singh on Sunday came down heavily on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the prevailing flood situation in the national capital, accusing the ruling party of trying to hide its failure in dealing with the water woes. This after the AAP accused the NDA regime at the Centre and the BJP-ruled Haryana of hatching a conspiracy to plunge the national capital into a flood crisis by releasing water from the Hathnikund Barrage. Speaking to on Sunday, Singh said the AAP, instead of pointing fingers at the BJP over the ongoing flood situation in the Capital, should come clean on the 'scam' that happened in the name of Yamuna cleaning.

cooking classes she took after getting married were fun. They were taught by a jolly lady named Mumtaz Currim and, after she demonstrated the recipes, they ate the results. But she also recalls fights because some participants felt that their fees entitled them to take food home for their families.

The rainfall recorded in the last 24 hours ending 8.30 am was 13 mm, the India Meteorological Department said. The maximum temperature is likely to reach 34 degrees Celsius, it added. Heavy rains lashed different parts of Delhi on Saturday and caused waterlogging and traffic congestion across the capital. According to traffic police, vehicular movement has been affected on Ring Road due to overflow of sewer water near IP flyover from Rajghat to Nizamuddin carriageway.

Pragati Maidan late on Saturday night as the Yamuna river continues to overflow, officials said. Due to waterlogging, nearby areas and important routes in Delhi are still impacted. Workers from the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) also carried out a special night drive to remove water from Mathura Road, close to the Supreme Court area, as the area and important roads are still flooded from Saturday's heavy rains.

overflowing Yamuna River continue to grapple the national capital on Sunday causing waterlogging, traffic snarls, and affecting the lives of millions of people. Commuters were witnessed pushing their motorcycles through the water. In a tweet, Delhi Police issues a traffic alert on Sunday morning and said that vehicular movement on Bhairon Marg is restricted due to waterlogging under Railway Bridge.

Delhi have continued to remain waterlogged which has affected the traffic movement. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted more rainfall on Sunday that will add to the woes of thousands of people who are staying at relief camps. As per the Hindustan Times report, Livemint's sister publication, the Safdarjung Observatory recorded 12.8mm of rainfall between 5.30 pm and 8.30 pm on Saturday.

North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile threats, the South's navy said. This came after the North launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).  North Korea fired its latest Hwasong-18 missile, which Pyongyang describes as the core of its nuclear strike force, off the east coast on Wednesday in what it said was a ‘strong practical warning’ to the adversaries, according to Reuters reports.  The navy stated that Sunday's trilateral drill was conducted in international waters between South Korea and Japan that brought together destroyers equipped with Aegis radar systems from the three countries.  Washington and its Asian allies have been working to improve their information-sharing system on North Korea's missiles, while South Korea and Japan are independently linked to US radar systems but not to each other's.

Also Read: India's retail inflation for June surges to 4.81%, economists expect it to rise further Traders and farmers attribute the current price hike of vegetables to a combination of factors. The initial intense heatwave followed by intermittent rainfall and finally the surplus rainfall now has disrupted the vegetable supply chain.

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Delhi on Saturday, causing waterlogging and traffic congestion in the city, parts of which were already facing issues due to flooding for the last few days. The national capital is facing an unprecedented flood-like situation due to the Yamuna breaching its banks following days of heavy rain in the river's upper catchment areas. The rain brought the maximum temperature in the city down a notch to 34.6 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The minimum temperature settled at 27 degrees Celsius. According to Met officials, the relative humidity oscillated between 64 per cent and 92 per cent. For Sunday, the weather office has forecast a generally cloudy sky with light to moderate rain and thundershowers. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 34 and 26 degrees Celsius respectively.

BJP polling agent in West Midnapore's Garbeta was beaten up brutally and allegedly forced to drink urine by Trinamool miscreants, days after Panchayat polls concluded in Bengal, bringing back bitter horrors of Sidhi incident in Madhya Pradesh. A video went viral on social media recently showing a tribal youth being urinated upon by a man has caused national outrage. The victim, who was allegedly beaten up, has been hospitalized.

Adani Power Jharkhand Ltd (APJL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Power Ltd, will supply 100 per cent of the generated electricity from the plant to another nation. The company informed that it successfully completed the dependable capacity test for the Godda plant on July 12 - a mandatory requirement under the power purchase agreement (PPA) with Bangladesh Power Development Board, executed in November 2017 for a period of 25 years.