At least 21 persons have died and thousands were marooned in villages across eight districts of Uttar Pradesh where release of water from dams in Nepal have caused major floods, even as large parts of the state were heading towards a drought-like situation due to scanty monsoon rain.
Zach Johnson's putter was as red-hot as the weather at Muirfield on Thursday, the 2007 US Masters champion scorching his way to a five-under-par 66 to set a blistering pace in the British Open first round.
The rain-fed mighty Brahmaputra and its tributaries flowing above the danger level across Assam have hit nearly one lakh people inundating human habitations and farm land in ten districts with Dhemaji being the worst-hit.
Maoists in West Bengal have apparently been shifting base from their strongholds in Lalgarh and Belpahari in the last two months, with killings and violence increasingly taking place in Jhargram subdivision, 40 km away in restive West Midnapore district. Police sources attribute this to the strong security presence in Belpahari and Lalgarh.There are seven camps of the joint security forces in Lalgarh and nine in Belpahari while there are only three camps in Jhargram.
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Former Maharashtra minister Dharamrao Baba Atram, charged with killing of a chinkara deer, was on Friday arrested by Forest Department officials at Bhor in Pune district.Atram surrendered before the Sub-Divisional Forest Department office on Thursday, meeting the deadline set by the Bombay High Court after it rejected his anticipatory bail plea.The arrest took place after two days of intensive interrogation of the Nationalist Congress Party leader, by forest officers.
The tribals, many of whose children, particularly girls, were killed during the raid, have hit back with ferocious vengeance at the Pakistan Army, paramilitary forces and the police deployed in the Pashtun belt as well as outside.
Escape to the quaint hills of Kumaon in Uttarakhand for its idyllic natural beauty and the majestic Himalayas.
The race at the scenic A1-Ring has been presented as a farewell after Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said the Grand Prix would be dropped from next year's calendar.
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