-PTI 10 more dead; toll mounts to 82 The flood situation in Uttar Pradesh remained alarming on Tuesday with reports of 10 more deaths, taking the toll to 82 in the current wave of floods in the State. “As many as 2,855 villages in 25 districts are inundated affecting a population of over 22 lakh,” the Relief Commissioner’s office said here, citing a flood report as on Monday. It said that around 50,000 people...
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UP floods claim 69 lives; 20 lakh people hit in 24 districts
-PTI Lucknow: With fresh flood-related deaths reported from across Uttar Pradesh, the death toll in the current wave of floods has gone up to 69. Over 20 lakh people have been hit by the floods in 24 districts of the State. “The death toll in the floods has reached 69 in the state, where 2,523 villages in 24 districts are flooded affecting a population of over 20 lakh,” the relief commissioner’s office...
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-PTI Situation improves in West Bengal with absence of major rainfall. Patna/ Guwahati/ Kolkata/ Lucknow: Floods continued to wreak havoc in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Assam which reported 88 more deluge-related deaths on Sunday, while West Bengal heaved a sigh of relief in the absence of major rainfall. The death toll in Bihar floods rose from 202 to 253. About 1.26 crore people are grappling with the flooding in 18 districts of the...
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-The Times of India LUCKNOW/ GUWAHATI/ PATNA: There is no let up in the flood fury across eastern part of the country, especially in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, as raging waters of the rivers originating from Nepal continue to cause havoc in vast areas. The death toll from drowning, collapsed houses and landslides triggered by monsoon rains climbed to over 600 on Saturday. Neighbouring Nepal and Bangladesh are also suffering due to...
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-Business Standard What is primarily required is political and administrative will for effective delivery of services Agantuk (The Stranger) was Satyajit Ray’s last film. The film revolves around the return of an old man, Manomohan Mitra, to India after 35 years. Manmohan had spent all his life with Adivasis from across the world and has a take on civilisation and progress that is at odds with the popular urban narrative of it....
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