J&K floods
Flood waters receding, lakhs still await help
SRINAGAR: Flood waters receded further in Kashmir Valley on Thursday enabling rescue teams to evacuate another 2,000 stranded people and provide crucial supplies for people desperately waiting for help in submerged areas.

Army, IAF rescue over 96,000
JAMMU: Over 96,000 people have so far been evacuated to safety from flood-ravaged parts of Jammu and Kashmir by Armed forces.

Aid yet to reach scores of Jammu villages
JAMMU: Scores of villages in the worst-hit four districts of Jammu region have not yet been reached by rescue teams even though rain has stopped for the third day on Thursday.

Water supply, communication links partially restored in Valley
SRINAGAR: Twenty per cent of the water supply has been restored in Kashmir and efforts are being made on war footing to restore communication links, both physical and telecom, in the Valley which is witnessing the worst floods in a century.

SGPC steps up efforts to provide succour to flood-affected people
CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has stepped up efforts to provide succour to flood-affected people of Jammu and Kashmir.

Dalai Lama mourns deaths in J-K floods
Poonch, Rajouri link road restored
As nation fights for flood-hit Kashmir, Hurriyat nowhere to be seen

Kerala bars can sell liquor till Sept 30
NEW DELHI: The bar owners in Kerala will be able to serve liquor till September 30 as the Supreme Court Thursday ordered a status quo till then.
Prez accepts resignation of Manipur Guv 
Flood-like situation in Gujarat as Sardar 
Sarovar Dam overflows 

Helpline numbers
Control rooms at Srinagar, Jammu and New Delhi to monitor and coordinate rescue and relief operations can be reached at Jammu & Kashmir House (011)-24611210 and 24611108;  Srinagar 0194-2452138;  Jammu 0191-2560401; and Home Ministry's control room in New Delhi at: (011) 23093054, 23092763, 23093564, 23092923, 23092885, 23093566, 23093563 

Himachal Congress MLA acquitted in murder case
Chandigarh: Himachal Congress MLA Ram Kumar Chaudhary was today acquitted of charges of murdering a former woman employee by a court in Panchkula.District and Sessions Judge Roopam Singh acquitted the MLA from Doon constituency and five others citing "discrepancies" in evidence produced by police.

FIR against Adityanath for defying ban on poll meeting
LUCKNOW: Hours after BJP leader Yogi Adityanath defied a ban on his election meeting here, the police lodged an FIR against the controversial MP and other party leaders who participated in the rally.

Court refuses to take cognisance of chargesheet against Amit Shah

Pistorius cleared of murder charges
PRETORIA: South African Judge Thokozile Masipa has cleared Olympic and paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius of all murder charges, saying he did not foresee he could kill anyone the night he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Goa sarpanch threatens to parade Congress leader in bikini
PANAJI: A sarpanch of Bandoda village in Ponda has threatened a Congress spokesperson Durgadas Kamat of parading him in a bikini if he continues with his allegations of corruption in a playground project of the public work department.

Obama outlines strategy to destroy Islamic State
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama today vowed to "degrade and ultimately destroy" the Islamic State, as he announced a major expansion of the military campaign.

Indian man admits to sexually touching sleeping woman on plane
NEW YORK: A 62-year-old Indian man has pleaded guilty to sexually touching a woman seated next to him aboard a flight from Houston to Newark and faces two years in prison.

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