Nearly four lakh people have been affected across seven districts of Assam.
The arrests were made on a complaint of a woman who claimed to have incurred loss through the network.
After the Kerala government declared the coronavirus outbreak as a 'state calamity', as the three positive cases were detected from Thrissur, Alapuzha and Kasaragod, tourism minister Kadakampally Surendran admitted that the sector had suffered a hit. The sector had aggressively launched promotional advertisements in the domestic and international markets after the floods to revive the sector. However, all the efforts took a beating, with mass cancellations of hotel bookings after the outbreak of the infection in the state was reported.
The next month's tour to the African nation had been rendered doubtful owing to unresolved issues between the country's cricket board and host broadcaster Ten Sports.
At Delhi's markets, cardamom, pepper selling at double their recent rates
'The situation is quite bad. We are trying to rescue people. Right now we are giving them food and water so that they can at least survive until the water recedes,' says Squadron leader V Joshi.
The Kerala government has set up a web site, keralarescue.in, to coordinate relief and aid for the floods-affected people. It has also set up a website for online transfer of donations towards flood relief.
'He was tortured in police custody.' '"Do you not have any rape cases to write about in Kerala?" "Why is it that a Muslim from Kerala has so much sympathy for a Dalit woman in UP?" "Why did Rahul Gandhi visit your wife?"' 'These were the kind of questions the UP police asked him.'
More than 3,000 squads under health and local self-government departments have started the process of cleaning houses and public places, official sources said.
106 people died on a single day on Thursday.
Shutters of at least 22 reservoirs in the state have been opened to drain out excess water.
Here are some of the big political leaders' who await their fate on Monday.
Noting that the Congress was not able to win even a single Lok Sabha seat in 17 states, he said it was time for the Congress to introspect and "accept defeat".
Sixteen deaths in rain and flood-related incidents have been reported from western Maharashtra in the last seven days, while the toll in Karnataka rose to five since Sunday.
The country has seen that "people are God" in elections, the PM said.
Rajesh Karkera details how an exciting off road competition tested his motoring skills and perseverance.
The district administration in Kozhikode, Malappuram and Wayanad has declared a holiday for educational institutions on Tuesday to cope up with the situation.
The party and its president, it seemed, were also unable to articulate their views effectively enough
The high octane campaign marked by vitriolic attacks and counter-attacks by political leaders and use of derogatory language and objectionable remarks that forced the Election Commission to step in ended at 6 pm.
Reports from across the state said there was a lull in rains in most places on Sunday morning, but hundreds of families were still in relief camps with the coastal stretches, low-lying areas and hill districts remaining vulnerable.
From Dudhwa to Veppathur and Havelock Island, the Indian tourism market is booming like never before.
The Wayanad lawmaker, who became the Congress president in 2017, offered to step down from his post at the Congress Working Committee meeting on May 25, taking moral responsibility for the Congress' abysmal performance in the 17th Lok Sabha elections.
The visual of a man kneeling down in muddy waters to help women step on to him to get into rescue boats went viral on Sunday.
The third phase of Lok Sabha elections scheduled for Tuesday will see the maximum number of seats going to the polls in a single phase -- 117 across 15 states and Union Territories. It will also be a test for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party which will aim to defend the maximum number of seats at 62. This time the BJP will be tested in its bastion Gujarat -- where polling will be held for all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in the state -- apart from Karanataka, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh, where the party had done well in 2014. Here are some of the big political leaders' who await their fate on Tuesday.
Ramesh and others were sent to the sub-jail in Kozhikode last night. BJP leaders said a bail application seeking the release of Ramesh and other BJYM workers would be moved.
A majority of Congress leaders said the party will face desertions if Rahul Gandhi does not remain the leader.
The accused, Mohammed Hanif, was brought to the city and produced before a court which sent him to police custody till August 20, a senior police official said.
Reader Ajay Mathulla caught up with the actor at a resort in Wayanad, Kerala.
The Malayalam film takes up the cause of farmers' suicides.
Quinton de Kock continued his preparation for the upcoming 72-day tour of India in brilliant fashion, smashing a hundred that put South Africa 'A' in control against India 'A' on the second day of the first unofficial Test in Wayanad, Kerala, on Wednesday.
The first phase of polls to the six southern districts was on April 22 and the last phase for the remaining Kasargode and Kannur districts is scheduled for May 3.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it would hear the petition on Tuesday.
Had it been an election of digital campaigns, the cost of the 2019 election would have been far less than what it actually is.
A forest safari is the best way to observe animals in their natural habitat.
"Our neighbouring country thinks such terror attacks can weaken us, but their plans will not materialise," he said at a function to flag off a new semi-high speed train from Delhi to Varanasi.
Can the Election Commission step up to the plate and exert its Constitutional powers with non-partisan conviction, asks Mitali Saran.
Autobiography of ex-police constable released
Gandhi also met fishermen and party volunteers involved in relief work.
A clear picture will emerge by then after the UDF liasion committee meeting on March 8.
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