Daily Archives: August 26, 2017

Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas; 130mph winds accompany heavy rains

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Residents of the Gulf Coast hunkered down late Friday amid dire warnings of a major natural disaster as Hurricane Harvey roared ashore as a Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds for a few hours before weakening as it slowly moved inland. The National Hurricane Center reported at 10 p.m. Central time that the center of the eye of the ...

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Prime Minister undertakes aerial survey of flood affected areas in Bihar; announces immediate relief worth Rs.500 crore

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Prime Minister undertakes aerial survey of flood affected areas in Bihar; announces immediate relief worth Rs.500 crore Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook an aerial survey of the flood affected areas in Bihar today; He took stock of the relief, rehabilitation and compensation measures in detail with the State Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi and senior state ...

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Panchkula DCP suspended, situation in Haryana tense but under control

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The Haryana government today suspended the DCP of Panchkula over yesterday’s violence that erupted following the rape conviction of self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, as the situation in the state remained tense but under control.   The Army, meanwhile, said it has no immediate plan of entering Dera Sacha Sauda sect headquarters in Sirsa and that it is focusing ...

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World Book Fair to begin in Dehradun from Aug 28

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The World Book Fair 2017 will begin in the capital city of Uttarakhand from August 28, with the state government offering discounts on books based on the lives of national figures. The nine-day event to be held at the Parade ground here will see a line-up of 200 publishers. The fair organised by the National Book Trust will be jointly ...

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