India

NEW DELHI (AP) — Schools in New Delhi were closed on Monday after heavy monsoon rains battered the Indian capital and caused landslides and flash floods in the country’s north, killing at least 15 people over the last three days.

The torrential rain over the weekend left parts of New Delhi overflowing with water that submerged roads and stranded residents. The northern hill states were the worst affected, with 10 people killed in flash floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand states, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.

Kanpur: While there was heavy rain in the southern region of the city and the lowlands of the Ganges, the rain remained light in the middle of the city.

According to the Meteorological Department of CSA, due to climate change, this time patching rain (region-wise rain) is getting more vigorous.

As regards today's situation, it remains dry as no rain has occurred so far, the possibility of rain can not be wholly rejected altogether. 

NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - India’s multi-billion-dollar purchases of U.S. arms are less about shifting its reliance on Russian defence equipment and moving towards the West - it's more about developing its own domestic weapons industry, security officials and analysts say.

India is the world's biggest arms importer but almost all of its major weapons purchases now include provisions for joint manufacture or technology transfer, irrespective of which country it is dealing with.

NEW DELHI, July 8 (NNN-Bernama) — Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be in Malaysia for a two-day visit to boost bilateral defence links.

Singh will call on Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and hold talks with Malaysian Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan during the visit starting on Monday, the Indian Defence Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

The Indian minister’s talks with his Malaysian counterpart seek to “review defence cooperation between the two countries and explore new initiatives” to further strengthen relations.

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s federal crime agency said Friday it has arrested three railway officials in connection with one of the country’s deadliest train accidents, which killed more than 290 people last month.

The arrested men have been charged with culpable homicide without murder and destruction of evidence, the Central Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. It identified them as two signal engineers and one technician, and said the investigation is ongoing.

NEW DELHI, July 7 (Reuters) - An Indian high court rejected an appeal by opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday to suspend his conviction in a defamation case, quashing for now his hope of returning to parliament and contesting national elections due next year.

Abhishek Singhvi, Gandhi's lawyer and spokesperson for his Congress party, called the judgment "legally wrong" and said he would soon appeal against it in the Supreme Court, the last option.

Kanpur: In a recent reshuffle of the IAS officers by the State government, Soumya Pandey, Chief Development Officer, Kanpur Dehat, has been sent as Additional Labour Commissioner, Kanpur. 

While, Lakshmi NS has been made Chief Development Officer, Kanpur Dehat from Joint Magistrate, Kanpur.

The transfer of Balkrishna Tripathi, who was transferred to the post of Special Secretary, Secondary Education, has reportedly been cancelled.

He will continue to hold the post of Special Secretary in the Agriculture Production Commissioner branch, as reported.

Kanpur: Humidity has been bothering the residents. Intermittent rains are giving relief but there is no end to the unbearable condition.

The students coming from the school during the afternoon straight go to take a shower owing to the hot and humid weather.

The rainy season may continue till July 11. Times of sun and clouds go with thunderstorms in a couple of spots, as the weather reports today.

At the same time, given the rising water level of the Ganges here, an alert has been issued regarding floods.

NEW DELHI, Jul 5 (NNN-PTI) – The price of tomatoes continues to rise across India, even as the commodity was being sold at the rate of 155 Indian Rupees (1.89 U.S. dollars) per kg in the eastern state of West Bengal, the highest in the country, said media reports, today.

The commodity was available in the country at around 20 Indian Rupees (24 U.S. cents) per kg, till a couple of weeks ago.

KANGVAI, India (AP) — Zuan Vaiphei is armed and prepared to kill. He is also ready to die.

Vaiphei spends most of his days behind the sandbag walls of a makeshift bunker, his fingers resting on the trigger of a 12-gauge shotgun. Some 1,000 yards ahead of him, between a field of tall green grass and wildflowers, is the enemy, peering from parapets of similar sandbag fortifications, armed and ready.