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Metro trains had been crossing the four Yamuna bridges at a restricted speed of 30 kmph as a precautionary measure due to the level of the river.

Kejriwal said Yamuna level falling steadily, situation should normalise soon if no more heavy rain. The chief minister advised residents to avoid flooded regions.

CM Sukhu said rain cost Himachal Rs 8,000 crore. The state emergency response centre estimated losses at Rs 4,000 crore on Friday night.

There has been a natural calamity and “it is unethical to do politics even in such a time”, the chief minister said, according to a statement issued here.

Dhami said that the name of the SGPC’s web and YouTube channel for the Gurbani broadcast will be 'Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib Sri Amritsar' and the logo of the 'SGPC' will be used on it.

In Noida, free meals are given to more than 5,000 homeless people. District Magistrate Manish Kumar Verma and Police Commissioner Laxmi Singh are in charge of the situation on the ground.

The petition filed by the Hindu side of the case had sought a direction from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to survey the entire Gyanvapi mosque complex.

The judicial probe into the violence has begun with the visit of the three-member Judicial Commission, which is headed by retired Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ajai Lamba, to the state.

As plants start up again, the water shortage in Delhi will get better. Somnath Bharti, Vice Chairperson of the Delhi Jal Board, told this newspaper that the city would get 24 MGD of water again when Okhla WTP started running again.

Banerjee, the TMC national general secretary, said the BJP, "after losing its support base", is now resorting to violence and a malicious campaign to divert attention from its failures.

Considering the safety of students, the Punjab government on Thursday extended the holiday in schools till July 16. Earlier, it had announced holidays till July 13.

The state government claims to have moved 60,000 tourists to safer areas over the past four days.

Sources said Shinde has refused to concede the key portfolios to NCP ministers, including Ajit Pawar, arguing that it will reduce his importance in the government.

In the last five days, 19 people have died and 28 have been injured due to various reasons in rain-related disasters. The state government has ordered closure of all schools in the state till July 15.

The agency had registered the case on May 18, 2022 against Lalu Prasad and 15 others including his wife, two daughters, and unidentified public servants and private persons.

Officials said that authorities have kept AIIMS, Safdarjung and Bara Hindu Rao Hospital on alert as they may get affected due the water scarcity.

He was given a seven-year prison sentence on Thursday by a court in Mehsana.

Around 40 patients, including three on ventilator, were shifted from the Delhi government-run Sushruta Trauma Centre after the hospital premises got inundated with the floodwater on Thursday.

The Delhi Secretariat housing offices of CM, Kejriwal, his cabinet and other senior bureaucrats, too was flooded.

"Since July 1, the state has received seven per cent more rainfall than normal," said State Meteorological Department Director Vikram Singh. This spell of weather is expected to continue till Friday.