Alert for Saurashtra & Kutch: IMD

ANI New Delhi

The very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy turned into an extremely severe cyclonic storm at 5.30 am Sunday. However, it may not hit Gujarat as per the current forecast, said an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official on Saturday. The cyclone will bring thunderstorms and strong wind in Gujarat in the next five days as it is likely to pass at a distance of 200-300 km from the Porbandar coast.

In its latest forecast, the IMD said the cyclone will move northnortheastwards gradually during the next 24 hours, before moving north-north-westward during the subsequent three days.

The IMD has issued a heavy rainfall warning for several districts in Gujarat, including Kutch, Devbhumi Dwarka, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Junagarh, and Morbi. It has also recommended the complete suspension of fishing operations in the east-central, west-central and north Arabian Sea till June 15.

Flooded streets in Dimapur

Indigo Flight Enters

PAKISTAN AIRSPACE

DUE TO BAD WEATHER

New Delhi: An Amritsar-Ahmedabad IndiGo flight entered Pakistan airspace on Saturday after running into bad weather, officials said. Speaking to ANI, an IndiGo official said, “Due to bad weather, the flight from Amritsar to Ahmedabad entered Pakistani airspace yesterday.” Flight 6e-645 took off from Amritsar around 20:00 hrs and landed safely at Ahmedabad at around 21:40 hrs after briefly straying into Pakistani airspace.

INDIA VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE DUE TO HEAVY POPULATION: UN BODY OFFICIAL

Tamil Nadu: UNEP Executive Director Erik Solheim has said that India is particularly vulnerable to climate change because of its heavy population. “You see the effects of climate change everywhere in the world. But of course, India is particularly vulnerable to climate change because it has a heavy population and the kind of nature of India makes it more vulnerable than most other places,” Solheim said during a Youth 20 (Y20) talk on climate action. Y20 is an official consultation forum for youth from all G20 member countries to be able to dialogue with each other. The UNEP Executive Director said that India is facing the same environmental issues as the planet at large.

There is massive pollution, in particular in northern Indian cities like Delhi that are very polluted. India is facing climate change and is more vulnerable to climate change than the United States. America and India have been facing the loss of nature, destruction of forest, wiping out of a number of animals.

ERIK SOLHEIM, UNEP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

BE READY TO TACKLE FLOODS: ASSAM CM HIMANTA BISWA SARMA TELLS OFFICIALS

Guwahati: With the onset of monsoon and the possibility of floods across the state, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday directed the government machinery to be ready to meet any floodrelated eventuality. Monsoon arrived in the northeast, including Assam, on Saturday and the state has been experiencing rainfall over the past couple of days. In a video conference with deputy commissioners (DCs) and other senior officials, Sarma said all govt departments, including NHAI, NHIDC, NDRF and SDRF, should remain alert to reach out to the affected people.

Army exposes ISI's dangerous move

PTI Srinagar

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil

Sibal on Sunday took a dig over the Delhi Police reportedly asking two women wrestlers to provide photos, audio and video evidence for their sexual harassment allegations against outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, saying now victims should be ready to click on camera and have someone to record the assault they face.

In a tweet, Sibal said, "Brij Bhushan investigation: Police wants video, audio, call recordings, WhatsApp chats as proof. Now victims should be ready to click on the camera and have someone ready to record the assault."

WFI CHIEF SLAMS CONG FOR EMERGENCY OF 1975, AVOIDS REFERENCE TO WRESTLERS' ROW

Gonda: BJP MP and WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh Sunday attacked the Congress over the Emergency of 1975 and the anti-Sikhs riots of 1984 at a public meeting, skipping any reference to the wrestlers' protest and sexual harassment allegations against him. The Kaisarganj MP was addressing a rally here in Balpur to mark the nine years of the Modi govt. "In 1947, the country got divided when the Congress was in power. The wounds of the Partition had not even got healed when Pakistan attacked and they grabbed 78,000 square kilometres of land, while the Congress was in power," Singh said.

Number Reaches To 9

A 'dangerous move' by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and heads of terror groups to rope in women and juveniles to carry weapons and messages has come to light amid a decline in the use of traditional means of communication by terrorists in

BJP leader shot dead: Wife held for culpable homicide

Meerut

The Meerut police in Uttar Pradesh Saturday night arrested the wife of Nishank Garg, the 38-year-old BJP leader who was found shot dead at his house in the Kasba Bazar area in the Kankarkhera locality earlier in the day.

Kashmir valley, a top army officer has said.

The General Officer

Commanding of Srinagar-based 15 Corps, also known as Chinar Corps,

Lt Gen Amardeep Singh

Aujla also said the forces need to be cautious as people sitting across the LoC are busy scheming and planning to disturb the prevailing peaceful atmosphere.

"Today's threat, as I see it, is involving women, girls and juveniles in carrying messages, drugs or, at times, weapons," Lt Gen Aujla told PTI.

Manipur ethnic violence: Over 50,650 displaced people living in 350 relief camps

Over 50,650 men, women and children, displaced in Manipur's ethnic violence were sheltered in 350 camps, Information and Public Relations and Health Minister S. Ranjan said here on Sunday. He said that relief

3 white tiger cubs born in Maitri Bagh Zoo

PTI

Chhatisgarh

White tigress has given birth to three cubs at Maitri Bagh zoo in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district, officials said on Sunday.

With the birth of these cubs, news of which was made public on Saturday, the number of white tigers in the zoo located in Bhilai city, about 35 kilometres away from Raipur, has reached nine, they said.

“On April 28, white tigress Raksha gave birth to three cubs. White tiger Sultan is the father of the cubs. As per veterinary norms, the cubs are kept in a dark room along with the mother for supervision of breastfeeding and other health parameters,” said zoo in

On April 28, white tigress Raksha gave birth to three cubs. White tiger Sultan is the father of the cubs. As per veterinary norms, the cubs are kept in a dark room along with the mother for supervision of breastfeeding charge NK Jain. The cubs will be made available for public viewing after the completion of the four-month care period, he added. centers have also been opened specially for pregnant women and special care has also been taken up for lactating mothers, aged persons and children.

In September last year, white tigress Roma gave birth to a cub, which was named ‘Singham’.

“At present, the zoo has nine white tigers, including the the new born cubs. In 1997, a pair of white tigers Tarun and Tapsi, for the first time, were shifted to Maitri Bagh from Nandan Kanan zoo of neighbouring Odisha,” he said.

Maitri Bagh is maintained by Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), a flagship unit of the country’s largest steel maker SAIL.

Assam Rifles organise medical camp for the locals in Manipur.

Ranjan stated that goods and essential commodities are being brought through ImphalJiribam National Highway via southern Assam.

India rail crash probe

Focusing on manual bypass of track signal

PTI

New Delhi

An official probe into India's rail crash is focusing on suspected manual bypassing of an automated signalling system that guides train movementan action investigators believe sent a packed express train into a stationary freight train, three Indian Railways sources informed.

The Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) investigators suspect the bypass was done by rail- way workers to get around signalling hurdles that arose from a malfunctioning barrier used to stop road traffic at a nearby rail-road intersection, two of the three sources said.

In Brief

11-year-old child dies

after flight makes emergency landing

Budapest: An 11-yearold child died after losing consciousness on board a Turkish Airlines flight en route to New York from Istanbul, with medical services unable to resuscitate the child after the plane made an emergency landing in Budapest, news agency MTI reported.

IS militants kill two Iraqi soldiers, wound 3 in northern Iraq

Baghdad: Islamic State group militants attacked an Iraqi army position in the northern governorate of Kirkuk, killing two military officers and wounding three soldiers, Iraq’s security media office said on Sunday.