Kashmir updates, rains in Maharashtra hampers everyday life and other important news you shouldn't miss
MP Shashi Tharoor slams Modi govt over J&K situation
What is going on in J&K? Why would leaders be arrested overnight while having done no wrong? If Kashmiris are our citizens &their leaders our partners, surely the mainstream ones must be kept on board while we act against terrorists & separatists? If we alienate them, who’s left?
US: Walmart shooting to be handled as domestic terrorism
The shooting that killed 20 people at a crowded El Paso shopping area will be handled as a domestic terrorism case, federal authorities said. The gunman could be met with the death penalty. According to a local prosecutor, the assailant had “lost the right to be among us.”
Chinese offshore yuan hits an all-time low
After US President Donald Trump announced a plan to impose fresh tariffs on another USD 300 bn Chinese goods, offshore Chinese yuan has weakened to 7.1085 to the dollar. The move further escalated trade war tensions between US and China. This is the lowest level it has been since 2008.
4 of 5 western Maha states get 100 per cent rain, the naval team deployed at Mumbai's Thane district
Four out of the five districts in western Maharashtra have received more than 100 per cent of average rainfall so far this monsoon, Pune Divisional Commissioner Deepak Mhaiskar said on Sunday.
He said only Solapur, with 78 per cent rainfall, lagged, while Pune topped with 120 per cent.
The division consists of Pune, Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli and Solapur districts.
Teams of the Indian Navy were on Sunday deployed in rain-battered Thane district neighbouring Mumbai because of the prediction of heavy rains for Monday.