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We’re using fire tenders & power sprayers to spray insecticides. More locusts swarms are expected to enter India from Pakistan in the coming days: Deputy Director of Rajasthan Agriculture Dept

Light rainfall occurred in some parts of Rajasthan on Thursday, and the MeT department has predicted more showers over the next four days.

From morning till evening, Ajmer and Dabok recorded 6.8 and 0.5 mm rainfall respectively, the MeT department said.

Meanwhile, Barmer was the hottest location in the state at 40.4 degrees Celsius, the Meteorological department said.

A 50-year-old man was arrested for allegedly trying to rape a baby girl on Thursday morning in Indergarh town of Madhya Pradesh's Datia district, police said.

The victim, aged less then two years, is grand- daughter of the accused mans friend, they said.

In the morning, the accused lured the girl by offering chocolate and took her to his house where he tried to rape her, said Indergarh police station in-charge Raju Razak.

3 killed, 1 critically injured in lightning strikes triggered by thunderstorm in West Bengal's Malda district: Police

Gas is "uncontrollably" flowing out of a natural gas producing well of Oil India Ltd (OIL) in Assam after a blowout eight days ago and the public sector undertaking on Thursday said an expert agency is monitoring the environmental impact of the leak.

Pumping of water to the well through the casing valve is in progress to minimise chances of fire, a press release issued by the PSU major said.

On May 27, a major blowout took place at the OIL well at Baghjan in Tinsukia district, next to Dibru Saikhowa National Park, forcing the administration to evacuate thousands of people living nearby to relief camps.

Digging of water reservoir near the plinth of the well is complete, an area for placement of pumps of 2,500 gallons capacity is underway underway along with arrangement for collection of the required quantity of water from the source, the release said.

The company has called a Singapore-based firm which is expected to reach the site shortly, it said.

In the next 6 hours, it will further weaken into low pressure area over Madhya Pradesh. It is expected to cause some rainfall activity over east Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and adjoining areas during next 24 hours: Mrityunjay Mohapatra, Director General, IMD

MHA blacklists around 2,550 foreign Tablighi Jamaat members; bans their entry into India for 10 years: Officials

Haryana: 2 rusted hand grenades were defused by bomb disposal squad here today. Surendra Singh, Sadar PS incharge, Tohana, Fatehabad says, "Further probe to reveal whom the hand grenades belonged to. No markings seen on them due their rusted condition".

An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia's North Maluku province on Thursday, but did not trigger a tsunami alert, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.

The agency initially issued the quake at 7.1 magnitude before revising it down to 6.8, Wahyu Kurniawan, official in charge at the agency, told Xinhua news agency.

The quake jolted at 3.49 p.m. with the epicentre at 89 km northwest Daruba village of Pulau Marotai district and the depth at 112 km under sea bed, the official said.

"For this quake, we did not issue a tsunami warning," he added.

Indonesia is frequently hit by earthquakes as it sits on a vulnerable quake-impacted zone called "the Pacific Ring of Fire".

Isolated heavy to very heavy falls are very likely over East Uttar Pradesh during next 24 hours and isolated heavy falls are likely over East Uttar Pradesh and East Rajasthan on 05th June: India Meteorological Department (IMD)

Jammu and Kashmir: One civilian injured after terrorists attacked police party at Yaripora market in Kulgam area of South Kashmir. Security forces cordoned off the area and launched search operation. More details awaited.

A low pressure area is likely to develop over eastern parts of westcentral Bay of Bengal around June 8. Due to the low pressure area, Odisha is likely to witness heavy rainfall from June 10: India Meteorological Department

2 persons booked for allegedly gang-raping 2 minor sisters several times in the last one year in Barmer's Shashtri Nagar. 2 women also booked for helping the accused persons in committing the crime: Pushpendra, Circle Officer (Crime Against Women Cell), Barmer

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel issues order to suspend IAS officer accused of raping 33-year-old woman in Janjgir-Champa district: Official

A Kerala forest department team probing the killing of a pregnant elephant is leant to have taken two persons into custody

A gunner of the Samajwadi Party MLA committed suicide, here on Thursday, by shooting himself with his service gun.

Yesterday, it was World Cycle Day, and Ghaziabad factory cycle company Atlas was closed on this day. Over 1000 people became unemployed in one stroke. We have heard about the government's campaign that there is so much package, so much MoU, so much employment. But in reality, jobs are ending, factories are closing down. In order to save people's jobs, the government will have to clarify its policies and plans, tweeted Priyanka Gandhi

A fire broke out inside a monastery near Akash Cinema at Delhi's Azadpur commercial complex. However, there is no report of any casualty, fire officials said.

SC reserves verdict on pleas challenging Centre's March 29 order asking employers to pay full wages to employees for lockdown period.

SC directs that no coercive action be taken against employers for violation of Centre's March 29 order on full wages to employees

Amid the confrontation between Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and the state government over the issue of final year university exams, the Shiv Sena on Thursday said political egos should be kept aside at a time when the country is facing the COVID-19 crisis.

Two labourers allegedly committed suicide in separate incidents here, police said on Thursday.

A 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a neighbour at pistol-point when she was alone in her house in Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Thursday.

A 28-year-old woman was arrested for killing her husband after he raped her minor sister in Rajasthan's Sikar, police said on Thursday.

An ex-serviceman was shot at allegedly by the husband of a village chief and his associates in Shamli district, police said on Thursday.

Press Council of India (PCI) member B R Gupta has resigned from his post, saying he was unable to work individually or collectively for the media, which is in a "deep crisis".

"I have tendered my resignation as a Press Council of India member," Gupta told PTI.

He said the PCI had the responsibility to encourage media and media professionals constantly.

"But everyone now realises that the media scenario is in a deep crisis. The motto for which the Council was created was not being fulfilled and I felt I was not doing anything remarkable for the freedom of media," Gupta said.

He claimed that the PCI was not a wholly representative body for the media.

"Then how can we come out of the crisis being faced by the media and mediapersons? It is a big challenge for us. I have quit as I have not been able to work individually or collectively being a PCI member," Gupta added.

Equity benchmark Sensex surged over 200 points in early trade on Thursday, led by strong buying in HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, TCS and Reliance Industries amid persistent foreign fund inflow.

Unknown miscreants have vandalised a statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside the Indian embassy in the US with graffiti and spray painting, prompting the mission officials to register a complaint with the local law enforcement agencies.

The rupee depreciated 15 paise to 75.62 against the US dollar in opening trade on Thursday as strengthening US dollar and US-China trade tensions weighed on investor sentiments.

A 20-year-old girl surrendered before police after killing her elder brother who had allegedly tried to molest her.

Barely 18 hours after hitting Maharashtra, the Cyclone Nisarga -- which claimed 4 lives -- fizzled out into a depression and was headed towards the Vidarbha region in the east, officials said on Thursday.

Cyclone Nisarga which spared Mumbai after it made landfall near adjoining Alibaug is now a depression over west Vidarbha region in Maharashtra and will weaken further, the India Meteorological Department(IMD) said on Thursday.