Breaking News Highlights: Himachal Schools, Colleges To Remain Closed Tomorrow Due To Rains
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan leaves the Bharatiya Janata Party office in New Delhi after the CEC meeting.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman paid floral tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former Cuttack Mayor Nibedita Pradhan on their death anniversaries at Bharatiya Janata Party state headquarter in Odisha's Bhubaneswar.
PM Modi arrives at BJP headquarters in Delhi for the party's central election committee meeting.
Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Bhupendra Yadav, and Ajay Jamwal, among others, arrived at the BJP headquarters for the CEC meeting.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called a meeting of its Central Election Committee (CEC) on Wednesday evening to discuss the poll preparations for the upcoming state assembly elections. The meeting will take place at 5 pm at the BJP headquarters.
Go First flights until August 18, 2023, are cancelled due to operational reasons, the airline said in a statement.
Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor has been appointed as the Director General of Police, Haryana, succeeding PK Agarwal, ANI reported. Kapoor is a 1990 batch IPS officer.
The water level of the Yamuna river in Delhi shows an increasing trend with it almost touching the 'Danger' mark. At present, the river is flowing at 205.22 metres and the 'Danger' mark is 205.33 metres. According to Central Water Commission, it is expected to go up to 205.46 metres by Wednesday 9 am.
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Rashtrapati Bhavan's Amrit Udyan To Reopen For Public From Today
Amrit Udyan will reopen for the general public for a month from August 16, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement. This is the first time that the iconic gardens at Rashtrapati Bhavan will open for the second time in a year. Bookings can be made online on the Rashtrapati Bhavan website (https://visit.rashtrapatibhavan.gov.in/).
Walk-in visitors can get passes from self-service kiosks placed near gate no. 35. Entry to the Amrit Udyan is free of cost, it said. President Droupadi Murmu visited Amrit Udyan on Monday. The Amrit Udyan will open for public from August 16, 2023, to September 17, 2023 (except on Mondays) under the Udyan Utsav-II.
The Udyan Utsav-II aims to showcase the blossom of summer annuals to visitors, the statement said.Visitors can visit the gardens from 10 am to 5 pm (last entry at 4 pm). Entry will be from gate no. 35 of Rashtrapati Bhavan, near North Avenue, it said.Amrit Udyan was opened from January 29 to March 31 under Udyan Utsav-I, which saw more than 10 lakh visitors.
Himachal Pradesh: Schools, Colleges To Remain Closed Today Amid Heavy Rainfall
In view of the incessant rainfall in Himachal Pradesh, the state government has ordered all schools and colleges to remain closed on August 16. The order said all schools and colleges, government as well as private, will remain closed on Wednesday.
Heavy rains have battered Himachal Pradesh since Sunday, triggering landslides and cloudbursts that blocked several roads and led to house collapse incidents.
The number of deaths in the twin landslide sites in Shimla’s Summer Hill and Fagli has risen to 16, officials said.
On Tuesday, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that the death toll was likely to go up as he visited the affected areas to take stock of the situation. He said Solan, Shimla, Mandi, and Hamirpur were among the worst-affected districts in the state.
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