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Amid intense cold wave in Delhi and its neighbouring states in north India, the national capital's minimum temperature on Tuesday was recorded to be lower than the hill city of Nainital in Uttarakhand, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Data showed that while the minimum temperature at Delhi's Safdarjung - the official weather station of the capital - dipped to 5.6 degrees Celsius, the same in Nainital settled at 7.2 degrees Celsius. The lowest minimum temperature in Delhi was recorded at Ayanagar at 4 degrees Celsius as the city shivered in extreme cold conditions. Safdarjung recorded the capital's lowest minimum temperature thus far this winter season at 5.3 degrees Celsius on Thursday. Pictures from earlier this morning showed Delhi covered in thick blanket of fog that considerably reduced visibility levels, causing people to turn the headlights of their vehicles on to improve the situation. Also Read | Winter in full glory: Hailstorm in Assam, snowfall...

L'homme qui s'est suicidé lundi soir en sautant dans le Rhône est un étudiant iranien de 38 ans. Dans une vidéo postée sur Instagram, il dénonce la répression que subissent les iraniens depuis plusieurs mois et explique son geste. "Quand vous regarderez cette vidéo, je serai mort". Le corps découvert dans le Rhône , ce lundi est celui d'un Iranien qui a décidé de mettre fin à ses jours. Sur une vidéo tournée quelques minutes avant son passage à l'acte et postée sur ses réseaux sociaux, l'homme explique son geste. "J'ai décidé de me suicider dans le fleuve du Rhône. Nous Iraniens, nous sommes très très fatigués de cette situation (...). Quand vous regarderez cette vidéo je serai mort à ce moment-là, mais je suis content parce que je choisis cette voie sans aucun stress. Je ne suis pas triste, j’ai décidé de faire ça pour montrer à tout le monde que les Iraniens ont besoin d’aide", explique-t-il calmement. Des proches de Mohammad, 38 ans,...

Here are seven takeaways from the seven state elections that the year 2022 saw. And a preview of what's to come as we enter another election season. By Darpan Singh : 2022 began with the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing the poll schedule for Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand, and Manipur. The results were announced on March 10 . The BJP won all states except Punjab, which was wrested from the Congress by the AAP. The year ended with elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. The BJP again retained its fortress, while the Congress managed to take Himachal Pradesh, in a rare electoral defeat for the saffron party. advertisement Here are the key takeaways from these polls that will have a bearing on coming elections in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, and Telangana next year, before India votes in 2024 to elect its new government. ANTI-INCUMBENCY, WHAT’S THAT? Yogi Adityanath became the first Uttar P...

The accused had befriended the victim three years ago, police said. (Representational) Korba: A man allegedly killed a 20-year-old woman by stabbing her 51 times with a screwdriver in Chhattisgarh's Korba district after she refused to talk to him, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place in the pump house colony of South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) on December 24, city superintendent of police (Korba) Vishwadipak Tripathi said. According to the police, the victim was alone in the house when the accused arrived there. He covered her mouth with a pillow to muffle her screams and stabbed her 51 times with a screwdriver. The victim's brother found her in a pool of blood when he arrived home later, the official said. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the accused, who hails from Jashpur district, had befriended the victim three years ago when he was working as a conductor in a passenger bus and the woman used to travel by it, he said. The accused la...

India Covid Live: India recorded 157 new COVID-19 cases today. New Delhi: Nationwide drills are being held today to check how prepared the hospitals are to tackle any spike in Covid cases. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya oversaw the drill at the Safdarjung Hospital this morning. The exercises are being led by health ministers of the states concerned. Meanwhile, government school teachers in Delhi have been deployed on Covid duty at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport during the winter vacation. India recorded 157 new COVID-19 cases today. Here are the LIVE updates on the Covid situation in India: Get NDTV Updates Turn on notifications to receive alerts as this story develops . Dec 27, 2022 14:48 (IST) Watch: How Karnataka Hospitals Are Preparing To Handle Another Covid Wave #Vlog | How Hospitals In Karnataka Are Preparing To Handle Another #Covid Wave NDTV's Sreeja MS reports pic.twitter.com/576nDmewPz - NDTV (@nd...

Nawazuddin Siddiqui meets Amit Shah Nawazuddin Siddiqui recently met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and a photo of their meeting was shared on social media. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is one of the most looked-up to actors in Bollywood. He has created a name for himself with his performance in films such as Gangs of Wasseypur, The Lunch Box, Badlapur, Black Friday, and Raman Raghav 2.0 among others. The actor recently met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and a photo of their meeting was shared on social media. According to the news agency ANI, the actor paid a courtesy call. Take a look at the photo: On the work front, Nawaz has several interesting films lined up. He will be seen in Adbhut, Kangana Ranaut’s Tiku Weds Sheru, Noorani Chehra, Bole Chudiyan, Jogira Sara Ra Ra and Afwaah. The actor will also be seen in Haddi, where he will play a double role, that of a woman and a trans-person. In an exclusive chat with News18, he said that playing a transgendered person and spending tim...

One person is in life-threatening condition following an overnight collision in Toronto’s Stockyards District. It happened on Weston Road at Birdstone Crescent, north of St. Clair Avenue West, at around 1:12 a.m. Toronto police said a silver Toyota Corolla carrying five people was northbound when it struck a pole. Toronto Paramedic Services transported two men with serious injuries to a trauma centre via emergency run. The condition of one of those men deteriorated in hospital and he is in life-threatening condition, police said. Police are working to determine the cause of the crash. “At this point we are looking at speed possibly being a factor based on this particular area,” Sgt Nicholas Lawson told CP24 at the scene. “There are guardrails in this area there to protect the townhomes. It is a curve and based on speed, it is possible that they could have lost control and that would have been the causal factor but it is being determined by our reconstruction team right now.” Col...