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Four die as north India continues to burn

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June 3, 2012

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New Delhi, June 3: The heat wave sweeping north India continued unabated today claiming 4 lives, even as parts of Uttar Pradesh and the national capital got light showers. Three persons died due to heatstroke in Haryana's Ambala district, while a 38-year-old man succumbed to the scorching sun in Muzafarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.

Delhi continued to remain in the grip of the heat wave with the maximum temperature settling at 44.2 degree Celsius even though some parts of the national capital received light rains. The minimum in Delhi was recorded at 33.2 degree Celsius.

Uttar Pradesh bore the brunt of scorching sun with Allahabad recording a maximum of 47.7 degree Celsius. The temperatures were above normal in Varanasi, Faizabad, Lucknow, Bareilly, Moradabad, Jhansi, Agra, Meerut and Kanpur division.


Rajasthan also continued to reel under intense heat wave conditions with Sriganganagar being the hottest place at 47 degree Celsius. State capital Jaipur recorded maximum of 42 degree Celsius.

Blistering heat wave also continued to sweep northern states of Punjab and Haryana. Chandigarh braved a hot day with maximum settling at 44 degree Celsius, up by four notches. Amritsar recorded 45.5 degree Celsius, an increase of four degrees. Patiala and Ludhiana recorded also scorched at 45.1 degree Celsius and 45 degree Celsius respectively. Sweltering heat prevailed in Ambala, which recorded a high of 43.9 degree Celsius.

In Haryana, Hisar and Rohtak recorded identical highs of 45 degree Celsius while the maximum in Karnal settled at 44 degree Celsius, up by four notches.

Himachal Pradesh's lower hills also sizzled while mid-hill regions received light showers. Una in lower hills was hottest with a high of 44 degree Celsius, six degree above normal, while state capital Shimla recorded maximum at 30.1 degree Celsius, six degree above normal.

Several places in Jharkhand experienced temperatures three to five degrees above normal with the mercury soaring to 46.5 degree Celsius in Garhwa.

The minimum temperature also remained above normal across the state with state capital Shimla recording a low of 22.1 degree Celsius, seven degree above normal, while Nahan and Dharamsala recorded minimum temperatures at 28 degree Celsius and 26.7 degree Celsius, six degrees above normal.

Keylong in tribal Lahaul and Spiti district was coldest in the region with a low of 6.9 degree Celsius, while Kapla and Manali were pleasant with minimum temperatures at 10 degree Celsius and 11.6 degree Celsius respectively.



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March 22,2020

Thane, Mar 22: Eight men were arrested at Kalyan in the district on Sunday as they were found playing cricket during the 'Janata curfew' being observed to check the spread of coronavirus, police said.

They were playing cricket at Kala Talao Maidan in the afternoon, police said.

Police also detained a boy in this connection, an official said.

"Action was taken against them for defying the prohibitory orders issued by the Thane Police Commissionerate.

They also went against the 'Janata curfew' being observed to curb the spread of coronavirus," the police official said.

The Mahatma Phule Chowk Police Station registered an offence against the accused under IPC sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 290 (public nuisance).

They were also booked under the Maharashtra Police Act as well as the National Disaster Act 2005, the official said.

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July 31,2020

Amaravati, Jul 31: Nine people have died after allegedly consuming sanitiser in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh today, the police said.

Prakasam district Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kaushal said the people had been consuming sanitiser for the past few days, mixing it with water and soft drinks.

"We are also investigating whether they laced the sanitiser with any other toxic substances," the official said.

"Their family members say these people have been consuming sanitiser for the past ten days. We are sending the sanitiser stocks, being sold in the area, for examination," he added.

Kurichedu in Prakasam district has been under lockdown due to rise in coronavirus cases and hence, liquor shops have also been shut since the past few days.

Habitual drinkers were said to be consuming sanitisers that have alcohol content, apart from illicitly distilled arrack.

The police said two beggars near a temple were the first to fall victim on Thursday night. While one of them was found dead at the spot, another died in the government hospital in Darsi town, they said.

A third person was also taken to the Darsi hospital late on Thursday night after he fell unconscious but he was declared brought dead. Six others who fell ill after allegedly consuming sanitiser, died this morning.

Others who fell ill after consuming sanitiser are undergoing treatment at their residences in the village, the police added.

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July 12,2020

Tamil Nadu, Jul 12: An alleged attempt by a 19-year-old man to "open a branch of the State Bank of India" at Panruti near Tamil Nadu was scuttled and he was arrested for forgery, police said on Saturday.

The man, son of retired SBI employees, had readied fake seals and challans of the public sector lender, and had other paraphernalia like a cash counting machine needed "to run a bank branch," on an upper floor of his residence at Panruti, about 25 km from Tamil Nadu.

He had not, however, put up any signboard. The SBI Panruti branch manager lodged a complaint with police seeking action following a tip-off by a customer that the man was "opening an SBI branch and has challans as well."

A printer who printed the challans and another who had made fake seals were held for similar offences and abetment.

They were produced before a magistrate court and enlarged on bail.

Asked if the man had cheated people by soliciting deposits or facilitating loans, Panruti police inspector K Ambethkar said, "no..we have not received any such complaint so far."

The man's late father had worked for SBI and his mother had retired from the same bank some time back, he said.

To a question, the police inspector said the man's mother, who has mobility issues, and another woman a relative living in the same house had no clue about his "idea."

Investigations revealed that he aspired to work for a bank and since he had closely watched banking operations for long he was "very knowledgeable" about it.

On the suspected motive, he said several of his replies were incomprehensible, childish, and strange notwithstanding his excellent understanding of the banking processes.

"He even calmly told us that he awaited approval from Mumbai to open the (SBI) branch and that he was about to put up a signboard," the inspector said, adding that the man had tried unsuccessfully to get employment on compassionate grounds in the SBI following the death of his father in harness.

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