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US Faces 'Generational' Flood Threat As Tornadoes, Heavy Rains Kill Two

Tornadoes have hit areas in Tennessee, Mississippi and other states in the United States. The National Weather Service warned of "generational" floods in the US South and Midwest as tornadoes swept the country from Texas to Michigan, killing two people, per Reuters. Stay safe, Nashville! ⚠️ Tornado warnings in effect with intense lightning strikes over downtown. Hope everyone finds shelter and stays protected. #Nashville #TornadoWarning #Tennessee https://t.co/f57rj064q3 — Krishna Gopal Sharma (@KrishnaG_Sharma) April 3, 2025 About 15 million people are under tornado watches, from Ohio to Mississippi, and nearly 6 million people are under the watch including people from Nashville, Tennessee and Tupelo, Mississippi. Strong thunderstorms will move across the watch area and could produce tornadoes with gusts up to 75 miles per hour and rise up to 1.5 inches in diameter. ⚠️Tornado Warning, USA ?️The aftermath of an EF3+ #tornado in Lake City, #ArkansasStormReport ?...

Air India's Receives 1st Legacy B777 Plane Back After Heavy Refresh

Air India on Wednesday received the first of its legacy Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft after heavy refresh and the refresh of the remaining 12 planes is expected to be completed by year-end, according to officials. Since the refit of the legacy B777 aircraft, which was to start last year, has been delayed due to supply chain issues, the airline decided to go for heavy refresh of these planes. Heavy refresh of an aircraft includes having new carpets, seat covers, cushions and fixing broken seats. Air India has a total of 40 legacy wide-body planes -- 13 B777s and 27 B787s. The heavy refresh of the B777-300 ER was done in Singapore and completed in around 50 days. The heavy refresh of all the legacy B777s is expected to be completed by the end of this year, the officials said. The refreshed aircraft will be deployed on the domestic route for one or two days and later for ultra-long operations. The B777s are mainly deployed for ultra long haul flights connecting Toronto, Vancouver (Cana...

Drunk Man Poses As Ajmal Kasab's Brother, Threatens To Blast Control Room: Cops

A 28-year-old drunk security guard was arrested for allegedly posing as a "brother" of Mumbai attack terrorist Ajmal Kasab and threatening to blow up the the police control room and Mumbai Central with a bomb, officials said on Wednesday. The accused, Piyush Shukla, was angry at police personnel after they asked him to leave the Mulund railway station in the early hours of Tuesday, which is the standard protocol followed by police personnel after the last local trains leave suburban stations. Shukla felt slighted and decided to lodge a complaint with the police control room. He dialled police helpline number '100' early Tuesday under the influence of alcohol and started abusing the cop who attended the call, an official said. "He introduced himself as the brother of 26/11 terrorist Mohd Ajmal Kasab and threatened to trigger a bomb blast at the police control room and Mumbai Central," the official said. Police tracked down Shukla from Thane on Tuesday eve...

Lalu Prasad Yadav Admitted To AIIMS-Delhi For Treatment

RJD president and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad was on Wednesday admitted to AIIMS in Delhi for treatment, sources said. The 76-year-old leader has been admitted to the Cardio Critical Care Unit of the Cardio-Neuro Centre under Dr Rakesh Yadav, Professor of Cardiology at AIIMS, they said. A team of doctors is monitoring his condition, the sources said. He was brought to AIIMS for treatment at around 9.35 pm after being admitted to a hospital in Patna for a brief period. Talking to reporters in Patna, his son and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said Prasad had developed sores on his back and an arm, which he hopes to get operated upon in Delhi. "Lalu ji had reached the airport in the afternoon to board his flight for Delhi. My mother Rabri Devi is accompanying him. A sudden drop in blood pressure was noted following which we rushed him to the Paras Hospital," the former deputy chief minister said. According to Prakash Sinha, who led the team of doctors treating Prasa...

Petition Filed In Allahabad High Court To Stop Justice Yashwant Varma From Taking Oath

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed before the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench on Wednesday seeking a directive to its Chief Justice to refrain from administering the oath to Justice Yashwant Varma, court sources said. The PIL cited the ongoing in-house inquiry ordered by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) into the recovery of "four to five semi-burnt sacks" of Indian currency notes from the residence of Justice Varma following after a fire incident last month. Justice Varma was recently transferred from the Delhi High Court to the Allahabad High Court in the midst of the cash stash row. The PIL, filed by Vikash Chaturvedi, is expected to be heard on April 4, the sources said. Advocate Ashok Pandey, representing Chaturvedi, argued that since the CJI has reportedly "directed the Allahabad High Court Chief Justice not to assign any judicial work to Justice Varma during the ongoing inquiry, there is no justification for proceeding with the oath ceremony...

CBI Names Chhattisgarh Ex-Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel In Betting App Case

Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel was allegedly one of the beneficiaries of the Mahadev Betting scam, according to an Enforcement Directorate report, which is now part of the CBI FIR, officials said. The CBI has re-registered the FIR of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Chhattisgarh police as its own case under the Indian Penal Code sections of 120-B (criminal conspiracy), cheating (420) and Chhattisgarh Gambling (Prohibition) Act. Bhupesh Baghel has been listed in the FIR as accused number 6 of 19 named. The allegations have been denied by Baghel, who termed the CBI action as politically motivated. The CBI registered the FIR on December 18 last year and conducted searches at the residence of Baghel on March 26. The FIR was made public on Tuesday. According to the procedure in cases referred to the CBI by a state government, the agency re-registers the FIR of the state police as its own case. Taking the FIR as the starting point of the investigation, the cen...

Private Trainer Aircraft Crashes In Gujarat, Pilot Injured

A woman trainee pilot was injured after a trainer aircraft belonging to a private aviation academy crashed in Gujarat's Mehsana district on Monday evening, a police official said. The single-engine aircraft crash-landed into an open field at Ucharpi village near Mehsana town due to some technical reasons, said Inspector of Mehsana taluka police station, DG Badva. "After taking off from the Mehsana airport with a woman trainee pilot, the trainer aircraft of an aviation academy crashed into a field at Ucharpi. The trainee pilot received minor injuries in the accident. She is undergoing treatment at a hospital," said the inspector. Airport as well as aviation authorities were informed about the crash in pursuant of further investigation into the incident, Badva added. from NDTV News Search Records Found 1000 https://ift.tt/sC7hMdH