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Record rain in Delhi, highest in a day in August since 2009, cause waterlogging, jams in Delhi NCR, crucial underpass closed

Heavy rains lashed Delhi on Saturday morning, leading to waterlogging in many parts of the city including underneath Minto Bridge, Moolchand underpass and at ITO. Due to the waterlogging, the Delhi Traffic Police closed several crucial underpasses and took to Twitter to inform commuters.

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Record rain in Delhi in the early hours of Saturday caused heavy waterlogging and jams in several parts of the city including underneath Minto Bridge, Moolchand underpass and at ITO.

Commuters were seen to push their vehicles through a waterlogged road due to heavy rains, near ITO in New Delhi.

As per the Safdarjung weather station of the India Meteorological Department, It was the highest single-day rainfall for the month of August since at least 2009. In the midst of the monsoon season, the national capital has been receiving spells of rain. Delhi will witness generally cloudy sky with moderate rain/thundershowers on Saturday, the IMD said.

Due to the waterlogging, the Delhi Traffic Police closed several crucial underpasses and directed to take alternative route to reach the destination on time.

Taking to Twitter, the Delhi Traffic Police gave updates on waterlogged areas and the routes for the smooth functioning of the vehicular moment in the capital.

Traffic movement on Minto Bridge has been closed due to waterlogging, said the traffic police. Vehicular movement affected at the Moti Bagh Flyover and Moolchand underpass while Azad Market underpass was closed due to 1.5 feet waterlogging, tweeted Delhi Traffic Police. The vehicular movement has also been affected at ITO due to waterlogging.

Other areas that witnessed waterlogging due to heavy rains include Pul Prahladpur underpass, Lajpat Nagar, Jangpura, ITO, roads around Pragati Maidan, Sangam Vihar, Rohtak Road, Mangolpuri, Kirari and Malviya Nagar.

The rainwater entered into moving buses at Ullan Batar Marg in the Palam while autos were stuck and cars were partially submerged on waterlogged roads near Delhi’s Pragati Maidan.

Pictures from the Delhi railway station showed flooded tracks with several trains cancelled.

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The rains brought much-needed relief to Delhiites from the sultry weather that troubled the national capital with maximum temperature recorded at 33.1 degrees Celsius on Monday and 37.3 degrees Celsius on Sunday.

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The MeT department has issued an orange alert for Saturday and a yellow alert for Sunday. The department has issued green alert from August 23 to August 26.

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2025 Delhi elections: AAP releases first list of 11 candidates

Rai noted that most of these 11 seats were not held by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at present.

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The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday announced its first list of 11 candidates for the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections, which is due in February next year.

Addressing a press conference, Delhi Minister Gopal Rai said the party has released the first list of 11 candidates for the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections. He said the names were finalised in the political affairs committee meeting chaired by AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal.  

Rai noted that most of these 11 seats were not held by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at present.

The 11-candidate list includes Brahm Singh Tanwar fielded from Chhatarpur; Anil Jha from Kirari; Deepak Singhla from Vishwas Nagar; Sarita Singh from Rohtas Nagar; BB Tyagi from Laxmi Nagar; Ram Singh Netaji from Badarpur; Chaudhary Zubair Ahmad from Seelampur; Veer Singh Dhingan from Seemapuri; Gaurav Sharma from Ghonda; Manoj Tyagi from Karawal Nagar and Sumesh Shokeen from Matiala.

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Rahul Gandhi says PM Modi protecting Gautam Adani, calls for billionaire’s immediate arrest, seeks probe against Madhabi Buch

The Senior Congress leader’s statement follows after US prosecutors charged Gautam Adani, chairman of Adani Group, with his alleged involvement in a plan to pay over $250 million in bribes to government officials in India for solar energy contracts.  

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Rahul Gandhi says PM Modi protecting Gautam Adani, calls for billionaire's immediate arrest, seeks probe against Madhabi Buch

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that Gautam Adani should be arrested immediately, and his protector Madhabi Puri Buch should be investigated. 

The Senior Congress leader’s statement follows after US prosecutors charged Gautam Adani, chairman of Adani Group, with his alleged involvement in a plan to pay over $250 million in bribes to government officials in India for solar energy contracts.  

Mentioning that Gautam Adani has been indicted in the United States, Rahul Gandhi questioned why the billionaire is still running around as a free man in India. He stated that it is now pretty clear and established in America that Gautam Adani has broken both American law and Indian law. 

Addressing a press conference, the Congress MP claimed that the recent developments vindicate his long-standing allegations against Gautam Adani. He said that they have been raising the allegation with the Madhabi Buch issue. Taking a sharp dig at the Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi said that PM Modi is protecting Gautam Adani, and is also involved in corruption. 

Further, taking a swipe at PM Modi’s slogan, Ek hai to safe hai, the Leader of Opposition asserted that as long as the prime minister and Gautam Adani are together, they are safe in India. He added that no actions will be taken against Adani in India. 

He further mentioned that Chief Ministers have been jailed for scams of Rs 10-15 crore, but Gautam Adani, who has committed a scam of Rs 2000 crore is walking free. He demanded that Gautam Adani should be arrested immediately, and his protector, Madhabi Puri Buch should be removed and probed for not taking actions.

Rahul Gandhi also said that he will bring up the issue of Gautam Adani’s alleged involvement in corruption during the upcoming winter session of Parliament set to begin on Monday. He asserted that being the leader of opposition, it is his responsibility to raise the issue, and assured that they will expose the entire network, which will eventually collapse. 

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NDA ahead in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, say exit polls

A gentle reminder on the exit polls prediction that in recent Assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, the results turned out completely different and surprising from what was being predicted.

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With the voting concluded in Maharashtra and Jharkhand and EVM and VVPAT being sealed and secured for the November 23 counting day, the focus shifts to what exit polls predict for the states. NDA is likely to form government in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, while exit polls predict setbacks for the INDIA alliance.

According to exit polls, the Mahayuti alliance (BJP, Ajit Pawar’s NCP and Shiv Sena (Shinde) will cross the majority mark with 150-160 seats in Maharashtra, while Maha Vikas Aghadi (Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and Sharad Pawar’s NCP) at 110-120.

In Jharkhand, the BJP-led alliance is likely to snatch away power from the JMM-led alliance, as per the exit polls, projecting 44-53 for NDA and  25-30 for the Opposition INDIA.

A gentle reminder on the exit polls prediction that in recent Assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, the results turned out completely different and surprising from what was being predicted.

In Jharkhand, the BJP contested on 68 seats, All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) 10 seats, Janata Dal (United) 2 seats, and the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) 1 seat, while Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) of Chief Minister Hemant Soren contested in 41 seats, Congress 30 seats, RJD 6 seats, and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) 4 seats.

In Maharashtra, under Mahayuti, the BJP contested in 149 constituencies, Shiv Sena in 81, and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP fielded 59 candidates, while under MVA, Congress contested in 101 seats, Shiv Sena (UBT) 95, and NCP (SP) fielded 86 candidates.

“Who can be a bigger surveyor in Jharkhand than us? We have been in Jharkhand for the last 3 months. We have seen how people wished for change. I am sure that the people have voted for BJP-NDA. We are going to form the government with a huge mandate,” said Union Minister and BJP’s Jharkhand election-incharge Shivraj Singh Chouhan on exit polls prediction.

“As per the trends that we have received from several agencies, BJP-led NDA has an edge in the state and we will form the government,” said state BJP chief Babulal Marandi.

“The trends are in favour of the Maha Vikas Aghadi and we will win more than 175 seats in the state,” said state Congress chief Nana Patole.

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