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Delhiites wake up to pleasant weather as rain lashes parts of NCR, IMD says temperature to remain unchanged for few days
The weather department predicted that the temperature in the city will be unchanged for a few days.

Amid the scorching heat and continue rising temperature, people from Delhi and parts of NCR woke up to light rainfall on Tuesday. Due to the fresh western disturbance in the past few days, the city witnessed a pre-monsoon shower, bringing down the temperature below normal.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday recorded a minimum temperature of around 23 to 24.9 degrees Celsius in the morning, which is a few notches below normal.
The weather department also reported that the relative humidity at 8:30 AM reached around at 71 to 72 percent. It has also been reported that the maximum temperature in the city and parts of the NCR is expected to reach 32 to 34 degrees Celsius, which is still not bad news for people.
After witnessing a sudden change in the weather and light rainfall, people started sharing videos and photos on their social media handles. Take a look at the visuals.
The weather department predicted that the temperature in the city will be unchanged for a few days. It said the temperature will rise again and the heatwave is likely to come back soon.
Talking about Delhi’s temperature on Monday, the city has recorded a minimum temperature of 23.6 degrees Celsius, which is five notches below the season’s average. The national capital also recorded a maximum temperature of around 32.8 to 33 degrees Celsius, six notches below the season’s average.
As far as the city’s air quality index (AQI) is concerned, Central Pollution Control Board reported that it was recorded in the moderate category (140) around 2.00 PM on Tuesday.
An AQI between zero and 50 comes under the category of good, 51 and 100 come in the satisfactory category, 101 and 200 in moderate, 201 and 300 in the poor category, while 301 and 400 are considered very poor, and 401 and 500 severe.
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Manipur violence: Centre, state announce Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia, jobs for kin of those killed
As per reports, the decision was taken late on Monday night, during a meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah with state Chief Minister N Biren Singh in Manipur.

On Tuesday, the Central and Manipur state government announced ex-gratia and job for the family members of those who were killed in the violence.
The governments have announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh along with a job to one member of the family of the deceased. The compensation amount will have equal contribution by the state government and the Centre.
As per reports, the decision was taken late on Monday night, during a meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah with state Chief Minister N Biren Singh in Manipur.
Officials informed, dedicated telephone lines will also be put in place to dismiss the rumors spreading that has largely affected the law and order situation and has become a challenge in curbing the violence across the state.
Reports claimed, it was also decided in the meeting to make essential commodities such as petrol, LPG gas, rice, pulses and other food products available in adequate quantities to bring a balance between the demand and supply, that is leading to a price rise.
Home Minister Shah landed in state’s capital Imphal late on Monday night, to take cognizance of the law and order situation and internal security position of the violence hit state. Shah was accompanied by Home Secretary AK Bhalla, and Intelligence Bureau Director Tapan Kumar Deka.
Upon arriving at Manipur, Shah held a meeting late at night with CM Singh, state ministers and other senior officials to assess the situation in the state and discuss further plans to bring back normalcy.
The state has been in trouble for almost a month now, first with the violence in Churachandpur, where a angry mob torched the Chief Minister’s event venue and later on May 3, after a clash broke out between the Metei and Kuki communities.
As per the official reports, at-least 75 lives have been claimed since the clashes broke out on May 3.
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Protesting wrestlers to immerse medals in the Ganga at Haridwar today
Wrestler Sakshee Mallikh, one of the protesting wrestlers in a statement released on Twitter said the wrestlers will go to Haridwar and immerse their medals at 6 pm today.

Amid the ongoing protest by India’s top wrestlers demanding action against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the protesting wrestlers have declared to immerse their medals in the Ganga river at Haridwar today at 6 PM.
The wrestlers after immersing the medals will stage a hunger strike until death at Delhi’s India Gate demanding action on the charges made by them against Singh.
Wrestler Sakshee Mallikh, one of the protesting wrestlers in a statement released on Twitter said the wrestlers will go to Haridwar and immerse their medals at 6 pm today.
Mallik added the medals are their lives and souls and once it is thrown in Ganga, there would remain no reason for them to live and hence they will stage the indefinite hunger strike.
The statement also took a dig over Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking whom shlould they return their medal to? To the Prime Minister who used to regard them his daughter, but they just couldn’t agree on giving the medals to PM Modi as he did not even cared to enquire about them but invited Brij Bhusan Singh on the inauguration of new Parliament.
It’s been more than a month now since the protest of the wrestlers started. India’s top wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshee Mallikh and Bajrang Punia sat on a protest in Delhi on April 23 against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over the allegations made by them of sexual harassment of female athletes.
The wrestlers staged their protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi and on Sunday, the day of inauguration of new-parliament, visuals came where the police and forces were seen cracking down on the protestors who were marching towards the new Parliament building.
Dramatic visuals came showing a tussle breaking out between the protestors and the forces with both the side grappling with one another, the forces trying to arrest the wrestlers when they became completely furious and irresistible.
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Delhi Excise Policy scam: High Court rejects Manish Sisodia’s bail plea in CBI case
Manish Sisodia, the former deputy CM of the capital is also the former Excise Minister who was arrested by the CBI on February 26.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday, rejected the bail plea of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case on the alleged scam in Delhi liquor policy case.
The Court denied bail stating that the allegations against Sisodia are serious.
A single-judge bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma said allegations against the former Deputy CM are serious and as he is an influential man the possibility cannot be ruled out that the witness can be influence if he is released on bail.
During the hearing, the CBI opposing Sisodia’s bail plea stated that the AAP leader is closely associated with senior officials, bureaucrats and there are high chances of him influencing the witness if released on bail.
It added saying that the AAP leaders (his party colleagues) are in high positions and are making factually wrong statement to disturb the investigation and claiming Sisodia’s arrest as a part of political vendetta.
Earlier, Rouse Avenue Court, Delhi had extended Sisodia’s judicial custody till June 1 on the basis of a supplementary charge sheet filed by the CBI. The Court had also ordered the jail authorities to consider his request and provide him with a study table and a chair.
Sisodia’s counsel Dayan Krishnan in earlier arguments had stated that the CBI has no evidence showing his involvement in the alleged irregularities in framing and the implementation of the excise policy of the Delhi government.
Manish Sisodia, the former deputy CM of the capital is also the former Excise Minister who was arrested by the CBI on February 26.
It is alleged that Sisodia while he was in charge of the Excise portfolio had given licenses to private liquor vendors in exchange of a bribe that was later allegedly used by the Aam Aadmi Party in Goa elections campaigning.
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