An encounter took place in Kanpur between the Police and two miscreants near the Barra region of Kanpur in which both the miscreants were arrested by the police in a hot chase.
Traffic movement on the Badrinath National Highway resumed after a temporary blockade caused by debris near Nandprayag and Umatta areas were cleared by authorities on Monday morning.
Heavy rainfall in Rudraprayag and adjacent areas of Uttarakhand has increased the water flow in the Alaknanda River.
However, even after the heavy rainfall and increased water flow, the river is still flowing below the danger mark.
According to the police, the miscreants attempted to flee from the checkpoint when police followed them. They fired at police, and in retaliation, police fired shots, injuring one of the three miscreants. The other two accused were also detained by the police.
The State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) in Uttarakhand on Sunday issued a high-alert landslide warning for four districts---Tehri, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, and Chamoli districts.
BJP MP Dinesh Sharma has praised the 'transformation' of Uttar Pradesh under the BJP-led government, claiming that the state has shed its image of lawlessness and has now become the "best state".
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said the state currently has 10 per cent forest cover, and the aim of the government is to have 16 per cent of forest cover in the state.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami paid floral tributes to Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on his birth anniversary on Sunday at his official residence, remembering him as a visionary educationist, scholar, and nationalist leader who laid the foundation of Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
Slamming the JDU-BJP government in Bihar following the murder of a businessman, Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai, on Sunday, said that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has miserably failed in maintaining law and order in the state
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday held a meeting with all village heads, blockheads, district panchayat presidents, and other officials through video conferencing.