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Having spent nearly ten days over the Arabian Sea, Cyclone Biparjoy is one of the longest-lasting cyclones to impact India in recent decades. The longer a cyclonic storm hovers over the sea, the more moisture it accumulates — increasing the chances of destructive storms after it makes landfall.

The moment weather forecasters first detected Biparjoy brewing as a meagre Low Pressure Area in the Arabian Sea, they could tell that this would-be cyclone could pack a punch. What they never would've guessed was just how fast the cyclogenesis would be.

More than two hours of CCTV video of the attempted vandalism of the Indian High Commission in London, United Kingdom, by anti-national elements have been made public by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). In the public interest, the NIA has asked the public to send information on the people seen in the CCTV film to the agency, news agency ANI reported.

While vowing to keep the name of the informant a secret, the NIA has released CCTV video from the Khalistani assault and provided a WhatsApp number for information on the vandals.

Western Railway (WR) has achieved remarkable results through a series of robust ticket-checking drives conducted across its suburban and long-distance train services. 

The data reveals that in May 2023 alone, an astounding 2.72 lakh ticketless or irregular passengers, including those with unbooked luggage, were apprehended and faced fines. These fines amounted to an impressive ₹19.99 crore, significantly bolstering the revenue of Western Railway. Notably, within this figure, the detection of 79,500 instances of traveling without proper tickets in the suburban section resulted in a recovery of ₹5.04 crore.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses AAP's "maha rally" against the Centre's ordinance on control of services in the national capital, at Ramlila Maidan, in New Delhi. (Express Photo)

Kejriwal, during a rally at Ramlila Maidan over Centre’s ordinance that effectively grants control of running the government to the Centre through the L-G, had a warning for the states ruled by Opposition parties.

Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday tore into the YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh, saying it did only corruption and slammed it over the alleged farmer suicides in the state.

Addressing a public meeting here to commemorate the nine years of the BJP-led NDA government, Shah also credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ensuring internal security and bringing pride to Indians all over the world.