Rahul Gandhi visits Karunanidhi in hospital
The Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday visited the DMK chief M Karunanidhi at the hospital in Chennai. “I met him, he is fine, stable. I am quite happy to see that he is doing well. He is a very tough person like the people of Tamil Nadu. He has the spirit of Tamil Nadu in him,” Mr. Gandhi said.
Yamuna at its 'healthiest', say experts
A boy stands in the flood waters near the banks of Yamuna River, in New Delhi on July 31, 2018.
A boy stands in the flood waters near the banks of Yamuna River, in New Delhi on July 31, 2018.
Water level in the Yamuna river continued to rise and stayed over the danger mark for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday even as more than 10,000 people have been evacuated to safer places. The river was flowing at 206.04 metres this noon with the danger mark being 204.83 metres, officials said, adding the water level is expected to rise further. A total of 1,149 tents have been set up to accommodate the evacuated people. Food and medical help is also being extended to them, a government official said. Meanwhile, experts have said that the Yamuna river is at its "healthiest" state for the first time this year as its water quality has drastically improved due to the rise in inflow of flood water.
U.K. judge asks for video of jail conditions
Vijay Mallya leaves after attending a hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on July 31, 2018.
The Indian government’s efforts to extradite beleagured businesssman Vijay Mallya entered a crucial phase on Tuesday, with the two sides presenting final submissions in the long-running extradition case. ‘In the end of the day, the courts will decide’ he says on arrival. ‘I have made a comprehensive offer to the Karnataka High Court to settle dues... the question of stealing money, money laundering are all blatantly false charges. Now that the assets are before the court, I am in the hands of the court, I hope this will all end.”
10,000 California homes threatened
Firefighter Wyatt Belden from Gold Ridge Fire Protection in Sonoma County, monitors a fire burning off Keck Road, just west of Lakeport, California on July 30, 2018.
Twin wildfires tearing through vineyards and brushy hills threatened some 10,000 homes in Northern California on Tuesday yet another front in the seemingly endless summer of wildfires that have ravaged some of the most scenic areas of the state. The two fires straddling Mendocino and Lake counties had burned seven homes by Monday night along with some 107 square miles (277 square kilometres) of rural land.
Sivaprasad dresses up as Shree Sathya Sai
TDP MP N. Sivaprasad dressed as Shree Sathya Sai Baba fro Puttaparthi
Continuing with with novel method of protesting, Telugu Desam Party MP N. Sivaprasad today attended Parliament dressed as Shree Sathya Sai of Puttaparthi
Crowd gathers outside Kauvery Hospital
Onlookers and party cadres gathered outside Chennai's Kauvery Hospital.
Onlookers and party cadres gathered outside Chennai's Kauvery Hospital on Tuesday morning where Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief M. Karunanidhi has been admitted, along with a sizeable posse of policemen deployed for security. Mr. Karunanidhi’s son and DMK working president M.K. Stalin on Monday night said his condition remained as explained in Sunday night’s bulletin from the hospital — that his vital signs were normalising with active medical support.
Korean generals meet
North Korean Lt. Gen. An Ik San, left, shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Maj. Gen. Kim Do-gyun during a meeting inside the Peace House at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea, Tuesday, July 31, 2018.
Generals from the rival Koreas met Tuesday at their shared border for talks meant to ease a decades-long military standoff, Seoul officials said. The meeting comes days after North Korea returned the reported remains of U.S. war dead, the most recent sign of blossoming diplomacy after last year’s threats of war. The general-level officers were discussing ways to implement April’s inter-Korean summit agreements on non-nuclear military issues, but no huge announcement is expected from the talks at the border village of Panmunjom. Some experts say South Korea can’t agree on any drastic measures to reduce animosity unless the North takes serious nuclear disarmament steps.
Stranded Indonesian hikers evacuated
Indonesian and foreign climbers are seen during walking down from Rinjani Mountain at Sembalun village in Lombok Timur, Indonesia, July 30, 2018.
More than 500 hikers and their guides have been successfully evacuated from an Indonesian volcano after a deadly earthquake triggered landslides that trapped them on the mountain, officials said on Tuesday. Tonnes of rock and mud were dislodged on Mount Rinjani in the 6.4-magnitude quake, which struck early on Sunday and was followed by scores of aftershocks, blocking the hiking routes that crisscross the mountain.
