Latest News Live Updates, July 2, 2024: Heavy rains have led to severe flooding in northeastern states. In Manipur, the Imphal West district administration has issued an alert for people near rivers as heavy rains have caused water levels to rise. Meanwhile, over 600,000 people have been affected by floods in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and state administrations are bracing for the situation to worsen in the coming days.
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Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to respond to the vote of thanks for the President’s speech on Tuesday. A day earlier, Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on Hinduism drew the ire of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies. The NDA alliance partners will meet on the Parliament premises in the morning before the session begins. The meeting is likely to finalise the issues that the NDA partners will take up, especially as the opposition grows stronger.
Today’s weather forecast: According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), conditions are favourable for the southwest monsoon to advance further over the rest of Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab over the next 2-3 days. Locally very heavy rains are likely over Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, the sub-Himalayan states of West Bengal, Sikkim, Saurashtra and Kutch on Tuesday. Locally very heavy rains are also likely over Assam and Meghalaya on July 2. Read more
