Search operations continued on Monday for the 105 people who are still missing after the cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim triggered a flash flood in the Teesta river basin. (HT Photo)
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) has started humanitarian aid and disaster relief operations in Sikkim, and rescued the first batch of stranded tourists from Lachen to Mangan aboard a helicopter, a Defence official said. (PTI)
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Tourists evacuated from flood-affected Lachen by helicopter arrive at Ringhim Helipad, Mangan in North Sikkim.(PTI)
Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang held a review meeting with Chief Secretary VB Pathak, Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande, who has reached Gangtok, and other officials for coordinated relief and rescue operations along with armed forces. (PTI)
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Troops of TriShakti Corps provides assistance to tourists stranded in areas of Lachen, Lachung, Thangu and Chungthang following flash floods in North Sikkim.(PTI)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
