Tripura toll rises to 4

The floodwaters began to recede in Tripura on Friday even as the toll rose to four. The rains have stopped since last night but rehabilitat...

The floodwaters began to recede in Tripura on Friday even as the toll rose to four. The rains have stopped since last night but rehabilitation of the homeless will take some time.

Subodh Devnath (48), a school teacher, drowned in the Bijoy river at Jangalia in Bishalgarh subdivision of West Tripura district last night, taking the toll to four. Earlier, two children drowned in a pond while another person was washed away by the Khowai river at Teliamura in West Tripura.

About four lakh people of 80,000 families lost their homes. Around 50,000 of them are from Sadar in West Tripura.

Work is on at the Assam-Agartala National Highway (NH-44), cut off from the rest of the country for the past three days due to landslides. — (PTI)

A court in Antwerp passed the order initiating the formal process of bringing Choksi back to India. But, he still has options to challenge the order passed by the lower court.

Belgian court clears fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi’s extradition to India

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Mehul Choksi, a fugitive diamantaire wanted in India for a Rs 13,000 crore loan fraud case, has been cleared for extradition by a court in Antwerp, Belgium. The Indian government has assured that Choksi will be held in a specific jail complex and provided with basic amenities if extradited. Choksi's extradition proceedings have advanced in Belgium and he has the option to challenge the order.

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