AAP lawmakers to donate salary for flood-hit Kerala
New Delhi, Aug 18 : Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) head Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced that all party ministers, MLAs and MPs will donate a month's salary for flood-hit Kerala state.
"All AAP MLAs, MPs and Ministers donating one month salary for Kerala," Kejriwal said in a tweet.
The Delhi government on Friday had announced that it will donate Rs 10 crore to flood-ravaged Kerala.
The death toll due to the floods across Kerala increased to 180 on Saturday with rescue operations continuing at several locations.
Since August 8, over 2.23 lakh people have been put up in 1,568 relief camps across the state.
The red alert continued in 12 of the 14 districts of the state, except Kasargode and Thiruvananthapuram.
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Jharkhand: 3 arrested for 'raping' 2 women in Gumla
Gumla (PTI): Three persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly raping two women at a village in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said.
All the three accused have been remanded to judicial custody, Gumla Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge, Mahendra Karmali, told PTI.
According to police, one of the women had been called to Gumla Sadar by her boyfriend on Sunday for an outing.
“She arrived at the spot accompanied by a female. The woman’s boyfriend then called a friend, and they took the two women to a secluded place in Sisai police station area in the evening, forcibly made them consume alcohol before raping them,” the officer said.
The accused later called another man to the spot, who also allegedly raped the women, he said.
“The women later reached the Sadar Police Station and lodged a complaint on Sunday night. Police conducted raids and nabbed the three accused on Monday,” he added.
Further investigation is underway.
