‘Biparjoy’ cyclone to strengthen in 24 hours says IMD; Kerala, Coastal Karnataka people alerted
New Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that the cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ will strengthen in the next 24 hours, issuing an alert to the people of Kerala and Coastal Karnataka to expect heavy rainfall in the next three days and to Lakshadweep over the next two days.
The IMD has predicted the cyclone to move in the north-northeast direction. In a tweet on its official handle, the IMD said on Saturday, “Very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy lay centered at 0830IST of today, near latitude 16.7N and longitude 67.4E… To intensify further and move North Northeastwards gradually during next 24 hours.”
The IMD has also predicted that North East India will receive light to moderate rain, which could be scattered to widespread, along with thunderstorm, over the next five days, while northern parts of West Bengal and Sikkim would likely get very heavy rainfall at isolated places for the next three days. Isolated heavy rainfall over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is predicted by the IMD for two days, on account of the cyclone.
A yellow alert has been issued for places in Kerala, including Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Kozhikode and Kannur. Fishermen in Kerala as well as Karnataka have been advised not to go out into the sea during the period of alert.
In Gujarat too, high waves were sighted off in the Arabian Sea off the Tithal beach in Valsad and, as a precautionary measure, the beach has been closed for tourists till June 14.
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Ranchi: Temple guard bludgeoned to death during robbery attempt, 3 held
Ranchi (PTI): A 60-year-old security guard of a temple in Ranchi was bludgeoned to death with a stone during a robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.
The incident happened late on Thursday at the Jagannath Temple in the Dhurwa Smart City area, they said.
"Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing the security guard. They confessed to the crime and told police that the victim had identified them. Therefore, in fear of being caught, they killed him by attacking him with a stone on his head," SSP Rakesh Ranjan said.
"Thereafter, they took money from the donation box and fled the scene. Two of them have criminal antecedents," he added.
Ranjan said the investigators recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash that had been robbed, the stone with blood-stained marks, and the iron rod used to break open the lock of the donation box kept there.
An FIR in this regard was lodged at the Dhurwa police station, he said, adding that the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court.
