Houston police Chief Art Acevedo says authorities have rescued 2,000 people from flooding in the city.
Acevedo says the city has 185 critical rescue requests still pending as of Monday morning. He says the goal is to rescue those people by the end of the day.
The comments came at a news conference where officials provided updates on Harvey, which is still pouring rain on the Houston area.
Harvey came ashore late Friday about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of Corpus Christi, Texas, as a Category 4 hurricane but has since been downgraded to a tropical storm. The slow-moving storm has caused catastrophic flooding in Texas.
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat attended the passing out parade of 490 gentlemen cadets on the completion of their course from Indian Military Academy in Dehradun. Rawat shed light on various issues including the need for more women in the military and use of modern technology in by soldiers.
This incident caught on CCTV cameras will make your heart skip a beat. A little girl in Bengaluru was run over by a car but miraculously survived the accident without any serious injuries. People near by come to rescue the baby after the accident but are relieved to see the girl safe.
An Ohio family that hosted Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for dinner says he made it clear he wasn't planning to run for president in 2020. Zuckerberg dined at the Moore family home in Newton Falls on 28 April during his mission to visit all 50 states. A member of the family, Daniel Moore, said, "He’s legitimately doing this to make connections with communities, get to know people in communities that are different from the communities that he’s in, he’s not doing this as a publicity stunt, and he’s not doing this to set up a run for political office. "
Another end of a Test match, and we have another exchange of statements from the rival captains Virat Kohli and Steve Smith. After the third Test between India and Australia ended in a draw at Ranchi on Monday, Virat Kohli said that few of the Australians disrespected India’s physio Patrick Farhart. Australia’s skipper Smith rubbished the claims and said that Farhat did a pretty good job to get Virat Kohli back on the field after he sustained a shoulder injury on day one of the Ranchi Test.
Biplab Mandal had barely finished writing his board exam when a sea of media persons greeted him at the entrance of Bahirgacchi Secondary High School in Nadia district. Standing alongside the lined up cameras were his parents. But Mrs & Mr Mandal weren’t really there just to support their only son, a tradition common in most Bengali households. They were there to write their exams too. Video: ANI Music: Big Bang Fuzz For more videos, subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/2aIcith Check out The Quint for more news: https://www.thequint.com
“ I know you are worried about the future but do what you want and don’t regret anything”, Journalist Suhasini Haider writes a letter to her 18-year-old self.
