News Today Live Updates, 7 September | Punjab pegs flood loss at Rs 14,000 crore; another tiger success story near Corbett; and more

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The Punjab government, in an interim report Saturday, estimated the loss caused by the floods at Rs 14,000 crore and sought an immediate release of the amount from the National Disaster Relief Fund to mitigate the hardships of the people. With three more deaths being reported, the toll due to the deluge has gone up to 46, while crops on 1.75 lakh hectares of land have been damaged and over 3.87 lakh people in 1,996 villages have been impacted, as per a daily flood bulletin.

A special annual survey undertaken by the forest department of Uttarakhand to estimate the number of tigers in the Ramnagar division, adjoining Corbett Tiger Reserve, has shown a sharp jump over three years, The Indian Express has learnt. According to a report based on the survey, undertaken by the department’s Ramnagar division along with the World Wide Fund for Nature, the number of tigers grew from 67 (as per the All India Tiger Estimation in 2022) to 96 (as of July 2025).

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Twenty-seven workers and supporters of the RSS have been booked in Kerala after they installed a pookkalam — a flower arrangement traditionally made for Onam — that resembled the group’s saffron flag near the premises of a temple in Kollam. The incident took place near Sree Parthasarathy Temple at Muthupilakkadu in Kollam district. The BJP has criticised the police’s decision to book the RSS workers, calling it an action against an “Operation Sindoor pookkalam”

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