Breaking News, June 27

Eight more persons lost their lives in the devastating flood in Assam on Monday, while over 21 lakh people continued to remain in distress under the impact of the deluge, officials said. The death toll due to the flood this year mounted to 134 with eight deaths reported during the day, which include five from Cachar district and one each from Kamrup Metro, Morigaon and Nagaon, they said. 

One person was also reported missing in Cachar district, according to a bulletin of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).

A poisonous gas leak in Jordan's southern port city of Aqaba on Monday killed at least five people and injured 234, state-run Jordan TV reported. The Public Security Directorate said a gas tank sprung a leak while being transported. It did not identify the contents of the tanker.

Elmau (Germany), Jun 27 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met French President Emmanuel Macron here and discussed a range of bilateral and global issues over a cup of tea. Prime Minister Modi is in Germany on a two-day visit from Sunday for the summit of the G7.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had contacted BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on June 21, the night of MLAs turning against the MVA government, said sources to India TV on Monday. Eknath Shinde, a senior Shiv Sena leader, along with multiple other MLAs of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition had moved to Surat, throwing the coalition into a crisis. 

Yashwant Sinha, the common opposition candidate for the presidential election, on Monday said he would reach out to his former colleagues in the BJP seeking their support. Addressing a press conference here, Sinha described the candidature of his rival NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu, a tribal, as part of "politics of symbolism" and insisted that he would contest the poll on the track record of the Modi government with regard to the welfare of backward communities.

As the Shiv Sena continues to face a rebellion by a section of its MLAs led by senior leader Eknath Shinde, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday stripped the rebel minister of his ministries - Urban Development, Environment, Public Works Department, among others. According to Shiv Sena's official statement, the portfolios of rebel ministers have been assigned to other ministers for ease of administration.

At least two Pakistani soldiers and seven terrorists were killed in a clash between security forces and the rebels in the northwest troubled tribal region of the country, the Army said on Monday.

A pilot 'One Health' project will be launched in Bengaluru on Tuesday to help the Centre to come out with a national roadmap to prevent the outbreak of future zoonotic diseases in the livestock sector. Animal Husbandry and Dairying Secretary Atul Chaturvedi will launch the pilot project in Karnataka in the presence of other dignitaries and stakeholders from the Centre and state levels across livestock, wildlife and the environment, an official statement said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the G7 Summit here in Germany in which leaders of the world's seven richest countries will discuss various important global issues, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, food security and counter-terrorism. Prime Minister Modi, who is in Germany on a two-day visit from Sunday for the summit of the G7, will exchange views with the leaders of the bloc and its partners on issues such as energy, food security, counter-terrorism, environment and democracy.

The Delhi Congress on Monday held a protest at West Vinod Nagar against the Centre's Agnipath scheme. Simultaneously, 'Satyagraha' is being staged at all the assembly constituencies in the national capital by the Congress workers, party officials said.

Opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha on Monday filed his nomination papers for the July 18 election, with a host of leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Akhilesh Yadav and Farooq Abdullah accompanying him. Significantly, TRS leader K T Rama Rao, the son of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao was also present when Sinha filed his papers.

The Enforcement Director has summoned Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday for questioning in a money laundering probe linked to the re-development of a Mumbai 'chawl', officials said. The Rajya Sabha MP has been asked to depose before the federal agency at its office in south Mumbai on June 28 and record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.

A 31-year-old Indian-origin man was shot dead in Queens here as he sat in a borrowed SUV parked down the street from his home, days after an Indian national was killed after sustaining an apparent gunshot wound to his head in the US state of Maryland.

Bollywood star Alia Bhatt on Monday announced that she and actor-husband Ranbir Kapoor are expecting their first child together. The news comes months after Bhatt, 29, and Kapoor, 39, tied the knot in an intimate wedding ceremony in April.

A Pakistani intruder was killed by BSF troops along the International Border (IB) in Jammu district early Monday, officials said. A BSF spokesman said the area domination party noticed the intruder heading towards the border fence with an intention to cross over.

India logged 17,073 new coronavirus infections, raising its tally to 4,34,07,046, while the active cases have increased to 94,420, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.

Delhiites woke up to a warm Monday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 29.8 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season's average. The relative humidity at 8.30 am was 62 per cent.

Equity benchmark indices continued to gain for the third day running on Monday, with the BSE Sensex climbing 781 points in early trade, amid firm global market trends. The 30-share BSE Sensex was trading with a jump of 781.52 points to 53,509.50. The NSE Nifty also gained 228.2 points to 15,927.45.

Maharashtra's Thane district has reported 1,306 new COVID-19 cases, taking its infection tally to 7,25,471, a health official said on Monday. These new cases were recorded on Sunday, a jump of over 900 cases in a single day. On Saturday, Thane had reported 383 new COVID-19 cases.

Services have been delayed on a section of the Red Line of the Delh Metro on Monday morning due to some technical issues. Red Line connects Rithala in Delhi to Shaheed Sthal in Ghaziabad.

Congress candidate Shilpi Neha Tirkey won the by-election for Jharkhand's Mandar seat on Sunday, defeating her nearest rival, BJP's Gangotri Kujur, by a margin of 23,517 votes. AIMIM-backed Independent candidate Dev Kumar Dhan occupied the third slot with 22,395 votes.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday chaired the meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs on the topic "Forensic Science Capabilities: Strengthening for Time-bound and Scientific Investigation" at Kevadia town in Gujarat.

Against a bright and hot sky, brighter colours of the rainbow flew when floods of people came together to celebrate love and identity by participating in Pride Parade 2022 in Chennai and Bhubaneswar. People danced to traditional beats as they participated in the Chennai Pride Parade, Tamil Nadu which was celebrated after a gap of two years owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As Assam is affected due to floods, Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Sunday said that the Central Young Mizo Association are on their way to deliver drinking waters to the neighbouring state.

Part of the wooden stands collapsed during a bullfight in central Colombia Sunday, sending spectators plunging to the ground and killing at least four people and seriously injuring about 30, authorities said.