Breaking News, June 28

Seven people were killed after being struck by lightning in three districts of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, while three were injured. In Maharajganj, two people were killed and two suffered injuries when lightning struck them in a paddy field, a senior official said.

The West Bengal government on Tuesday reversed the decision of the Higher Education department to put up a centralised online admission system for undergraduate courses this year and decided to go back to the earlier process of students applying to colleges.

Twenty-five college students from Ranchi were injured when their bus overturned in East Sikkim on Tuesday, police said. The students of St Xavier's College in Jharkhand's Ranchi were on an excursion to Sikkim, they said.

Commuters travelling to east Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad from central Delhi and vice versa will now be able to use the newly opened Pragati Maidan tunnel as the authorities have extended the timeframe by two hours each in the morning and evening for motorists to use the facility.

Four labourers died and two persons were severely injured in a lift accident at a construction site on Tuesday in Taloja area of Navi Mumbai, an official said. The incident took place at the Taloja Phase 2 CIDCO Housing Project, and the deceased labourers had been engaged by BG Shirke construction firm, he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the UAE on Tuesday on a brief visit to convey his personal condolences on the demise of former president of the Gulf nation and Abu Dhabi ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Modi was received by current UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on his arrival at the airport.

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China on Tuesday announced an easing of its quarantine requirement for people arriving from abroad but stopped short of lifting what remains a stringent COVID-19 policy compared to most other countries. Anyone coming from outside the country will be required to stay in a quarantine hotel for seven days, followed by three days of home observation, the National Health Commission said in its latest pandemic response plan.

A couple was battered to death and its three children were seriously wounded allegedly by their neighbours in an “act of revenge” for one of their family member’s killing a few years ago, police here said on Tuesday. The incident happened in Devsaini village under the Kuwarsi Police Station area, they said.

Senior CPI(M) leader and former Kerala finance minister T Sivadasa Menon died on Tuesday due to age-related ailments, party sources said.
He was 90. His end came at 11.30 am while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Kozhikode, they said.

The steel ministry on Tuesday said it has identified 38 high impact projects to develop multimodal connectivity and bridge infrastructure gaps under PM Gati Shakti.

Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Tuesday said he will soon return to Mumbai, and rubbished Shiv Sena’s claim that as many as 20 MLAs of his group are in touch with the Uddhav Thackeray-led party. Talking to reporters outside the luxury hotel where he and his group of MLAs are lodged since last week, Shinde also said he has support of 50 MLAs.

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Tuesday demanded withdrawal of the 'Padma Shri' award bestowed on social activist Teesta Setalvad, who was arrested by the Gujarat police recently in a case of fabricating evidence to frame innocent persons in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots. The Centre had in 2007 honoured Setalvad with the Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian awards in the country to recognise people's contribution in various spheres.

Newly elected Azamgarh MP Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' on Tuesday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. "Expressing gratitude to CM Yogi Adityanath on behalf of the people and workers of Azamgarh and received his blessings," Yadav tweeted and also shared pictures offering a saffron scarf to the chief minister.

North Korea said Tuesday it is making all-out efforts to prevent potential damages caused by heavy rains this week that outside observers worry could aggravate the country's economic hardships amid its COVID-19 outbreak.

Days after getting a new speaker, government chief whip and parliamentary affairs minister, the Odisha assembly is also likely to have a new Leader of Opposition in the ensuing monsoon session which commences on July 2.

Mild tremors were felt in many parts of Sullia taluk of Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district on Tuesday morning. Similar to the earthquake on June 25 that shook parts of the taluk, the tremor was felt at around 7.45 am on Tuesday, officials said.

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Telangana High Court on Tuesday in a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan here. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office to Justice Bhuyan.

Justice Satish Chandra Sharma on Tuesday took oath as the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court here. Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena administered the oath to Justice Sharma at a ceremony in the Raj Niwas, the L-G's secretariat.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi understands the potential of the India-US relationship and has played a key role in building trust between the two countries, India's envoy to Washington, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, has said as he hailed the record USD 160 billion bilateral trade last year despite the pandemic.

The rupee depreciated 22 paise to a record low of 78.59 against the US dollar in opening trade on Tuesday as persistent foreign funds outflows weighed on investor sentiments. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened on a weak note at 78.53 against the American dollar, then lost ground to quote at 78.59 -- its all-time low level, registering a fall of 22 paise from the last close.

India recorded 11,793 new coronavirus infections, pushing the country’s tally to 4,34,18,839, while the active cases rose to 96,700, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,25,047 with 27 new fatalities, data updated at 8 am by the ministry stated.

A 30-year-old man died and 11 others were injured after a four storey building collapsed in Mumbai, a fire brigade official said on Tuesday. A wing of the residential building, located in Kurla’s Naik Nagar Society, collapsed around midnight, the official said.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren will appear before the Election Commission of India in person or through counsel on Tuesday in the office of profit matter which pertains to owning of stone mining lease. On June 14, ECI granted him the last extension and fixed June 28 for a personal hearing.

A federal grand jury on Monday convicted a New Yorker of importing illegal controlled substances from India and money laundering, a US attorney said. Ezhil Sezhian Kamaldoss, from Queens in New York, faces up to 50 years of imprisonment.

A US official says at least 40 people have been found dead inside a tractor-trailer in a presumed migrant smuggling attempt in South Texas. The official says 15 others in the truck were taken to hospitals in the San Antonio, where the bodies were found Monday. The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the information had not been authorized for public release.

BJP's Rajesh Bhatia got more votes than AAP's winning candidate Durgesh Pathak at a majority of the six booths that were located under an all-women polling station in the Rajinder Nagar constituency in the recently-held bypoll, according to official data shared by authorities on Monday. The bypoll to the crucial Assembly seat was held on June 23 and the votes were counted on Sunday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his counterparts from the UK, Japan and Italy and exchanged views on a range of issues with them on the sidelines of the G7 Summit here on Monday.

Uttarakhand Director General of Police Ashok Kumar on Monday said around 10,000 security personnel along with drones and CCTV cameras will be deployed to maintain law and order during the upcoming Kanwar Yatra. The yatra is scheduled to be held from July 14 to July 26 this year after a gap of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.