25th June News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
Important news stories
National News
Five CRPF troopers martyred, two millitants killed in Kashmir highway attack
Five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers and two guerrillas were killed on Saturday in a gunfight after guerrillas ambushed a CRPF convoy on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said. Also, twenty troopers have been injured. Read More
Samajwadi Party calls off merger with Mukhtar Ansari's QED
The Samajwadi Party today called off its merger with gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's Qaumi Ekta Dal (QED). The decision was taken at the party’s Central Parliamentary board meeting. Read More
Police arrests AAP MLA for misbehaving with women, Kejriwal says 'emergency like situation in Delhi'
Delhi Police today arrested AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya on charges of sexual harassment on the complaint of a woman who visited his office-cum residence two days ago as part of a group to complain about irregular water supply. Read More
PM Modi launches Smart City projects in Pune, says ‘it is a mass movement’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched 83 Smart City projects in Pune. Of them, 14 projects are designated for Pune alone, and 69 projects are earmarked for 19 other cities across the country. Speaking on the occassion Modi said Smart City project is not mere allocation of funds but a mass movement. Read More
Mehbooba Mufti wins Anantnag bypoll by over 12,000 votes
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday won the Anantnag assembly by-poll by a margin of over 12,000 votes -- in what is seen as a first popularity test of the over year-old PDP-BJP government in the state. Read More
International News
Belgium detains 2 in new anti-terror raids
Belgian police detained two men for questioning after fresh anti-terror raids overnight, the federal prosecutor's office said today amid reports of a planned attack on a Euro 2016 fanzone. "One man was arrested in (the eastern town of) Verviers and another man in Tournai," close to the French border, a spokesman said.
No rush to leave European Union, says Brexit campaign leader Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson, the flamboyant former London mayor who successfully spearheaded the 'Leave campaign', today said there is "no need for haste" to pull out of the EU and asserted that nothing will change in the short term. Read More
Jaitley meets Chinese counterpart
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today met his Chinese counterpart Lou Jiwei here and discussed the bilateral economic cooperation and the global macroeconomic situation. Jaitley, who arrived on June 23, is scheduled to attend the annual Financial Dialogue at the ministerial level with Lou on June 27.
Business News
Brexit fallout: Govt may delay implementation of Seventh Pay Commission by three months
It seems that the consequences of Brexit have some initial repercussion on India. According to reports, the Narendra Modi government may delay the implementation of much awaited Seventh Pay Commission by two-three months. Read More
India to decide on projects to be referred to AIIB: Arun Jaitley
India has a massive infrastructure programme and will decide on which of the projects under it could be referred to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for funding, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today. Read More
Brexit: Good news for Indian buyers, UK real estate may get cheaper
Indian investors may look at acquiring properties in UK, including in London, following devaluation of pound and fall in real estate prices due to Britain's exit from European Union, property consultants said today. Read More
Entertainment News
On controversy of ‘Kriti’ being copied, Shirish Kunder has this to say
Film director Shirish Kunder has dismissed allegations that his short movie "Kriti" is a copy of a Nepali short film. A Facebook post by Aneel Neupane, who claims to be a filmmaker from Nepal, said that Kunder "practically stole the plot" of his film titled "Bob" for the psychological-thriller. Read More
IIFA 2016: Ranveer- Deepika’s ‘Bajirao Mastani’ sweeps technical awards
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's historical love saga “Bajirao Mastani” has kept its golden run going at IIFA too. The period drama scooped the maximum awards in technical categories at the ongoing International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) gala. Read More
It’s a girl: Dimpy Ganguly and husband Rohit Roy welcome their first born
Model and former Bigg Boss contestant Dimpy Ganguly has given birth to a baby girl. He and her husband Rohit Roy have named the little bundle of joy Reanna. Dimpy took to photo sharing app Instagram to announce the good news. Read More
Sports News
Atwal, Lahiri make cut at Quicken Loans golf on PGA
Indians Arjun Atwal and Anirban Lahiri made the cut at the Quicken Loans National golf tournament. Atwal added a second successive one-under 71 to get to two-under 140 and tied-36th place at the midway stage of the tournament.
Boxer Devendro misses out on Olympic berth
Laishram Devendro Singh's dream of competing in the Rio Olympics came to an end after he lost in the semi-finals of the Light Flyweight (49kg) category at the World Qualifying Tournament on Friday. Read More
Shooter Jitu Rai clinches silver at ISSF World Cup, boosts Rio prep
‘Pistol King’ Jitu Rai pipped three-time Olympic champion Jongoh Jin of Korea to clinch silver medal at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Baku on Saturday, signalling his intentions ahead of the Rio Olympics. Read More