Breaking News, June 18 | HIGHLIGHTS

Indian Americans in Washington hold 'India Unity Day' march as they welcome PM Modi for his upcoming state visit to the USA.

Manisha Kayande joins Shiv Sena in the presence of Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, in Thane

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren meets national general secretary of Communist Party of India D Raja, in Ranchi. 

Anti Drone technology to be deployed for the first time during Ahmedabad Rath Yatra 2023.

Net direct tax collection rises 11 pc to about Rs 3.80 lakh crore so far this fiscal, said Fin Min

Union Home Minister Amit Shah offered prayers at Gurudwara Shri Chilla Sahib in Sirsa, Haryana.

Uddhav Thackeray faction leader Manisha Kayande has been dismissed from the Shiv Sena (UBT)  spokesperson post.

Manmohan Singh government stayed mum when Pak terrorists beheaded soldiers, but Modi government gave befitting reply for Uri and Pulwama attacks, said Amit Shah.

Patna-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express successfully completes first phase of second trial run, said Official.

DMK spokesperson Shivaji Krishnamurthy has been expelled from the party.

No place for violence, hatred in democracy; solution possible only through mutual dialogue, expression of brotherhood, said RSS on Manipur crisis.

Through Doklam stand off or surgical strike, India has shown no one can cast evil eye on it, said BJP chief J P Nadda at Assam rally.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed Asish Kumar Saha as the new president of Tripura Pradesh Congress. He replaced Birajit Sinha. Sinha was recently admitted to AIIMS, New Delhi, where he had undergone a vocal cord surgery and is recovering.

 Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday claimed that over two lakh jobs have been "eliminated" from PSUs and alleged that hopes of lakhs of youth are being "trampled upon" by the government for the benefit of a few "crony capitalist friends".
Gandhi said Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) used to be the pride of India and the dream of every youth for employment but today, they are "not the priority of the government".

 An empty rake of a local train derailed at Ambernath railway yard in Maharashtra's Thane district adjoining Mumbai on Sunday morning, disrupting train operations on the route, officials said.
No one was injured in the incident, which took place about 50 km away from Mumbai, they said.

Pakistan's Senate has passed a bill to ensure no parliamentarian is disqualified for a lifetime, a move termed by the Opposition as an attempt to clear the way for former premier Nawaz Sharif’s return to the country and his participation in the upcoming elections.
Nawaz Sharif, 73, was disqualified in 2017 by a five-member bench of the Supreme Court. In 2018, he became ineligible to hold public office for life after a Supreme Court verdict.

The minimum temperature in the national capital on Sunday settled at 28.6 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season's average, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The relative humidity at 8.30 am was 69 per cent.
The weather office has forecast a generally cloudy sky with light rain or thundershowers accompanied with gusty winds.
The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 38 degrees Celsius.

A state trooper and a suspect were killed Saturday in a shootout in central Pennsylvania, hours after the suspect seriously wounded another trooper, state police said.
Police in Juniata County said a man engaged troopers at about 12:45 p.m. near the Lewistown barracks and shot one trooper, who was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.

 A shooting at a Southern California home left eight people wounded, authorities said Saturday. KABC-TV reported authorities were dispatched shortly after midnight after the shooting occurred at a pool party in the city of Carson, south of Los Angeles.
Victims were taken to hospitals, and two were listed in critical condition, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.

A 38-year-old Indian-origin man has been stabbed to death in London, just two days after shocking incidents of knife attacks in the UK which saw the deaths of a British Indian teen and a student from Hyderabad.
Aravind Sasikumar was found with knife injuries on June 16 after officers were called to a residential property on Southampton Way, Camberwell, the Metropolitan Police said.

Two mild intensity earthquakes shook the mountainous Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir early Sunday, officials said.
The Union Territory of Ladakh also recorded a mild tremor late Saturday.
There was no report of any damage reported from anywhere, the officials said.
According to the National Centre of Seismology (NCS), a 4.1 magnitude earthquake having a depth of 11 km at a latitude of 32.96 degrees north and a longitude of 75.79 degrees east struck Doda at 3.50 am.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said the duty of legislators to maintain a check on the executive cannot be understated. "The separation of powers is a cornerstone of our democracy, ensuring that the executive remains accountable to the people,” Kharge said in a video message to the valedictory session of the National Legislators' Conference. He said it was crucial for legislators to uphold this responsibility with the utmost diligence, maintaining a robust system of checks and balances to safeguard the interests of the citizens.

A unique seven-day event showcasing products and handicrafts made by 'divyangjan' artisans from 20 states was inaugurated in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Saturday. The event was organised by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) and inaugurated by Union Social Justice Minister Virendra Kumar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to the leaders of the G20 nations, proposing that the African Union be given full membership of the grouping at its upcoming summit in India, official sources said on Saturday. The prime minister has taken a "bold step" to enhance Africa's voice on the international stage and in shaping the future of "our shared world", they said. "He has written to G20 counterparts to propose that the African Union be given full membership at the upcoming Delhi Summit of G20, as requested by them," said a source.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said it was a major achievement of the Gujarat government that no death took place on account of cyclone Biparjoy even though it packed a wind speed of 140 kmph while making landfall. Electricity will be restored in affected areas by June 20, he said, talking to reporters in Bhuj, the headquarters of the Kutch district which bore the brunt of the cyclone. Power supply has been restored in 1,600 villages and fully restored in Junagadh and Porbandar districts, the Union minister said.