A man was shot dead in police firing in Telangana's Secunderabad, trains went up in flames, and public and private vehicles were attacked, as railway stations and highways turned into battlegrounds in many states across India amid burgeoning protests against Agnipath.
Earlier, heavy rains lashed parts of the national capital region in the morning. The weather office had earlier said the city received 7 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Friday.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh to the next kin of each of the deceased. Sangma also held a review meeting to assess the situation in the state's Garo Hills region which has been hit by landslides and floods last week.
Several Congress workers and leaders were detained by the police, and in an attempt to avoid detention Chowdhury was seen engaging in a heated argument with a policeman as she held his collar, earlier in the day.
200 companies of PAC and 50 companies of Rapid Action Force have been deployed across major cities in the state to maintain law and order.
Jain, a minister without a portfolio in the Kejriwal government, is being probed by the agency under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on charges of alleged hawala dealings.
"We've condemned the offensive comments made by two BJP functionaries, and we were glad to see that the party publicly condemned their statements," State department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters at his daily news conference on Thursday.
Indian Meteorological Centre (IMD) predicted thunderstorms accompanied by lightning/gusty wind over Delhi for the next five days beginning June 16.
The minister regretted that the people do not make parking spaces for their vehicles, instead, their vehicles occupy the road.
The Centre has brought in the scheme apparently to cut the ballooning salary and pension bills and carve out a youthful profile of the armed forces.
Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar, CLP leader Siddaramaiah and other leaders and workers of the party were detained by police during their protest in Bengaluru.
Army aspirants disrupted rail and road traffic in several parts of Bihar, including in Buxar district, where more than 100 young men stormed the railway station and squatted on the tracks, blocking the onward journey of Patna-bound Janshatabdi Express for nearly 30 minutes.
The RSS affiliate said its youth wing activists will hold a sit-in in district administration headquarters across the country today against the "growing extremist incidents by Islamic Jihadi fundamentalists", and also submit a memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind.
The degree will be awarded by IGNOU as per UGC nomenclature and will be recognized both in India and abroad for employment and education. Army, Navy and Air Force will sign Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with IGNOU for implementation of the scheme. (ANI)
Total number of regular central government civilian employees in position (including in the Union territories) as on March 1, 2020 was 31.91 lakh as against the sanctioned strength of 40.78 lakh and approximately 21.75 per cent of the posts were vacant.
Recently, hundreds of two and four-wheelers were witnessed at most of the petrol pumps around midnight in Gujarat's Ahmedabad following a rumour on social media about a possible strike of petrol pump owners.
India had on May 14 banned wheat exports except for those backed by already issued letters of credit (LCs) and to countries seeking to ensure food security.
Hussain had used derogatory language against the prime minister while addressing Congress workers during a protest held near the office of ED.
According to the latest data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, fish stocks are at risk of collapsing in many parts of the world due to overexploitation.WTO; India
Sonia Gandhi was to appear before ED on June 8 and had sought more time from the probe agency, which has now issued a fresh summons for her to appear on June 23.
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