07:27 pm: Dust storm begins in Delhi-NCR; IMD predicts squall, hailstorm in next few hours
07:10 pm: Whatever BJP's done in Karnataka is in accordance with rule book. Congress is ill informed & as a result is making these funny claims. They don't have faith on their MLAs as they have held them captive in a resort. JDS & Congress are scared after being exposed: Prakash Javadekar
06:48 pm: West Bengal: EC ordered re-polling at Part no 79/80 of Fulbari-1 in Jalpaiguri. Counting agent of BJP candidate Doli Sutradhar had alleged that he was attacked by TMC supporters who also looted ballot papers at the counting room (ANI)
06:32 pm: Would like to know from BJP & Bihar CM if invitation to single largest party in K'taka is right or insulting public's mandate in Bihar by making post-poll alliance was right. If what they did in K'taka is right then they must accept what they did in Bihar was wrong: T Yadav, RJD
06:16 pm: Jewellery worth Rs 85 crore, brought from Dubai, seized under PMLA from Mehul Choksi controlled Gitanjali Group: ED (PTI)
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05:48 pm: This is not the system. Irrespective of whose govt it is, it is their duty to provide protection, provide security to the elected representatives: KH Muniyappa, Congress on security withdrawn from outside Eagleton Resort near Bengaluru where Congress MLAs are lodged (ANI)
05:45 pm: Former Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh & former Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma have sought time from respective Governors of the state for a meeting tomorrow (ANI)
05:32 pm: Party has decided that we'll meet Guv at 1 pm tomorrow & demand that like BJP, the single largest party in Karnataka, was called to form the govt, similarly the current govt here be dissolved & the single largest party, RJD, be invited to form the govt: Tejashwi Yadav, RJD
05:29 pm: Uttar Pradesh State Bridge Corporation MD Rajan Mittal removed in wake of Varanasi flyover collapse
05:25 pm: India-Russia Civil Nuclear Cooperation in third countries may also be discussed. Both leaders to also exchange views on their domestic priorities. No regular protocol: Sources
05:22 pm: Global and regional issues are on agenda. Indo-Russia cooperation in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation & Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa (BRICS) likely to be discussed. Global terrorism, Situation in Afghanistan, Pak, Syria, ISIS also likely to be discussed: Sources
05:15 pm: PM Modi to meet President Putin in Sochi, Russia on June 21. Large part of informal meeting is one to one and there may be restricted delegation level meeting. President Putin to also host lunch for PM Modi. There is no specific agenda. It is very flexible: Sources (ANI)
05:06 pm: Ayodhya land dispute case: Supreme Court adjourns the matter, next hearing to be held after summer vacation (ANI)
04:48 pm: Usually, people go to court to seek justice, but this is the first time in history that 4 senior judges of Supreme Court had to come out in open & request people for help as govt isn't letting them work: Rahul Gandhi, Congress in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (ANI)
04:45 pm: BS Yeddyurappa a one-day chief minister; does not have numbers to prove majority, claims Congress (PTI)
04:42 pm: Congress-JD(S) move SC against nomination of Anglo-Indian member to Karnataka Assembly; say this cannot be done till BJP undergoes floor test (PTI)
04:36 pm: Vajubhai Vala had sacrificed his seat for Narendra Modi earlier,y'day he sacrificed Constitution & democracy for him. He conducted 1st encounter of Constitution y'day when he invited BJP to form govt. Today when he swore-in BS Yeddyurappa,he conducted its 2nd encounter: R Surjewala (ANI)
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04:20 pm: Kensington Palace says Meghan Markle's dad will not be attending the royal wedding (Reuters)