Breaking News, July 7 | HIGHLIGHTS

Congress MP KC Venugopal requests all PCCs to organise a massive one-day 'Maun Satyagraha' (silent protest) in front of Gandhi statues in all state headquarters on July 12 to express solidarity with party leader Rahul Gandhi 

"BJP and PM Modi is trying to plant false stories against former Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia... ED'S attachment order clearly states that Manish Sisodia has Rs 11.5 lakh in his bank account. ED's paper state that Manish Sisodia has two flats- one of them was brought 18 years ago, and the other flat was also brought five years ago. Manish Sisodia's total property which the ED has attached amounts to Rs 80 lakh. All these assets were brought years before the excise policy case. It clearly states that BJP is lying and trying to malign Manish Sisodia's image," Delhi Minister and AAP leader Atishi after ED attached assets worth Rs. 52.24 crores belonging to former Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia

Assam | Over 80 people including women and children fell sick after consuming Prasad at a religious function in Jonai area of Dhemaji district

Indian Coast Guard successfully evacuated  a critically injured 48-year-old man from Lakshadweep Group of Islands in extreme weather conditions.

"The verdict of the High Court is disappointing but at the same time we will abide by the verdict...there is a scope for us to move Supreme Court...everybody knows that there is a sinister design being played by the ruling dispensation in order to incriminate our leader Rahul Gandhi because PM Modi is scared of him...": Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Gujarat HC verdict on defamation case against Rahul Gandhi

"Congress party has sent an invitation for AAP (for opposition meet in Bengaluru), however, during the Patna opposition meet, in front of all like-minded parties, the Congress party had said that they will clear their stand on the Delhi ordinance, 15 days prior to commencement of the Parliament monsoon session...we're hoping they will do that soon and all further conversation will only happen after their formal announcement...": Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha

Karnataka: Mangaluru flooded following heavy rainfall, flood water enters houses and agriculture fields at many places

Enforcement Directorate (ED), has provisionally attached assets worth Rs. 52.24 crore belonging to former Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia, Amandeep Singh Dhall, Rajesh Joshi, Gautam Malhotra, and others accused in the case of Delhi Liquor Scam: ED

Congress has invited AAP to the Bengaluru opposition meet. But since the Congress party had said in front of everyone in the Patna meeting that, 15 days before the Parliament session, they would announce their opposition to the ordinance in favour of the people of Delhi. We hope that Congress will announce their opposition against the ordinance soon as the Parliament session is from 20th July: Aam Aadmi Party

"This is a big conspiracy of BJP...BJP with its party cadre has filed a complaint and a verdict has come on it, such a verdict has never come...nobody can stop Gandhi family and Rahul Gandhi...": Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar

I'm truly disappointed by this verdict...since 1947, no one in our country has been convicted for a criminal defamation case with 2-year sentence and 2 years is also the minimum sentence required to earn disqualification from the Parliament, therefore this raises some legitimate questions on the eyes of the public...": Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Gujarat HC verdict on defamation case against Rahul Gandhi

Balasore train accident | CBI has arrested 3 people, senior Section engineer Arun Kumar Mohanta, section engineer Mohammad Amir Khan & technician Pappu Kumar, under sections 304 and 201 CrPC

Delhi: "I outrightly condemn the comment of the Congress Party that it was part of a conspiracy to frame Rahul Gandhi leading to his conviction...The court gave him a chance to apologise...He did not and thereafter he suffered the trial...He's a habitual offender of insulting people. If Rahul Gandhi has got the license to abuse anyone then the court will take its course. What is this Congress Party's comment? It is part of a conspiracy. Congress Party is lacking in humility in making this comment and in many ways a kind of rampant criticism of India's judicial process which is not fair.": Ravi Shankar Prasad, BJP MP on Gujarat High Court rejects Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea seeking stay on Conviction in 'Modi Surname' defamation case

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi appointed as BJP Rajasthan election incharge
Former Deputy CM of Gujarat Nitin Patel appointed as co-incharge.

Om Mathur appointed as Chhattisgarh election-in-charge of BJP and Mansukh Mandaviya as co-election incharge

Union Environment Minister, Bhupendra Yadav appointed as MP election incharge of BJP & Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw as co-incharge

BJP MP Prakash Javadekar appointed as Telangana election-incharge & Sunil Bansal as co-incharg

PM Modi flags off Vande Bharat Express in UP's Gorakhpur

Delhi Excise Policy Scam: Rouse Avenue Court sends businessman Dinesh Arora on 4 days ED remand

Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on 7th July 2023 for procurement of Two (02) Dornier Aircraft for Indian Coast Guard (ICG) along with associated Engineering Support Package at an overall cost of Rs. 458.87 Crores under Buy (Indian) Category: Ministry of Defence

Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar and Congress workers protest in Bengaluru, against the Gujarat HC verdict on the defamation case against Rahul Gandhi

Five MLAs suspended from Tripura Assembly for disrupting House proceedings, opposition stages walkout, said Officials.

Congress workers raise protest at party Headquarters in Delhi after Gujarat High Court's verdict on defamation case against Rahul Gandhi.

BJP National president JP Nadda chairs a meeting of all the general secretaries, state in-charges, state presidents and important leaders of the northern region. 

Modi surname case: Gujarat High Court dismissed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his Modi surname remark.

Three people died in a bus accident near Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. He will lay the foundation stone and dedicate multiple projects here today.  

Amarnath Yatra has been temporarily suspended due to inclement weather conditions on both Baltal and Chandanwari Routes.

Telangana: A TSRTC bus suddenly burst into flames in Hyderabad last night. Around 11 people were travelling on the bus at the time of the incident and they immediately got off the bus when they the smoke. No injuries were reported. Fire was doused with the help of the Fire Department. The bus was going from BHEL (Hyderabad) to Vijayawada.

Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore Range DIG Vijayakumar died allegedly by suicide at his residence this morning. 

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will present the state budget today at 12 noon, the first after Congress assumed power in the state following its sweeping victory in the May 10 assembly elections. This is Siddaramaiah’s seventh Budget as a chief minister, having presented six during his tenure as Karnataka CM from 2013 to 2018.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath held ‘Janata Darbar’ in Gorakhpur today.

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi will leave for Delhi today. He is likely to meet officials in the national capital, as per Raj Bhavan sources.

 Rain lashes parts of Thiruvananthapuram.

Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police arrested a man, Mohd. Sahanoor Islam and seized a large quantity of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) from him near ISBT bypass, Guwahati on the night of 5th July. A case, in this connection, has been registered at STF police station. A car, four mobile phones and a pistol-look-alike lighter were also recovered from him.

Uttarakhand: The road has been blocked near Chhinka on the Badrinath National Highway due to boulders falling from the hill, said Chamoli Police.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 occurred at around 5:11am in Pakistan, today, as per the National Center for Seismology.

UK National Security Advisor Tim Barrow is likely to meet his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval in Delhi today.

PM Modi will visit Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh today. He will lay the foundation stone and dedicate multiple projects in Chhattisgarh's Raipur. PM Modi will then travel to Gorakhpur where he will participate in the closing ceremony of centenary celebrations of Gita Press Gorakhpur, followed by flagging off of Vande Bharat trains at Gorakhpur Railway Station. From Gorakhpur, PM Modi will travel to Varanasi, where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple projects.