Breaking News, June 15 | HIGHLIGHTS

Union Minister for Road, Transport and National Highways, Nitin Gadkari met former Sadr-i-Riyasat of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir Karan Singh on Saturday and discussed upcoming projects in the Union Territory. Gadkari called on Singh at his residence, a statement from J-K Dharmarth Trust, headed by the latter said. The statement said Gadkari discussed the development of upcoming road and national highway projects in the Union Territory of J-K.

Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party suspended its sitting councillor from ward-132 of Trilokpuri Vijay Kumar from the party for involving in anti-party activities during the Lok Sabha elections 2024.

A woman was found dead with her throat slit at her home in Shahjahanpur, police said on Saturday. "Body of Purti Gupta (24) was recovered from her home with her throat slit late Thursday night in Kotwali police station area," Superintendent of Police (SP) Ashok Kumar Meena said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Bihar next week to inaugurate the campus of Nalanda University, named after the world-famous ancient seat of learning. Officials of the state government and the central university held a meeting here on Saturday to oversee the preparations for the PM's visit, on June 19. Dignitaries like Governor Rajendra Arlekar and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar are likely to attend the function where the Prime Minister is expected to spend an hour and a half. The PM is likely to reach the venue by helicopter from the nearest airport at Gaya.

A core committee meeting of the West Bengal BJP unit was held on Saturday where the performance of the party in the recent Lok Sabha elections and post-poll "attack" on party workers were discussed, a party leader said. BJP state president and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar, Union minister Shantanu Thakur, party state general secretary Agnimitra Paul and former MP Locket Chatterjee attended the closed door meeting in the presence of two central observers. The BJP won 12 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal while the Trinamool Congress got 29 and the Congress 1.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday urged the Centre to scrap the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and allow states to conduct their own entrance tests.

West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu Saturday demanded a probe into the alleged irregularities in NEET-UG 2024 by central agencies. Basu said that the Centre never wastes time in expediting a probe into alleged irregularities in teachers' recruitment tests in West Bengal.

The last rites of four Keralites, who lost their lives in the tragic fire incident in Kuwait on June 12, were held at their respective hometowns in Kerala on Saturday where hundreds came to bid adieu. The bodies of 23 Keralites who lost their lives in the fire that happened in one of the residential accommodations of a company at Mangaf in Kuwait, were brought to the state on Friday in a special flight from the Gulf nation.

Eight Naxalites and a jawan of the Special Task Force (STF) were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Saturday, police said. Two other STF personnel sustained injuries in the incident, they said. A huge cache of weapons and other materials belonging to Naxalites were recovered from the encounter site, they said.

Rajasthan Police's Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) on Saturday arrested two members of the Vikram Gurjar alias Laden gang active in Jaipur and recovered several illegal weapons from them, officials said. The accused were identified as Rahul Badwas alias Attack (29) and Vishal Yadav alias Vicky (33), they said.

Police arrested three men on Saturday from in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh for smuggling drugs and seized 400 grams of heroin, officials said. According to police, the market value of the recovered heroin in the international market is around Rs 2 crore.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday expressed sadness over the loss of lives in a road accident in Uttarakhand and said all possible help is being provided to the injured. Ten tourists were killed and 13 injured when a tempo traveller skidded off the road and fell into the Alaknanda river on the Badrinath national highway in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district this morning.

Metro timings of last, first Yellow Line trains on Sunday, Monday to change for work, DMRC said.

A truck driver was killed and his helper seriously injured in a truck collision on the Puranpur-Assam Highway here, police said on Saturday. The accident took place late on Friday night near Sakaria village on the highway, Station House Officer (SHO) Puranpur police station Sanjeev Kumar Shukla said. Gursevak (48), a resident of Punjab, was killed in the incident, while his helper, Jagdish Singh, sustained serious injures, the police said.

Former Tamil Nadu CM and AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami says, "The ruling party DMK will indulge in violence, money power and will not give people the freedom to cast their votes. Elections will not be conducted freely and fairly, so AIADMK is boycotting this election."

Two alleged miscreants were arrested along with two sharp edged weapons in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, police said on Saturday. They were travelling on a motorcycle when they were intercepted by the police at Kala Gate Bari Brahmana checkpoint, leading to the recovery of two ‘Tokas’ from their possession, said a police spokesman. The miscreants identified as Happy Chib and Arun Singh, both residents of Samilpur, were arrested and booked under relevant sections of the Arms Act, the spokesman said.

Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's semiconductor-related initiatives, Union Heavy Industries and Steel Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday said he will work towards fulfilling them through his ministry. His remark comes a day after he reportedly raised questions about the US-based semiconductor manufacturer potentially receiving Rs 3.2 crore subsidy for every job it creates in Gujarat.

Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen (Retd) K T Parnaik on Saturday called upon the newly elected MLAs to faithfully and tirelessly work for the holistic and inclusive development of every resident of the state. Addressing the legislators in the assembly, Parnaik said that efforts must be made to ensure that nobody is left behind. "It is your duty to ensure the well-being of our citizens and create opportunities for all, irrespective of their socio-economic background," he said.

A group of people was booked for allegedly protesting and trying to enter the residence of Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan here, officials said on Saturday. A case under section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant) was registered at the South Avenue Police station on Thursday, they said.

On the Delhi water crisis, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat says, "It is an absolute failure of the Delhi government distribution system".

Swati Maliwal assault case | The Delhi's Tis Hazari Court has extended Bibhav Kumar's judicial custody till June 22.

Patna | Students stage a protest over NEET exam issue demanding cancellation of the exam.

NTA has earlier announced to reconduct the NEET (UG)– 2024 on 23 June 2024 for 1563 candidates who had experienced time loss during the originally scheduled examination on 05 May 2024.

BJP MP from Haveri, Basavaraj Bommai submits his resignation as MLA from Shiggaon Assembly constituency after he won Lok Sabha election.

Maha Vikas Aghadi calls a meeting at YB Chavan Centre in Mumbai today. Senior leaders of NCP-SCP, Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress will be present at the meeting. The leaders will likely address a press conference after the meeting.

Vanrai Police Station files an FIR against Mangesh Pandilkar, a relative of Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Waikar. Pandilkar had allegedly carried a mobile phone inside a counting centre in Goregaon. An FIR has also been registered against a polling personnel Dinesh Gurav. An investigation has been initiated in the case.

"The public is being cheated in the name of water...Poor people are suffering the most...The governments are playing the blame game...Why was water not arranged in advance ?... They were busy doing politics...The Congress party will hold a 'matka phod' protest in Delhi to wake up the deaf and dumb government...They have connived with tanker mafia...," a Congress worker said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni's selfie on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Italy.

A one-and-a-half-year-old girl died after falling 50-feet deep into a borewell at Surajpura village in Gujarat's Amreli district, officials said on Saturday.

The Bihar cabinet has given its nod for Rs 774 crore fund for clearing dues of 'Shiksha Sevaks', 'Talimi Markaz'.

CM Chandrababu Naidu announces Rs 5 lakh financial assistance and Rs 10,000 monthly pension for one Arudhra, from Kakinada, whose daughter suffers from serious spinal issues. Mrs Arudhra faced harassment by the previous Andhra Pradesh government, TDP said.

Hyderabad, Telangana | Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari reviews the Combined Graduation Parade being held at the Air Force Academy, Dundigal, to mark the successful completion of the pre-commissioning training of Flight Cadets of various branches of the Indian Air Force.

Amid this scorching heatwave, Gurugram Police personnel are using cooling jackets to beat the heat as the heat wave continues across the nation.

Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh | Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy says, "... In this Parliament, PM Narendra Modi has given me a big responsibility. I went to seek Lord Venkateswara's blessings to succeed in my work as a Minister in the Union Government..."

IAS officer J Syamala Rao transferred and posted as Executive Officer, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, Tirupati by the newly-elected Andhra Pradesh government.

A police constable Vijay Salunkhe posted at Shahunagar Police Station, who was currently on leave due to ill health, died allegedly by suicide at his residence in Sion area yesterday. A suicide note has been found; further probe underway, the Mumbai Police informed.

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Water is being supplied to people through tankers in the Maidan Garhi area, amid water supply shortage in Delhi.

A fire broke out in a shop in C-Block, Vasant Vihar. Several fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the situation is under control now.