Breaking News, June 19 | HIGHLIGHTS

Rain-triggered floods and landslides have killed at least six people and injured as many across Nepal, police said on Monday. Three persons died in Taplejung and one each in Paanchthar, Nuwakot and Sankhuwasabha districts, the Nepal Police said.

"The National Security Act has also been invoked against the accused in the case," said Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Dr Narottam Mishra over youth brutally thrashed in Bhopal.

Congress names Jagadish Shettar, Tippannappa Kamaknoor and NS Boseraju as candidates for by-elections to the Legislative Council of Karnataka.

Fire breaks out at a building in Transport Nagar in Chhattisgarh's Korba. More details are awaited.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held talks with Minister of National Defence of Vietnam General Phan Van Gang in New Delhi. Progress on various bilateral defence cooperation initiatives was reviewed during the meeting, with both sides expressing satisfaction at the ongoing engagements. Both Ministers identified means to enhance existing areas of collaboration, especially in the field of defence industry cooperation, maritime security and multinational cooperation: Ministry of Defence

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday flagged off 20 new e-buses of the Himachal Road Transport Corporation for the town from the Chaura Maidan here on Monday.

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Monday assured “appropriate action” in connection with the lathi-charge on Bajrang Dal activists in Indore last week during an anti-drug mafia protest, a government official said quoting the minister.

Mumbai Police provides security to dialogue writer of Adipurush, Manoj Muntashir after he sought a security cover citing a threat to his life. Police say that they are investigating the matter.

Manipur CM N Biren Singh said, "I visited some relief camps and people are suffering...State Govt is going to construct pre-fabricated houses to accommodate them temporarily. Around 3000-4000 houses will be constructed...We are looking for the place where the construction can be done."

 A 40-year-old man was allegedly killed in a scuffle over a land dispute in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, a senior police officer said on Monday.
Shafiq Ahmad, a resident of Khablan village of Thanamandi, was attacked by a group of people on Sunday, the officer said.

The Indian naval submarine ‘Vagir’, the latest indigenous Kalvari-class submarine of the Indian Navy, on Monday, began its four-day visit to Sri Lanka at the same time a Pakistan naval ship docked here.
The Indian High Commission said its operational visit is to commemorate the ninth edition of International Day of Yoga (IDY) under the theme of "Global Ocean Ring".

Local train services in the Sealdah-Bangaon route of Eastern Railway were disrupted for some time on Monday morning due to a glitch in the signalling system at Madhyamgram station, a railway official said.
Many daily commuters were stranded in different railway stations as the train services were disrupted.

The release of the untitled film, starring Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon, has been postponed to December 7, the makers announced on Monday.
The romance drama, written and directed by Amit Joshi and Aradhana Sah, was previously scheduled to hit the screens in October.
Maddock Films, one of the production houses behind the film, shared the new release date on its official Twitter page.

The Pakistan cricket team is not "comfortable" playing some of the participating teams at specific venues during the ODI World Cup in India, including Afghanistan in Chennai and Australia in Bengaluru.
The deadlock over the Asia Cup staging has ended and now Pakistan are expected to travel to India for the World Cup in October-November. The much awaited contest between India and Pakistan is likely to place in Ahmedabad on October 15.

 The Indian Army rescued 300 more tourists who were stranded in North Sikkim district due to landslides and roadblocks, an official statement said.
The troops of Striking Lion Division, Trishakti Corps on Sunday assisted 300 stranded tourists at Chungthang in North Sikkim to cross over the temporary bridge for further move towards the state capital Gangtok, it said.
The stranded tourists were provided food, resting place and medical comfort by the Army.

 An earthquake was recorded off the southern coast of Myanmar on Monday with tremors also felt in Thailand, but there were no immediate reports of major damage.
The 5.1 magnitude quake was recorded about 152 kilometers (95 miles) south of Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city, at 10 kilometers (6 miles) below the surface at 8:10 a.m., according to Myanmar's meteorology department.

 Two men have been apprehended in connection with the killing of a first-year student of Delhi University outside Aryabhatta College in South Campus, police said on Monday.
The accused have been identified as Rahul (19), a resident of Delhi's Bindapur area, and Haroon (19), a resident of Janakpuri, they said.

The rupee fell by 6 paise to 81.96 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday amid a strong American currency against major rivals overseas.
FII inflows into local equities and falling crude price failed to support the Indian currency, analysts said.
At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened lower at 81.93 and hit the lowest level of 81.98 before trading at 81.96, registering a fall of 6 paise over its previous close.

Hundreds of complaints of physical attack and political intimidation were received at the 'Peace Room' set up by West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose inside the Raj Bhavan here, an official said.
The complaints include the one made by BJP MP from Darjeeling Raju Bista, who alleged a threat to his life, the official said on Sunday.

A Greek news website has published excerpts from the depositions of two survivors of Wednesday's deadly shipwreck off southwestern Greece, in which more than 500 people are feared drowned after an overcrowded boat carrying as many as 750 migrants went down in international waters.
Passengers on the ill-fated trawler had to subsist on meager supplies of food and water which ran out several hours before the disaster, two survivors have reportedly testified.

 At least six people including a Pennsylvania state trooper were killed and dozens injured in a string of weekend violence and mass shootings across the U.S.
The shootings in suburban Chicago, Washington state, Pennsylvania, St. Louis, Southern California and Baltimore follow a surge in homicides and other violence over the past several years that experts say accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has opened a second and final day of critical meetings with senior Chinese officials as the two sides expressed willingness to talk but showed little inclination to bend on hardened positions that have sent tensions soaring.
Blinken was meeting Monday morning with China's top diplomat Wang Yi and an encounter with President Xi Jinping was still in the cards before he departs in the late evening.