Breaking News, June 26 | Highlights

Four people died and one person was in critical condition after a hot air balloon they were riding in hit power lines in New Mexico's largest city, police said Saturday.

The crash happened around 7 a.m. on Albuquerque's west side, police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos said. The balloon pilot is among the dead, he said.

No identities have been released. The multi-coloured balloon skirted the top of the power lines, sending at least one dangling and knocking out power to 13,000 homes, Gallegos said.

The gondola crashed to the street, and the balloon envelope floated away, eventually landing on a residential rooftop, he said.

Banquet halls for marriages with 50 people, gyms allowed to open in Delhi from Monday: DDMA order

The Kerala government on Saturday said that it planned to set up separate courts to try crimes against women, to enable them get speedier justice.

More than seven lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in Maharashtra on Saturday, highest in a single day, a senior official said. On Wednesday the state had administered six lakh doses, setting a record for itself.

A new record was set with 7,02,432 shots being given on Saturday, said Dr Pradeep Vyas, additional chief secretary, health.

A total of 3,09,79,469 doses have been administered in Maharashtra so far. On Friday it became the first state in the country to cross the three crore-mark.

Jammu and Kashmir: Grenade attack on CRPF party at Barbar Shah in Srinagar. Details awaited

The Tripura government has extended the COVID curfew from 2 pm to 5 am in Agartala and 10 other urban local bodies (ULBs) till July 2, a notification said.

The restrictions, first imposed on May 16 and then repeatedly extended, were scheduled to end on June 25.

Punjab: A case of Delta plus variant found in Ludhiana

Delta variant more likely to produce neurological symptoms as common manifestation: Raman Gangakhedkar

MP: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurates new COVID care centre

National Institute of Epidemiology identified 6 cases of Delta Plus variant: TN Health Secretary

Mumbai Crime Branch raids two fake call centres in Malad

Chandigarh: SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal appears before SIT

5 persons arrested in connection with murder case of BJP leader Rekha Kadiresh

Konkan Railway restores Mumbai-Pune Deccan Express special train services

NCB intercepts mini-truck in Karnataka, seizes 91.5 kgs of Alprazolam

Goa-bound Rajdhani Express derails inside tunnel near Ratnagiri

The Madgaon-bound Rajdhani Express from Hazrat Nizamuddin derailed in Karbude tunnel near Ratnagiri on Saturday morning, an official said. No passenger has been injured, the official said, adding the accident spot is 325 km from Mumbai.

MP: Woman claims a BSF jawan raped her on pretext of marriage for 2 years