Breaking News, June 7 | HIGHLIGHTS

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh( RSS) of insulting Goddess Sita.

Talking to reporters here, Singh asked, "Our objection is why do BJP, VHP and RSS insult Sitaji. Since they insult Sitaji, we oppose their 'Jai Shri Ram' slogan. We say 'Jai Siyaram' and not 'Jai Shri Ram'," Singh told reporters here.

A man allegedly killed his 6-year-old daughter on Wednesday night in their home at Mavelikara here in Kerala, police said.
An officer of Mavelikara police station said the incident occurred around 8 pm in the coastal district of the state and the man was taken into custody.
 

Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit Wednesday expressed concern over the use of drones for drug smuggling from across the border and stressed the need for proactive measures to counteract the nefarious activities.
Purohit began his two-day visit to Punjab's border districts with his first tour to Gurdaspur on Wednesday.

Thirty-nine more bodies of those who lost their lives in the Balasore train accident were brought to AIIMS here so that these mortal remains could be handed over to their family members without any hassle after completion of the identification process, officials said on Wednesday.
With these 39, the number of bodies brought to AIIMS rose to 162 and of these, 75 were handed over to the families.

Approving the Guaranteed Pension Scheme (GPS) to employees, 6,840 new government jobs and regularisation of nearly 10,000 contract employees are some of the key decisions taken by the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet presided by Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday.
Under the GPS scheme, eligible employees will receive 50 per cent of the last drawn salary as pension, including receiving dearness relief (DR) on the lines of the Central Government declaring dearness allowance and DR twice a year.
 

 The Congress spent over Rs 130 crore for contesting the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly polls held late last year, according to an expenditure report submitted by the party to the Election Commission.
The BJP spent over Rs 49 crore for contesting the Himachal Pradesh elections, the saffron party said in its expenditure report submitted to the poll panel.
The EC has not yet put in the public domain the BJP's election expenditure report for the Gujarat assembly elections.

British broadcaster BBC has communicated to the income-tax department that some of its past income, for its operations in India, could have gone unreported during the statutory filing of returns and hence it would like to amend it, official sources said on Wednesday.
The development comes in the backdrop of the tax department conducting a three-day long survey in February at the offices of the organisation in Delhi as part of an alleged tax evasion investigation against them.
I-T sources, however, said that the purported BBC communication has "no legal value" till it pays the due taxes.

Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari's alleged aide Sanjeev Maheshwari Jeeva was shot dead on Lucknow court premises on Wednesday, police said. Two persons were injured in the shooting.
The alleged assailant was caught on the spot, police said. Eyewitnesses said he was dressed as a lawyer.

Two sisters were burned to death after the thatched roof of their house caught fire due to a short circuit in a village near Agra on Wednesday, police said.

The blaze broke out around 12 pm when the two girls -- Kanak (3) and Veenesh (5) -- and their six-month-old younger brother Alok were asleep in their house at Karhaki village in the Kheragarh block of this district, Sunil Kumar, in-charge at the Basai Jagner police station said.

“The children were sleeping on the first floor of the house, whose roof was made of husk and caught fire due to a short circuit," Kumar said.

Five days after the tragic triple train accident near this station, it was business as usual here with a handful passengers, including a few sightseers thronging the tiny way station.

Despite the scorching heat, people armed with their mobile cameras are here to see the mangled remains of the trains involved in the crash.

Though Railway authorities had screened off the area with green cloth, the strewn coaches now removed on the sides of the tracks can be easily seen.

 The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved metro rail connectivity from the HUDA City Centre station to Cyber City in Gurugram with an aim to strengthen public transport in the national capital region.

The project will be executed by Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation Limited (HMRTC) which will be set up as a 50:50 special purpose vehicle of the Centre and the Haryana government after the sanction order is issued.

In the latest development, a ferry flight departed from Mumbai on Wednesday for Russia's Magadan to take stranded Air India passengers to San Francisco. This development comes after an Air India flight which was headed to San Francisco from New Delhi, was diverted to Magadan on Tuesday after a technical issue with one of its engines.

Coromandel Express, one of the trains involved in a triple collision in Odisha's Balasore, has departed from Shalimar railway station for Chennai. The train will reach its destination on Thursday.

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The government hiked the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy by Rs 143 to Rs 2,183 per quintal for the 2023-24 crop year (July-June) in order to encourage farmers to bring more area under the crop and boost their income. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the increase in MSP for all mandated Kharif (summer) crops for the 2023-24 crop year.

Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi attacked Rahul Gandhi for his remarks during his recent US visit, alleging that the Congress is "unable to digest" democracy, development and growing stature of the country. Speaking with reporters, the former Union minister took a swipe at the Congress, saying the party's "hat-trick of hit wicket" and its "nuisance of no-ball" has driven it out of the political fray.

The High Commission of India organised the first India-Sri Lanka Defence Seminar and Exhibition here on Wednesday to promote and identify newer areas of cooperation and collaboration between the two countries in the defence sector. The event will witness participation from the Indian Defence Industry, Sri Lankan entrepreneurs, Sri Lanka Armed Forces, Police and Special Task Force, the High Commission said.

Gold prices on Wednesday fell Rs 195 to Rs 59,790 per 10 gram in futures trade as speculators reduced their positions. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold contracts for August delivery traded lower by Rs 195 or 0.33 per cent at Rs 59,790 per 10 grams in a business turnover of 14,577 lots.

 man was arrested for allegedly trying to convert a woman to Islam here, police said. The 22-year-old Hindu woman told police that the man, Zaid, introduced himself as Anurag, however, she found out his real identity after stumbling upon his Aadhaar card.

Facing flak from various quarters over the alleged mark list controversy surrounding its student wing leader, the ruling CPI (M) in Kerala claimed that there was a huge conspiracy behind it and a comprehensive probe should be conducted to find out the "force" behind such "fake" charges.

An 18-year-old NEET aspirant from West Bengal, preparing for the medical entrance test here at a coaching institute, died on Wednesday morning after being found unconscious in his PG room, police said. The student was rushed to MBS hospital by the PG owner after he was found unconscious on Wednesday morning, but was declared brought dead by doctors, circle officer of Mahaveer Nagar area DSP Harshraj said.

The Congress said the BJP's "anti-farmer" attitude has come to the fore again in Kurukshetra with the police lathicharge on farmers protesting against sunflower seeds allegedly not being bought at minimum support price, as it reiterated its demand of legal guarantee for MSP to the tillers.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said criminals in Delhi have become "fearless" and the people are "losing faith" in the police as he took a swipe at Lt Governor VK Saxena, asking him to discharge his constitutional duties instead of doing politics.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned till June 9 the hearing on the Delhi government's plea challenging a high court order staying a notice to bike-taxi aggregator Rapido and allowing it to operate till the final policy has been notified.

 A senior Pakistani lawyer, who had filed a treason case against former prime minister Imran Khan, was shot dead by unidentified armed men in the restive Balochistan province when he was on his way to the court, police said. Abdul Razzaq Shar, a Supreme Court advocate, was killed in a drive-by shooting on Quetta’s Airport Road on Tuesday.
The lawyer was immediately rushed to the Quetta Civil Hospital, however, he succumbed to his injuries on the way.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said it is a matter of satisfaction that an inquiry has begun against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the Wrestling Federation of India chief who is facing sexual harassment allegations from some women wrestlers.

Four people, including a police constable, died in Rajasthan's Sikar on Wednesday morning when a car collided with a truck, officials said. The accident took place in the Fatehpur Sadar police station area around 5 am, they said. The deceased were identified as constable Revantram, Tejaram, Shahrukh and Riyaz, all residents of Jodhpur district.
The bodies were shifted to a mortuary for post-mortem examination, police added.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday performed the 'bhoomi poojan' of a temple being built on a 10 acre land in Navi Mumbai allotted by the state government to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) trust. The TTD governs the ancient hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala in Tirupati.

A 23-year-old education technology firm employee was found dead in her flat in the city, police said. Suspecting it to be a murder, the police have launched a manhunt for her friend, who is at large.

A frontline warship of the Indian Navy is visiting Durban to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the June 7, 1893 incident at South Africa's Pietermaritzburg railway station when Mahatma Gandhi was evicted from a train that led to his fight against racial oppression. INS Trishul's visit to Durban is in continuation with the Indian Navy's celebration of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahostav' by commemorating key moments that shaped India's Independence struggle, the defence ministry said in a statement.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav here on Wednesday amid efforts by the AAP to garner support against the Centre's ordinance on control of services in the national capital. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will be accompanying Kejriwal.

An 18-year-old college student was found murdered in her hostel room in south Mumbai while a security guard, who is a suspect in the case, was found dead on railway tracks, police said. It is suspected that the woman was sexually assaulted, but it can be ascertained only after the autopsy report is available, an official said.

The Delhi government has decided to employ helium leakage detection technology to easily identify any leaks in the water pipeline. According to AAP government, by utilising this "modern" technology, the people of Delhi will get relief from the problem of contaminated water. "From now onwards, there will be no need to dig up roads to identify water leaks in the underground pipeline," said an official.

The Allahabad High Court has held that a child, who is accused of any offence (child in conflict with the law), has a right to seek his remedy of anticipatory bail (pre-arrest bail) under Section 438 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) like any other citizen but with the restrictions imposed in the said provision itself.

The absconding suspect, involved in the case related to the alleged murder of an 18-year-old girl at a Women's Hostel in Mumbai's Marine Drive, has died by suicide by jumping in front of a train, the police said. The deceased has been identified as Prakash Kanojia who was working as a security guard in the same hostel.

President Droupadi Murmu departed for Serbia after concluding her visit to Suriname. She will be in Serbia on a state visit till June 9, at the invitation of Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia.