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12:13 AM

A fire broke out in a factory in Bawana Industrial Area; fire engines are present at the spot

9:09 PM

Ayodhya Ram Temple phase 1 in last lap, ground floor to be ready by Diwali

The ground floor of the three-storied Ram temple in Ayodhya will be completed by October this year, sources have said, according to NDTV. The temple will be consecrated next January -- at the beginning of the election year.  The work on the ground floor is at the final stage and Ram Janambhoomi Trust member Nripendra Mishra took stock of the situation today, sources said. Last year, Union home minister Amit Shah had promised that the temple will be ready for opening by January 1.

8:55 PM

67 trains have been cancelled, in view of cyclone 'Biparjoy' says CPRO Western Railway.

8:55 PM

Italy declares national day of mourning for Berlusconi

Italy has declared a national day of mourning for Wednesday, when former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's funeral will be held, a government spokesman told AFP Monday."The government has declared a national day of mourning for June 14," while all Italian and European flags on public buildings will be lowered to half mast from Monday nationwide.

 

7:33 PM

Nearly 4,000 temporary houses will be built for the people displaced by the violence in the state: Manipur CMO

Nearly 4,000 temporary houses will be built for the people displaced by the violence in the state, says Manipur CMO, according to ANI.

7:32 PM

Farmers are gathered at Haryana's Kurukshetra for Mahapanchyat over their demand for Minimum Support Price

7:31 PM

Maharashtra former CM Manohar Joshi discharged from hospital

7:31 PM

Cyclone Biparjoy impact: 56 trains cancelled today

56 trains have been cancelled today in the Biparjoy-affected areas of Gujarat and from tomorrow onwards till 15th June 95 trains will remain cancelled due to the effect of Biparjoy: Western Railway

 

7:30 PM

Purvanchal Expressway to remain closed till June 25

Purvanchal Expressway in UP's Sultanpur will remain closed till June 25 in view of maintenance work at Indian Air Force airstrip in Jaisinghpur tehsil of district

 

6:01 PM

Firefighting operation is underway Ghazipur landfill site, where a fire broke out today

5:59 PM

US plans to rejoin UNSECO

UN cultural agency UNESCO announced that United States is set to rejoin the multi government organization, including paying off arrears of $600 million, reported AP.

 

5:54 PM

41 killed in attack on camp in east DR Congo

Militants have attacked a camp for displaced persons in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 41 people, a local official said Monday. CODECO militiamen attacked the camp in Ituri province in the early hours of Monday, Richard Dheda, an official of the local administration for Bahema Badjere in Djugu territory, told AFP.

 

5:54 PM

Govt says Co-WIN portal is completely safe; reports of data breach baseless

Co-WIN portal of Health Ministry is completely safe with safeguards for data privacy says the government of India. "All reports of data breach are without any basis and mischievous in nature. Health Ministry has requested CERT-In to look into this issue & submit a report," it added.

 

5:53 PM

Cyclone Biparjoy: PM Modi directs senior officers to conduct safe evacuation of people

PM Modi directed senior officers to take every possible measure to ensure that people living in vulnerable locations are safely evacuated by the State Government and to ensure maintenance of all essential services such as Power, Telecommunications, health, drinking water etc. and are restored immediately in the event of damages caused to them. He further directed for 24*7 functioning of control rooms.

 

5:53 PM

Piyush Goyal on Rupee-Dirham trade

2:56 PM

It is old data, we are still verifying it: Min IT on alleged Covid vaccination data leak

It is old data, we are still verifying it; we have sought a report regarding the same, reported ANI citing sources in Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on alleged Covid vaccination data leak.

2:34 PM

PM Modi holds a meeting to review situation related to Cyclone Biparjoy

2:33 PM

DGCA conducts assessment of Indian airline before permitting their operations to new foreign destination

DGCA conducts an assessment of the preparedness of Indian airline operators before permitting their operations to a new foreign destination. In order to further ease the process for grant of such permission the existing regulatory requirements have been comprehensively reviewed in consultation with all stakeholders and the current 33-point checklist has been rationalised and reduced to a 10-point checklist related to their preparedness for the intended operations, removing other generic and redundant provisions in the existing checklist, said DGCA. 

The objective of this rationalisation is to simplify and facilitate the process for Indian carriers to start a new international destination and would significantly reduce the documentation/compliances required to be submitted by the operators. This systemic reform comes at a time when the Indian carriers are poised to expand their international footprint, it added

1:44 PM

We will stand with farmers who are standing on roads: Wrestler Bajrang Punia

1:31 PM

All other parties except BJP ready to make any kind of compromise: Nadda slams Oppn

All other parties except BJP are ready to make any kind of compromise to come into power. Today even CPM and Congress join hands and enter the elections. Where did the thoughts of these two go? But BJP is not like this, if we talked about one country-one Constitution in 1952, then in 2019 we have done so by removing Article-370: BJP national president JP Nadda in Nurpur, Kangra

 

1:22 PM

Team India, Australia fined for slow over-rate, Shubhman Gill fined 115% match fee

Team India and Australia fined for slow over-rate in ICC World Test Championship Final match. Shubman Gill fined 115% of his match fee for criticizing the umpires' decision: ICC

 

1:20 PM

Ukraine claims recapture of 4th village in eastern Donetsk as counteroffensive operations roll on

Ukrainian military officials said Monday their troops have retaken another southeastern village from Russian forces, among the first small successes in stepped-up counteroffensive operations against Moscow's more than 15-month invasion of Ukraine.

Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar wrote on Telegram that Ukraine's flag was again flying over the village of Storozhov, and she predicted the liberation of all Ukrainian land would the final outcome.

12:42 PM

Indian wins Rs 4 lakhs in UAE lottery, vows to help Odisha train tragedy victims

A 28-year-old Indian expat in Abu Dhabi, who recently won Dh 20,000 (Rs 4,48,885) in a lottery, has pledged to donate an amount from his winnings to the victims of the dreadful train accident in Odisha's Balasore district on June 2 that claimed 288 lives.

Sahajan Mohammad, a native of Jaspur town in Odisha, works as a chef at a hotel in Abu Dhabi and earns around Dh2,000 a month, the Khaleej Times reported.

12:23 PM

Trinamool Congress leader alleges data breach of several politicians, journos who took Covid jab

Trinamool Congress leader Saket Gokhale on Monday alleged that the data of several citizens, including politicians and journalists who took Covid vaccine, has been leaked and queried why the Centre was not aware of the incident.

In a series of tweets, Gokhale, who is spokesperson of Trinamool Congress, said: "SHOCKING: There has been a major data breach of Modi government where personal details of all vaccinated Indians including their mobile numbers, Aadhaar numbers, Passport numbers, Voter ID, Details of family members etc. have been leaked and are freely available."

11:50 AM

Fishing curbed, evacuation along coast begins ahead of Biparjoy's landfall

Fishing activities along Gujarat's south and north coasts have been suspended and authorities began evacuating people in districts by the sea in view of cyclone 'Biparjoy' likely to make landfall along the Saurashtra-Kutch coasts as a very severe cyclonic storm, officials said on Monday.

Officials in coastal Devbhumi Dwarka said around 1,300 people have been shifted to safer places so far in this regard.

11:34 AM

West Bengal rural polls: Section 144 imposed near nomination centres

The state election commission (SEC) has directed all district magistrates and superintendents of police to impose prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CRPC in a 1km-radius of all nomination centres of panchayat elections, a senior official said on Monday.

The step was taken to ensure that the nomination process passed off safely, he added. The order will be in force till Thursday.

11:07 AM

Preparing for Biparjoy landfall: Fishing activities curbed, evacuation along Gujarat coasts begin

Fishing activities along Gujarat's south and north coasts have been suspended and authorities began evacuating people in districts by the sea in view of cyclone 'Biparjoy' likely to make landfall along the Saurashtra-Kutch coasts as a very severe cyclonic storm, officials said on Monday.

Officials in coastal Devbhumi Dwarka said around 1,300 people have been shifted to safer places so far in this regard.

10:43 AM

Farmers gather in Haryana for MSP on sunflower crop, release of leaders

Days after protesting sunflower growers were baton charged and forcibly evicted for blocking the National Highway-44 in near Kurukshetra in Haryana in support of their demand to procure the crop under the minimum support price by the government, crowds of farmers on Monday started gathering again in support of the demand.

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait, who is expected to reach the protest site Pipli in Kurukshetra district, has already threatened a larger agitation than the year-long protest against the now repealed farm laws if the government did not announce a legal guarantee of the MSP for procurement of crops.

10:25 AM

Ghaziabad building fire: Two feared dead, eight rescued, says official

Two women are feared killed in a fire that broke out at a multi-storey building here in Uttar Pradesh on Monday morning, an official said.

The incident was reported from the Lal Bagh colony of Ghaziabad district's Loni area at 6:52 am, Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Rahul Pal said and added that the building houses a tent and catering service.

10:07 AM

Indian-American community prepare grand welcome for PM Modi in US

For Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first state visit to the United States from June 21 to June 24, Indian Americans are eagerly preparing to extend a warm welcome to him.

Thousands of expatriate Indians will gather in Washington during the visit of PM Modi, who will arrive in the US at the invitation of at the invitation of President Joe Biden and first Lady Jill Biden.