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11:24 PM

Eight Delhi Police cops taken off duty after pictures of them partying with builder goes viral

An assistant sub inspector among eight policemen were sent to police lines after photographs of them, wearing uniform, having liquor at a builder's party surfaced on social media, officials said on Sunday. An ASI, five head constables and two constables, posted at Jaitpur police station in southeast Delhi, were found to be partying with a builder in Jaitpur area, they said.

11:05 PM

Hirakud Dam releases water, Odisha govt asks collectors to be on high alert

In the wake of heavy rain, the authorities of Hirakud Dam in Odisha on Sunday released excess water from the reservoir, the first such an exercise in the current monsoon season, an official said. The water was released through 20 of the 67 gates of the dam to downstream of the Mahanadi river, he said. The exercise was undertaken as the water level in the reservoir was rising due to rain in the river upstream, Water Resources Department Engineer-in-Chief Bhakta Ranjan Mohanty said.

 

10:30 PM

Coaching centre incident: Plea in Delhi HC seeks various precautionary measures

In light of the tragic incident involving the deaths of three UPSC aspirants due to waterlogging at a coaching centre in Rajinder Nagar, a plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court. The plea seeks a directive for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to implement immediate measures to prevent similar incidents in the future. The court's intervention aims to address and mitigate issues related to waterlogging and improve safety conditions.

10:11 PM

Coaching centre deaths: NCW summons AAP MLA Pathak

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has summoned AAP MLA from Delhi's Rajinder Nagar Durgesh Pathak over the incident where three students, including two women, lost their lives due to flooding in the basement of a coaching centre in the area. The NCW, in a post, said it has taken cognizance of the coaching centre incident where three students died in the Old Rajinder Nagar area of the national capital.

9:50 PM

Olympics 2024: PM Modi speaks to Manu Bhaker over phone, congratulates her historic win

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Manu Bhaker on Sunday and congratulated the Indian shooter for winning the bronze medal in the final of the 10 Metre Women's Air Pistol event at the ongoing Paris Olympics. Bhaker became the first Indian women to win a medal in shooting at Olympics. Bhaker brought India's first medal in the ongoing mega event as she won a bronze medal with a score of 221.7.

8:59 PM

23 Bangladeshi nationals arrested from Agartala railway station

Twenty-three Bangladeshi nationals preparing to board a train to Chennai were arrested at Agartala railway station, an official said on Sunday. Based on specific information, a joint team from the Railway Protection Force (RPF), Border Security Force (BSF), and Government Railway Police (GRP) conducted a raid at Agartala station on Saturday evening and detained the Bangladeshi nationals who did not have valid documents to travel on Indian soil, officer-in-charge of GRP police station in Agartala, Tapas Das, said.

8:41 PM

Mizoram seeks special package from Centre to implement flagship programme

Mizoram has requested a special financial package from the Centre to implement its flagship programme, 'Bana Kaih' or 'Hand-holding' policy, an official from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said on Sunday. During the NITI Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma announced that his government will implement the hand-holding policy to reduce economic disparity between urban and rural populations and generate more employment in the state, according to an official.

8:15 PM

Cooperating fully with authorities, says coaching centre after three students death

The coaching centre at whose establishment three students died due to rain-induced flooding in the basement on Sunday condoled the loss of young lives and said they are fully committed to supporting the ongoing investigation. The UPSC aspirants -- two females and a male -- lost their lives as they were trapped inside the library running in the basement of the Old Rajinder Nagar-based Rau's IAS Study Circle, which was flooded due to a sudden evening downpour in the national capital on Saturday.

8:04 PM

Union Minister Kumaraswamy hospitalised after nose starts bleeding

Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy was taken to hospital after his nose started bleeding while he was attending a press conference in Bengaluru on Sunday. umarswamy was seen trying to block his nostrils with a piece of cloth. His shirt was drenched in blood when he was at the press conference.

 

8:03 PM

One killed in Maryland mall shooting in food court area

One person was killed in a shooting inside a shopping mall in a suburb of Baltimore and Washington on Saturday, police said. Authorities received a call after gunfire in the food court area of the mall in Columbia, Maryland, at about 6:10 pm. Officers found a male victim who was fatally shot, Howard County police said.

7:36 PM

J&K Cong holds meeting to discuss strategy for Assembly elections

The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee met here on Sunday to discuss the forthcoming assembly elections in the union territory. Chairman of committee Tariq Hamid Karra told reporters that the meeting also addressed whether to contest the assembly elections in an alliance.

7:02 PM

Delhi coaching centre deaths: Students detained during protest in Old Rajinder Nagar

A few students were detained after they staged a protest in Old Rajinder Nagar here on Sunday, demanding action against those responsible for the deaths of three civil services aspirants at a coaching centre in the area, and compensation for their families. Raising slogans "we want justice", the protestors blocked the road next to the Karol Bagh Metro Station, causing huge traffic snarls in the area and prompting police intervention.

6:00 PM

Manu Bhaker's dedication, hard work, passion have truly paid off: Abhinav Bindra

Manu Bhaker's relentless dedication, hard work, and passion have truly paid off said India's only shooting gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on Sunday after the 22-year-old won bronze medal in women's 10m air pistol final on the second day of the Olympics here. Bindra led the wishes for Manu who became the first woman medallist from India in shooting and opened the country's account in the ongoing Paris edition with an effort of 221.7 in the final.

5:43 PM

Russia's Putin vows 'mirror measures' in response to stationing of US missiles in Germany

Russia may deploy new strike weapons in response to the planned US stationing of longer-range and hypersonic missiles in Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday. Speaking at a naval parade in St Petersburg, Putin vowed mirror measures after the US earlier this month announced that it will start deploying the weapons in 2026, to affirm its commitment to NATO and European defence following Moscow's all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

5:37 PM

Coaching centre deaths: Sewage drains were covered by encroachers, says MCD official

The storm drains built to carry away excess water due to heavy rains in the Old Rajendra Nagar area, where three civil services aspirants died after being trapped in the basement of a coaching institute, were covered by encroachers, a senior MCD official said on Sunday. The drainage system in the area was heavily clogged with silt and overflowed leading to a flood-like situation due to the rains that lashed parts of Delhi on Saturday, locals complained.

5:24 PM

Prohibition of Child Marriage Act applies to all Indian citizens irrespective of religion, rules Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court has ruled that the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 is applicable to every citizen of this country irrespective of his or her religion as every Indian is a citizen first and then becomes a member of a religion. Justice P V Kunhikrishnan in a recent order on a petition to quash a case registered in 2012 in Palakkad against a child marriage, said irrespective of religion, whether a person is Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Parsi etc., the Act is applicable to all.

5:13 PM

Will go on 28-day fast from Aug 15 if govt doesn't initiate talks on demands: Wangchuk

Climate activist Soman Wangchuk announced on Sunday that he will launch another 28-day fast on Independence Day if the government does not invite Ladakh authorities for talks on demands for statehood and constitutional protection for the union territory. In an interview with PTI, Wangchuk said that the Apex Body, Leh (ABL), and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) from Ladakh submitted a memorandum of demands to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Dras on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas last week.

 

4:53 PM

SP picks Mata Prasad Pandey for UP Assembly LoP

The Samajwadi Party on Sunday appointed seven-time MLA Mata Prasad Pandey the leader of opposition (LoP) in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. Pandey, 82, will replace SP president Akhilesh Yadav, who resigned as MLA from Karhal seat in Mainpuri district after he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kannauj.

4:48 PM

MCD initiates action against coaching centres for flouting norms

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has initiated action against coaching centres flouting norms and it will set up a high-level committee to probe the incident that claimed three lives due to flooding in a coaching centre's basement, MCD officials on Sunday. Establishments running illegally from the basement have been identified and a drive to take action against them has started, an official said.

4:40 PM

CM Dhami takes note of rescue operations of landslide accidents in U'khand

Relief and rescue operations are being carried out in response to the damage that has been caused by the heavy rains and landslides in Bal Ganga and Budha Kedar areas of the Bhilangana development block of Tehri Garhwal. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami took information about the relief and rescue operations on Sunday from MLA Shakti Lal Shah and District Magistrate of Tehri Garhwal Mayur Dixit.

4:01 PM

Delhi coaching centre deaths: Congress calls for fixing accountability

The Congress on Sunday called for fixing accountability over the death of three IAS aspirants due to waterlogging in a building in Delhi with Rahul Gandhi asserting that common people are paying the price for irresponsibility of institutions at every level. The three civil services aspirants died after the basement of the building housing a coaching centre in central Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar area was flooded following heavy rain.

3:47 PM

Coaching centre deaths: Fire services faced multiple challenges during rescue operation, says DFS

The Delhi Fire Services faced multiple challenges during the rescue operation at a coaching centre where three civil services aspirants died after the basement of the centre was flooded following rain in central Delhi, officials said on Sunday. "It was around 7.10 pm, when we got a call from the area magistrate about the rescue operation. Though it was not a fire-related incident, we rushed five fire tenders on humanitarian grounds," DFS chief Atul Garg told PTI.

3:19 PM

Judges should use a sense of robust common sense in bail petitions: CJI

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Sunday said the trial judges prefer playing safe by not granting bail on important issues of crime when it is looked at with a degree of suspicion. The Chief Justice underlined the need for a sense of robust common sense' to look at the nitty-gritty of each case.

2:41 PM

SC to hear AAP leader Manish Sisodia's bail pleas in Excise policy case on Monday

The Supreme Court is set to hear Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia's bail pleas on Monday in connection to corruption and money laundering cases related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. The former Delhi deputy chief minister has requested bail, arguing he has been in custody for 16 months and the trial has stalled since October last year. Sisodia has also applied for the revival of his bail petitions in the excise policy-related corruption and money laundering cases.

 

1:59 PM

Congress slams govt for double standards in giving funds to flood-hit states

On Sunday, the Congress accused the central government of exhibiting "double standards" in distributing funds to flood-affected states, claiming it was taking "revenge" on the people of Himachal Pradesh for not voting for the BJP in the assembly elections. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh stated, "Yesterday, the self-anointed non-biological Prime Minister said that Viksit Bharat depends on Viksit states. Wow, such profundity. If only he put the taxpayer's money where his mouth is!

1:21 PM

Khadi, handloom sales rising, creating job opportunities, says PM Modi in Mann Ki Baat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday that Khadi Gramodyog's business has surpassed Rs 1.5 lakh crore for the first time, highlighting that the increasing sales of Khadi and handloom products are generating numerous job opportunities. In his Mann Ki Baat monthly radio broadcast, Modi mentioned that many people who previously did not use Khadi products now wear them with great pride. He added that since mostly women are involved in this industry, they are the primary beneficiaries.   

1:05 PM

Over 1,600 pilgrims leave Jammu base camp for Amarnath amid heavy rainfall

Amid heavy rains, a new batch of 1,677 pilgrims departed from a Jammu base camp for the Amarnath shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas early Sunday morning under tight security, officials said. The 31st batch of pilgrims included over 1,300 men, 200 women, two children, and 104 sadhus and sadhvis. They left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp at 3:35 am in a convoy of 67 vehicles, escorted by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

12:47 PM

Adani Group to commission first phase of $4 billion PVC project by Dec 2026

The Adani Group will launch the first phase of a $4 billion PVC project by December 2026, marking its entry into the petrochemicals sector, which faces a significant supply-demand gap, according to sources. Adani Enterprises, the group's flagship company, is establishing a petrochemical cluster in Mundra, Gujarat. As part of this cluster, it plans to set up a PVC plant with an annual capacity of 2 million tonnes, to be developed in phases, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

12:31 PM

PM Modi meets CMs, Dy CMs of BJP-ruled states at party headquarters in Delhi today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting with Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states at the party headquarters in Delhi on Sunday. Senior leaders, including Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, and BJP national president JP Nadda, also attended the meeting. This was the largest gathering of key functionaries organized by the BJP since the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. According to sources, discussions were held on state government schemes, with states presenting their plans for implementation and review.

12:18 PM

Delhi HC to rule on doctors' plea against Baba Ramdev over Coronil claims on Monday

The Delhi High Court will announce its decision on Monday regarding a plea by several doctors' associations against Yoga guru Ramdev over his claim that 'Coronil' is a "cure" for Covid-19. The plea is part of a 2021 lawsuit filed by the doctors' associations against Ramdev, his associate Acharya Balkrishna, and Patanjali Ayurveda. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani reserved the order on May 21 after hearing arguments from the parties involved. The lawsuit alleges that Ramdev made "unsubstantiated claims" about 'Coronil' being a cure for Covid-19, despite the drug being licensed only as an "immuno-booster."