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9:39 PM

The animal captured on camera is a common house cat: Delhi Police

"Some media channels and social media handles are showing an animal image captured during the live telecast of oath taking ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan yesterday, claiming it to be a wild animal. These facts are not true, the animal captured on camera is a common house cat. Please don't adhere to such frivolous rumours," Delhi Police posted on X.

9:36 PM

Leaders from Maldives, Nepal, Mauritius, Seychelles meet President Droupadi Murmu

9:35 PM

Rain lashes several parts of Mumbai

7:33 PM

CR Paatil will be in charge of Jal Shakti ministry and Bhupendra Yadav environment

7:13 PM

Hunter Biden indicates he won't testify in gun trial

Hunter Biden's defense attorney indicated in court on Monday that the US president's son will not testify in his criminal trial on federal gun charges, CNN reported. Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, agreed to allow the judge in federal court in Delaware to give an instruction to the jury that they should not hold it against him if he does not testify in the case.

6:29 PM

Fire at DDA Flat in Northeast Delhi

40-year-old woman dead in fire at a DDA flat in northeast Delhi's Welcome area: Fire dept

4:55 PM

SKM chief Prem Singh Tamang sworn in as chief minister of Sikkim

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha chief Prem Singh Tamang took the oath as the chief minister of the Himalayan state for a second straight term today.

4:40 PM

Delhi water crisis: Water minister asks asks LG to intervene

Delhi Water Minister Atishi has stated that the water level in Wazirabad barrage is low and the Munak canal is also receiving less water, which has aggravated water scarcity in Delhi. The minister stated she has spoken to LG VK Saxena about the water woes and has been assured by him of assistance. 

4:35 PM

Delhi court fixes June 18 for Engineer Rashid's interim bail plea to take oath as MP

 A Delhi court has fixed June 18 to hear arguments on an application filed by Engineer Rashid, arrested in a 2016 Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case, seeking interim bail to take oath as an MP after the recently concluded general elections. Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, handed defeat to J-K former CM Omar Abdullah from the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat.

3:19 PM

Swati Maliwal 'assault' allegations: Delhi Police adds fresh section against Bibhav Kumar

The Delhi Police has added Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar in connection with AAP MP Swati Maliwal's assault case. This section  deals with "causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender" and carries a provision for imprisonment of one-sixth of the punishment awarded for the biggest offence in the crime.

3:11 PM

Students demand probe into NEET 'irregularities'

Members of Left-affiliated students' unions held a protest near the education ministry today seeking an investigation into the alleged irregularities in the NEET exam. The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday said the education ministry has set up a four-member panel to review the grace marks awarded to more than 1,500 candidates in the exam.

3:10 PM

Terrorism is not going to help anybody: JKNC chief Farooq Abdullah

“The innocent people had gone to Shiv Khori to pray and they got killed in this incident. Those people who are doing this thing must realise that this is not going to change the situation or the borders. I think the time has come when they must realise that terrorism is not going to help anybody,” said JKNC President Farooq Abdullah.

 

2:29 PM

Union Minister S Jaishankar meets Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Delhi

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe had arrived in Delhi to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

2:11 PM

BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya faces 'sexual exploitation' allegations from RSS member

RSS member Shantanu Sinha claimed today that  BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya was involved in sexually exploiting multiple women. The Congress has demanded his removal, citing claims of misconduct in hotels and BJP offices in West Bengal.

2:07 PM

Bank fraud case: Supreme Court adjourns to June 18 hearing on AAP MLA's plea challenging his arrest

The top court deferred to June 18 the hearing on Punjab AAP MLA Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra's plea challenging his arrest and remand by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering probe linked to a bank fraud case.

2:00 PM

Aditya-L1 Mission news update: Instruments capture activity of flares

SUIT and VELC instruments have captured the dynamic activities of the Sun during May 2024, Isro said today. Multiple X-class and M-class flares, associated with coronal mass ejections, leading to significant geomagnetic storms were recorded.

1:35 PM

Reasi terror attack: Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha meets the injured

At least 9 pilgrims, including a child, were left dead in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district and several others were injured when terrorists opened fire on a bus travelling from the Shiv Khori cave shrine.

 

1:28 PM

Cong to face consequences in Maharashtra polls for opposing interests of Marathas: Jarange

Activist  Manoj Jarange has reiterated his demand for implementation of the draft notification that recognises Kunbis as "sage soyare" (blood relatives) of Maratha community members and sought a law to identify Kunbis as Marathas. He also claimed that the Congress was speaking against the interests of the Maratha community and would face consequences in the Maharashtra assembly polls due later this year.

1:08 PM

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif vows to 'eliminate terrorism' after 7 soldiers killed in attack

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday pledged to "relentlessly eliminate terrorism" from the country after seven soldiers, including a Captain, were killed in a terrorist attack in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province a day earlier.

 

12:30 PM

NIA team reaches Jammu and Kashmir to investigate Reasi terror attack

At least 9 pilgrims were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district and several others were injured when terrorists opened fire on a bus travelling from the Shiv Khori cave shrine to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra, Jammu on Sunday. The bus had veered off the road and plunge into a deep gorge around 6:15 pm.

12:00 PM

IMD weather update: Moderate to heavy rains likely in Mumbai

Monsoon arrived in Mumbai on Sunday, two days ahead of the normal schedule. The IMD has forecast thunderstorm with moderate to heavy showers on Monday.

11:33 AM

J-K terror attack: LG announces Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia each for families of victims

An ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh each for the next of kin of those killed in the terror attack on a bus in Reasi district has been approved by Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, an official spokesman said on Monday. Sinha has also approved Rs 50,000 each for those injured.

10:53 AM

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba's front takes credit for J-K's Reasi terror attack

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) TRF took credit  the Reasi terror attack in Jammu on Sunday evening in which at least nine pilgrims enroute to Vaishno Devi were killed and another 33 injured after terrorists opened fire on the bus as a result of which the vehicle fell into a gorge, Hindustan Times reported today.

10:48 AM

PM Modi did not get census done in 2021, at least 14 crore deprived of Food Security Act benefits: Cong

The Congress today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has to inform the country soon when the updated census will be conducted. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh stated that a comprehensive census essential for socioeconomic development is carried out by the Union government every 10 years. The last census was to be completed in 2021. "But Mr Modi didn't get it done. One immediate consequence of not having census 2021 conducted is that at least 14 crore Indians are being deprived of benefits under the National Food Security Act, 2013, repackaged as PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana," he said.

10:28 AM

Congress hits out at PM Modi for raising Katchatheevu issue during LS polls

Slammig Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raising the Katchatheevu issue during the General election campaign, the Congress on Monday asked if he and his colleagues would apologise for having created this "huge scare" with a neighbouring country. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh stated that raising the issue the issue was "highly irresponsible." 

9:45 AM

Indian man from Ludhiana shot dead in Canada

An Indian-origin man from Punjab's Ludhiana, Yuvraj Goyal, was killed in Canada's Surrey on Friday. The motive for his murder is being probed, the Royal Canadian Police said. 

9:33 AM

Macron dissolves French parliament, calls for snap elections as far-right advances in EU polls

The first round of elections for the lower house National Assembly will take place on June 30, with the second round on July 7.

9:08 AM

Anti-terror agency to investigate J-K bus attack

A search operation has begun for the terrorists who opened fire at a bus carrying pilgrims from a shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district on Sunday. India Today reported that  the National Investigation Agency has been tasked to probe the attack. The bus was on its way to the Shiv Khori cave temple when it came under attack.