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Modi, accompanied by Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat, pays an unannounced visit to Leh days after the Galwan clash. Stay tuned with Business Standard for latest news of today
 "Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking to Indian soldiers in Ladakh on Friday | Photo: ANI")
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking to Indian soldiers in Ladakh on Friday | Photo: ANI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accompanied by Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat and Army Chief General MM Naravane, paid an unannounced visit to Leh today days after Galwan Valley clash with China. He also visited soldier who were injured in the clash in Ladakh.
At least eight Uttar Pradesh police personnel, including a deputy superintendent of police, were killed in an encounter with criminals in Kanpur, officials said today.
At least eight Uttar Pradesh police personnel, including a deputy superintendent of police, were killed in an encounter with criminals in Kanpur, officials said today.
On the education front, a decision on NEET, JEE will be taken after the expert panel reviewing the situation to conduct medical and engineering entrance exams submits its report today.
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DRDO to name its Covid hospital wards after soldiers killed in Galwan clash, ICU unit named after Colnel Santosh Babu
11:56 PM
Mamata Banerjee warns TMC leaders of stern action for corruption in Amphan aid distribution
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All India Radio to broadcast its first-ever 'News Magazine' programme in Sanskrit
11:50 PM
Ram Mandir Trust members to meet on 18 July in Ayodhya
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Priyanka Gandhi to speak with UP Congress leaders over state's law and order situation
11:48 PM
China appoints hardliner Zheng Yanxiong head of national security office in Hong Kong
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Bengal govt finds 34,000 complaints of cyclone compensation irregularities true: Official
10:21 PM
Lightning strikes Bihar again, kills 8
Lightning strikes killed eight people in Bihar on Friday and two minor boys drowned in a rainwater-filled lake in Maharashtra, even as the flood situation remained grim in Assam, claiming one more life and affecting over a million people in 20 districts.
Mumbai, meanwhile, received heavy rains with the IMD predicting intermittent moderate to heavy rainfall and "possibility of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places" on Saturday.
In Bihar, officials said in Patna that at least eight people were killed in in lightning strikes on Friday, a day after 26 died in similar incidents in eight districts of the state.
The latest fatalities were reported from five districts, with Samastipur accounting for the highest number of three deaths. Two deaths were reported from Lakhisarai, while one each died in Gaya, Banka and Jamui districts, sources in the Disaster Management Department said.
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Over 500,000 Indians returned home after launch of Vande Bharat mission: MEA
10:13 PM
Rajasthan govt transfers 66 IPS officers
The Rajasthan government on Friday transferred/redesignated 66 IPS officers.
The government had transferred 103 IAS officers on Thursday.
Senior IPS officer M L Lather who was Director General (Law and Order) has been appointed as DG (Crime Branch) while B L Soni who was holding DG (Crime Branch) post has been appointed as DG (Jail).
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First Published: Jul 03 2020 | 8:22 AM IST