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One terrorist killed in encounter in J and K's Baramulla

Baramulla (J and K), Jun 22 (ANI): An exchange of fire broke out between terrorists and security forces in Boniyar area of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district on Saturday. One terrorist was killed during the encounter. The identity of the terrorist is yet to be ascertained. Massive cache of arms and ammunition was also recovered. This comes after the body of a terrorist was recovered by security forces after an encounter took place on June 11 in Bomai area of Sopore in Baramulla district. The encounter broke out between terrorists and the troops of 177, 179 and 92 Battalion of CRPF, SOG Sopore, 22 Rashtriya Rifles (RR).

Man assaulted over spilling water in marriage ceremony

Mandsaur (MP), June 22 (ANI): In the shocking video, a man was allegedly assaulted over spilling water in a marriage ceremony in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur. He was strangled and forced rub his nose on people's feet. Police registered the complaint. The victim has been missing since the incident.

Stuti Khandwala clears NEET, JEE, AIIMS, JIPMER, chooses research on mental illness at MIT

Surat (Gujarat), June 22 (ANI): Surat-based Stuti Khandwala who hit headlines for clearing four top competitive exams NEET, JEE Main, AIIMS and JIPMER, besides securing a scholarship from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has decided to pursue research in the premier US institute. MIT has extended 90 per cent scholarship to her. She has opted for research on mental illness. While speaking to ANI, Stuti said, "I have secured a 90 per cent scholarship offer from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), I will finally be doing research there for the next 4 years. I want to do research on mental illness, so that I can work for country's upliftment." The 18-year-old student has secured all India rank 10 in AIIMS entrance exam. Stuti had secured 71st rank in National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), 27th in JIPMER entrance test and passed JEE Main with 99.91 percentile.

CWC: Fans perform 'hawan' ahead of India-Afghanistan clash

Varanasi (UP), June 22 (ANI): Ahead of India-Afghanistan match, fans performed 'hawan' in UP's Varanasi on Friday. India will lock horns with Afghanistan in today's match in England's Southampton. Earlier, India battled against Pakistan in England's Manchester and won.

Google will no longer build its own tablets

New Delhi, June 22 (ANI): If you were hoping to find a new Pixel Slate making its way this year, you are in for a disappointment as Google has reportedly decided to kill its own tablet lineup. A Google spokesperson told ComputerWorld that the company has decided to drop its work on tablets and focus only on laptops. Google's last release in the tablet category was the Pixel Slate in 2018. The company was rumored to be working on two smaller-sized tablets. However, Google hadn't reached far enough in the development to be impacted by the shutdown of the project.

Man kills his wife and 3 children in Delhi

New Delhi, June 22 (ANI): A man murdered his wife and three children in Delhi's Mehrauli on Saturday morning. The crime was committed by Upendra Shukla. He mercilessly slit throat of his wife and 7-year-old daughter, 5-year-old son and 2- month-old infant. Assailant has admitted to the crime in a written note. Police arrested the man and further investigation is underway.

Two held, rare snake worth Rs 1.6 crore seized in Jharkhand's Bokaro

Bokaro (Jharkhand), Jun 22 (ANI): Bokaro police on Friday arrested two men and recovered a rare snake Red Sand Boa worth Rs 1.6 crore. "We have arrested two men from a hotel here and recovered a rare snake from their possession worth Rs 1.6 crore," the police said. The arrested accused have been identified as Sunil Paswan and Md Shahabuddin. "These snakes are mostly found in Maharashtra. People bring it from there and sell it in the international market, especially China. This goes via Nepal. There is an international gang which is involved in such smuggling," a forest officer Surendra Bhagat told ANI. A case has been registered and further investigation is underway.

DMK announces state-wide protest over acute water scarcity in Chennai

Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Jun 22 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) announced state-wide protest over water scarcity issue in Tamil Nadu's Chennai on Saturday. They along with locals staged protest against the state government over the issue. Water scarcity is continuously rising in the state and government has not taken any strict action till now.

8-year-old girl stands outside Parliament premises to draw PM Modi's attention towards climate change

New Delhi, Jun 22 (ANI): Meet 8-year-old Licypriya Kangujam who is more concerned about climate change than most of the adults. She stood near Parliament premises to draw Prime Minister Narendra Modi's attention towards climate change on Friday. Her appeal is to make a climate change law to save the future.While speaking to ANI, she said, "I urge him and all MPs to act on climate change now and save our future. The sea levels are increasing and the Earth is becoming hotter. They should act now."

12-yr-old boy chokes himself as part of TikTok challenge in Rajasthan's Kota

Kota (Rajashthan), Jun 22 (ANI): A 12-year-old boy accidentally choked himself to death allegedly while attempting to shoot and upload his video on mobile app Tik Tok, police said on Friday."Initial probe suggests that boy might have killed himself accidentally while trying to make a video for TikTok," police said. The family of the victim said that when they found the boy he was sporting sindoor (vermillion), 'mangalsutra' (a sacred thread worn by Hindu married women) and bangles. He hanged himself from a noose in his bathroom as a part of the TikTok challenge."If it was not for TikTok then my child would have been alive," the father of the boy said. The boy was declared dead upon being brought to the hospital. His body has been shifted in a government hospital for postmortem. A case has been registered and further investigation is underway.

'Jan Adhikar Chhatra Parishad' members polish shoes to collect money for AES-affected children in Patna

Patna (Bihar), Jun 22 (ANI): 'Jan Adhikar Chhatra Parishad' members polished shoes to collect money for children affected due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar's Patna on Friday. AES is characterized by sudden onset of high fever and convulsions. Hundreds of children are admitted to hospitals mostly at Muzaffarpur's SKMCH and privately-owned Kejriwal Hospital. Death toll due to AES rose to 128 in Muzaffarpur.

UP minister Laxmi Narayan 'appreciates' govt employee's attempt of tying his shoelace

Shahjahanpur (UP), June 22 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Laxmi Narayan has faced criticism after a government employee was seen tying his shoelace at a yoga event in UP's Shahjahanpur on Friday. While speaking to mediapersons, Narayan defended his actions after a video of the incident went viral, he said, "India was a country where Bharat ruled Lord Ram's kingdom for 14 years with the 'kharau' (wooden slippers) of the latter on the throne. This (the gesture of someone helping him wear his shoes) should be appreciated."

Girl students in J and K's Doda take lead on International Yoga Day

Doda (J and K), Jun 22 (ANI): As everyone around the world celebrated International Yoga Day, girl students in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, too, participated in the health festival. Hundreds of girl students in Doda took the lead on the International Yoga Day, and performed various 'asanas'. Sakshi Bhagat, one of the girls, told ANI that Yoga is beneficial for mental and health fitness which is very important for girls.

Man brandishes gun at rickshaw puller over fares in UP's Mau

Mau (Uttar Pradesh), Jun 22 (ANI): A man brandished a gun at a rickshaw puller allegedly after a fight broke out between them in Uttar Pradesh's Mau on Friday. The fight broke over the rickshaw puller's wages. A case has been registered and police will take required action.

CM Sonowal inaugurates Ambubachi Mela at Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati

Guwahati (Assam), Jun 22 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister on Friday inaugurated the Ambubachi Mela at Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati. Ambubachi Mela is a four-day religious congregation, the largest in the region. Kamakhya Temple will be closed tomorrow and will reopen on June 25. Ambubachi celebrates the menstruation of Goddess Kamakhya. Lakhs of devotees from different parts of the country as well as abroad throng the mela every year. During this period, Goddess Kamakhya is believed to go undergo her menstrual cycle

Ratlam: Angry villagers tie gram panchayat secy to pole over delay in construction work

Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh), Jun 22 (ANI): Angry villagers of Bhima Khedi village in Madhya Pradesh"s Ratlam, disappointed over impeding construction work of a drain, tied the 'gram panchayat" secretary to a pole, as they complained of water getting accumulated in their streets where mosquitoes have become a nuisance. Secretary Gopal Singh Solanki was later rescued by the police, and narrated his side of the story. Solanki said, "I had asked an engineer for valuation of our work but some miscreants did not let us do that. They took me away from there, tied me to an electricity pole. Later police came to rescue me. A drain was being constructed which had not been evaluated."

Madhya Pradesh: Man declared dead by govt hospital in night, found alive in morning

Sagar (Madhya Pradesh), Jun 22 (ANI): A case of medical negligence to came to fore in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar where doctors at Distict Civil Hospital first declared a man dead but later found them alive just before the patient was to be taken for postmortem. The incident came to light when police had arrived to take the body for the postmortem but surprisingly found the man alive. The man, however, didn't live long after and died soon after the arrival of police. Chief Medical Officer Dr RS Roshan said an investigation will be done in the negligence done by the respective doctor.

I didn't think BJP could repeat its 2014 performance in UP: Rajnath Singh

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Jun 22 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday admitted that senior BJP leaders, before the elections, were unsure of the party defeating the SP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh, and said they were of the view that the party wouldn't be able to get more than 10-15 seats in the Hindi heartland state. Singh added that he himself, although didn't have such conservative target, had doubts of BJP repeating its 2014 performance. Singh praised the BJP workers and the voters of Uttar Pradesh for party's magnificent win in UP. "After SP-BSP alliance in UP, even senior leaders used to think, we (BJP) will only get 10-15 seats and not 72. Even after staying in power for 5 years, there was no anti-incumbency, on contrary, there was pro-incumbency. BJP's vote share increased," Singh said at a BJP workers' event in Lucknow.

Women carried on cart to hospital due to unavailability of ambulance in UP's Shamli

Shamli (Uttar Pradesh), Jun 22 (ANI): In a visible case of lack of medical infrastructure in the government-run hospitals of the country, a woman patient was transported to the District Hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli on a cart as her family alleged they failed to get an ambulance. One of the family members told ANI, "I called them up. They told me there is no one at hospital. Doctors made me go from one room to other and asked me to take her to Meerut." The Chief Medical Officer of Shamli, Dr. Sanjay Bhatnagar, while saying that two ambulances stay outside the hospital to bring patients, assured than an investigation into the matter will be done.

Neglected by authorities, Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital is on verge of collapsing

Darbhanga (Bihar), Jun 22 (ANI): The encephalitis outbreak in Muzaffarpur where more than 120 children have died of the Japanese fever has also put forth the deteriorating conditions of government hospitals across the country. Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), which falls in neigbouring Darbhanga in Bihar, seems to be living its last few days as along with lack of proper facilities, the hospital's physical infrastructure is also in shambles, and parts of the building could collapse if immediate action is not taken by the authorities. "Authorities and ministers have been informed about the condition in the hospital but nothing has happened yet. I have written to them many a times. If something is not done immediately parts of the building can collapse," said Dr. Raj Ranjan Prasad, Superintendent, DMCH. People at the hospital complain of having no medicines and said the fans and ACs, too, are not functional.