The demand for an all-party meet delegation to visit Manipur was also raised by the Trinamool Congress, represented by MP Derek O’Brien at the meeting.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha criticised state CM’s handling of the crisis and said, “there is absolutely no trust on him” and the entire opposition raised this concern at the meeting that it would not be possible to restore peace “until that person is in-charge”.

Heavy waterlogging was seen in parts of Mumbai. Videos show showed several vehicles stuck in the waterlogged subway in Andheri.

The all-party meeting called by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the prevailing situation in Manipur has concluded here in New Delhi.

The meeting was called by Amit Shah to take stock of the situation in the violence-wracked state. BJP national president JP Nadda, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma and CPI(M) MP John Brittas among other leaders are present in the meeting.

Former Jharkhand chief minister and BJP leader Raghubar Das on Saturday said that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be implemented in the state, if the saffron party is voted to power in the next year’s assembly polls.

Opposition parties are coming together as they cannot fight the electoral battle against “superhuman” Prime Minister Narendra Modi alone and are unable to match the work he has done on the ground, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Saturday.

Five people, including a Congress panchayat candidate, were arrested from a house in West Bengal’s Birbhum district where crude bombs were allegedly being made, police said on Saturday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a road show in Bhopal during his visit to Madhya Pradesh on June 27, a BJP leader said on Saturday.

It will be the first visit of the prime minister after returning from the “historic” US tour, he said.

PM Narendra Modi lands in Cairo on a two-day State visit to Egypt, to hold a roundtable meeting with the Egyptian PM, and also meet President El-Sisi.

Bangladesh police have arrested the leader of an Islamist organisation at his hideout in Dhaka, officers said Saturday, months after the launch of a crackdown against the group.

Shamin Mahfuz, the founder of Jamaat al Ansar fil Hindal Sharqiya, is accused of helping to run militant training camps in the country’s restive Chittagong Hill Tracts.

Days after the Calcutta High Court order to requisition central forces for deployment in panchayat elections to the West Bengal State Election Commission, Central Forces on Saturday held a route march in Bolpur town of Birbhum district to instil confidence in the voters.

Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri on Saturday said a mass movement will be launched in the state against the drug menace.

Agnihotri said an 8-km long walk against the drug menace will be flagged off by Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla from Haroli to Kangar in the Haroli Assembly constituency on June 27.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold an all-party meeting on the situation in Manipur soon.

Former Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz and his wife were booked in different cases at the police stations of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and Kohsar under different charges, including Anti-Terrorism Act, police said, reported Dawn on Saturday.

An Indian-origin man and his nephew who led a gang found guilty of supplying more than 100 kg of Class A banned drugs across the West Midlands region of England have been sentenced to a total of 32 years imprisonment by a UK court.

Thailand’s newly elected parliament will meet in the first week of July, setting in motion the process of new government formation followed by the vote to elect a prime minister.

In a tragic incident, a two-year-old boy was killed in a stone pelting incident by miscreants, in Rajasthan’s Dungarpur area, informed officials on Saturday.

One person was killed and three were injured after a crude bomb went off in a mango orchard in West Bengal’s Murshibabad district on Saturday, police said.

All India Cine Workers Association has written a letter to Amit Shah demanding registration of a case against producer, director and writer of ‘Adipurush’.

Due to heavy rain in Nadiad area of Kheda district, leading to waterlogging, a college bus got stuck in a bypass. The locals immediately rushed to the spot and rescued all the students on the bus.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets family members of J&K Police personnel who have lost lives in the line of duty, and distributes job appointment letters.

In an unfortunate incident, one person died and two were injured after a container truck overturned on a pickup van on Saturday morning, police said.

The incident happed at Anda Point of Khandala Ghat on Mumbai-Pune Expressway after the driver lost control of the vehicle, police said further.

Paramilitary forces have been deployed in Delhi’s Brijpuri area after a man was stabbed and his cousin was attacked over an argument.

A 20-year-old youth was allegedly stabbed by his neighbour in a petty dispute in northeast Delhi’s Dayalpur area, police said on Saturday.

On Friday around 10 pm, Sonu, 19, from Brijpuri, had gone to have ice cream with his cousin Rahul after dinner near Shibban School, a senior police officer said.

At least three people were killed early on Saturday after Russia unleashed its latest overnight air strike on Ukraine, officials said.

Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said missiles had targeted least five regions across the country and that three people were killed and eight wounded after a high-rise in the capital Kyiv was struck.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah lays foundation stone of Balidaan Stambh (Sacrifice memorial pillar) at Partab Parkat in Lal Chowk of Srinagar.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived at Pratap Park, Srinagar on Saturday.

He will lay the foundation stone of ‘Balidaan Stambh’, shortly.

India’s multi-faceted relations with Egypt, which was elevated to a ‘Strategic Partnership’ this year, will receive further impetus with the first state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to this key Middle East nation, India’s ambassador here has said.

They (opposition) are only together because they are against PM Modi else their dissonance is very clearly visible to everyone. They all have differences in their thoughts. Every party has their own motive for this opposition unity: RP Singh, BJP National Spokesperson on Opposition meeting held on June 23 in Patna

(ANI)

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that making Uttarakhand a corruption-free state is his government’s aim. Strict instructions have also been issued to officials in this regard by the Chief Minister, his office said in a statement on Friday.

More than 40 people are missing after a migrant boat capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, the UN said.

The shipwreck took place on Thursday and at least one newborn baby is among those missing, said UNHCR representative to Italy Chiara Cardoletti.

India’s COVID-19 infection tally rose by 55 in a day while active cases declined to 1,653 from 1,712 a day earlier, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.

The flood situation in Assam is still grim as nearly 4.89 lakh people in 19 districts have been affected. According to the flood report of Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), nearly 2.67 lakh people have been affected alone in Bajali district followed by 80,061 people affected in Nalbari, 73,233 people in Barpeta, 22,577 people in Lakhimpur, 14,583 people in Darrang, 14180 people in Tamulpur, 7,282 people in Baksa, 4,750 people in Goalpara district.

A suspected Pakistani drone that intruded into Indian territory along International Border in Punjab’s Tarn Taran was shot down by BSF jawans, reported PTI quoting an official.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday transferred 11 police officers, including four district police chiefs and two deputy inspector general (DIG) rank officers.

A 44-year-old chef from India has been sentenced to three months and four weeks’ jail for molesting two teenage girls in Singapore

Sushil Kumar pleaded guilty to two charges of molesting the victims, reported TODAY newspaper on Friday.

People from India have been traveling abroad more, and the United States is trying to accommodate the new tourism boom by opening two new consulates in the South Asian country. Read more

Union Home Minister Amit Shah to chair an all-party meeting today in the national capital to discuss the situation in Manipur.

The meeting is scheduled for 3 pm.

As Manipur is still witnessing incidents like arson since May 3, the state government has extended the ban on the internet by five more days till June 25 with immediate effect in an effort to prevent further disturbance to peace.

Man shot himself after hacking to death five people including his brother, his wife, sister’s husband (brother-in-law) and two friends. The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district. According to police, he also tried to kill his maternal uncle and aunty. They are critically injured.