INDIA
West Bengal Governor meets Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, keeps everyone guessing in Congress
Dhankhar dropped at the Chowdhury's residence on Thursday evening and later tweeted: "While in Delhi today had over a cup of coffee interaction @adhirrcinc Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, leader of the Indian National Congress in the 17th Lok Sabha and the Member of Parliament from Berhampor."
Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at Modi government over fuel prices
In a tweet in Hindi, Rahul Gandhi, who is Congress Lok Sabha MP from Kerala's Wayanad said, "Such is the development of Modi government that if the prices of petrol and diesel do not increase any day then it becomes a bigger news." His remarks came over the issue of an increase in the price of fuel prices across the country.
UP Police summons Twitter MD over Ghaziabad incident
Twitter India Managing Director Manish Maheshwari has been summoned for questioning over the video that went viral on the platform. The UP Police had labelled the assault on the victim as non-communal in nature and requested Twitter to take down the post since it was allegedly used to fire communal tensions in the country.
At 1,587, India logs least daily Covid deaths in 60 days
This is for the first time in the last two months that the death tally has come down below the mark of 2,000. And it is the 11th consecutive day when India has reported less than one lakh new Covid cases. On June 15, India recorded 60,461 cases, the lowest since March 29. The overall tally of Covid-19 cases in the country now stands at 2,97,62,793.
Portuguese ship spills 10 KL oil 450 km off Chennai
The vessel was on passage from Colombo to Haldia in West Bengal, carrying 10,795 tonnes of general cargo in 382 containers, manned by 17 crew of mixed nationality. The Coast Guard said that it had received information from the Maritime Rescue and Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Colombo late on Wednesday about a mid-sea oil spill about 450 km southeast of Chennai.
Tension at Tikri border after man burnt to death
The police are not taking chances with the inflammatory situation and sufficient force has been deployed to prevent a possible breakdown of law and order. As per the details emerging from the incident, one Madan Lal gave a statement to the police that his brother, Mukesh, had gone to meet the agitating farmers sitting in protest against the three Central farm laws on Tikri border on NH9 on at 5 pm on Wednesday.
Pashupati Kumar Paras elected LJP president
"I had filed the nomination for the post of president and I have been elected unanimously. There was no other candidate who filed the nomination for the post," Paras said here. The executive committee of the LJP has 76 members and the majority of them are with Paras, electing him as the president of the LJP. The election was held at the official residence of strongman leader Suraj Bhan Singh in Patna.
WTC final: Strengths, weaknesses of India, New Zealand
Strengths:
Well-rounded bowling: India have variety in their bowling attack. They have experience and youth to pick from and all their bowlers are different. The variety in the bowling attack could keep the New Zealand batsmen on their toes.
'A child can also be snubbed, made quiet', Mamata takes dig at Dhankhar
Though Banerjee didn't make any direct comment on the issue, she hinted that the state government always wanted a replacement for the present Bengal Governor, with whom the ruling Trinamool Congress has been at loggerheads for some time now.
India is 'priest' of peace, but can give apt reply to aggression: Rajnath
Dedicating the 20 km Kimin-Potin double lane road in Arunachal Pradesh and 11 other strategic road projects constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in Arunachal Pradesh and other places, he said any kind of disturbance in the peace and tranquility in the border areas is bound to have adverse implications.
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