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One dead, 7 injured as boulders falls on bus in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba

One person was killed and seven others injured after boulders fell on a running bus in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district on Sunday, an official said. The boulders fell near the Sach Pass on a Himachal Road Transport corporation bus going from Killar in Pangi valley to Chamba, the district added. The injured have been shifted to Jawaharlal Nehru Government Medical College in Chamba for treatment, the official added. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has expressed grief over the accident, an official spokesperson said. The chief minister has expressed his deepest condolence to the bereaved family members and also wished speedy recovery to the injured, the official added.

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Nadda lauds BJP's historic win in UP bypolls

Hailing the BJP's victory in the two Lok Sabha bypolls in Uttar Pradesh as historic, party president J P Nadda on Sunday said it reflects people's faith in public welfare policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

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Women's safety has increased, strict action is being taken against criminals: JP Nadda

India's cotton, handloom exports have increased by 55%, says Modi

Last year, India exported engineering goods worth $111 billion. India's exports of cotton and handloom products have also increased by 55%.

Climate change not a matter of policies in India: PM Modi

Sustainable climate practices a part of the common man's life: PM Modi

Climate change, today it is not just an issue of government policies in India. The youth of India is investing in EVs and other similar pro-climate technologies. Sustainable climate practices are becoming a part of the life of common man of India today, said PM Modi.

Today cleanliness is becoming a lifestyle in India. The people of India, the youth of India are considering it their duty to keep the country clean. Today the people of India are confident that their money is honestly Feeling for the country, is not getting paid for corruption. That's why tax compliance is increasing rapidly in the country, he added.

Courage of Indian people our biggest strength: PM Modi

The courage of the people of India is our biggest strength even in the most difficult of circumstances. Last year we did the highest export so far. This is proof that while our manufacturers are ready for new opportunities, the world is also looking at us with hope and confidence: PM

India is ready for new opportunities today: PM Modi

The courage of the people of India is our biggest strength even in the most difficult of circumstances. Last year we did the highest export so far. This is proof that while our manufacturers are ready for new opportunities, the world is also looking at us with hope and confidence: PM Modi

PM Modi praises India's vaccination drives

Today, 90% of adults in India have received both doses of the vaccine. 95 percent of adults are those who have taken at least one dose. This is the same India about which some people were saying that it will take 10-15 years to vaccinate 1.25 billion population: PM Modi

India is impatient for progress, for development: PM Modi

Today's India has come out of the mentality of "It happens, it runs like this". Today, India takes a pledge to 'have to do', 'have to do' and 'have to do on time'. India is now ready, ready, impatient. India is impatient, for progress, for development. India is impatient for its dreams, for the fulfillment of its dreams

India will not be left behind in 4th industrial revolution, it's now leading the world: PM Modi in Munich

India is waving its flag in Information Technology, Digital Technology, says PM Modi

Today, the India of the 21st century, in the fourth industrial revolution, in Industry 4.0, is not one of the laggards, but one of the leaders of this industrial revolution. India is waving its flag in Information Technology, in Digital Technology: PM @narendramodi

Electricity has reached every village in India: PM Modi

Today electricity has reached every village in India. Today almost every village in India is connected by road. Today more than 99 percent people of India have gas connection for clean cooking. Today every family in India is connected with the banking system: PM @narendramodi

Today every village in India is Open Defecation Free: PM Modi

India has shown how well democracy is delivering in such a vast and so diverse country. The way crores of Indians together have achieved big goals, it is unprecedented. Today every village in India is Open Defecation Free: PM Modi

We Indians take pride in our democracy: PM Modi

The people of India answered all the conspiracies to crush democracy, Delivered in a democratic way only. We Indians take pride in our democracy wherever you are. Every Indian proudly says, India is Mother of Democracy: PM Modi

PM Modi remembers dark era of Emergency

Today is known for another reason. The democracy which is our pride, the democracy which is in the DNA of every Indian, forty seven years ago at this time an attempt was made to hold that democracy hostage, crush the democracy: PM Modi in Germany

Modi addresses Indian diaspora ahead of G7 summit

Opposition leaders to hold a meeting at 11:30 am tomorrow for the Presidential elections

(ANI)

A message to dynastic and casteist parties: UP CM Adityanath on Lok Sabha bypoll win

With the ruling BJP wresting two Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh from the Samajwadi Party in a bypoll, Chief MinisterYogiAdityanath said on Sunday people have sent a message that they are not ready to accept dynastic and casteist parties, those who incite communal tensions and criminals.

The chief minister said the BJP's "double engine government" -- dispensations of the same party at the Centre and in the state -- has secured "double victory" in the state under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Tripura Congress state president Birajit Sinha attacked in his office at Agartala following the bypoll results

Congress claims that Sinha and some other workers were attacked by BJP members.

Bypolls: BJP bags 4 seats, AAP suffers jolt in Sangrur

The BJP on Sunday bagged one Lok Sabha and three assembly seats, while the Aam Aadmi Party suffered a setback in Punjab's Sangrur as results came in for the bypolls to three Lok Sabha and seven assembly seats spread across five states and Delhi.

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South Africa makeshift nightclub death toll climbs to 20

(AFP)

The AAP-led Punjab govt has become a laughing stock. They have created a law&order situation that they can't control. A Punjab minister had to be sacked following graft charges. AAP has no future even in Punjab, let alone on the national political landscape: CM Jairam Thakur

(ANI)

Tripura: Clash occurs between BJP and Congress workers in Agartala

Ranji Trophy 2022 final: Madhya Pradesh clinch maiden title

BJP's Ghanshyam Lodhi wins Rampur parliamentary bypoll by margin of over 42,000 votes

Blasts heard in southern outskirts of Kyiv

Two explosions were heard in the southern outskirts of Kyiv on Sunday after a missile struck a building in the centre of the capital in the early hours, a Reuters reporter said.

It was not immediately possible to confirm what caused the blasts.

AAP candidate Dinesh Pathak wins Rajender Nagar bypoll in Delhi

At 1.04pm, Simranjit Singh Mann of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) is leading with a margin of 5,628 votes; AAP's Gurmail Singh continues to trail

Rampur: BJP's Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi leading with a margin of 19,552 votes; SP's Mohd. Asim Raja trailing

In Agartala seat: Congress' Sudip Roy Barman defeated his BJP rival, Ashok Sinha by a margin of 3,163 votes

TMC draws a blank in Tripura; TMC's Panna Deb got only 842 votes

"In the next six-seven months, I will do my best to address the problems faced by people," Tripura CM Manik Saha told reporters at Agartlala after winning his maiden elections

Saha, a Rajya Sabha member was made the CM in May, in place of Biplab Kumar Deb. Assembly elections in Tripura are slated early next year

Delhi: AAP's Durgesh Pathak leads by over 10,000 votes against BJP's Rajesh Bhatia Jharkhand: Congress' Shipi Neha Tirkey leads by over 700 votes against BJP rival Gangotri Kujur

YSR Cong wins by over 81,000 votes, garnering 74.47 votes against BJP rival who got 19353 votes (14.1%)

BJP wins two in Tripura, including CM Manik Saha, and leads in one by 5,889 votes. Congress' Sudip Roy Barman, who quit BJP, wins Agartala.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha of BJP wins bye-election from Town Bardowali seat by 6,104 votes: EC

Bypolls; In Tripura, BJP is leading in three Assembly seats while Congress is ahead in one

Bypolls: In Andhra, YSR Congress is ahead while in BJP has a slender lead in Jharkhand's Mandar over Congress

Modi addresses 'Mann Ki Baat'

Ahmedabad Crime Branch officials took Mumbai-based activist Teesta Setalvad to civil hospital for covid test. She is facing criminal charges of fabricating evidence in 2002 riots cases along with ex DGP RB Sreekumar and jailed ex IPS office Sanjiv Bhatt

Delhi bypoll | Aam Aadmi Party's Durgesh Pathak leading in Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency

Jharkhand bypoll | BJP's Gangotri Kujur leading in Mandar Assembly constituency

CM Adityanath's helicopter makes emergency landing after hitting bird in Varanasi

UP Bypolls: In Azamgarh, Samajwadi Party candidate Dharmendra Yadav got into an argument with security personnel over alleged denial of entry in the strongroom

In Azamgarh, Samajwadi Party candidate Dharmendra Yadav got into an argument with security personnel over alleged denial of entry in the strongroom.

Yadav alleged that "an attempt is being made to change EVMs and that is why he was not allowed entry inside."

The SP leader was later allowed inside.

Superintendent of Police, Azamgarh, Anurag Arya said those entitled were allowed entry after "frisking".

"There was some confusion. Now he (Dharmendra Yadav) is inside and counting is going on smoothly," the SP said.

The two constituencies voted on June 23, with Azamgarh recording a turnout of 49.43 per cent and Rampur 41.39 per cent.

The bypolls were necessitated due to the resignations of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and party leader Azam Khan from Azamgarh and Rampur seats respectively.

Both leaders had quit as Lok Sabha MPs following their election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the elections held earlier this year.

Over 35 lakh people were eligible to vote in the bypolls to decide the fate of 19 candidates.

In Rampur, the BJP had fielded Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi, who recently joined the party. Asim Raja, handpicked by Azam Khan, is the SP candidate.

The Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) did not contest from Rampur.

The Azamgarh seat saw a triangular contest among the BJP's Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirhua', a Bhojpuri actor-singer, the SP's Dharmendra Yadav and the BSP's Shah Alam, also known as Guddu Jamali.

Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) chief and candidate Simranjit Singh Mann is leading from the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat, for which counting began on Sunday morning, according to initial trends.

Mann, a former MP, is leading by a margin of 856 votes from his nearest rival and AAP candidate Gurmail Singh, the trends indicated.

Counting of votes for the bypoll to Sangrur Lok Sabha seat in Punjab began Sunday morning amid tight security arrangements.

The Samajwadi Party candidate was leading in the Rampur Lok Sabha seat while the BJP nominee was ahead in Azamgarh, counting for which began Sunday morning.

According to available trends, SP candidate Mohd Asim Raja is leading by over 767 votes in Rampur while BJP candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' is leading by a margin of 2,117 votes from BSP's Shah Alam alias Guddu Jamali.

The SP's Dharmendra Yadav is at the third spot.

Uttar Pradesh | Counting of votes for Azamgarh Lok Sabha by-elections being held today

Uttar Pradesh | Counting of bypoll votes in Rampur Lok Sabha constituency today, where voting was held on June 23

Punjab | Counting of votes for Sangrur Lok Sabha by-poll to take place in Barnala today.

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari likely to be discharged from hospital today after his recovery from Covid

Gujarat ATS team with detained Teesta Setalvad reached Crime Branch, Ahmedabad, early morning today. She was taken into custody yesterday, June 25, in relation to a case on her NGO

PM Narendra Modi arrives in Germany to attend the G7 Summit under the German Presidency

Captain Rohit Sharma tests positive for Covid-19

Team India Captain Rohit Sharma has tested positive for Covid-19 following a Rapid Antigen Test conducted on Saturday, June 25. He is currently in isolation at the team hotel and is under the care of the BCCI Medical Team: BCCI

Punjab | Dalbir Kaur, sister of Indian national Sarabjit Singh who was sentenced to death for spying by a Pakistan court in 1991 and died in 2013, passed away late last night. Her last rites will be conducted today at Bhikhiwind in Punjab.

Modi to talk about gender equality at G7 with Biden attending after US abortion ruling

Gender equality and democracy are among the issues likely to figure in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s exchanges with other world leaders during the G7 summit, which will take place at Schloss Elmau in Germany on Tuesday.

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WHO says monkeypox is not yet a health emergency

The World Health Organization's chief said Saturday that the monkeypox outbreak was a deeply concerning evolving threat but did not currently amount to a global public health emergency.

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Bypolls: Counting of votes on Sunday in 3 Lok Sabha, 7 assembly seats

The fate of Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha among others will be decided on Sunday when counting of votes takes place in three Lok Sabha and seven assembly seats spread across five states and Delhi where bypolls were held on June 23.

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