Highlights: 12-year-old boy fatally attacked by stray dogs in Rajasthan's Bundi

A 12-year-old boy was killed in an attack by three stray dogs while he was on his way to an agriculture field in Rajasthan's Bundi district, said Police on Sunday, PTI reported.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed the situation in Ukraine and the Black Sea grain deal in a phone call with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan on Sunday, Russia's foreign ministry said, Reuters reported.

President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed on Sunday that next month's BRICS summit, to which Vladimir Putin has been invited, will be "physical" despite an arrest warrant on the Russian leader.

"The BRICS summit is going ahead and we are finalising our discussions on the format," he told journalists on the sidelines of a ruling ANC meeting, adding it will be a "physical" meeting. (AFP)

Russian-installed authorities in the Crimean peninsula on Sunday reported shooting down a cruise missile near the city of Kerch and briefly suspending traffic on the Kerch bridge that links the annexed territory to Russia.

The Moscow-appointed governor of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said the interception of the missile by Russian air defenses didn't result in any damage or casualties. He didn't offer any details, including the type of the missile and its origin. (AP)

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced that schools will remain closed in the capital on Monday because of incessant rainfall. 

A case has been registered against 51 persons for allegedly duping a cooperative sugar factory of more than ₹2.2 crore in Maharashtra’s Latur district, police said on Sunday.

Some contractors had signed a contract with Dr Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar Cooperative Sugar Factory (Onkar Co-operative Sugar Factory Pvt. Ltd. Unit-2) for supply of workers and vehicles for 2022-2023, inspector BR Shejal said.

The contractors were paid ₹2.32 crore, but they allegedly failed to supply labourers and vehicles, he said. (PTI)

After "ghost students", Assam is planning to weed out "ghost schools and teachers", state Education Minister Ranoj Pegu said on Sunday, reported PTI. 

Special grants to schools which failed to provide complete information about staff have been put on hold, with salaries of such employees to be stopped in next two months, he said.

Addressing a press conference here, Pegu said, "We had already detected ghost students. Now, there could be ghost schools and teachers."

At least 10 Tunisian migrants were missing and one died after their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a judicial official said on Sunday.

The coastguard rescued 11 on the boat, which set off from the coast of Zarzis, Faouzi Masmoudi, a judge in Sfax, told Reuters.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said 10 hours of meetings with senior Chinese officials in recent days were "direct" and "productive", helping stabilise the superpowers' often rocky relationship as her four-day Beijing trip ended.

The Supreme Court has granted interim bail to a man accused in a case under the anti-narcotics law, noting that he was suffering from a spinal disorder.

A bench of Justices A S Bopanna and M M Sundresh noted the submission of the counsel for the state government that treatment was offered to the petitioner.

“Keeping in view the nature of illness we deem it appropriate that the petitioner avail his remedy for appropriate treatment as per his requirement. (PTI)

BJP MP Khagen Murmu alleges ballot rigging in West Bengal Panchayat polls, demands re-polling, in Malda, ANI reported

Arvind Kejriwal cancels officers' week-off as heavy rain batters Delhi

The steep discounts on Russia crude oil that India gorged on since the Ukraine war, have plunged but the shipping rates charged by Russia-arranged entities continues to remain 'opaque' and higher than normal, PTI reported.

North Korea on Sunday slammed the United Nations' nuclear watchdog for approving Japan's plan to discharge treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant. The International Atomic Energy Agency approved Tokyo's plan to release treated water from the tsunami-hit nuclear plant into the sea over the next few decades, AFP reported.

Chinese authorities imposed a fine of nearly USD 1 billion for the financial technology giant Ant Group on Friday, nearly three years after regulators blocked the company's proposal for a record-breaking public offering, which launched a period of intensified government scrutiny of technology firms, The New York Times (NYT) reported. Read more

Despite repeated requests from the Border Security Force (BSF) on sensitive polling booths, the West Bengal State Election Commission didn't provide any information on such booths to the central security forces, a senior BSF official said on Sunday, ANI reported. Read more

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has accused the TMC of perpetrating violence during the panchayat polls in West Bengal, and asked his counterpart Mamata Banerjee to "learn" from the northeastern state on "how to ensure free, fair and peaceful” elections.

Severe waterlogging near Gurugram's Subhash Chowk as the city continues to receive heavy rain.

Two tribal siblings, including a minor, were allegedly abducted and beaten up in Indore, police said on Saturday.

Police said the incident took place on Friday late at night when the minor and his brother got into an altercation with guards on a street.

Goods trucks remain stranded in J&K's Udhampur as the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is closed due to bad weather.

A flash flood and a landslide occurred in Gramphu village and Chota Dharra in the wee hours of Sunday, an official statement said.

No casualties were reported in the incident.

Amarnath Yatra has been temporarily suspended due to bad weather.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy brought home from Turkey on Saturday five former commanders of Ukraine's garrison in Mariupol, a highly symbolic achievement that Russia said violated a prisoner exchange deal engineered last year.

A 58-year-old woman died after a wall collapsed on her in Tibbia College Society in Delhi's Karol Bagh due to heavy rain.

The unfortunate incident occurred while the deceased was inside her house, and the ceiling collapsed. The incident took place within the jurisdiction of Deshbandhu Gupta Road Police Station.

India Meteorological Department on Saturday warned of flash floods and avalanches in the Lahul and Spiti district.

"Due to the continuous and heavy rainfall in the district of Lahul and Spiti, there is a great possibility of flash flooding and avalanches," read an official statement by the national weather forecaster.