Highlights: Meeting of Council of Ministers concludes in Delhi

Union Minister of State Meenakshi Lekhi on Monday said that the monsoon session of Parliament will start in the old building.

"Monsoon session of Parliament will start in the old building," said Lekhi.

A meeting of the council of ministers with PM Narendra Modi concluded in Delhi.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday said that schools for classes 1 to 8 will start from July 5, after being shut since ethnic clashes began in the state in the first week of May.

A Vande Bharat Express train ran over cattle near Gujarat’s Valsad railway station and was forced to halt for nearly 20 minutes before resuming its journey on Monday evening, an official said.

The Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express ran over the animal around 2 km from Valsad railway station in south Gujarat and was forced to halt for nearly 20 minutes as the carcass was removed from its wheels, station master of Valsad railway station S K Dutta said.

Four friends en route to Balaji Temple in Rajasthan's Mehandipur were killed when their car went out of control and rammed into a pillar in this district, police said on Monday.

The incident took place near the Hathin area here on the Mumbai-Vadodara Expressway around 2 am on Sunday, they added.

Fire breaks out at Bank of Baroda in Geeta Colony’s Jheel area. 4-5 fire tenders at the spot.

Fire broke out in a building in Sipri Bazar area in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. Fire tenders have been rushed to the spot.

Services of about 400 people engaged as 'specialists' in various Delhi govt departments, agencies were terminated on Tuesday, a statement from the LG office read.

Around 25 people rescued and admitted to a local hospital after a boat capsized during the Champakkulam boat race in Kerala's Alappuzha district today. More details awaited

Supreme Court’s five-judge Constitution bench will hear on July 11 a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) files chargesheet in Land for Job alleged scam case in Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi. The charge sheet named Bihar's Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav and several others' names including firms as accused. The Chargesheet has been filed against former Union Minister of Railways Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar Rabri Devi, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Prasad Yadav & several others.

Commissioners of the European Union are meeting with the Spanish government to review Spain's plans for its six-month Presidency of the EU Council.

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her team arrived Monday for the one-day meeting in Madrid.

India on Tuesday hosts the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, with Iran expected to join the Asian grouping and Russian President Vladimir Putin addressing his first summit since a short-lived mutiny, officials said.

Two persons died and as many were injured when a car lost control and fell into a ditch here in Kamlapur area on Monday, police said.

The incident took place when a car travelling from Lucknow to Sitapur lost control, hit a divider and fell into a ditch about 70 feet deep, Sitapur Additional SP NP Singh said.

Industrialist Anil Ambani was questioned by ED on Tuesday in connection with alleged Foreign Exchange Violation Case.

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will organize "G20 Conference on Crime and Security in the age of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), ArtificiaI Intelligence and Metaverse" on July 13-14 in Haryana's Gurugram.

An earthquake of 3.1 magnitude struck Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district on Monday, according to the National Center for Seismology. The tremors were felt around 11:35 am and the depth of the quake was 5 km, National Centre for Seismology said.

Fewer than 160 people were arrested overnight in connection to riots that have rocked cities across France following the killing of a teenager of North African descent by a police officer, the interior ministry said on Monday.

Apple Inc become the first company in the world to reach a market value of $3 trillion, buoyed by hopes over its expansion in new markets coupled with expectations of a more moderate approach to interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.

Former Jharkhand Minister Jagarnath Mahto's wife Bebi Devi was sworn-in as a minister in the Hemant Soren-led UPA government in Jharkhand on Monday.

Governor CP Radhakrishnan administered the oath of office and secrecy to her at a programme in Raj Bhawan.

Police in the UK have launched an investigation after shots were fired at a wedding party of more than 100 guests at the Gujarati Association at Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region of England, reported PTI.

Wolverhampton Police said they received calls about the incident on Saturday night and believed that a car was driven up to the back of the venue before someone got out of the vehicle and fired a number of shots at another car parked at the venue.

After a hugely successful All-Opposition meeting in Patna, we will be holding the next meeting in Bengaluru on 17 and 18 July, 2023. All political parties which were present in the meeting held in Patna are being invited by Congress, says KC Venugopal. 

Four people were injured in a blast and a blaze in a central Tokyo building, the city's fire department said, with footage showing flames and smoke emerging from a second-floor business, reports AFP.

Unrest across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old appeared to slow overnight after six nights, reports AP.

In all, according to the Interior Ministry, there were 157 arrests overnight, down from a peak of 3,880 arrests during the fiery night of June 30, and two law enforcement stations were attacked, among other damage.

Around 45,000 officers were deployed nationwide to counter violence fuelled by anger over discrimination against people who trace their roots to former French colonies and live in low-income neighborhoods. Nahel, the teenager killed last Tuesday, was of Algerian descent and was shot in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said the BJP yet to elect the leader of opposition in the Legislative Assembly shows there is groupism in that outfit and dubbed it as the "most indisciplined" political party, reported PTI.

"It clearly shows that there is groupism among them," he told reporters in response to a question. The BJP calls itself as a disciplined party but it's the "most indisciplined party", Siddaramaiah alleged. The budget session of the Karnataka Legislature began on Monday with the BJP yet to elect its leader in the lower House.