Highlights: NIA attaches 17 properties of terrorist financer Zahoor Watali

'...India has put forward an ambitious 7-year action plan for accelerating progress on SDGs, which presents a coordinated, integrated and inclusive roadmap for G20 actions. The action plan not only galvanizes a strong G20 commitment to the development agenda but also puts forward transformative actions on the three core agendas...': EAM Dr S Jaishankar at G20 Development Ministers' Meeting in Varanasi, UP

Preparations underway ahead of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's visit to Jabalpur today. She is expected to offer prayers at the Narmada River banks and later address a public rally.

I am delighted that the G20 development agenda has reached Kashi as well. Development is a core issue for the global south...I strongly believe that it is our collective responsibility not to let the sustainable development goals fall behind. We must ensure that no one is left behind: Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the G20 Development Ministers' Meeting

"Democratisation of technology is an important tool to help bridge the data divide. In India, digitalisation has brought about a revolutionary change," says PM Modi as he addresses G20 Development Ministers' Meeting via video conferencing.

J&K: NIA raids underway in villages Kachwari & Baghatpora, Handwara, Kupwara district, ANI reports

The trial run of the Patna-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express started from here on Monday, a senior official said.

The train left Bihar capital Patna at 6.55am and is scheduled to reach Jharkhand capital Ranchi at 1 pm. 

Patna DM restricts all academic activities from June 12 to June 18 up to Class 12, due to extreme heat wave in Bihar.

The Philippines’ most active volcano was gently spewing lava down its slopes Monday, alerting tens of thousands of people they may have to quickly flee a violent and life-threatening explosion.

More than 12,600 people have left the mostly poor farming communities within a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) radius of Mayon Volcano’s crater in mandatory evacuations since volcanic activity increased last week. But thousands more remain within the permanent danger zone below Mayon, an area long declared off-limits to people but where generations have lived and farmed because they have nowhere else to go.

With the volcano beginning to expel lava Sunday night, the high-risk zone around Mayon may be expanded should the eruption turn violent, said Teresito Bacolcol, director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. Bacolcol said if that happens, people in any expanded danger zone should be prepared to evacuate to emergency shelters.

(AP)

Ukraine announced that its forces have retaken three villages in the eastern region of Donetsk, the first reported gains of their new offensive. But three people were killed and at least another 23 wounded as Russia shelled a rescue boat evacuating civilians from Russian-controlled territory, the Kherson region prosecutors' office said on Sunday.

Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a Pakistani drone on June 12 on the outskirt of Shaidpur Kalan village, district - Amritsar. The recovered drone is a Quadcopter of model DJI Matrice 300 RTK series: Public Relations Officer, Punjab Frontier, BSF

A massive fire broke out in a house in Lal Bagh colony of Loni, Ghaziabad. Two women have died and several others are feared trapped. More details are awaited.

At least 13 people were shot, stabbed or hit by fleeing cars at a street party in the Syracuse area of New York early Sunday (local time), New York Post reported citing police and a local report said.

Jharkhand | All schools in the state will remain closed till June 14, in the wake of the continued heat wave prevailing in the state: School Education and Literacy Department, Jharkhand Government

Several flights were delayed at the Mumbai airport after the temporary closure of the main runway due to “inclement weather”, forcing passengers to wait for hours on Sunday night. Read here

A Maryland police chief said that at least one person was killed and several others wounded in a shooting Sunday at a house in the state's capital city, PTI reported

Western governments were displeased with the restoration of Assad's relations with other Arab states and expressed concern that it will undermine efforts to end Syria's long-running civil war. So far, Western governments appear determined to maintain their sanctions on the regime, ANI reported.

Chhattisgarh | Two people who went to bathe in the Blue Water Lake under the Mana police station limits in Raipur died due to drowning, while one is missing. Bodies of two have been recovered, and rescue operation is on to find the third missing person, ANI reported quoting police officials.

China's cyberspace regulator is planning to issue new rules clamping down on file-sharing functions like Bluetooth and Apple's AirDrop amid national security concerns, Singapore-based The Straits Times reported.

Amid the cyclone Biparjoy alert in the state of Gujarat, officials at Deendayal Port Authority in Kandla at Gujarat's Kutch have started shifting people from low-lying areas to temporary shelters.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to "hold hands" with Russian President Vladimir Putin and bolster strategic cooperation on their shared goal of building a powerful country, state media KCNA reported on Monday.

At least 10 people died and 25 were injured after a chartered bus likely carrying wedding guests rolled off a ramp at a roundabout in the Hunter region in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state, Reuters reported quoting police officials.