UK cabinet ministers Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak quit saying they lost confidence in PM Boris Johnson

The Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday a petition filed by former Tamil Nadu chief minister and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader Edappadi K Palaniswami, challenging a Madras high court order restraining the AIADMK General Council from amending the party's by-laws during its meeting. Read More

India and Tajikistan have enjoyed good diplomatic relations ever since diplomatic relations were established in 1992. Read More

Devendra Fadnavis was widely expected to return as chief minister last week after Uddhav Thackeray quit, but the BJP leader stepped aside for Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde. Read More

Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai is in the eye of a storm over the controversial poster of her latest film ‘Kaali'. The Delhi Police on Tuesday registered a case against her based on the complaint from a lawyer. Read More

A SpiceJet flight from Kandla, Gujarat, landed safely in Mumbai after outer pane of a windshield cracked midair on Tuesday. Read More

The company has argued that the blocking orders are procedurally and substantially deficient and demonstrate excessive use of powers. Read More

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday spoke out in support of Canada-based filmmaker Leena Manimekali - who is the subject of social media outrage (and FIRs by police in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh) after a poster for her new film 'Kaali' showed the goddess smoking. Read More

A New Delhi-Dubai SpiceJet flight made a precautionary landing in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Tuesday due to malfunctioning indicator light, a spokesperson for the airline said and added the passengers were safely disembarked. Read More

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed reports of a high court judge receiving threats for his remarks against the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Karnataka. Read More

Chaos erupted in Bengaluru after a supporter of Congress MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan poured kerosene over himself and attempted self-immolation, news agency ANI reported. Read More

A man was seen thrashing a cop inside a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri, about 250 km from state capital Lucknow. According to news agency ANI, the man had been called by the police over a domestic violence complaint when he lost his temper and began delivering blows to the cop. Read More

Fifteen former high court judges, along with several retired bureaucrats and army veterans, issued an open letter on Monday accusing the Supreme Court of surpassing the “lakshman rekha” with its recent comments on suspended Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma, who is in the middle of a nationwide row over her comments on Prophet Muhammed. Read More

In succeeding decades at height of coalition era, the expression ‘national leader’ came to be much abused. It was a status distributed by Delhi media to friends and favorites. Since 2014, PM Modi is the template for what it means & takes to be a national leader: S Jaishankar, external affairs media

SpiceJet flight, on its way from Delhi to Dubai, makes emergency landing in Karachi, due to a technical fault. All passengers safe: Statement

As many as 15 retired judges, 77 former bureaucrats, and 25 armed forces veterans write open letter to CJI NV Ramana against SC bench holding suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma ‘responsible’ for igniting fire across the country with her remarks on Prophet Mohammad.

At least 9 dead, 30 injured in a road accident in Ramechhap district: Nepal Police

ED raids underway at 44 locations across the country against top Chinese mobile manufacturer Vivo, and its related companies.

FIR registered against the director, associate producer, and editor under various sections of IPC, reports ANI.

Kanpur a Police arrest Haji Vasi, an accused who allegedly funded the June 3 violence in the city and was absconding ever since. Vasi arrested from Lucknow.

PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Agradoot Group of newspapers on 6th July via video conferencing: Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

Amarnath yatra temporarily suspended from Pahalgam route due to rains. Around 3000 yatris stopped at Nunwan base camp on Pahalgam axis.

Similarly, batch of around 4000 yatris that left Jammu for Pahalgam route this morning, stopped at Yatri Niwas in Chanderkote in Ramban district.

However, another batch of 2028 yatris that left from Jammu for Balatal route in Ganderbal district, allowed to proceed.

Indian stock market indices extended their gains from the previous session and traded in the green on Tuesday. At 9.25 a.m. Tuesday, Sensex traded at 53,508.32 points, up 273.55 points, up 0.51 per cent, whereas Nifty traded at 15,916.60 points, up 81.25 points or 0.51 per cent.

The daily Covid-19 tally in India dipped slightly on Tuesday as the country saw 13,086 new cases in the last 24 hours, against 16,135 fresh infections on the previous day. The number of active cases of Covid-19 went past the 1.14 lakh mark.

Mumbai saw about 95.81 mm of rain in the last 12 hours, causing severe waterlogging in several parts of the city.

Seeing the possibility of increasing rains and floods, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has held discussions with Chief Secretary Manukumar Srivastava and directed the concerned Guardian Secretaries to reach out to those districts and carry out direct monitoring and control.

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