Breaking highlights: Sri Lanka Prez Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign on July 13, say reports

Amid worsening financial crisis, reports now claim that Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will resign on Wednesday (July 13). Earlier in the day, he fled his residence and later, the country's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe resigned too. Read more.

Protesters on Saturday set Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's house on fire, moments after he announced to step down from the top post. 

Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha held a review meeting today following the flash flood incident on Friday that claimed the lives of at least 16 people. After the meeting, he took to Twitter to write that authorities are trying to resume Amarnath Yatra as soon as possible. The pilgrimage was suspended temporarily on Friday after the flash flood incident. 

Sri Lank PM Ranil Wickremesinghe has agreed to step down following demands by party leaders in parliament, reports AP citing his office.

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and deputy Devendra Fadnavis meet PM Narendra Modi in Delhi. The duo is currently on a two-day visit to the national capital to finalise the power-sharing agreement in Maharashtra.

UK defence secretary Ben Wallace rules himself out of Prime Minister race, reports AFP.

BJP leader and SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav says she is “speechless” at the demise of her mother-in-law Sadhna Gupta. Aparna is the wife of Prateek Yadav, the son of Sadhna and Mulayam. Sadhna was the second wife of the SP founder.

CBI conducts searches at Karti Chidambaram's house in Chennai in connection with Chinese visa case, PTI reports citing officials.

Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mulayam Singh Yadav's wife Sadhna Gupta breathed her last at Gurugram's Medanta Hospital on Saturday. Read more.

As Sri Lankan crisis deepens, the country's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday summoned an urgent cabinet meeting to discuss a “swift resolution” to a potential power vacuum after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence earlier in the day, AFP reported. Political party leaders have been called to join the meeting. The PM has also asked for the parliament to be convened urgently to discuss the ongoing crisis, his office said in a statement.

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees as protesters surround residence, reports AFP, citing defence source.

CBI questions former Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey in connection with illegal phone tapping of NSE personnel.

16 confirmed deaths, about 40 still seem to be missing. No landslide, but rain continues, though no problem in rescue work. 4 NDRF teams with over 100 rescuers in rescue work. Besides, the Indian Army, SDRF, CRPF & others continue to rescue: NDRF DG Atul Karwal

PM Modi to visit Deoghar 7 Patna on 12th July. PM will inaugurate & lay the foundation stone of various developmental projects worth more than ₹16,000 crores in Deoghar. Thereafter, he will perform Darshan and Pooja at Baba Baidyanath temple, one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, the PMO stated.

As a key step to provide direct connectivity to Baba Baidyanath Dham, which is an important religious destination for devotees from all over the country, Prime Minister will inaugurate the Deoghar Airport. It has been constructed at an estimated cost of around ₹400 crores. Prime Minister will address the closing ceremony of the centenary celebrations of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Prime Minister will inaugurate Shatabdi Smriti Stambh which has been built to commemorate 100 years of Bihar Vidhan Sabha, it added.

India logged 18,840 new Covid-19 cases and 43 deaths in the last 24 hours. The total cases stand at 43,604,394, while the active cases were recorded at 1,25,028.

Six pilgrims were evacuated as part of the air rescue operation, this morning. Medical teams are present at Nilagrar helipad. Mountain rescue teams and lookout patrols are in the process of searching for the missing | Follow live updates

National flags were seen flying at half-mast at Red Fort, Rashtrapati Bhavan and Parliament as India observes one-day state mourning as a mark of respect to former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe who was assassinated on Friday.

Quad nations mourn the death of ex-Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, who played key role in founding of Indo-Pacific partnership.

The accused (who declared a reward for cutting off suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma's tongue) has been arrested. He has been identified as Irshad. We are further investigating the matter, said Varun Singla, SP Nuh.

US President Joe Biden called Japanese PM Fumio Kishida to express his deep condolences on the death of Ex-PM Shinzo Abe. 

"President Biden called Prime Minister Kishida of Japan today to express his outrage, sadness and deep condolences on the tragic and violent shooting death of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo," read the White House statement.

President noted the importance of PM Abe’s enduring legacy with his vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific & establishment of QUAD meetings of Japan, US, Australia & India, the White House said.

A fresh batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims leaves from the Jammu base camp for Baltal and Pahalgam base camps in Kashmir.

"We're heading towards the Pahalgam camp and are hoping that yatra will resume. We pray to Baba Bholenath to protect all the pilgrims," a pilgrim said, speaking to ANI.