Highlights: SC to take up plea against demolitions in UP

Protests erupted in Bihar on Monday against the “Agnipath scheme” announced by the Centre for entry into defence services, with angry agitators disrupting railway and road traffic in various parts of the state. Read more

Union youth affairs and sports minister Anurag Singh Thakur, on Wednesday, criticised the derogatory remarks made by former Nagpur unit Congress president, Sheikh Hussain, against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and said, "Such remarks reflect Congress's mentality”. He further demanded an apology and said strict action should be taken against Hussain. Read full report here

Mumbai on Wednesday reported 2,293 new Covid-19 cases, up by 569 from a day ago and the highest daily count registered since January 23, while one more patient succumbed to the infection, the city civic body said.

The UAE has ordered a suspension of exports and re-exports of wheat and wheat flour originating from India for four months, the Gulf nation's ministry of economy said on Wednesday, PTI reported.

The Supreme Court will on Thursday take up a plea moved by the Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind, seeking directions to the Uttar Pradesh government over its ‘bulldozer crackdown’ against those accused of violent protests in the state which erupted against the anti-Prophet Mohammed remarks, made by now-former office bearers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is power at the Centre, as well as the northern state. Read more

Delhi's cumulative Covid-19 tally rose by more than 1,000 fresh infections for a second straight day, with as many as 1,375 people testing positive in the last 24 hours, the Union territory government's health department bulletin showed on Wednesday. Read more

Opposition leaders, who met in Delhi to discuss presidential polls has decided to field a consensus candidate for July 18 elections. Read more

Congress leader Sachin Pilot was on Wednesday detained by the Delhi Police as he was on his way to the party headquarters on Akbar Road. Read more

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday flagged off a government-run Volvo bus service from Jalandhar to the Indira Gandhi international airport in the national capital. Read more

Mumbai Sessions Court has adjourned for June 27 the hearing in a plea seeking cancellation of bail of MP Navneet Rana and MLA Ravi Rana citing violation of bail conditions, ANI reported.

EAM Dr. S Jaishankar welcomed the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs José Manuel Albares in Delhi today.

BJP invokes Mahatma Gandhi in attack on Congress over National Herald case stir.

Expelled BJP spokesperson Naveen Kumar Jindal fails to appear before Bhiwandi police in Maharashtra in a case over his alleged controversial tweets against Prophet Mohammad, reports PTI. 

Congress protests continue in Delhi as their leader Rahul Gandhi appears before the ED for questioning in the National Herald case.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury led protests Wednesday as party MP Rahul Gandhi appeared for a third day of questioning by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the National Herald case. Read more

Rahul Gandhi appears for day 3 of ED questioning as Congress's protests continue in Delhi.

Aaditya Thackeray arrives in Lucknow ahead of Ayodhya visit.

Modi cabinet clears auction of 5G spectrum: 'Digital connectivity has been an important part of policy'.

Russia said it would establish a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from a chemical plant in Severodonetsk starting Wednesday.

Market opening bell: Sensex opens in red at 52,630; Nifty starts session at 15,759.

With 8,822 new Covid cases, India sees a new daily high in around 3 months, 15 deaths in 24 hours.

Centre to give priority to 'Agniveers' for jobs in paramilitary forces, Assam Rifles, says Amit Shah, day after new military recruitment scheme unveiled.

Maharashtra Minister and Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray leaves from his residence to visit Ayodhya today.