Highlights: 3 convicted of fatally stabbing Indian-origin man in UK

India's ace wrestler Sakshi Malik, who has been protesting with other grapplers against the outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh against whom a chargesheet was filed, said that grapplers' lawyer has filed an application to get the chargesheet then accordingly the next step will be decided.

The wrestlers had halted their protest till June 15 after being assured by Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur that the chargesheet in the case will be filed by June 15.

Four Indigenous children rescued in the Colombian Amazon last week after surviving in the jungle for 40 days are in good health but still at "high risk" of infection, the military hospital treating them said Thursday.

The children's medical evaluation was "favorable," it said in a statement, and they were reacting well to a gradual increase in their food intake after weeks of surviving on just berries, fruits and roots.

The protesting wrestlers were tight-lipped about the future of their suspended stir against outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh against whom a chargesheet was filed on Thursday for stalking and sexual harassment of six women wrestlers.

The wresters had halted their protest till June 15 after being assured by Sports Minister Anurag Thakur that a chargesheet will be filed against Singh by then.

Three men have been convicted of fatally stabbing an Indian-origin man outside a pub in south-west London last year and will be sentenced at a later date, the Metropolitan Police said on Thursday.

Karamjeet Singh Reel, 31, was found collapsed in the doorway of a pub on Staines Road in Hounslow on June 25 last year where staff and customers provided first aid until the arrival of the London Ambulance Service and police.

At least two houses were set on fire by unknown miscreants in Imphal's New Checkon area earlier today.

The entire Opposition in the Goa assembly including the Congress and Aam Admi Party (AAP) boycotted Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s address on India as a developed country by 2047. The Congress announced they decided to protest as Birla didn’t allow party leader Rahul Gandhi to reply to the charges leveled against him by Union ministers during the last budget session.

The Congress, AAP, the Goa Forward Party and the Revolutionary Goans Party boycotted the event.

IndiGo flight 6E6595 operating from Bengaluru to Ahmedabad experienced a tail strike while landing in Ahmedabad. The aircraft was declared grounded at Ahmedabad airport for necessary assessment and repairs. The incident is under investigation by relevant authorities.

Nine days after they were arrested by the Kurukshetra police for blocking NH 44 at Shahbad, Bhartiya Kisan Union (Charuni) president Gurnam Singh Charuni and eight other farmer leaders were released from Kurukshetra police on Thursday.

With the release the government has fulfilled its commitment made to the protesting farmers at Pipli on Tuesday. They were released after the district court granted them bail but the Kurukshetra administration has already promised to withdraw all the cases registered against the farmers for blocking the highway.

Patna police on Thursday detained two bikers after they entered into the chief minister Nitish Kumar’s convoy during his morning walk near Anne Marg under Sachiwalay police station.

A police officer aware of developments said that the chief minister himself jumped into footpath and saved his life when two youths driving their motorcycle rashly (in jig jag manner called lahariya cut in local parlance) entered into his security cover while he was taking morning walk near Circular road, adjacent to Anne Marg where several VIPs including former CM Rabri Devi live.

Three undertrial prisoners in Patna escaped from custody on Thursday after some slimy throwing pain-relieving balm to the eyes of police personnel who were escorting them to a court, an official said, reports PTI.

The three, lodged in Phulwari Sharif jail on the outskirts of the city in connection with cases lodged under the NDPS Act and Arms Act, were being taken to the court in a prison van, said Deputy SP (Town), Ashok Kumar.

A half-naked body of woman was recovered from the Western Yamuna Canal near Karnal, the police said on Thursday.

However, the woman could not be identified yet but the police said that the deceased was around 25 years old.

The body was spotted by the a passerby and he informed the police. While police suspect it to be a case of drowning as there were no injury marks on the body but the body has been sent for the post-mortem examination at KCGMCH.

Markets regulator Sebi has ordered the attachment of bank accounts and shares and mutual fund holdings of fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi to recover dues totalling ₹5.35 crore, reports PTI.

The latest decision has been taken after Choksi failed to pay the fine imposed on him in October 2022 by Sebi in a case pertaining to indulging in fraudulent trading in the shares of Gitanjali Gems Ltd.

Choksi, who was the chairman and managing director as well as part of the promoter group of Gitanjali Gems, is the maternal uncle of Nirav Modi. Both of whom are facing charges of defrauding state-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) of more than ₹14,000 crore.

A case of unlawful assembly and assault has been registered against more than 25 persons in Bhiwandi town in Thane district for ransacking a private hospital after the death of a child, police said on Thursday, PTI reported. 

A 25-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly having unnatural sex with a cow was sent to judicial custody on Thursday, the police said.

A case in this regard was registered at Mukhani Police station under section 377 (unnatural sex) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant sections of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act on Wednesday.

The accused, identified as Hafiz, was nabbed by the villagers following the act on Wednesday and handed over to the police, the police official said.

Telangana Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday inaugurated his party's office in Nagpur, its first in Maharashtra, as part of his ambitious plan to increase the organisation's footprint outside his home state. Rao, popularly known as 'KCR', was accorded a warm welcome by the workers of his party on his arrival at the Nagpur airport around 3.45 pm, reports PTI.

CPI(M), ISF involved in violence over panchayat poll nomination, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.

A day after the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka accused the Union government of trying to scuttle its 'Anna Bhagya' scheme by directing the Food Corporation of India (FCI) not to sell rice to the state, the Opposition BJP on Thursday, in response, has accused Congress of misleading the people.

Karnataka decides to revoke anti-conversion law introduced by previous BJP government

Three persons were allegedly shot at in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district on Thursday when they were on their way to file nominations for the panchayat polls, officials said, reported PTI.

The CPI(M) claimed that the three injured persons were supporters of the Left Front and the Congress, who were shot at when they were going to the Chopra Block office for filing nominations.

The three injured persons were admitted to the district hospital, an official said.

India, Greece during the 13th Foreign Office Consultations undertook a comprehensive review of all aspects of bilateral relations and discussed enhancing cooperation in trade, defence, culture, people-to-people ties, and consular issues, including mobility, reports ANI. 

The 13th Foreign Office Consultations between India, Greece were held in Athens on June 14. The consultations were co-chaired by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Secretary (West), Sanjay Verma and Greece's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Haris Lalacos.

Fire-fighting operation in a building in Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar that housed a coaching centre concluded on Thursday afternoon with fire service officials saying that some students got scared and came out of the window.

The officials said that 11 fire tenders were sent to the spot and all persons have been rescued from the building.

Imports in May fall 6.6% to USD 57.1 billion, PTI reported citing government data.

Meghalaya Social Welfare Minister Paul Lyngdoh on Thursday informed that the draft policy under the Drug Reduction Elimination and Action Mission (DREAM) has been notified for ensuring a drug free Meghalaya.

Lyngdoh said the DREAM project was conceived and announced last year by the state government.

A major infiltration bid foiled by Indian Army in Poonch Sector on June 14. Huge cache of war-like stores recovered from the incident side, rpeorts ANI.