BREAKING: Smriti Irani tests positive for Covid, cancels Delhi event

“IndiGo Airbus A320neo (VT-ITB) operating flight 6E 6394 from Guwahati-Delhi returned to Guwahati airport, due to a suspected bird hit after takeoff. All passengers were accommodated on another flight to Delhi. The aircraft is being held on ground for necessary inspections,” the airline issues a statement following the bird hit incident.

I apologize to the citizens for not being able to attend the program organized in Rajendra Nagar, because my corona report has come positive, she tweeted in Hindi.

Delhi-bound IndiGo flight returns to Guwahati airport after takeoff as snag suspected, passengers accommodated on another aircraft.

Four people killed, one injured in a lightning incident at Mallikmunda village in Nuapada district, today. All were from the same family: Odisha Police

42.28 lakh people in 33 districts have been affected by the current spell of flood. 9 people died in flood and landslides in the last 24 hours. 5,137 villages are reeling under flood waters: Assam State Disaster Management Authority

35 WhatsApp groups banned for spreading fake news on stir, 10 arrested, says Union home ministry.

Maharashtra logs 4,004 new Covid-19 cases, 3,085 recoveries and one death. Total case count rises to 7,935,749 including 147,886 deaths.

Today, SpiceJet Q400 aircraft was operating SG-2962 (Delhi-Jabalpur). During initial climb, crew observed cabin pressure differential was not building up along with rise in cabin altitude. Aircraft was levelled off at 6000 feet. Pressurization was not regained. PIC decided to return to Delhi. Aircraft landed safely at Delhi: Company statement

Delhi sees 1,530 new Covid-19 cases, 1,104 recoveries and three deaths. Daily positivity rate at 8.41%.

External affairs minister S Jaishankar meets his visiting Bangladeshi counterpart, Dr AK Abdul Momen, for the 7th India-Bangladesh joint consultative commission dialogue, 

Two terrorists killed in Kulgam; identified as Haris Sharief of Srinagar and Zakir Padder of Kulgam. Operation in progress: IGP Kashmir

Pilots handled the situation well. Only single engine was functioning when the plane landed back. Engineers inspected the aircraft, it was confirmed that fan blade and engine were damaged as a bird hit it. The DGCA will probe further: Gurcharan Arora, chief of flight operations, SpiceJet

Delhi CM and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will hold a roadshow in Sangrur, Punjab, on Monday, to support the party's candidate, Gurmel Singh, ahead of the June 23 bypolls.

Encounter has started at DH Pora area of Kulgam. Police and Army on job. Further details shall follow: Kashmir Zone Police

Amendments made to Agnipath were all pre-planned, not made to pacify protesters after vandalism, arson: Lt Gen Anil Puri, additional secretary, department of military affairs

This scheme will kill the youth of the country, will finish Army: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress

A Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight returned to Patna airport after freports of fire in the place.  More details awaited.

From former F1 driver Karun Chandhok to executives at public sector undertakings to ordinary visitors, a long Canadian immigration and visa backlog is preventing many from travelling to the country. Read More

The Islamic State Khorasan Province on Sunday claimed the responsibility for the attack on a Sikh temple in Afghanistan that killed one community member and a Taliban fighter, saying it was a retaliation for insults against the Prophet Muhammad. Read More

Centre grants e-visas to over 100 Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan on 'priority' after attack on Kabul gurdwara. 

India's Covid-19 tally witnessed a marginal fall on Sunday as the country logged 12,899 infections in the last 24 hours, according to the daily health bulletin by the Union ministry. On Saturday, there were 13,216 cases of infections. The death toll was increased to 524,855 after 15 related fatalities, as per the data.

In a statement issued a day before his birthday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the prevailing circumstances in the country are worrying as crores of Indian youth are anguished. Read More

There cannot be double standards on religiophobia and the exercise undertaken to combat it should apply equally to phobias against non-Abrahamic religions, India has said at the United Nations. Read More

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday once again drew a line between the government's stand and the controversial statements of former BJP functionaries Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal and said sensibilities and sensitivities of people were impacted. Read More