BREAKING highlights: PM Modi to address Joint Meeting of US Congress

Another passenger train derailed at the same site of of Coromandel Express. Train number and name: 12864 SMVT-Howrah Express. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a Joint Meeting of the United States Congress on June 22 during his state visit to the US.

India on Friday urged China to facilitate the continued presence of Indian journalists working in the country against the backdrop of a sharp downturn in bilateral ties that has had implications for the posting of foreign correspondents.

The Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday the number of Chinese journalists in India was “about to drop to zero”, and that certain measures had been taken against Indian journalists because their Chinese counterparts “suffered unfair and discriminatory treatment in India”.

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Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday, “Vande Bharat trains will start covering all the states by June. We have a target to connect 200 cities with Vande Bharat by the middle of next year. Production work is going at a fast pace for the implementation of the project.”

"The rally was cancelled due to safety reasons": BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on a rally that was called in his support in Ayodhya

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday said the government should be given seven to 10 days to take action against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The farmers' leader made the announcement after a “khap mahapanchayat” was held in Haryana's Kurukshetra to deliberate on the next steps to be taken in the agitation pertaining to the wrestlers' issue.

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Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday announced the roll-out of five guarantees promised by the Congress party before the assembly elections. The chief minister said the cabinet discussed all guarantees thoroughly and decided to implement them in the present financial year “without any discrimination of caste or religion.”

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"We are distressed and disturbed at the unseemly visuals of our champion wrestlers being manhandled. We are also most concerned that they are thinking of dumping their hard-earned medals into river Ganga. Those medals have involved years of effort, sacrifice, determination and grit and are not only their own but the nation's pride and joy. We urge them not to take any hasty decision in this matter and also fervently hope that their grievances are heard and resolved quickly. Let the law of the land prevail," 1983 Cricket World Cup winning team said in a statement on wrestlers' protest

Scuffle broke out between members of Khap panchayat during a meeting in support of wrestlers' protest in Haryana's Kurukshetra.

The Bombay High Court on Friday refused to grant any urgent relief to jailed gangster Rajendra Nikalje, alias Chhota Rajan, who had filed a plea against web series “Scoop”, noting that the series was already released on Netflix, reports PTI.

Delhi High Court reserves order on Manish Sisodia's bail plea in excise policy case.

Telangana's per capita income grew to ₹3.17 lakh in 9 years from ₹1.24 lakh: CM K Chandrasekhar Rao at State Formation Day celebrations.

The head of Amazon.com Inc's cloud division, Amazon Web Services, in India and South Asia, Puneet Chandok, has resigned, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Friday.

A special MP-MLA court is to consider the supplementary charge sheet filed against Congress Leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots, ANI reported.

The CBI filed the charge sheet on May 20 in Rouse Avenue Court. This case is connected with the killing of three persons in the Pul Bangash area on November 1, 1984.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Mahima Rai Singh took on record the supplementary charge and sanction for prosecution.

A case has been registered against five persons in Maharashtra’s Thane district for allegedly producing forged documents in their bid to get jobs in the police department, an official said on Friday. No arrests have been made yet, he said, reports PTI.

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan receives Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', as he arrives in Indore.

The United States has reopened its embassy in the Seychelles after a 27-year absence during which China and other U.S. rivals made significant inroads in the Indian Ocean islands, AP reported.

The US State Department announced the move late Thursday, after having unveiled plans to open a diplomatic mission in northern Norway, which will be its only only such facility above the Arctic Circle.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday held a meeting of senior officers of the State government to take a decision on implementing the five guarantees promised by the ruling Congress ahead of the Assembly elections, reports ANI.

The Chief Minister held a meeting with the senior officers before the state Cabinet meeting. The cabinet is expected to take a decision on the five promises made by the State government

An assistant sub-inspector of the Delhi Police was allegedly attacked with a knife by a man here late Thursday, officials said, PTI reported.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (west) Vichitra Veer said the attacker has been identified and efforts are on to nab him.

Seven persons have been arrested in connection with the assault of three youths from Kerala who were in the company of girls of a different faith at Someshwar beach here, Karnataka police said, reports PTI.

Three paramedical students from the neighbouring state were injured in the attack by the gang on Thursday evening. They were visiting the beach with three girls who were also their college mates, police added.

The UN Security Council in its current structure is “perverse and immoral”, a perpetuation of the colonisation project and does not reflect the rise of new powers and shifting geopolitical landscape, envoys and policy experts said here, asserting that the time for reform is now and status quo is untenable.

A 3-year-old Palestinian boy was in critical condition at an Israeli hospital Friday morning after being shot by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank. The army opened an investigation into what it said was an unintentional shooting, reported AP.

In a statement, the military said that gunmen opened fire late Thursday toward the West Bank settlement of Nevez Tzuf. It said soldiers at a guard post returned fire.

Patna: Massive fire breaks out in the premises of Delhi World Public School located in Bairiya; fire fighting operation underway, reported ANI.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people of Telangana on the state's formation day on Friday.

The skills of its people and the richness of its culture are greatly admired, he said in a tweet.