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• 21 Jun 2022, 11:05:42 PM IST

  Odisha CM congrats Droupadi Murmu on being chosen as the BJP-led NDA's prez candidate

  Odisha chief minister and BJD boss Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday congratulated Droupadi Murmu on being announced as the BJP-led NDA's presidential candidate. Taking to Twitter, Patnaik wrote that he was “delighted” when Prime Minister Narendra Modi “discussed” the candidate selection with him. “t is indeed a proud moment for people of Odisha,” the Odisha CM added in his tweet.

• 21 Jun 2022, 10:11:51 PM IST

  Delhi Police to file a criminal case against Cong's Netta D'Souza for ‘spitting’ incident

  Delhi Police is going to register a criminal case in connection with the spitting incident by Congress leader Netta D'Souza earlier on Tuesday. Also, a legal action is being taken against people who put some burning material on the entrance gate of the resident of BJP chief JP Nadda during the protest in the afternoon.

• 21 Jun 2022, 09:49:46 PM IST

  Droupadi Murmu is BJP-led NDA's candidate for presidential polls

  BJP-led NDA on Tuesday announced Dropadi Murmu's name as the candidate for the forthcoming Presidential polls in July, BJP national president JP Nadda announced at a press conference. He said that for the fist time, preference has been given to a woman tribal candidate.

• 21 Jun 2022, 09:13:51 PM IST

  Rahul Gandhi's questioning by ED resumes after 30 mins break

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's questioning by the ED has now commenced after he was given a half-an-hour break by the federal agency. Today is his fifth day of the questioning and he has already been questioned for over 9 hours. Read more.

• 21 Jun 2022, 07:40:16 PM IST

  Delhi logs 1,383 fresh Covid cases, 323 more than yesterday

  Delhi on Tuesday reported 1,383 new Covid-19 cases, up from 1,060 from Monday. The case positivity rate, however, dropped to 7.22 per cent from yesterday's 10.09 per cent. The capital saw one death due to Covid in the last 24 hours as opposed to six on Monday, according to health bulletin data.

• 21 Jun 2022, 06:08:17 PM IST

  TRS to extend support to oppn's candidate Yashwant Sinha

  Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), which rules the southern state, has decided to extend support to former Union minister Yashwant Sinha, who has been announced as the Opposition's joint candidate for the the Presidential elections to be held in July.

• 21 Jun 2022, 05:45:27 PM IST

  Senior diplomat Ruchira Kamboj appointed India's Permanent Representative to United Nations

  Senior diplomat Ruchira Kamboj appointed India's Permanent Representative to United Nations, reported PTI citing MEA.

• 21 Jun 2022, 05:16:00 PM IST

  Eastern city suffers 'catastrophic' shelling

  Ukraine says Russian shelling has caused "catastrophic destruction" in the eastern industrial city of Lysychansk, which lies just across a river from Severodonetsk where Russian and Ukrainian troops have been locked in battle for weeks.

  Regional governor Sergiy Gaiday says that non-stop shelling of Lysychansk on Monday destroyed ten residential blocks and a police station, killing at least one person.

  He added that "fierce fighting" was ongoing at the Azot chemical plant in Severodonetsk where hundreds of civilians are believed to be sheltering.

• 21 Jun 2022, 03:44:46 PM IST

  Agnipath: Govt says no change in recruitment process, insists on younger profile

  The government on Tuesday said there is no change in the recruitment process for Agniveers, recruits of the newly launched Agnipath scheme that sparked widespread protests, mostly by defence aspirants. Read More

• 21 Jun 2022, 03:18:20 PM IST

  'Would like normal relations but...': NSA Ajit Doval warns Pakistan

  National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday warned Pakistan that while India is keen on 'normal relations' its 'tolerance threshold for terrorism is very low'. Read More

• 21 Jun 2022, 02:32:43 PM IST

  Congress deputes Kamal Nath as AICC observer to Maharashtra

  Congress deputes Kamal Nath as AICC observer to Maharashtra in wake of political crisis. 

• 21 Jun 2022, 01:22:01 PM IST

  On Agnipath scheme, NSA Ajit Doval tells ANI: 'If we have to prepare for tomorrow, we have to change'

• 21 Jun 2022, 01:05:53 PM IST

  20 Sena MLAs likely at Surat hotel. 'Ploy to topple govt won't succeed'- Raut

  Trouble seems to be brewing for Maharashtra's ruling coalition after a top state minister - Eknath Shinde - was said to be "out of reach" and was believed to be camping in Gujarat, along with 11-12 lawmakers. While an emergency meeting has been called by chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut said that "attempts being made to topple the government won't be successful.” Read More

• 21 Jun 2022, 11:37:56 AM IST

  Russian television now broadcasting in southern Ukraine: Russian army

• 21 Jun 2022, 10:38:14 AM IST

  Yashwant Sinha, amid buzz about being opposition Prez candidate: 'Time to step aside' from Trinamool for national cause

• 21 Jun 2022, 09:57:15 AM IST

  Gopalkrishna out of Prez race, Oppn to meet today

  Former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Monday declined an offer to be the Opposition’s joint candidate for the upcoming presidential election, becoming the third name, after Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar and National Conference patriarch Farooq Abdullah, to turn down the bloc’s offer. Read More

• 21 Jun 2022, 09:39:10 AM IST

  PM Modi likely to meet service chiefs today on Agnipath scheme

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to meet the three service chiefs on Tuesday and discuss the Agnipath scheme, reports have said. The meeting comes amid protests on the new military scheme, which according to the government, aims to bring down the average age in the armed forces. Read More

• 21 Jun 2022, 09:05:20 AM IST

  India reports 9,923 new Covid cases, 17 deaths in 24 hours; Active cases near 80k mark

  India reports 9,923 new Covid cases, 17 deaths in 24 hours; Active cases near 80k mark

• 21 Jun 2022, 08:38:01 AM IST

  Earthquake of 4.3 magnitude hits Andaman 

  An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale occurred at 0715 hours 183km southwest of Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands: National Center for Seismology

• 21 Jun 2022, 07:32:57 AM IST

  Nearly 1,20,000 march in Georgia 'for Europe' after blow to EU bid

  At least 1,20,000 Georgians took to the streets Monday in support of the country's EU membership bid, after the European Commission recommended deferring Tbilisi's candidacy. Read more

• 21 Jun 2022, 07:32:17 AM IST

  Northeast floods swell into a crisis, 131 people dead

  Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain deepened the crisis in the northeast on Monday, with more deaths and devastation being reported in Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh, even as the central government promised to provide assistance to the region that has so far reported 131 fatalities. Read more

• 21 Jun 2022, 05:29:32 AM IST

  No entry fee at Taj Mahal, Agra Fort today

  The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will not charge any entry fee at the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and other monuments on the occasion of International Day of Yoga on June 21, an official said on Monday. Read more

• 21 Jun 2022, 05:25:37 AM IST

  Heat pushes wheat yields to 20-year low

  As temperatures soared past 40 degrees Celsius in March , the hottest on record, wheat farmer Gurbaksh Nagi of Punjab’s Mansa district noticed that stalks of maturing grains in his field had turned brown from golden yellow, a sign they had shriveled from extreme heat. Read more