Highlights: Three of 5 culprits minors, one held in Hyderabad gangrape case, says cop

Three of five culprits are minors in Hyderabad gangrape case, one has been arrested. “Andhra home minister's son-in-law not involved,” say police.

Two Reuters journalists injured, driver killed in Ukraine, reports AFP.

"We need to adhere to the prescribed law. Each institution will work on these guidelines and the law will be enforced accordingly. Suitable action will be taken by authorities likewise," Karnataka minister CN Ashwath Narayan on the controversy surrounding the suspension of six girl students for wearing hijab in a government college.

"In the sad and shameful incident where a minor was raped, we stand by the family. I am confident Telangana Police will get to the bottom of it. We have a track record of Zero Tolerance when it comes to Women’s safety," says TRS leader K Kavitha

Delhi reports slight dip in daily Covid-19 caseload after 345 people tested positive for the infection on Friday, down from yesterday's 373 according to health bulletin data. The Capital though recorded zero deaths as opposed to two the day before, fresh recoveries dropped to 389 from Thursday's 448, the bulletin added.

The Government of India has given its nod for 8.1% rate of interest on Employee Provident Fund deposits for 2021-22, news agency PTI reported citing an EPFO office order.

The government of Manipur has reduced the VAT on Air Turbine fuel to 1%, a government notification said. “The reduced rates come into effect from 12:01 am of June 4,” the notification added.

The Centre on Friday wrote to five states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Karnataka, and Maharashtra on signs of rising Covid-19 cases. The government also asked the states to monitor clusters of Covid-19 cases, screen cases of severe acute respiratory infections and Influenza like illnesses, and increase genome sequencing as per guidelines to contain the spread. Read more.

The anticipatory bail plea of Congress MP Karti Chidambaram and two others' in money laundering case has been dismissed by the special CBI court. The case is related to the Chinese visa scandal and the bail plea pertained to protection from arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Centre grants ‘Z’ security cover to Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh. He, however, said that he didn't receive any information officially in this regard. Singh also said that he didn't demand the security cover. This comes days after the ‘flip flop’ move by AAP-led Punjab government wherein Singh's security cover was first partially removed and then sought to restore the same. Later, the Akal Takht jathedar refused it, saying Sikh youth and Khalsa Panth were enough for his security.

Union home minister Amit Shah's high-level security review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Delhi commences, reports ANI. It comes in the backdrop of a series of attacks on non-locals in the Valley over the past few days, including a bank manager on Thursday.

Chhattisgarh chief minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel slams the BJP and RSS over targetted killings in Jammu and Kashmir, a day after a bank manager was murdered in the Union territory. Baghel asked why the BJP-RSS are “quiet now” when Hindus are being killed in the Valley. “The important thing is that their strategy has completely failed,” the CM was quoted as saying by ANI. Read more.

The two sides will support initiatives in a wide range of areas, including increasing renewable energy capacity, decarbonising heavy industries, reducing plastic pollution, supporting the sound management of chemicals, and ensuring sustainable consumption. Read More

India has slammed Pakistan as it raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in the UN Security Council, with New Delhi saying the neighbouring country is a “live example” of how a nation continues to evade accountability for serious crimes of genocide and ethnic cleansing and asserting that India will continue to take firm and decisive steps to respond to cross-border terrorism. Read More

The decision to send an official delegation to Taliban ruled Kabul shows the pragmatism of the Modi government after the unchallenged Sunni-Pashtun force refused to play second fiddle to the Pakistani deep state. Read More

Days after Punjab Congress leader Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead not too far from his home, chief minister Bhagwant Mann is set to visit his house in the Mansa district on Friday. Read More

Days after Punjab Congress leader Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead not too far from his home, chief minister Bhagwant Mann is set to visit his house in the Mansa district on Friday. Heavy security arrangements have been made in the singer-politician's native village. The young rapper was killed on Sunday, a day after his security was scaled down by the state. Read More

India on Friday reported 4,041 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), bringing the overall tally to 43,168,585, according to the latest data by the Union ministry of health and family welfare. The death toll jumped by 10 fatalities and now stands at 524,651, the ministry also said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Uttar Pradesh on Friday where he will lay the foundation stones of 1,406 projects worth more than ₹80,000 crores as he attends the ‘Ground Breaking Ceremony @3.0 of the UP Investors Summit’. Read More

Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said that the government is in the process of establishing model schools that will be called ‘PM Shri Schools’. Read More

The killing of Vijay Kumar, a bank employee, by terrorists on Thursday, the 12th of a civilian since March, triggered another round of exits of migrant Hindu and Kashmiri Pandit workers and their families from the Valley. Read More

With 4,283 new cases of Covid-19 reported across India on Wednesday, according to HT’s dashboard, the country saw the biggest single-day spike in infections in at least 80 days even as fears emerged that the outbreak is again starting to rise in a handful of urban centres across the country. Read More

US president Joe Biden has offered a solution to resolve the ever-increasing challenges around the gun control in the United States. He has spoken about bringing back the 1994 ban on assault weapons, which according to him, was effective in bringing down shootings in the country within a decade. Read More