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• 28 May 2023, 10:31:58 PM IST

  Delhi police files FIR against wrestler protest organisers 

  Delhi police have filed FIR against protest organisers and others in connection with the scuffle that broke out at Jantar Mantar. The FIR has been filed under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections pertaining to rioting, offence by a member of an unlawful assembly, obstructing public servant from discharge of duty, disobedience to an order promulgated by a public servant, causing hurt to a public servant in discharge of duty, using criminal force to stop public servant from performing duty, and under the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.

• 28 May 2023, 09:22:58 PM IST

  Four more PTI leaders leave Imran Khan's party

  Four more leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have announced parting ways with Imran Khan's party over the incidents that took place on May 9.

• 28 May 2023, 08:57:30 PM IST

  Nitish Kumar likely to chair opposition parties meet on June 12

  The opposition parties meeting would likely be held in Bihar’s capital Patna on June 12, chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Sunday. Read more here

• 28 May 2023, 08:19:31 PM IST

  ‘Sengol bent the very first day’: Stalin's dig at Centre over police action against wrestlers

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday reacted to the police's detention of protesting wrestlers in Delhi and targeted the Centre over the issue, saying the 'Sengol' installed in the new Parliament building has "bent" the very first day.

• 28 May 2023, 07:40:10 PM IST

  Polls close in Turkey’s presidential runoff election

  Polls closed in Turkey in a runoff presidential race that will decide the fate of its longest-serving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

• 28 May 2023, 06:47:01 PM IST

  DCW demands action against police officers who detained protesting wrestlers

  DCW chief Swati Maliwal writes to Delhi Police Commissioner, demanding the arrest of WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the release of wrestlers, and action on the officers who detained them.

• 28 May 2023, 05:24:58 PM IST

  Leopard found dead on railway tracks near Itarsi, MP

  A leopard was found dead on the railway tracks near Itarsi station in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday morning.

• 28 May 2023, 04:16:16 PM IST

  Earthquake of magnitude 3.6 jolts West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

  An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 on the Richter scale hit Meghalaya on Sunday around 3 pm, reported ANI. The National Center for Seismology (NCS) stated the tremors were felt 10 km.

• 28 May 2023, 03:26:01 PM IST

  Voting begins across Turkey in first-ever presidential runoff

  Turkey is voting to decide the fate of its longest-serving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Sunday's presidential election. Reportedly, 64.1 million people are registered to vote, including over 1.92 million who already cast their ballots at overseas polling stations.

• 28 May 2023, 02:47:43 PM IST

  Kejriwal meets Satyendar Jain at LNJP Hospital

  Delhi CM and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal meets former Delhi minister & AAP leader Satyendar Jain at LNJP Hospital, in Delhi.

• 28 May 2023, 02:14:32 PM IST

  Job aspirants meet Karnataka Deputy CM

  Over 1,500 job aspirants meet Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar at his residence, demanding to start the recruitment process for Karnataka Power Transport Corporation Limited.

• 28 May 2023, 01:40:44 PM IST

  South Korean court issues warrant for man who opened Asiana plane door mid-air

  A South Korean court issued an arrest warrant on Sunday for a passenger who opened an Asiana Airlines plane door minutes before it landed in Daegu, South Korea, Reuters reported citing Yonhap News Agency. 

  The man, in his thirties, was detained on landing on Friday after opening the door when the A321-200 plane was about 700 feet (213 metres) above the ground, causing panic onboard.

• 28 May 2023, 12:49:56 PM IST

  Protesting wrestlers detained, police clearing protest site at Jantar Mantar

  Protesting wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia were detained by Delhi Police on Sunday after they breached the security cordon while trying to move towards the new Parliament building, where a women's Mahapanchayat was planned for the day, reported PTI. 

  In chaotic scenes witnessed at the Jantar Mantar, wrestlers and police officers shoved and pushed each other as Vinesh Phogat and her cousin sister Sangeeta Phogat tried to breach the barricades.

• 28 May 2023, 12:33:14 PM IST

  Gazprom to ship 40.3 mcm of gas to Europe via Ukraine today

  Russia's Gazprom said on Sunday it will ship 40.3 million cubic metres of gas to Europe via Ukraine, compared with 40.7 mcm on Saturday. (Reuters)

• 28 May 2023, 11:39:27 AM IST

  5.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan, tremors felt in north India

  An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 occurred 70 km southeast of Fayzabad, Afghanistan, at around 10.19 am, reported EMSC. 

  Tremors were also felt in Srinagar, Poonch in J&K, along with many parts of Punjab and Haryana. 

• 28 May 2023, 11:02:06 AM IST

  Inaugurating new Parliament but murdering democracy: Wrestler Bajrang Punia

  “Mahapanchayat will certainly be held today. We're fighting for our self-respect. They're inaugurating the new Parliament building today, but murdering democracy in the country. We appeal to the administration to release our people detained by police,” Bajrang Punia told told reporters. 

• 28 May 2023, 10:57:25 AM IST

  Saudi Arabia’s five-year-old film industry hits Cannes festival

  Depp’s Jeanne du Barry and two other films competing for the Palme d’Or award at the industry event in the south of France featured Saudi producers in the opening credits., reported Bloomberg. The kingdom also sponsored multiple events in Cannes: a Saudi cinema night followed by cocktails and a DJ, ads on the covers of Variety and Hollywood Reporter’s special Cannes issues, and a two-hour long forum where executives from the Middle East and North Africa pitched tips for finding financing, partners and locations in the region.

• 28 May 2023, 10:11:06 AM IST

  Case against five persons for betting on IPL match in Maharashtra's Thane

  A criminal case has been registered against five persons in Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly indulging in online betting on a cricket match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), police said on Sunday. Based on a tip-off, a police team raided a place near a tea stall in Mira Road area on Friday night and found the accused indulging in betting on a match of the present IPL season, an official from Navghar police station said, reported PTI. 

• 28 May 2023, 09:56:46 AM IST

  Govt takes possession of land worth ₹350 cr in MP's Bhopal after lease revocation

  The Bhopal district administration has taken possession of a 20 acre government land here worth ₹350 crore, rented to a Mumbai-based person six decades ago, after cancelling its lease for violation of norms, an official said. The land in Sewania Gaud area, near Upper Lake, was leased to the person in 1963 and the same was renewed in 2005, Bhopal Collector Ashish Singh said in a release. On visiting the spot, the district administration officials had found violation of the lease deed norms, he said, reported PTI. 

• 28 May 2023, 08:22:34 AM IST

  China's first homegrown passenger jet takes off on maiden commercial flight

  China's first domestically produced passenger jet, the C919, took off on its maiden commercial flight on Sunday.

  China Eastern Airlines flight MU9191 rose into the skies above Shanghai Hongqiao Airport just after 10:30 am (0230 GMT), footage from state broadcaster CCTV showed.

  The plane is carrying over 130 passengers on China Eastern Airlines flight MU9191 to Beijing's Capital International Airport, CCTV said. (AFP)

• 28 May 2023, 08:04:17 AM IST

  US 'won't tolerate' China's ban on Micron chips: Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo

  The United States "won't tolerate" China's effective ban on purchases of Micron Technology memory chips and is working closely with allies to address such "economic coercion," US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Saturday.

  Raimondo told a news conference after a meeting of trade ministers in the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework talks that the US "firmly opposes" China's actions against Micron, Reuters reported. 

• 28 May 2023, 07:38:15 AM IST

  'Massive' Russian drone attack kills one in Kyiv: Ukraine

  One civilian has died in Kyiv after a "massive" drone attack on the Ukrainian capital, the city's mayor Vitali Klitschko said Sunday, reported AFP. 

  "A 35-year-old woman was hospitalised, a 41-year-old man died," the mayor and former boxer said on Telegram, reporting that drone wreckage had crashed near a petrol station.