NCP's Ajit Pawar to be new Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly, reports PTI

Gunfire erupted at a Fourth of July parade route in the wealthy Chicago suburb of Highland Park on Monday, the Lake County Sheriff's office said. Read More

The participation of official Sikh delegations of the Australian and UK armies in certain events have raised eyebrows in New Delhi, especially in view of India’s growing defence relations with both countries. Read More

A Raja, a senior leader of the MK Stalin-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has urged the Centre to provide autonomy to Tamil Nadu and not push them to seek an independent country.  Read More

Assam's flood situation improved on Monday as the number of affected people declined to nearly 14 lakh from the previous day's 18.35 lakh, with the death of one more person that took the toll to 180, an official bulletin said.

The family of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh said Monday they were "incredulous" after the US reported it was not possible to determine whose gun fired the bullet which killed her.

Police knew about that the chemist's murder in Amaravati district of Maharashtra was linked to some socia media posts in support of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, but the same was not revealed due to its sensitive nature. Read More

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's allegations of a foreign conspiracy to overthrow his government is not new. The cricketer-turned-politician had even named a US diplomat named Donald Lu for being allegedly involved in a conspiracy to remove him from the post of prime minister. Read More

Hotels and restaurants are now barred from levying service charges automatically or by default on food bills, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) said on Monday, adding customers will be allowed to file complaints in case of violation. Read More

Four Congress workers were arrested on Monday in Andhra Pradesh after black balloons were released close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chopper in Vijayawada. Police said more arrests are likely in the case. Read More

Police knew Amravati chemist's murder linked to posts backing Nupur Sharma but didn't reveal earlier due to its very sensitive nature, reports PTI citing police commissioner.

If India does not adopt new technology with changing times, it will remain backward; country experienced this during third industrial revolution, says PM Narendra Modi in Gujarat. 

As many as five legislators were sworn-in as ministers in Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann's cabinet on Monday. Read More

NCP's Ajit Pawar to be new Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly, reports news agency ANI.

Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday slammed his rivals after the Eknath Shinde government easily managed to win the floor test with 164 votes in the 288-member house. Amid jibes from Shiv Sena leaders, Fadnavis said that the new government was indeed an “ED government”. “Yes, it is an ED government - the Eknath-Devendra government.” Read More

We made electricity free upto 300 units (in Punjab). Even Gujarat can have the same, I will present the solution for it during my next meet on Sunday: ANI quotes AAP convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

The Bombay high court on Monday granted bail to Siddharth Pithani, former roommate of actor Sushant Singh Rajput who died by suicide in 2020. Pithani was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) following the agency’s probe into the drug angle to the late actor’s death. Read more

The Delhi Police Special Cell on Monday arrested two gangsters belonging to the Lawrence Bishnoi-Goldy Brar gang. Out of the two, a gangster named Ankit was among the shooters involved in the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala. Read More

The Prime Minister has approved an ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh each from PMNRF for the next of kin of those who have lost their lives due to the tragic bus accident in Himachal Pradesh. The injured would be given ₹50,000 each: PMO 

The Eknath Shinde government comfortably passed the majority-mark on Monday, winning the trust vote after two weeks of political turmoil in Maharashtra. Meanwhile, the Uddhav Thackeray-faction of Shiv Sena on Monday moved a fresh petition in the Supreme Court against the decision of assembly speaker to recognise a new whip for the party. Read more

Three Maoists were arrested in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, news agency PTI quoted a senior police officer as saying.

Shinde camp passes majority mark in Maharashtra assembly floor test, voting on

The Udhav Thackeray-faction of Shiv Sena moves a fresh plea in the Supreme against the decision of assembly's new Speaker to recognise a new whip for the party.

The Eknath Shinde government is facing a trust vote now after two weeks of political turmoil in Maharashtra. Read more

Uddhav Thackeray loses one more MLA after Santosh Banger joins the Eknath Shinde-led faction. Shinde group now has a total of 40 Sena MLAs

About a dozen people are reported to have died after a bus fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu on Monday morning. Read more