Highlights: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut leaves ED office after over 9.5 hours of questioning

Uddhav Thackeray removes Eknath Shinde as leader of Shiv Sena, day after latter took oath as Maharashtra CM.

Yashwant Sinha, the opposition's joint candidate for presidential polls, called the political developments in Maharashtra 'a dangerous hunger for power'.

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Maharashtra on Friday recorded 3,249 fresh coronavirus cases, nearly 400 less than a day ago, and four more deaths linked to the infection, the state health department said.

United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has asked the Taliban to respect the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan and set a firm date to reopen schools for girls.

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Former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray urges new government in state not to go ahead with its plan of building Metro car shed in Aarey Colony area of Mumbai, reports PTI.

Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea filed by Nupur Sharma which sought the clubbing of multiple FIRs over her remarks against the Prophet.

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Delhi reports 813 fresh Covid19 infections today; Active cases at 3,703; Positivity rate at 5.30%.

The World Health Organization's Europe chief warned Friday that monkeypox cases in the region have tripled in the last two weeks and urged countries to do more to ensure the previously rare disease does not become entrenched on the continent.

Telangana | A clash broke out between BJP & Congress workers over Agnipath scheme in Hanamkonda district, earlier today. Police officials on the spot, reports ANI.

Serum Institute of India gets govt nod to export 32.4 lakh doses of its COVID-19 jab Covovax under brand name Nuvaxovid to the US. It will be the first vaccine to be exported to the US by any Indian manufacturer, reports PTI quoting official sources.

Inflation in Pakistan increased to 21.32 per cent in the month of June, the highest in over 13 years, a media report said on Friday. Pakistan's Bureau of Statistics (PBS) stated that in May, the inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 13.76 per cent.

The inflation increased by 6.34 per cent month-on-month (MoM) and reached 21.32 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in June, the Dawn newspaper reported.

Earlier, the highest inflation stood at 23.3 per cent in December 2008.

All India Masjlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Supreme Court came down heavily on former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, asking her to apologise to the country over her remarks against Prophet Muhammad.

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the BJP-led union government's policies for farmers of the country, saying while it waived the loans of big corporates, nothing has been done for the struggling agrarian community, which is neck-deep in debt.

Delhi HC issue notice to police on Mohd Zubair's arrest, seeks reply within two weeks.

Manipur Landslide: 9 more bodies recovered today taking the total number of deaths to 17. Of them 14 are army personnel, 2 railway construction workers and one unidentified. Till now, 17 dead, 18 rescued and 47 missing.

Alt News co-founder Zubair's lawyer Vrinda Grover argued that despite producing the police complaint filed on the loss of her client's old mobile phone, his present mobile was seized. "It is allowing them to invade into provacy. And it's like plunging a dagger into the heart of my rights," Vrinda Grover said on behalf of Zubair.

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Russian missile attacks on residential areas in a coastal town near the Ukrainian port city of Odesa early Friday killed at least 19 people, news agency AP reported quoting authorities, a day after Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island.

GST had serious 'birth defects', in last five years these defects have only become worse: Congress leader P Chidambaram.

“Those, who have formed the new government, have made a so called Shiv Sainik as CM. I was saying the same thing 2.5 years ago. The same formula was decided between me and Amit Shah that Shiv Sena and BJP will share the CM position for half term each. Whatever is happening today would have happened with respect,” said Thackeray.

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Uddhav Thackeray questions why the BJP, which is claiming to have installed a Shiv Sainik as a chief minister, did not honour the commitment to share power for 2.5 years ago.

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In a major success towards developing unmanned combat aircraft, the maiden flight of the Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator was carried out successfully from the Aeronautical Test Range, Chitradurga, Karnataka today: Statement

PM Narendra Modi will visit Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh and Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on July 4. He'll launch the year-long 125th birth anniversary celebration of legendary freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju in Bhimavaram. Thereafter, he'll inaugurate Digital India Week 2022 in Gandhinagar: PMO

Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut appears before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with an alleged money laundering case. 

Supreme court slams ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma: 'Loose tongue set country on fire, responsible for unfortunate Udaipur incident'.