Highlights: Mumbai businessman Raj Kundra arrested for producing porn films

Mumbai-based businessman Kundra was arrested for producing pornographic cinema and Mumbai Police said that they believe that Kundra was a 'key conspirator' in the operation.

Delhi Cabinet has decided to implement the One Nation One Ration Card scheme. Ration will be distributed free of cost to the PDS cardholders for July, reported ANI.

Maharashtra recorded 6,017 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, taking the state-wide tally to 6,220,207. 66 deaths were also recorded in the last 24 hours, the death toll now stands at 127,097.

Karnataka recorded 1,291 cases of coronavirus on Monday, the active caseload in the state now stands at 27,527. 40 deaths have also been reported in the last 24 hours, as per the state health bulletin.

IMD has issued a red alert in four districts of Himachal Pradesh - Kangra, Mandi, Bilaspur, and Sirmaur. The agency cautioned that the upcoming 24 hours are very important as rainfall will continue to increase in the state for the next 2 days, reported ANI.

Himachal Pradesh CM, Jairam Thakur, told news agency ANI that tourists cannot be stopped from entering as the tourism industry has been hit badly by the pandemic. "You can't stop tourists from entering the state. Tourism industry has been the worst affected (in aftermath of COVID), hence it's not right to stop these activities. What can be done and is being done is regulation at crowded places," he said.

Delhi reports 36 new Covid-19 cases, the active case tally now stands at 567. 58 recoveries and 3 deaths have also been recorded in the past 24 hours

Union minister of minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi to be Deputy Leader of House in Rajya Sabha, replacing Piyush Goyal, who has been elevated as the leader of the House.reported PTI.

The Assam state government has issued a "revised and consolidated" directive for rural and urban areas across the state until further orders, reports ANI.

Congress leaders have said that party president Sonia Gandhi's decision to name Navjot Sidhu as the chief of party's Punjab unit is a thoughtful one. They also claimed that no one is upset with the decision and everything will be all right. Read More

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to move the Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in Lok Sabha today.

The coronavirus tally on Monday increased by 38, 164 cases, taking the total caseload to reach 31,144,229. The death toll was increased to 414,108 after 499 fresh fatalities.

A top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander who deserted the ranks of Jammu and Kashmir Police about four years ago was among the two terrorists killed in an overnight encounter in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. Two local terrorists were killed in Srinagar two days ago in a similar operation. Read More

Vehicular movement in Delhi was affected after heavy rains lashed some parts of the national capital.

The monsoon session of Parliament will begin from Monday as the government has readied a big legislative agenda with the opposition looking to corner the Centre over a number of issues, including alleged mismanagement of Covid-19 pandemic and farmers' agitation. Read More

The British government on Monday lifted pandemic restrictions on daily life in England, scrapping all social distancing in a step slammed by scientists and opposition parties as a dangerous leap into the unknown.