Breaking news: At least 36 injured after bus overturns at Yamuna Expressway

At least 36 passengers injured after a double-decker bus overturns on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura, news agency PTI reported citing police.

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh to meet Mallikarjun Kharge tomorrow. Meeting amid Sidhu's outburst against the CM.

As cases fall, Bihar chief minister relaxed Covid-19 restrictions in the state from June 23. Under the revised rules, government and non-government offices will function at 100% capacity, shops to open till 7 pm, night curfew will remain in force from 9 pm to 5 am. Parks and gardens to be open from 6 am to 12 noon, announced Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar.

Russian vaccine Sputnik V that was expected to be administered in few hospitals of Delhi has been delayed for few more days, new sagency ANI rported citing sources.

After a meeting of various officials, the government has decided to cancel Amarnath yatra this year. This is the second year in a row that the pilgrimage was cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.

The marker close don green note on Monday as Sensex ended 230.01 points higher at 52,574.46. In the closing session, Nifty advanced 63.15 points to 15,746.50.

Delhi's daily Covid-19 tally falls to 89, lowest this year; 11 deaths recorded in 24 hours.

Sharad Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Monday met in Delhi for the second time in two weeks amid buzz about a national coalition against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Read more

Kunwar Vijay Pratap, the former inspector general of Punjab Police joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday in the presence of party national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. Read more

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday advised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who has been criticising the Centre over its vaccination policy, to get himself vaccinated against Covid-19. Read more

The Maharashtra health department said on Monday that there are 7,998 cases of Mucormycosis or Black Fungus of which 729 have died. As many as 4,398 patients are currently under treatment for the disease, the department added.

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Monday that the state government is strengthening the health infrastructure and conducting maximum testing against the Covid-19 disease and on the other hand, the government has to ensure that mass vaccination takes place.

Five people were killed after the car in which they were travelling collided with the lorry on the Kozhikode-Palakkad highway on Monday, Police told news agency PTI. The deceased have been identified as Nazeer, Subair, Muhammed Zahir, Asainar and Thahir, all belonging to the Palakkad district.

The Lodhi Garden in the national capital reopened for public from today as Delhi government on Sunday allowed public parks, gardens, golf clubs to resume as a part of its Covid-19 unlocking process.

Two died and two others were injured after an explosion took place at an illegal firecracker factory in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar district. Rescue operations are underway. Read more

The Maha Vikas Aghadi, which comprised the Shiv Sena, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) stand united and is committed to run the government in Maharashtra for five years, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut told news agency ANI on Monday. "Outsiders who want to form govt and are restless after losing power may try, but govt will continue. Attempts may be made to create cracks b/w Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena but it won't work," Raut added.

A fire broke out at a shoe factory in Delhi's Udyog Nagar on Monday. Twenty-four fire tenders have been rushed to the spot and no casualties have been reported so far. More details are awaited. Read more

India continued to see a decline in its daily tally of the Covid-19 disease after 53,256 cases were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the caseload to 29,935,221. Read more

Even as the number of Maharashtra’s daily Covid-19 cases has reduced comparatively, a major chunk of the fresh infections is being recorded from the rural areas of nine districts. Read more

With a view to inoculate more citizens against the Covid-19 disease, the Centre on Monday launched its campaign to administer vaccine doses to all beneficiaries above 18 years free of cost. The announcement for the same was made by Prime Minister Modi earlier where he said the Centre would take over the nationwide vaccination drive, procure 75 per cent of vaccines and give them to states and UTs for free. The Centre is also taking over the 25 per cent vaccination which was with states and UTs till now. Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday highlighted the importance of practising yoga during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, as he addressed the lead event of International Yoga Day 2021. He also prayed for health and well-being of people around the world. Read more

India's Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami said on Sunday that the country is keen to resume the exports of vaccine doses against the Covid-19 disease to Bangladesh as soon as possible, but there is no clarification on when the exports will resume. "The corona situation in India is still at a dangerous stage. So we are not yet able to say the exact time of giving vaccines to Bangladesh," Doraiswami said.

The National Center for Seismology said on Monday that an earthquake of 3.6 magnitude hit West-Southwest of Itanagar city in Arunachal Pradesh.