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NCLT has directed the Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) to try and resolve the matter within three months. It further asked IRP to submit the status report on a fortnightly basis. The first status report will have to be filed by July 5, directed NCLT.

At least 30 people were killed and 40 others injured when an overloaded private mini bus skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, police said. Passengers were also sitting on its rooftop.

The accident occurred near Banjar, some 50 km from Kullu town. Most of the passengers travelling in the bus were from Kullu and Mandi districts.

Superintendent of Police Shalini Agnihotri said the private bus was on its way to Gada Gushaini from Kullu when the accident occurr

NIA carries out searches in 12 locations in Bihar and UP in connection with Munger Arms Case.

Kerala government onThursday suspended four officers of Anthoor Municipality in Kannur in connection with the suicide of an NRI businessman, whose new auditorium was not granted ownership certificate by authorities.

The 49-year-old Nigeria-returned businessman, Sajan Parayil, who had spent about Rs 16 crore for the auditorium, had hanged himself at his home Tuesday, after the municipality refused to grant the certificate for his dream project.

Non-banking finance company Sundaram Finance Ltd on Thursday said it will acquire the entire holding of BNP Paribas Personal Finance in their home loan joint venture Sundaram-BNP Paribas Home Finance Ltd.

In a statement issued here, Sundaram Finance said it has reached an agreement with BNP Paribas Personal Finance to acquire its 49.9 per cent stake in Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance subject to regulatory approvals.

The statement did not mention the acquisition price.

SSC GD Constable Result 2019: Results will be out tommorow at ssc.nic.in

NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of reports of loss of human lives due to deficiencies & inadequacies in healthcare system; issues notice to Secy, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, GoI to submit a comprehensive report within four weeks on the observations made by the Commission.

The Kerala government Thursday expressed willingness to provide 20 lakh litres drinking water to Tamil Nadu, which is facing a water crisis, but the latter has declined it, saying there was "no need for the help at present."

"Since the major water bodies of Chennai has been facing acute water shortage, the Kerala government decided to extend an helping hand," a release issued from the Kerala Chief Minister's office said

Kerala was prepared to transport 20 lakh litres of drinking water from Thiruvananthapuram to Chennai through train, the release added.

Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration minister S P Velumani told reporters in Coimbatore in that deficiencies in some ground water conservation projects were identified at various places, including Chennai, and were being attended to.

As far as Chennai was concerned, he said there was depletion of ground water as the city had witnessed rains 190 days ago.

Water was being supplied through lorries and borewells are being dug wherever the water problem prevails, he added.

Union Minister and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan to file nomination for Rajya Sabha as NDA candidate at Bihar Legislative Assembly in Patna on June 21

Four prisoners on Tuesday allegedly attacked a fellow inmate inside the barrack of Gurugram district jail, resulting in serious injury to him, an official said on Thursday.

Police said the incident was reported on Tuesday around 8.50 a.m. when Chandrapal, booked under theft cases, got involved in an argument with another inmate, Niraj, in barrack number 2B.

Niraj and his three other associates in the same barrack, Pawan, Hariom and Jorawar, attacked Chandrapal.

Himachal bus accident: "I request Congress workers of the district to help those in need," says Rahul Gandhi.

All-rounder Vijay Shankar is the latest to suffer an injury scare in the Indian camp after being hit on toe during Wednesday's training session, forcing him to skip practice on Thursday.

During Wednesday's training, a Jasprit Bumrah yorker hit Shankar flush on his toes and he was apparently in pain.

Court sends Advocate Sanjeev Punalekar to CBI custody till June 23 in Dabholkar murder case

In wake of suspected attacks on two merchant ships in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman region, the Indian Navy launched "Operation Sankalp" in the region to reassure Indian flagged vessels transiting through the area.

The Navy has deployed stealth guided missile destroyers INS Chennai and patrol vessel INS Sunayna in the region for maritime security operations. Besides, aerial surveillance by naval aircraft was also being undertaken.

The Information Fusion Centre-Indian Ocean Region, set up in Gurugram by the Indian Navy in December 2018, was also keeping a close watch on the movement of ships in the Gulf region.

A 23-year-old woman was killed and her husband severely injured in southeast Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin area after they were allegedly beaten up by a relative who suspected that he had lost his job because of the couple, police said Thursday.

However, the accused, Rati Ram, told police that he attacked Sita and her husband, Mangal (25), as he was angry after he got an electric shock from a wire dangling from the gate of their house.

Ram is Mangal's cousin. The incident took place on Wednesday night, the police said.

All three of them worked as contract labourers with the Public Works Department (PWD), they said.

David Warner hit his 16th ODI hundred to help Australia post 368/5 in 49 overs when rain stopped play, in the process equalling India skipper Virat Kohli. Warner became only the second batsman to complete 16 ODI tons in 110 innings.

Warner, who struck 166 off 147 balls (14x4, 5x6), smashed his second ton in this edition of the tournament when he took the Bangladesh bowlers to the cleaners.

Hashim Amla, who scored his 16th ODI century in 94 innings, holds the record for fewest innings to this feat.

Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad on Thursday said he was unsatisfied with the latest report from international investigators that implicated Russia and charged four pro-Russian rebels over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine in 2014, describing it as "politically motivated".

Mahathir was reacting to Wednesday's report from the Joint Investigation Team in charge of the MH17 probe.

The board of investigators, based in the Netherlands, charged four pro-Russian rebels with murder for their alleged role in firing a Buk surface-to-air missile at the passenger plane flying above the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 passengers and crew aboard.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said on Thursday that the move by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh to bring all private universities under one umbrella Act will lead to "anarchy and chaos".

Mayawati said that the state government was unable to provide security to the people of the state and the new ordinance on private universities was just a ploy to divert people's attention from core issues.

She said that the new ordinance would give more powers to the police.

At least 25 people were killed and 35 others injured when a bus skidded off the road and fell into a 300-m-deep gorge in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, police said.

The accident occurred near Banjar, some 50 km from Kullu town.

Superintendent of Police Shalini Agnihotri said the private bus was on its way to Gada Gushaini from Kullu when the accident occurred.

The injured have been admitted to hospitals in Kullu, she added

Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Thursday alleged the BJP was continuing its efforts to 'destabilise' the Congress-JD(S) coalition government led by him, but asserted it was stable and would complete its term.

He also said the challenge before him was to take the administration close to the people in a way that they should repent about their decision not to support Congress-JD(S) alliance in the Lok Sabha elections.

The ruling alliance partners had fared miserably winning only one seat each and conceding 25 out of the 28 Lok Sabha seats in the state to the BJP. An independent candidate had won in Mandya.

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has declined to share details of complaints of corruption it received against Union Ministers in the first Narendra Modi government, a Right To Information activist said on Thursday.

City-based activist Anil Galgali said that the PMO has denied his request, invoking the RTI Act's Section 7(9) on grounds that it "would disproportionately divert the resources of the public authority as it may be a subjective as well as cumbersome exercise".

"Section 7(9) of the Act specifies that the information shall ordinarily be provided in the form in which it is sought unless it would disproportionately divert the resources of the public authority or would be detrimental to the safety or preservation of the record in question," he said.

Former chief justice of India Dipak Misra called for "stringent laws" and a "collaborative enforcement" on Thursday to safeguard intellectual property rights in the country, which is emerging as a developing economy.

Speaking at a conference on "Intellectual property through collaborative enforcement" organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry and United IPR, he said there was a need to protect those who were creating, inventing or were busy in the field of innovations.

Misra said recognition of talent and its best use in the interest of institutions was the epitome of IPR (intellectual property rights).

"In the present times, the statutory regime is in force and it is in consonance with the framework of progressive countries...That is not enough. Some more stringent laws are required, because we are growing as a developing economic nation," Misra said, adding that IPR was necessary to promote inventions and innovations.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan: 8 additional Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances deployed to transport AES (Acute Encephalitis Syndrome)/JE (Japanese Encephalitis) patients in the affected districts. House to house active case finding campaign started.

Union Health Min Harsh Vardhan: ICMR team of experts has been deployed at SKMCH hospital, Muzaffarpur for making the virology lab operational at the earliest. Multi-disciplinary team deployed earlier is reviewing all the case records of AES patients, admitted and treated in 2019.

The Pentagon confirmed on Thursday that Iranian forces shot down a US naval surveillance drone but insisted the aircraft was in international air space, not that of Iran.

The BAMS-D drone was downed by an Iranian surface-to-air missile system while flying in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz, a US Central Command spokesman, Navy Captain Bill Urban, said in a statement.

He said it happened at 2335 GMT on Wednesday.

"Iranian reports that the aircraft was over Iran are false," he added. "This was an unprovoked attack on a US surveillance asset in international airspace."

Special PMLA court in Mumbai has sent two arrested accused Arun k Shaha (former Joint Managing Director of IL&FS financial Services) and K Ramchand (Managing Director IL&FS subsidiary company Transport Network Limited) to ED custody till 25 June.

Accused Arun k Shaha (former Joint Managing Director of IL&FS financial Services) also moved an application seeking interim bail of 1 day to attend daughter's engagement ceremony. Court have accepted the application and asked ED to reply on this application by tomorrow.

Renowned jurist Justice (Retd) Binod Kumar Roy, who had served as Chief Justice of Gauhati, Sikkim and Punjab and Haryana High Courts, on Thursday died after prolonged illness.

He was 76 and is survived by two daughters and a son.

Born on December 26, 1944, Roy began his career as an advocate at the Patna High Court where he excelled in civil, labour, criminal and constitutional matters before being elevated to the Bench in 1988.

TDP MPs of Rajya Sabha- YS Chowdary, CM Ramesh, TG Venkatesh and GM Rao, today passed a resolution to merge Legislature Party of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) with BJP.

Search teams managed to fish out bodies of three children out of seven feared drowned in a canal in which a pick-up van they were travelling in plunged early on Thursday.

The vehicle carrying 29 people returning from a wedding function plunged into the Indira Canal in Nagram area on the outskirts of city at around 3 am, said Lucknow District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma. Twenty people were rescued earlier, he added.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summon to IMA jewels scam accused Mansoor Khan to appear before it on June 24. He has also been asked to get several documents mentioned in the summon

Hong Kong opposition groups called for another major demonstration on Thursday after the pro-Beijing government did not respond to demands of protesters who have shaken the city with massive rallies.

Millions have marched this month to oppose a proposed law that would have allowed extraditions to the Chinese mainland, but the huge protest movement has morphed into a larger rebuke of Hong Kong's administration.

Under-fire chief executive Carrie Lam has apologised and suspended the controversial bill, but that has failed to quell the opposition, with protesters demanding she step down and completely withdraw the legislation.

A number of protest groups, including student unions, called for supporters to mobilise on Friday, asking people to gather at the city's main government complex to "hold picnics" outside the legislature starting 7:00 am on Friday (2300 GMT Thursday).

As the wedding functions of the controversial Gupta brothers' two sons began in the ski resort of Auli, authorities on Thursday said the events are being held in full compliance with the Uttarakhand High Court's orders.

"All the events are being held in full compliance with the High Court's orders and monitoring by officials of various departments," said a top Chamoli district official.

The high court on Tuesday had ordered close monitoring of the high-profile weddings in the wake of ecological concerns mainly due to the close proximity of Auli to alpine meadows.

The Union Health ministry has rushed an expert to Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district to assist the administration fight outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis there, officials said on Thursday.

At least 16 persons were affected by JE in West Garo Hills district prompting state Health Minister AL Hek to review the situation emergently on Wednesday evening, they said. The expert hails from Japanese Encephalitis Division of the ministry.

Health Minister AL Hek said, The state nodal officer of the national vector borne disease control program has been asked to also report to the district administration and to provide assistance. Another expert from the Health Ministry is also arriving.

The first two cases of JE were reported almost a week ago in the district. Till Wednesday, 16 cases were tested positive, eight of which are from Tura town, a senior district official said.

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will be visiting India from June 25-27, the first high-level engagement between the two countries since the election, the External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday.

During his visit, Pompeo would hold talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and call upon other dignitaries, MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.

"We look upon the visit as an important opportunity for both sides to further strengthen strategic partnership and continue high-level engagement on matters of mutual interest," Kumar said.

Regime bombardment killed 14 civilians including two rescue workers in an ambulance in embattled northwest Syria on Thursday, a Britain-based war monitor said.

Those killed also included seven children in various areas of the jihadist-run Idlib province, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.

A regime airstrike targeted an ambulance in the town of Maaret al-Noman, killing two rescue workers inside, it said, in the latest deadly bombardment on the wider region of some three million people since late April.

All-rounder Vijay Shankar is the latest to suffer an injury scare in the Indian camp after being hit on toe on Wednesday during a rain hit training session and was forced to skip Thursday's session.

During Wednesday's training, a Jasprit Bumrah yorker hit Shankar flush on his toes and he was apparently in pain. However a team source said that there's nothing to worry as of now.

"Yes, Vijay was in pain but it has subsided by the evening. Hopefully, there's nothing scary," the source said.

On Thursday, Shankar was seen walking around in slippers with a slight limp. Later he tried jogging wearing gym trainers but gave up after half a lap. He then did some basic exercises as others took part in usual fielding drills as well as net sessions.

Assam: Beheaded body of a woman was found near Kamakhya temple at the Nilachal hill in Guwahati, yesterday. Devraj Upadhyay, Joint CP says, "We are investigating the case, this was done by someone superstitious, there is no need for people to be scared".

Special NIA court in Mumbai has rejected Pragya Thakur's application for permanent exemption from attending the court once a week. Pragya Thakur had given the ground for exemption as she is MP and she has to attend the parliament on a day-to-day basis.

However, the Special NIA Court in Mumbai has given Pragya Thakur an exemption for today from attending the court.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's aerial inspection of heat wave affected areas in Aurangabad, Gaya and Nawada canceled. He will visit the Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College in Gaya to meet affected patients.

Delhi Police Special Cell has busted an interstate gun smuggling racket. Three people arrested including the manufacturer and supplier of illegal weapons. 30 semi high quality semi automatic pistols recovered from their possession.

BJP MLA Raja Singh was injured in scuffle with police while trying to replace statue of Rani Avantibai statue at Jummerath Bazar Circle with a new one, in the early morning hours today.

In a clash between two groups of miscreants, crude bomb hurled, gunshots fired in Bhatpara, West Bengal; more details awaited.

J&K Police: Ganderbal Police today submitted charge-sheet for a case of Police Station Kangan. FIR pertains to the arrest of terrorist Zubair Shabir Bhat son of Shabir Ahmad Bhat resident of Malpora Qazigund during a checkpoint at Chinner Kangan.

The 15th Finance Commission headed by Chairman NK Singh will visit Karnataka from 23 to 26 June. During the visit, Commission will be interacting with Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy along with his other cabinet colleagues and senior State Govt officers.

A video showing a teacher thrashing students in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir went viral on Thursday as authorities promised action against the teacher.

The video shows the teacher assaulting the students for being late by 10 minutes for the class at a hostel for tribal Gujjar and nomadic Bakarwal children in Doda district.

Officials said the teacher should have adopted persuasive means rather than resorting to corporal punishment.

The Mumbai Police on Thursday served a notice on Binoy Kodiyeri, elder son of Kerala CPI(M) state secretary, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, asking him to appear before the investigating officers within 72 hours in a rape and cheating case against him, police said.

Two Mumbai police officials along with two local police personnel went to Binoy's ancestral home in Kannur district's Thiruvangad this morning to serve him the notice, but he was not at home, they said.

The notice was handed over to his relatives there, police sources said.

Karnataka: GIMS hospital, Kalaburagi is facing shortage of water and nursing staff. Shivakumar Medical Superintendent, says, "We've been facing water scarcity since last August-September. We've started rationing water supply to wards, we release water for just 4-5 hours a day."

In the wake of the attack on doctors and harassment of model Ushoshi Sengupta by some members of their community, a group of prominent Muslims has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asking for stringent action against the culprits to dispel the "perception" that they are being "shielded or appeased".

"We have been deeply concerned with two events that occurred recently...The attackers in both instances were members of our community...We are grieved and embarrassed," they wrote in the letter.

"Bring the assailants to book not just in these two instances but in every single instance where Muslims are involved. They should not be allowed to get away because they happen to be Muslims (as is the growing perception). This will send out a message that members of one community are not being shielded or appeased (as most people believe)," the 46 prominent Muslim residents of Kolkata added.

Two low-intensity earthquakes of magnitude 4.8 and 3 shook some parts of Satara district in Maharashtra on Thursday morning, officials said.

No casualty or damage to property has been reported so far, an official in the district administration said. People rushed out of their homes in some areas after experiencing the tremors, he said.

The first quake occurred around 7.47 am and the second one was experienced at 8.27 am in Satara district, located around 120 km from Pune, an official at the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) centre here said.

Prisoners ward of SMKCH in Muzaffarpur where under treatment prisoners were lodged being converted into ICU. SKMCH Manager says, "We've converted this ward into an ICU & shifted the prisoners ward. It'll increase our capacity by 19 beds, it'll be made functional shortly."

President Ram Nath Kovind addressing joint sitting of both the Houses of the Parliament: Work is underway on a large scale to develop the 112 'aspiration districts' of the country.

Former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei pleaded guilty at a trial in China on Thursday to accepting $2.1 million in bribes -- a remarkable fall from grace for the former vice minister of public security.

Meng "showed repentance" during the hearing, said the Tianjin No.1 Intermediate People's Court in northern China.

The verdict will be announced at a "select date or time", it added in a statement on Weibo, a Twitter-like platform.

Meng is among a growing group of Communist Party cadres caught in President Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaign, which critics say has served as a way to remove the leader's political enemies.

President Ram Nath Kovind in his address said, “In this Lok Sabha elections, more than 61 crore citizens cast their vote and set a new record. The people of India gave a clear mandate. The govt is working for 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas'.”

BJP MLA Raja Singh along with a mob of at least 100 people, tried to remove the existing statue of Rani Avanti Bai and install a new one overnight. Cases have been booked on the MLA for unlawful activities: Telangana Police.

President Ram Nath Kovind leaves for the Parliament, to address the joint session of both the Houses on Thursday

Domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex dropped over 150 points Thursday, dragged by losses IT stocks, despite strong global cues.

The 30-share index, however, pared some losses and was trading 34.59 points, or 0.09 per cent, lower at 39,078.15 at 0930 hours. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty was quoting 23.45 points, or 0.20 per cent, down at 11,668.

In the previous session Wednesday, the BSE gauge settled 66.40 points, or 0.17 per cent, higher at 39,112.74, while the Nifty closed almost flat at 11,691.45.

Iran state news agency says Revolutionary Guard shoots down US drone; US military declines to immediately comment.

Death toll due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) rises to 117 in Muzaffarpur. 98 deaths at SKMCH & 19 deaths at Kejriwal hospital.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck Satara, Maharashtra at 7:48 am on Thursday.

Five people were killed and more than were 12 injured in collision between two pick-up vans in Nelsanar police station limits in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Wednesday, 19 June, night.