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Delhi | Opposition's candidate for the post of Vice President of India to be Margaret Alva: NCP chief Sharad Pawar. (ANI)

Congress removes Digambar Kamat (former Goa CM & LoP) from his current position as Permanent Invitee to Congress Working Committee with immediate effect. (ANI)

Andhra Pradesh | A fire broke out at a mattress factory in Visakhapatnam. Two fire tenders rushed to the spot. As of now, no casualty has been reported: Srinivas, Inspector, Duvvada PS. (ANI)

The Union government is going to hold an all-party meeting on Sri Lanka situation on Tuesday, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said. The meeting will be chaired by Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and S. Jaishankar

Tamil Nadu | Violence broke out in Kallakurichi with protesters entering a school, setting buses ablaze, vandalising school property as they sought justice over the death of a Class 12 girl. (ANI)

Air India Express aircraft VT-AXX operating flight IX-355 (Calicut-Dubai) diverted to Muscat as during Cruise, a burning smell emitted from one of the vents in the forward galley: DGCA. (ANI)

Jharkhand | Dhanbad Police arrests News 11 Bharat owner Arup Chatterjee on charges of extortion, blackmailing & criminal conspiracy. FIR was lodged on June 27 under IPC Sec 193, 386, 387, 418, 420, 468, 469, 500, 503 120B at Govindpur PS on complaint of a businessman Rakesh Kumar. (ANI)

COVID19 | India records 20,528 new cases & 49 deaths in the last 24 hours; Active caseload at 1,43,449

199.98 cr total vaccine doses administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive. (ANI)