Breaking News Live Updates: Gurgaon Police have arrested two men in connection with a case linked to an allegedly manipulated video featuring Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. The arrests follow a complaint by a forensic expert who claimed that two senior Punjab Police officers offered him Rs 10 lakh to tailor a forensic report concerning the video clip. Mann has previously told the Akal Takht that the video was fake and had been manipulated.
Veteran BJP leader George Kurian today resigned as a Union Minister after his six-year term in the Rajya Sabha expired and the party did not renominate him to the Upper House of Parliament. The Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement that President Droupadi Murmu has accepted Kurian’s resignation under clause (2) of Article 75 of the Constitution.
An Indian Express investigation has found that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav’s family bought 168 acres of land in Ujjain in areas where the state government subsequently built roads, raising questions about the timing and nature of the transactions. Responding to the investigation, members of Yadav’s family pushed back, asking whether they should “shut down” their business activities because of his political position. The probe further details 41 acres linked to a single builder that yielded a 67 per cent return, even as Ujjain has been the focus of a flurry of road and urban renewal projects in the period under scrutiny.
A fire broke out at the Dakshina Energy Industries unit in Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City in Anakapalli, Andhra Pradesh, on Tuesday, killing two workers, according to news agency PTI. Emergency teams rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control. The cause of the fire is yet to be confirmed. Further details are awaited.
In the aftermath of a major fire in Lucknow, it has emerged that a demolition order against the building was issued in 2016 but later withdrawn. The property, originally allotted under the LDA’s hire-purchase scheme through a lottery in 1980, has come under fresh scrutiny following the blaze. Amid the tragedy, a parallel rescue effort played out as eight cats, seven dogs and a parrot were rescued from the building. News agency PTI reported that four people have been arrested for safety lapses.
Varinder Bhatia reports from Chandigarh that Gurgaon Police have arrested two men in connection with a case linked to an allegedly manipulated video featuring Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. The arrests follow a complaint by a forensic expert who claimed that two senior Punjab Police officers offered him Rs 10 lakh to tailor a forensic report concerning the video clip. Mann has previously told the Akal Takht that the video was fake and had been manipulated.
Divya Goyal from Ludhiana reported that in an order earlier this month, the Punjab and Haryana High Court cleared a 68-year-old man of allegations of murdering his daughter, after police discovered that she was alive and living in Canada.
Last year, Balbir Singh had also been acquitted in the alleged murder of his first wife, Harpal Kaur, whose whereabouts still remain unknown, with a local Ludhiana court ruling that the prosecution had failed to establish his guilt.
Balbir was a German citizen who was vising India in January 2013 for his father’s last rites when his wife Harpal Kaur, who was then in her early 50s, and his daughter Devinder Kaur went missing just four days apart.
Sakshi Chand & Alok Singh from the Indian Express reported that just two days after its inauguration, Delhi’s first dedicated Women’s Police Station registered its first case.
This POCSO complaint involves the alleged sexual assault and blackmail of a teenage girl by her neighbour. It’s the first real test of the Delhi Police’s new survivor-centric model.
This model aims to create a safer and specialised environment for women and children reporting crimes. Located in North Delhi’s Sabzi Mandi area, the station is staffed mainly by trained women officers. It’s designed to handle gender-based crimes throughout the district and plans to replicate this model across all 15 police districts in the capital.
Read more on indianexpress.com
Veteran Malayalam actor Mammootty and playback singer Alka Yagnik were awarded the Padma Bushan by President Droupadi Murmu.
President Droupadi Murmu will confer the Padma Awards for 2026 at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi today in the second Civil Investiture Ceremony. There will be a total of 65 Padma Awards, including 2 Padma Vibhushan, 7 Padma Bhushan, and 56 Padma Shri awards.
The first Civil Investiture Ceremony was held on May 26, during which 66 Padma Awards were conferred.
(ANI)
BJP MP Tejasvi Surya accused Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge of attacking the RSS solely for media attention, while neglecting state investment, infrastructure, and job creation, PTI reported.
Speaking at a press conference, the Bengaluru South MP alleged that Kharge is prioritizing PR-driven political attacks over actual governance. Surya claimed that infrastructure bottlenecks, power issues, and corruption are driving major companies to look outside Karnataka, with neighboring states like Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh actively poaching dissatisfied investors.
Police investigation into Ketan Agarwal’s death after an ‘accidental fall’ from Lohagad Fort near Pune, has resulted in the emergence of a murder conspiracy.
Sushant Kulkarni from Pune reports that his death was allegedly plotted by his fiancée, Siya Goyal, and her lover, who have been arrested. The two have been charged with murder and criminal conspiracy, after they pushed Ketan off the cliff on the fort on June 18.
The weather office has issued a red alert for severe thunderstorms, lightning, and rain in the national capital for the next few hours.
Devansh Mittal reports from New Delhi that cab drivers in Delhi are concerned over rising operational expenses amid increasing CNG prices and the heavy use of air conditioning during the summer season.
Drivers associated with Uber and Rapido claim that fares have not been revised despite the increase in fuel and running costs. According to drivers, the absence of fare hikes has forced them to take the additional financial burden, affecting their daily earnings and profitability.
A ‘fact-check’ report released by the Bengaluru Traffic Police on Tuesday ruled out the allegations by a few NEET candidates that said that they reached the centre late due to a Congress rally.
Based on ‘CCTV analysis’, an examination of one such candidate showed that the examinee left home only 33 minutes before the prescribed cut-off time, and took a longer route. No delays were found due to traffic congestion.
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Arun Janardhanan from the Indian Express has a fabulous story- A software engineer from Tamil Nadu has created an open-sourced website called “Is This a Bribe?” to document everyday corruption and the informal payments citizens often make for routine government services.
The platform asks users to anonymously share their experiences of whether a payment was legitimate or a bribe.
One example highlights paying Rs 10 to a sanitation worker to collect garbage, illustrating how normalised such unofficial payments have become.
The initiative aims to spark public debate on petty corruption, improve transparency, and create a citizen-generated database of everyday graft in Tamil Nadu.
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Chaitar Vasava, an Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Gujarat has been sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment along with 8 others in a 2023 case related to the assault and extortion of forest officials.
Aditi Raj from Vadodara reported earlier, that Chaitar summoned forest department officials to his house, verbally abused, and also physically assaulted one of them while demanding that the forest department pay compensation to the affected villagers which included co-accused Ramesh Vasava.
(with PTI inputs)
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Johnson TA in Bengaluru reports that former Janata Dal (Secular) MLA K S Lingesh and 10 others were arrested for allegedly granting legal ownership rights over 2,700 acres of government land to fictitious and ineligible inheritors in the Hassan region of South West Karnataka.
The Karnataka CID is investigating the case, which involves a criminal conspiracy to distribute land to fictitious beneficiaries. The Karnataka High Court criticised the actions of the Bagair Hukum Saguvali Samithi, stating that the committee acted illegally and without law.
Kiran Parashar from Bengaluru is reporting that Krishna Byre Gowda, Bengaluru’s new Development Minister, in his first meeting with Bengaluru Smart Infrastructure Limited (B-SMILE), on Monday, questioned the ‘whitetopping’ work taking place between JC Road and NR Road.
Gowda asked officials why money was being spent unnecessarily to lay concrete on the road when a flyover is set to be built.
At least 30 huts were gutted in a fire that broke out in the Takia Kale Khan area of central Delhi, triggering a large-scale rescue operation.
Police evacuated 12 people, including families, from the danger zone, an official said on Tuesday. No injuries were reported in the incident, the officer added, noting that the exact cause of the fire is yet to be determined.
(PTI)
Jayprakash S Naidu from Raipur is reporting that a school community hall which was being constructed by a minority community was demolished in Chhattisgarh’s capital on Tuesday morning.
Bulldozer action was taken on the two-storied hall, as over a 100 police personnel barricaded the road for the demolition.
While minority community leaders said the action was illegal and will challenge in court, senior civic officials from Raipur said the action was legal and they will release a statement after the demolition work is completed by evening.
The Cockroach Janta Party announced a “Diaper Donation Drive” in Delhi this evening, urging participants to bring a diaper, write their demand for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation on it, and contribute it to the protest.
The satirical post, captioned “Diaper A Day Keeps Leaks Away,” criticises Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in the wake of the NEET controversy.
(Screenshot/@cockroachjantaparty)
An 11-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped from a pavement in south Delhi’s Mehrauli area, after which she was raped and killed, an official said on Tuesday. Cab driver arrested. (PTI)
Himanshu Harsh from Patna is reporting that Bihar politician Lalu Yadav’s son Tej Pratap Yadav has lodged a police complaint alleging that his personal assistant, Motilal Rai, stole cash, valuables, and electronic devices from his Patna residence on June 22.
Yadav alleged that approximately Rs 20 lakh in cash, which he described as party funds, along with a gold chain, a gold ring, four Sony pen drives, two hard disks, an iPad, a MacBook, a laptop and four iPhone 17 Pro Max handsets were stolen from an wardrobe.
Atiya Firdos in Bengaluru reports that a man who ran a guesthouse or PG facility was allegedly beaten to death following a dispute with two college students near Kasturinagar Main Road in the Karnataka capital on Monday evening.
Matle’s objection to the students washing their legs using tap water inside the PG compound, led to a physical confrontation in which he attempted to assault them with a cricket bat. The accused snatched the bat, and attacked him leading to his death.
A case has been registered and further investigation is underway.
Divya A in New Delhi is reporting that National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, while speaking at the 16th BRICS meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday said, “India welcomes the MoU reached between the United States and Iran. We have got cautious optimism, and we hope that it will work. It will help energy security. The opening of the Strait of Hormuz is a very welcome development.”
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Mansukh Mandaviya, said on Tuesday that cycling plays a significant role in India’s journey toward becoming a developed nation. He made the remarks while addressing participants at the Cycling by the Sea event, organised by the Sports Authority of India as part of the Fit India Movement.
(PTI)
Akasa Air is targeting a 30 percent increase in capacity during the current financial year, and its long-term plans remain unchanged despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainties, the airline’s Chief Financial Officer, Ankur Goel, said on Tuesday.
(PTI)
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing accusations of embezzlement of the donation fund at the Ram temple in Ayodhya handed over the preliminary report to Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister this morning.
The SIT members reached the Chief Minister’s Secretariat or Lok Bhawan and handed over the envelope containing the preliminary report with a summary of findings in a few pages around 11.30 am on Tuesday.
(ANI)
The Indian government’s week-long ban on Telegram expired, with the app returning to the Google Play Store.
The ban, citing Telegram’s failure to curb the circulation of leaked NEET exam papers and other fraudulent activities, was upheld by the Delhi High Court. Telegram’s message-editing feature remains disabled until June 30.
(PTI)
On an X post by ANI, Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi is set to make her first official visit to India from 1-3 July 2026.
Although Guwahati was considered as a venue, the visit is expected to take place in Delhi due to Takaichi’s tight schedule and logistical challenges of visiting outside the capital.
A family of four, including two children, was found dead in an apparent suicide in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district, police said on Tuesday, according to the news agency PTI. The deceased were identified as Damodar (30), his wife Nirmala, their 13-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the family had been struggling with financial burdens. Police also said Nirmala had been undergoing treatment for complications related to a brain stroke for several years.
A handwritten note recovered from the house reportedly contained Damodar’s ATM PIN and bank account details, along with a request that the funds be used to cover his funeral expenses. Police have registered a case and launched an investigation.
The Delhi University (DU) has started its second round of seat allocation on June 22, 2026. Candidates who have applied for the two-year post-graduation course and have been offered a seat in the second round have to pay the fees within the deadline to confirm their seats. The deadline for seat acceptance is June 24, 2026, while the payment deadline is June 27, 2026. According to the university, 2,964 fresh allocations have been made for the second round under the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) for the postgraduate programme. The round two allocation has been made live on the post-graduation admissions portal. Apart from this, the minimum score required for the allocation in various courses are also published on the official website of the university. Read Here
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay in his address at the Legislative Assembly in Chennai renewed his demand for the abolition of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), arguing that the examination promotes inequality among students. Vijay said the state government remains loyal in its opposition to NEET and reiterated that there has been no change in Tamil Nadu’s position on the two-language policy or the use of Tamil as the state’s official language. Stressing that NEET creates an uneven playing field for aspiring medical students, the Chief Minister called for the exam to be scrapped altogether.
As Chicago grappled with a weekend of gun violence that left at least seven people dead and 38 others injured, as per Associated Press reports, US President Donald Trump renewed his call for federal intervention in the city. Responding to the shootings, Trump wrote on Truth Social to argue that crime could be reduced quickly with federal support, urging Illinois Governor J B Pritzker to seek his help. The President claimed that crime rates in Washington, DC, Memphis and New Orleans had fallen under measures because of his administration. “Why isn’t Governor Pritzker calling me for help? I could make Chicago a safe city in ONE MONTH. In one year, it would be one of the safest,” Trump wrote, saying that he could tackle the city’s violence “fast and permanently.”
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, in his assembly speech on Tuesday, stated that political differences should not come in the way of the state’s progress, urging all parties to unite on issues related to Tamil Nadu’s welfare.
Referring to the Karur incident, Vijay said, “The Karur incident will never be forgotten; we were unfairly blamed for it.” He asserted, “If we unite on matters concerning Tamil Nadu’s welfare, our state will become a leader in the country.”
Ahead of the annual Amarnath Yatra, personnel from the National Security Guard (NSG) and the Special Operations Group (SOG) conducted a security mock drill at the Bhagwati Nagar Base Camp in Jammu on Tuesday. The video posted by PTI shows, security agencies rehearsing many scenarios, including counter-terror operations and crowd management measures, as part of heightened security arrangements.
Police have arrested four joint owners of a commercial building today in Lucknow’s Aliganj fire incident that claimed 15 lives on Monday. An FIR has been registered at Aliganj police station against six named individuals and others under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Uttar Pradesh Fire and Emergency Services Act. Investigations into the incident are going on. (PTI)
Union Minister George Kurian has stepped down from the Union Council of Ministers, with President Droupadi Murmu accepting his resignation with immediate effect. The decision was taken on the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and formalised under Article 75(2) of the Constitution, according to a press communiqué issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday.
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