LIVE News Updates: 6 Pakistani prisoners, released by India

Six Pakistani prisoners, including one minor, lodged in Indian jails, crossed over to Pakistani via Attari-Wagah border on June 7, after being released by the Indian Government

Australia's Ashleigh Barty won the French Open, winning her maiden Grand Slam singles title, with a lopsided victory over Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic.

The 23-year-old Barty, who has enjoyed a meteoric rise up the rankings after resuming her tennis career following a hiatus to play professional cricket, earned a 6-1, 6-3 win over the 19-year-old Vondrousova on Saturday in the one hour and 10 minutes match, Efe news reports.

Barty, who was ranked No. 325 at the end of the 2016 season, shortly after starting her comeback to the WTA Tour, is set to rise to a career-high No. 2 (behind only Japan's Naomi Osaka) when the new rankings come out on Monday.

A 35-year-old local cricketer- cum-coach was killed by three unknown persons in suburban Bhandup, police said Friday.

Rakesh Pawar, who used to play in local tournaments and also coached youngsters, was attacked by three persons with a chopper late Thursday night on the arterial LBS Road, an official said.

"He was rushed to hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival. It seems to the fallout of an old enmity. We are probing further and efforts are on to nab the killers," he said.

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi in his visit to Nilambur, Kerala has stated that We're committed to defending space of opposition, defending weak people in this country, defending people who are under attack by Mr Modi's policies & Mr Modi himself. I look forward to representing you&working with you to build a better Wayana

Further Rahul Gandhi attacked that current govewrnmeent on the politics of hatred and saidThe current government and Mr Narendra Modi spread hatred in the country and the Congress party knows and understands that the only way to combat hatred is through love and affection.

The dagger insignia on Mahendra Singh Dhoni's wicket-keeping gloves put India's cricket administrators on collision course with the ICC after the BCCI declined the world body's "request" to have it removed, instead seeking permission for the star player to sport it.

Dhoni will continue sporting the insignia on his gloves as it is not a military symbol, asserted Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai.

However, the world body is unlikely to accept that stand as the rule-book allows for only one sponsor's logo on the wicket-keeping gloves. In Dhoni's case, he already sports an SG logo on his gloves. Allowing the insignia would amount to "equipment sponsorship violation".

Congress demands to set up a National Election Fund to which any person may make a contribution. Funds will be allocated at the time of elections to recognised political parties in accordance with criteria laid down by law.

Opaque mechanisms of electoral funding like the Electoral Bonds initiated by the previous BJP Govt which provides a huge undue advantage to the ruling party, played an important part in the elections.Congress had promised to scrap the opaque Electoral Bond Scheme that was designed to favour the ruling party.

Britain's High Court on Friday threw out a misconduct case accusing Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to replace Theresa May as Britain's prime minister, of knowingly lying during the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign.

"We are quashing the decision of the district judge to issue the summonses" to Johnson, said judge Michael Supperstone.

Abhishek Manu Singhvi on 12 Congress MLAs gave Telangana Assembly Speaker a representation to merge with TRS: “A political policy has been followed in Telangana since past one yr-direct purchase. It's an unfortunate context but if there's such commercialization, it's the negative aspect of it. All that happened in Telangana was possible due to money power. We condemn it but it is the reality of the new pattern brought in by the ruling party and the CM there.”

A Delhi Court orders withdrawal of 'Look Out Circular' issued against Rajeev Kochchar, brother-in-law of former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar, in connection with a bank loan fraud case.

Unidentified miscreants are creating a fear psychosis by indiscriminately firing at the residence of ruling the National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) legislators and party leaders in Nagaland's Dimapur district, police said on Friday.

The miscreants fired several blank shots from sophisticated weapons in the past two nights, a police officer said, adding, there was no casualty.

Confirming the incident, Dimapur Police, public relations officer (PRO), T Relo Aye said miscreants fired blank shots at the gate of private residence of newly elected MLA Sharingain Longkumer, located at 3rd mile, around 9.30 pm on Thursday.

The MLA and his family members were not in the house at the time of the incident, the PRO said. Police recovered around 10 empty cartridge shells of AK 47 rifle from the spot, he added.

Fire broke out at a store room on the 4th floor of Jeevan Deep building near Parliament Street; 7 fire tenders rushed to the site. Around 50 people evacuated from the building. No injuries/casualties reported.

WB CM Mamata Banerjee said, “The same letter (letter informing her about a meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog on June 15) was given to me earlier. Planning Commission was more effective than NITI Aayog. It would have been more successful. Planning Commission should be brought back.”

A rape survivor has gone missing from her house, raising fears that she might have been kidnapped by the rapists, who are out on bail, the Uttarakhand police said on Friday.

The parents of the victim have filed a case in the Garhi Cantt police station, alleging that their 19-year-old daughter went missing since May 30 from their house in Govindgarh locality.

The 2017 rape case is currently being heard in a POCSO court here, while the two main accused in the case got bail earlier this year.

Defence Sources: In 2019, the security forces have eliminated 103 terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. Last year, 254 terrorists were killed eliminated; Ceasefire violations by Pakistan in the year 2019 (till 6 June) are 1170 while in 2018, Pakistan violated ceasefire 1629 times.

AAP government's forest department is finding it difficult to ensure compliance of the Delhi High Court direction to a drug company to plant 1.4 lakh saplings on the central ridge here, claiming the terrain and topography of the area would not support plantation in such large numbers.

According to a report by two local commissioners appointed by the court, the department has claimed that the ridge topography is rocky with very thin topsoil and there is space for only 3,500 saplings of deciduous indigenous variety.

The high court's order to plant 1.4 lakh saplings came on a plea filed by pharma major Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD) seeking contempt action against Venkatanarayana Active Ingredients Pvt Ltd, formerly Nutra Specialities Pvt Ltd, for breach of judicial orders not to manufacture and sell diabetes medication under the brand names used by MSD.

Australian bowler Adam Zampa has been reprimanded for breaching ICC Code of Conduct during match between Australia and West Indies at World Cup 2019. The incident occurred at the end of the 29th over of the West Indies innings when Zampa was heard using an audible obscenity by the umpires.

Amid Nipah virus scare, Kerala health minister K K Shailaja on Friday met Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to discuss the status and the administration's preparedness for containment and management of the potentially deadly infection.

Vardhan, who is regularly reviewing the public health measures put in place in Kerala, assured her of all support from the Centre.

"I am here to meet Dr Vardhan who has taken charge of the Health ministry and also update him about the status and the state's preparedness to prevent the spread of the virus," said Shailaja.

She further said that the condition of a 21-year-old college student, who was diagnosed with Nipah infection, is stable and a total of 314 people who were in touch with the infected person have been kept under observation.

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has registered a case of money laundering against media personality Raghav Bahl on the basis of the Income Tax Department reports.

The Income Tax department (I-T) had last year raided the residence and office of Bahl, an entrepreneur and founder of The Quint news portal, in an alleged case of tax evasion.

"The agency has registered a case against Bahl on the basis of the IT department reports regarding money laundering," said a senior ED official on Friday, while requesting anonymity.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi arrives at Kalikavu in Malappuram district in Kerala. Today, he begins his three-day visit to the state after Lok Sabha elections

Congress president Rahul Gandhi arrived at his Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency on Friday on a three-day thanksgiving visit.

In the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, Gandhi won from Wayanad by a margin of over 4.31 lakh votes, a state record, even as he lost Congress stronghold Amethi in Uttar Pradesh to BJP's Smriti Irani.

The Congress president arrived at Kozhikode airport around 2 pm and is scheduled to participate in at least 15 public receptions across the constituency, spread over in the districts of Wayanad, Malappuram and Kozhikode. His first programme is expected to be at Kalikavu in Malappuram district on Friday evening, sources said.

Case of murder of a 2.5 years old girl Twinkle Sharma in Aligarh's Tappal: National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has sought a fact finding inquiry report from SSP Aligarh.

Maha: Iqbal Ibrahim Kaskar, Dawood Ibrahim's brother, will be admitted to a hospital today after complaining of severe pain and swelling in elbow and ankle joints. A Thane Court has instructed Thane Central Jail authority to admit him to either Mumbai's St George's Hospital or JJ Hospital.

Delhi CM writes to Min for Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan, states "A good health scheme is already implemented in Delhi. Stopping it and implementing another won't benefit anyone. If Delhi's Health Scheme is stopped and Ayushman Bharat Yojana implemented, residents will be affected".

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal also states in his letter that if the Union Health Minister sees something in Ayushman Bharat Yojana which is missing in Delhi's health scheme then he can tell him. It will be included in Delhi's health scheme.

Militants on Friday hurled a grenade at a police station in Sopore township of Baramulla district in north Kashmir, but there was no casualty, police said.

According to a police officer, the incident took place in the afternoon.

There was no immediate report of any loss of life or injury in the explosion, the police said.

Security forces have cordoned off the area and further details are awaited.

Doda: Indian Army & Jammu and Kashmir police recovered a cache of ammunition from the cow shed of a house during a search operation in Bhaleesa area last night. Case registered under Arms Act, one arrested. Further investigation underway.

Lt General (Retd) Vinod Bhatia, ex-DGMO in whose presence MS Dhoni was commissioned into Parachute Regiment of Territorial Army: What MS Dhoni has done by supporting 'Balidaan' on his gloves, is being blown out of proportion. There's nothing political/religious/commercial about it.

There are many instances of sportspersons, cricketers or Pak team themselves, in 2016 when they played at Lord's, they dedicated it to Pak Army. When Dhoni wears a badge, Pak has a problem, some of us within India have a problem, ICC has a problem. There are so many sportsmen who support a cause. Dhoni is supporting soldiers. They will feel good that a good man like him is appreciating them

Fifty temporary shops were gutted in a massive fire that broke out on Friday in Punjab's Anandpur Sahib town. However, there was no loss of life, police said.

Eight vehicles, including two trucks, were also burnt. The cause of fire is believed to be a short circuit, police said.

The fire was reported in a makeshift market adjoining Gurdwara Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib.

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to book the two accused in the murder of a two-and-a-half year old girl under the National Security Act (NSA) and transfer the case to a fast track court.

A government spokesman said that a decision to this effect has been taken by the Yogi Adityanath government.

Two persons Zahid and Aslam have been arrested for the murder of the girl. Zahid allegedly killed the girl while the other accused helped him in committing the crime. The child was strangled to death and her eyes gouged out.

An Army paratrooper committed suicide on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.

Commando sepoy Karamjeet Singh of 23 Para regiment shot himself with his service rifle in Mastpora village in the morning, police said.

"He was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead on arrival. A case has been registered and investigations are underway."

Two jail officials in Uttar Pradesh were suspended following reports that these correctional centres were turning into picnic spots for criminals who can afford it.

A video clip of Naini Central jail went viral on the social media in which the jail inmates were seen drinking and dancing. IANS on Thursday reported that such a party had been held. Photos also corroborated that parties were held.

The videos showed that jails in Uttar Pradesh were turning into pubs for gangsters who were seen throwing liquor and gambling parties inside the barracks. Much to the embarrassment of the prison department, several photographs of prisoners, savouring non-vegetarian dishes and alcoholic drinks, were shared on the social media.

A Bangladeshi pilot, who flew a special plane to bring Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina back from Finland after her three-nation visit, was caught without his passport at Qatar's international airport, according to media reports.

Captain Fazal Mahmud of Biman Bangladesh Airlines was denied entry at the immigration of Doha International Airport in Qatar on Thursday after it was found that he travelled without passport, the airline officials said.

The flag carrier sent the passport of the pilot in another flight to Qatar later, Civil Aviation Secretary Mohibul Haque told bdnews24. The airline is now sending another pilot to bring Prime Minister Hasina back to Bangladesh, he added.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Friday met UPA Chairperson and senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi to seek her party's cooperation in the upcoming session of Parliament, which will commence from June 17.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, along with the Minister of State in his Ministry - Arjun Ram Meghwal, and Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar met Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence in Delhi.

After the meeting, which lasted for over 20 minutes, Tomar told the media: "We are meeting all the opposition leaders to request for their party's cooperation and smooth functioning of the Parliament."

With the final list of the NRC getting ready to be published in less than two months, the Centre has set the ball rolling for those whose names are missing to approach the foreigners tribunals. The tribunals will deliver their verdict within four months of missing persons submitting their records.

Exercising its powers conferred by the Foreigners Act, 1946, the central government has issued an order saying a person whose name is not part of the National Register of Citizens, currently being updated in Assam, can approach any such tribunal with a certified copy of the rejection order received from the NRC authorities along with the grounds for appeal.

The order was uploaded on the website of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday night.

Shilpa Sharma, mother of 2.5-yr-old Twinkle murdered in Aligarh: I request Modi Government and Yogi Government to severely punish the accused. We want death penalty for him. Otherwise if he comes out after 7 years, he will be emboldened even more. No action against accused will encourage them. Aslam (co-accused) had raped his own 4-year-old daughter, his wife took their daughter that day itself and left for her parents' home.

Police has constituted a Special Investigative Team (SIT) to probe murder of a 2.5 years old girl Twinkle Sharma in Aligarh's Tappal.

Special NIA Judge asked Pragya Thakur 'All the witnesses who have been examined till now, it has transpired that there was a blast on 29th September 2008 in which several people died. What do you have to say?' To which she replied- 'I don't know.'

Government sources: Indian Air Force using Aviation Research Centre’s Global 5000 surveillance aircraft and NTRO spy satellites along with other assets to locate the missing AN-32 aircraft. With their specialist sensors, they can help in getting better imagery on ground.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh being regularly updated about the search and rescue operations. Minister has instructed to use all possible resources to locate the plane and its occupants.

A cricketer-cum-coach from Bhandup was attacked with choppers near a petrol pump shortly before midnight, police said on Friday.

Rakesh Panwar was with his girlfriend when three unknown persons pounced on them near Mahavir Petrol Pump in north-east Mumbai.

According to a police official, bleeding profusely and seriously injured Panwar was rushed to Mulund General hospital where he was declared brought dead.

Maharashtra: Residents of Kawartha village in Akola face acute water crisis and forced to consume water from a pit. A villager says, 'Have to adjust college timings as we have to fetch water, it affects our studies, takes hours to fill 1 container,1600 people consume water from 1 pit'.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday expressed shock at the horrific killing of a three-year-old girl in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh and demanded swift action against the killers. He wondered how any human being can treat a child so brutally and said such a crime should not go unpunished.

"The horrific murder of a little girl in Aligarh, UP has shocked and disturbed me. How can any human being treat a child with such brutality? This terrible crime must not go unpunished. The UP police must act swiftly to bring the killers to justice," he said on Twitter.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also took to Twitter to condemn the inhuman crime. "The brutal murder in Aligarh is yet another inhuman, unspeakable crime against an innocent child. I cannot even begin to imagine the pain her parents must feel. What has become of us," she asked.

Rouse Avenue Court sets aside Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against Rajiv Kochhar,brother-in-law of former ICICI CEO & MD Chanda Kochhar, in connection with ICICI-Videocon loan case. Court allows Rajiv Kochhar to travel to Singapore and asks him to deposit Rs 25 lakh as security bond.

Rouse Avenue Court asks Rajiv kochhar to give address of where he would be staying in Singapore and says he cannot alienate any property while in Singapore.He will have to inform ED whenever he is traveling & where he is traveling. Court says ED can issue summons via Email to Kochhar.

In what could be an unprecedented move, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday decided to have five deputy chief ministers under him in a full 25-member Cabinet.

The new Council of Ministers will be constituted at a public function on Saturday.

The Chief Minister held a meeting of the YSR Congress Legislature Party at his residence here in the morning where he announced the decision to appoint five deputy chief ministers.

The Deputy CMs will be one each from Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Backward Castes, Minority and Kapu community.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni will continue wearing the dagger insignia on his wicket-keeping gloves as it is not a military symbol, Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai asserted on Friday, saying that the BCCI has sought the ICC's permission for it.

During India's opening World Cup game against South Africa in Southampton, Dhoni's green keeping gloves had a dagger logo embossed, which looked more like an Army insignia.

"The BCCI had already sent a formal request to the ICC for clearance. As per ICC regulations, players can't sport any commercial, religious or military logo. There was nothing commercial or religious in this regard as we all know," said Rai.

"And it is not the paramilitary regimental dagger that is embossed in his gloves. So Dhoni is not in breach of ICC regulations," he added.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee writes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating 'given that the NITI Aayog has no financial powers and the power to support state plans it is fruitless for me to attend the meeting (June 15).'

The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) government will soon clear the decks for the Central Bureau of Investigation to take up corruption cases in the border state, a leader of the ruling party has said.

A notification issued by the erstwhile Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) government in 2010 had mandated the central probe agency to seek its prior consent, before taking up an investigation against any of its officers or public representatives.

"It is necessary to bring the CBI as it is the only agency which can bring to book those people who had indulged in large-scale corruption in the last 25 years," the chief minister's political secretary, Jacob Khaling Rai, told reporters on Thursday.

Economically Weaker Section reservation case: SC to hear on June 10, petitions filed by medical students seeking modification of Court's earlier order that had restricted students from changing their original options while directing Maharashtra to conduct fresh counselling this year.

Supreme Court had on June 4, directed the CET (Common Entrance Test) Cell to conduct one round of counselling by physical verification of the PG medical and dental students in Maharashtra this year.

A Mumbai-based woman artist has posted a video on social media purportedly showing being attacked by a man on a busy road in Goa last week.

In the clip which is accompanied by a message, the woman, who was on a visit to the tourist state, expressed unhappiness over her attacker being granted bail within four days of his arrest.

The police confirmed the incident and said the accused, Brian Franco, was arrested after she filed a complaint.

Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court has asked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to appear before it on July 16 in connection with a defamation case filed by BJP leader Rajiv Babbar over his reported remark of tampering voters' list.

The Court has granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Sushil Gupta, Manoj Kumar, and Atishi Marlena on a personal bond of Rs 10,000 each in connection with the case.

Saradha chit fund case: Former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar arrives at CBI office in Kolkata for questioning.

BJP MLA Ram Ratan Kushwaha has asked his party workers to assault government employees and beat them up with shoes if they "continue to harass and threaten you".

Kushwaha, a legislator from Lalitpur is seen telling his workers in a meeting: "If the Uttar Pradesh government employees do not start working in a month or so or continue to harass our workers, remove your shoes and hit them because patience has a limit too."

A video clip of the lawmaker giving this directive to his party men has gone viral on the social media.

The police in Noida has arrested three persons who were allegedly involved in the robbery at former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's house, police said.

The incident had occured in April in Sector 104 at the house which was on rent. The accused had robbed several other houses as well, said the police.

Rahul, Bablu and Ikhlaq were arrested on Thursday. They had stolen an LED TV from the former India skipper's house, which was on rent to one Vikram Singh. The television in Dhoni's house was stolen allegedly while some renovation work was taking place. Police said the accused also stole a Digital Video Recorder to destroy evidence.

The Congress on Friday condemned the murder of the son of a RTI activist in Gujarat and accused the BJP government at the Centre over its failure to implement the Whistleblower Protection Act.

"Condemnable! The son of RTI activist, who opposed the bail of his father killer has also been murdered. In last five years the BJP government at the Centre has failed to implement the whistleblower act, resulting in the killings of RTI activists," Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala tweeted attaching a news report.

The Indian Consulate in Dubai released the names of the victims, Mr. Rajagopalan, Mr. Feroz Khan Pathan, Mrs. Reshma Feroz Khan Pathan, Mr. Deepak Kumar, Mr. Jamaludeen Arakkaveettil, Mr. Kiran Johnny, Mr. Vasudev, Mr. Tilakram Jawahar Thakur.

Seventeen people died and three others were severely hurt in a bus crash in Dubai. The reason for the crash is unknown. The Indian Consulate confirmed the death of 8 Indians

Indian Consulate Dubai: Sorry to inform that as per local authorities and relatives it is so far confirmed that 8 Indians have passed away in Dubai bus accident. Consulate is in touch with relatives of some of the deceased and awaits further details for others to inform their families.