News Postcard

http://dlvr.it/SQVNcw

http://dlvr.it/SQVNKR

http://dlvr.it/SQVNHy

Around 2 lakh people in 20 districts of Assam have been affected by floods, with the hill district of Dima Hasao getting cut off from the rest of the state after landslides triggered by incessant rain snapped rail and road links, an official bulletin said on Monday. http://dlvr.it/SQV1QC

http://dlvr.it/SQTZf6

A Delhi Police team tasked with arresting Rajasthan cabinet minister Mahesh Joshi's son Rohit on charges of rape and blackmail returned empty-handed from Jaipur on Sunday after pasting a notice at his family home, asking him to show up at the capital's Sadar Bazar police station latest by 1pm on Wednesday. On whether his son would respond to the notice, the minister said this would depend on legal advice. http://dlvr.it/SQQfC2

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will form an advisory group of CWC members for discussion on political matters and challenges before the party, and will constitute a task force for internal reforms to prepare for 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The clarification appeared significant in view of the demand of the dissident G-23 bloc that the Congress Parliamentary Board (CPB) should be revived. http://dlvr.it/SQQdpZ

Expressing concern over the divisive politics of RSS-BJP, Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said Congress is the only party which can lead the battle to defeat these communal forces, while asserting that regional parties cannot perform this onerous political task. Rahul said the regional parties are built around different aspects but not an ideology, while Congress is a party with a centralized ideology. http://dlvr.it/SQQdfq

Jammu & Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha on Sunday informed PAGD and BJP delegations that PM package employees, mostly Kashmiri Pandits, will be deployed in secure and safer district and tehsil headquarters in view of the recent terror attacks on them. After meeting the governor, PAGD urged Kashmiri Pandits to not leave the Valley, adding they share equal pain and will bear this tragedy together. http://dlvr.it/SQQdd1

"We have issued Red Alert for Rajasthan for an intense spell of the heatwave, and a Yellow alert for tomorrow. Similarly, we have issued an Orange alert for Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, eastern Madhya Pradesh and Delhi," said a senior scientist at IMD, Naresh Kumar. http://dlvr.it/SQQLBm

http://dlvr.it/SQND4K

http://dlvr.it/SQNCvL

Congress on Saturday demanded a reset in the economic policies as part of a recalibration after 30 years of liberalisation, while expressing concerns over the state of the economy, ranging from the jobs scenario to growth to inflation. It said the reset should take care of extreme poverty among the bottom 10% of the population, rising inequality, and India's high rank on global hunger index 2021. http://dlvr.it/SQNCdQ

Launching an offensive against alleged betting in the IPL, the Central Bureau of Investigation has filed two FIRs and conducted searches at over half-a-dozen locations spread across four cities. The agency has initiated an investigation on a network of individuals, allegedly involved in influencing the outcome of matches in the cricket league based on inputs received from Pakistan. http://dlvr.it/SQNCcC

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said some parties are misleading with "fake Hindutva" and accused estranged ally BJP of playing "ugly" politics. Targetting BJP at a public meeting in Mumbai, the Shiv Sena chief wondered if it was the same party which Shiv Sena considered to be a friend of 25 years. http://dlvr.it/SQMwGG

Following the arrest of six people, Punjab police have named Canada-based gangster Lakhbir Singh alias Landa as the key conspirator of the rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack on the building housing the Punjab police intelligence headquarters on May 9. Lakhbir arranged an RPG, AK-47 and local network of criminals for logistic support to carry out the terror attack, Punjab DGP said. The key attackers are still at large. http://dlvr.it/SQKbHw

Two applications were filed in the court of civil judge (senior division) in Mathura on Friday seeking appointment of an advocate commissioner to carry out an inspection of the Shahi Idgah masjid adjoining Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi to confirm the "existence of Hindu artefacts and ancient religious inscriptions on the mosque premises". The court fixed the next date for hearing on July 1. http://dlvr.it/SQKZzb

http://dlvr.it/SQKZxz

While granting life to the convict, the Supreme Court-bench said that he would not be granted remission before spending 30-years in jail. The court said that the fact that the convict had no criminal antecedents and he hailed from a poor socio-economic background and also his unblemished conduct inside the jail could not go unnoticed while awarding sentence. http://dlvr.it/SQK9V3

To facilitate international travel for genuine reasons, the necessary provision of early administration of precaution dose for these travellers has been done on the CoWIN portal, additional secretary in the health ministry Manohar Agnani said. The Centre said necessary provisions have been made on the CoWIN portal to enable updation of the precaution dose so administered. http://dlvr.it/SQK9QL

http://dlvr.it/SQG1NR

India on Thursday successfully tested the extended range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet in the Bay of Bengal. In the test on Thursday, the Sukhoi from the “Tiger Sharks” squadron took off from the Thanjavur airbase in Tamil Nadu, underwent mid-air refuelling and then fired the missile at the “designated target” in the Bay of Bengal. “It was a direct hit,” a defence official said. http://dlvr.it/SQG14G

http://dlvr.it/SQG12M

http://dlvr.it/SQFZ7B

http://dlvr.it/SQFZ6l

http://dlvr.it/SQBLft

The health ministry is considering a proposal to reduce the gap between the second dose of Covid vaccine and the precaution/booster dose to three months for those planning to travel abroad. Currently, only those who have completed nine months since the administration of the second dose of the Covid vaccines are eligible to receive a third or booster dose. http://dlvr.it/SQBLHl

The number and duration of droughts has risen 29% globally since 2000 and the effect of severe droughts is estimated to have reduced India’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2-5% over the 20 years from 1998 to 2017, said a new report from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) released on Wednesday. http://dlvr.it/SQBLG1

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested 14 accused including six public servants and recovered Rs 3.21 crore (approx) in cash, for alleged "illegal clearance" of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licences in lieu of bribes. A senior CBI official said that during the search several incriminating documents, mobile phones etc were recovered at the premises of accused persons. http://dlvr.it/SQ9v1q

http://dlvr.it/SQ9txq

Separatist leader Mohammad Yasin Malik on Tuesday pleaded guilty to charges under the stringent anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), before a Delhi court in a case related to terrorism and secessionist activities in Jammu & Kashmir in 2017. Special Judge Praveen Singh has put up the matter for May 19 for hearing of arguments on the quantum of Malik’s sentence. http://dlvr.it/SQ6lQg

http://dlvr.it/SQ6l59

http://dlvr.it/SQ6l3b

Separatist leader Mohammad Yasin Malik on Tuesday pleaded guilty to all the charges, including those under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), before a Delhi court in a case related to alleged terrorism and secessionist activities that disturbed the Kashmir valley in 2017, court sources said. http://dlvr.it/SQ6HhN

http://dlvr.it/SQ6Hf1

http://dlvr.it/SQ36nn

http://dlvr.it/SQ36mG

http://dlvr.it/SQ2h7v

http://dlvr.it/SQ2gcm

http://dlvr.it/SQ2gbT

Khalistan flags appeared at the main entrance to the Himachal Pradesh assembly complex at Kaned in Kangra district on Sunday morning, accompanied by a sprinkling of graffiti in green across the white boundary wall. The district administration set up an SIT to probe the intrusion, which might have happened late the previous night or before dawn, the police said. http://dlvr.it/SPzwwp

http://dlvr.it/SPzww2

http://dlvr.it/SPzf99

http://dlvr.it/SPzdpc

DNA samples collected from two human skeletons unearthed at a necropolis of a Harappan-era city site in Haryana have been sent for scientific examination, the outcome of which might tell about the ancestry and food habits of people who lived in Rakhigarhi region thousands of years ago. Rakhigarhi site is one of the "five iconic sites" declared by the central government as per the Union budget 2020-21. http://dlvr.it/SPzdpY

http://dlvr.it/SPxT0T

With China systematically building roads, bridges and military positions along the entire 3,488-km Line of Actual Control during the continuing troop confrontation in eastern Ladakh, defence minister Rajnath on Saturday asked the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to further enhance its capability through latest technology. http://dlvr.it/SPxSm7

http://dlvr.it/SPxSLj

http://dlvr.it/SPxS47

http://dlvr.it/SPxS32