News Highlights: Don't support trial exemption, never demanded exemption, says Sakshi MalikCongress constituted State Election Committee for 2023 Rajasthan Assembly polls. In Punjab, Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim released from jail after getting 30-day parole. The Manipur video, has created waves across the country with SC calling it 'disturbing' and directing the government to take action otherwise the court will have to intervene. PM Modi also spoke on the conflict-hit state for the first time saying that he was filled with pain and anger over the video. Protesters in Iraq's Baghdad stormed the Swedish embassy and set it on fire over Quran burning row. Meanwhile, landslide in Maharashtra's Raigad took at least 16 lives with more than 100 feared trapped, rescue operations on. That's all for today, stay tuned to www.deccanherald.com for live news updates, opinions and analysis. See you tomorrow.
NCW 'directs' Twitter India to remove Manipur video of women being paraded naked
National Commission for Women (NCW) has formally directed the Head, Public Policy at Twitter India to remove the video showing the disgraceful act of two women being paraded naked. This video compromises the victims' identities and is a punishable offence: NCW
12 bodies have been retrieved from the debris in Irshalwadi, Raigad
SC to refer to constitution bench Delhi government's plea against Centre's ordinance on services matter
Bommai, Kumaraswamy along with their party MLAs meet K'taka guv, request probe into IAS deployment at Oppn meet
BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy, along with MLAs of their respective parties meet Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot and hand over a memorandum to him, requesting an investigation into the IAS officers' deployment at a hotel where Opposition parties meeting was held.
BJP MLAs) have become 'gundas' and they are frustrated: says Karnataka Deputy CM D K Shivakumar on suspension of BJP MLAs
"Let them meet the Governor, they (BJP MLAs) have become 'gundas' and they are frustrated," says Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar on suspension of BJP MLAs for throwing paper at Deputy Speaker.
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Shocking and painful: Atishi on Manipur video where women were paraded naked by mob
Youth Congress workers protesting over Manipur situation detained in Delhi
Delhi court reserves for 4 pm order on regular bail application of outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan
Delhi court reserves for 4 pm order on regular bail application of outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan in women wrestlers sexual harassment case
I.N.D.I.A parties likely to visit Manipur soon, sources say
Death toll rises to 10 in landslide at village in Maharashtra's Raigad district: Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis
Enforcement Directorate arrests Sujit Patkar, friend of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, in BMC Covid centres case
Union Minister and Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy sat on the road in protest amid a downpour after being stopped by Police in Shamshabad
BJP delegation has submitted its report on 'atrocities on women in West Bengal' to BJP national president JP Nadda.
BJP MLAs behaving like goons; can not tolerate minorities as Speaker: DKS on BJP delegation meeting with K'taka guv
Delhi HC seeks response from WFI on plea moved by wrestlers over direct entry to Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat
Delhi High Court seeks a response from the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on plea moved by wrestlers Antim Panghal and Sujeet Kalkal over the exemption given to wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat for direct entry into the Asian Games 2023 by the WFI ad-hoc panel
NIA yesterday arrested one more prime accused in the Bihar case relating to the banned PFI
National Investigation Agency (NIA) yesterday arrested one more prime accused in the Bihar case relating to the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), taking the total number of arrests in the case to 15.
22-year-old Yaqub Khan alias Sultan alias Usman, a resident of District East Champaran, Bihar, was arrested on charges pertaining to unlawful and anti-national activities of PFI cadres and members. NIA had earlier arrested 14 accused and seized several incriminating articles and documents related in the case. Four accused were charge-sheeted in the case on January 7, 2023.
SC to hear on July 21 plea of Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji and his wife Megala who moved apex court challenging Madras HC judgment
Supreme Court agrees to hear on July 21 the plea of Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji and his wife Megala who moved to the apex court challenging the Madras High Court's judgment allowing his custody to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money laundering case.
Will ensure strict action is taken against all the perpetrators: Manipur CM on video showing women being paraded without clothes
SC 'really disturbed' over Manipur video, CJI tells govt to take action
Supreme Court says it’s really disturbed over the video that came yesterday about two women paraded naked in Manipur.
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud asks the government to take action.
CJI says it’s simply unacceptable. Using women as an instrument in an area of communal strife. It’s the grossest of constitutional abuse. He further says we are deeply disturbed by the videos which have emerged. If the government does not act we will.
Supreme Court says it’s time government really steps in and takes action. It's simply unacceptable in constitutional democracy. It's deeply disturbing.
CJI says it’s simply unacceptable. Using women as an instrument in an area of communal strife. It’s the grossest of constitutional abuse. He further says we are deeply disturbed by the videos which have emerged. If the government does not act we will.
Supreme Court says it’s time government really steps in and takes action. It's simply unacceptable in constitutional democracy. It's deeply disturbing.
Xi Jinping meets former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger in Beijing: state media
CM Eknath Shinde has announced ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each for families of deceased
Landslide in Raigad | CM Eknath Shinde has announced that Rs 5 lakh each will be given to the families of the deceased and the government will bear the cost of treatment of the injured: Maharashtra CMO
Tathya Patel, who allegedly ploughed his speeding car into a crowd gathered at an accident site on ISKCON Bridge in Ahmedabad thrashed by angry bystanders
Traffic jam witnessed in Hyderabad after rain lashed the city
Gujarat CM announces ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each to the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured
The accident that happened last night at ISKCON Bridge in Ahmedabad is very sad. I express my heartfelt condolences. The state government has given Rs 4 lakh each to the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured, tweets Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel
Hospital's statement on ISKCON Gujarat accident
“12 victims were shifted to our hospital from the ISKCON bridge accident, of which eight were brought dead while one patient succumbed while undergoing treatment. The three other victims are being transferred to the Civil Hospital in Asarwa,” says Dipika Singhal, Medical Superintendent, Sola Civil Hospital.
Telangana Government declares holidays for two days to all education institutions in the state due to heavy rainfall
Telangana Government has decided to declare holidays for two days to all education institutions in the state - Thursday and Friday (20th and 21st July) due to heavy rainfall
Centre orders social media platforms to not share Manipur women viral video
DCP reacts on horrific Gujarat road accident that killed 9
Protesters angered by the burning of copies of the Quran in Sweden have stormed the Swedish Embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad
NDRF teams rushed to landslide site in Raigad amid reports of at least 100 people feared to be trapped
Four die in landslide in Raigad in Maharashtra, CM Shinde rushes to spot
Maharashtra: Rescue operation underway by NDRF after a landslide occurred in Irshalwadi village of Khalapur tehsil of Raigad district. According to the Raigad police, four people have died and three others have been injured.
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde arrives at the site of the landslide in Irshalwadi village of Khalapur tehsil of Raigad district. According to the Raigad police, four people have died and three others have been injured. Rescue operation is underway.
Indian-origin student in US suffers brain damage after lightning strike
WhatsApp services restored after global outage
Maharashtra Ministers reach Khalapur's Irshalwadi in Raigad district where landslide took place