Odisha Train Accident | Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena says. "State government will be providing an ambulance for those who want to transfer bodies through the road. We will be bearing all costs for the transfer of bodies & we have arrangements for those transferring bodies via railways. We will be doing DNA sampling for the unidentified bodies. The State government is working with the aim to avoid causing any inconvenience to the affected families."
Chief Minister MK Stalin orders that the reopening of schools is postponed to protect the health of students from the effects of rising temperature. Schools will reopen for classes 6th to 12th from June 12 and for classes 1st to 5th from June 14: Tamil Nadu School Education Department. (ANI)
Protesting farmers block National Highway-44 in Kurukshetra's Shahabad over their demand for Minimum Support Price for sunflower seed. (ANI)
West Bengal CM and former Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee arrives at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, Odisha to meet the people who are admitted after getting injured in the Balasore train accident. (ANI)
Security forces are conducting search operations in Sugnu-Serou of Manipur after an exchange of fire with insurgents last night, says Indian Army. "Inputs indicate casualties to insurgents. This is being verified on the ground. During preliminary search-two AK series rifles, one 51mm mortar, two carbines, ammunition & warlike stores were recovered from the general area. Operations to sanitise the area is in progress," as per Indian Army. (ANI)
Punjab | Paramilitary forces, specialised units and the police force of Amritsar are deployed for law and order in the city today. The overall situation is peaceful in the district. Strict action will be taken if anyone is found violating the law: DCP JS Walia on security arrangements in Amritsar on the 39th anniversary of Operation Bluestar. (ANI)
Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has issued 215 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India to participate in the annual festival scheduled on the eve of Martyrdom Day of Guru Arjan Dev Jee to be held in Pakistan from 8-17 June 2023: Pakistan High Commission. (ANI)
"The bridge will be constructed in a time-bound manner as it is a dream project of CM. A showcase notice is being issued to the construction company, and action will be taken against those found responsible. When I was in opposition, I had raised the issue regarding pier number 5 of the bridge": Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav on Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge collapse in Bhagalpur. (ANI)
"Drugs originate from Poland and the Netherlands. Originating in Europe, LSD is being smuggled into India.We've arrested 6 persons in two cases and seized 15,000 blots of LSD drug which is 2.5 thousand more than the commercial quantity. The commercial quantity of this drug is .1 gram. It's a synthetic drug and is very dangerous. It's the biggest seizure in the last 2 decades": Gyaneshwar Singh, Deputy DG (NR), NCB. (ANI)
BJP workers in Bengaluru protest against the Karnataka government, alleging that the state government is not delivering on its five poll guarantees and state minister K Venkatesh asking what is wrong with slaughtering cows. (ANI)
Delegation-level talks led by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Boris Pistorius, German Federal Minister of Defence, are underway, in Delhi. (ANI)
Boris Pistorius, German Federal Minister of Defence, accorded Guard of Honour in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in Delhi. (ANI)
200 units of free power will be provided to all domestic consumers including to those living in rented accommodations in the state: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah. (ANI)
Bihar government to seek clarification from SP Singla Constructions Pvt Ltd after the under-construction Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge collapsed in Bhagalpur on June 4. (ANI)
CBI officials at the accident site in Odisha's Balasore, where the tragic train accident took place on June 2. (ANI)
Boris Pistorius, German Federal Minister of Defence to meet Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi today Boris Pistorius is on a four-day visit to India. Apart from his meeting with the Defence Minister, Pistorius is likely to meet a few defence start-ups during an event organised by Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) in New Delhi. On June 7, he will travel to Mumbai where he is likely to visit Headquarters, Western Naval Command and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited. (ANI)
One BSF jawan sustained fatal injuries while two Assam Rifles personnel sustained gunshot wounds in Serou/Sugnu in firing between Security forces & group of insurgents throughout the night of 5-6 June. Security Forces effectively retaliated to the fire. Search operations in progress. Injured Assam Rifles personnel air evacuated to Mantripukhri: Spear Corps, Indian Army. (ANI)
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee likely to visit hospitals in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar to meet those injured in the triple train crash in Odisha. (PTI)
A minor girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a minor boy living in the New Ashok Nagar area on 5th June. Case registered under section 376 IPC and 6 POCSO Act. The alleged accused has been apprehended and sent to a juvenile home. Further investigation underway: Delhi Police. (ANI)
Assam Higher Secondary Education Council declared the Class 12 examination (Arts, Commerce and Science stream) results today. The overall pass percentage in the Arts stream this year is 70.12 % while 79.57 % in Commerce stream & 84.96 % in the Science stream. (ANI)
Karnataka | Five persons died and 13 were seriously injured after the car they were travelling in hit a parked truck near Balichakra Cross in Yadgiri district, says DySP Yadgiri. (ANI)
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted a pan-India dark net drug trafficking cartel. The case pertains to a pan-India network of drug cartel where the accused were using Cryptocurrency through darknet. (ANI)
On the 39th anniversary of Operation Blue Star, Bhindranwale posters and pro-Khalistan slogans raised at the Golden Temple in Punjab's Amritsar. (ANI)
A PIL has been filed in the Patna High Court seeking an independent enquiry into the collapse of the Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bihar's Bhagalpur. (ANI)
UP | In a case registered at Sarai Akeel police station, accused Abdul Kavi (aide of late mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed) was taken on police remand for 36 hours. A cache of illegal arms including 20 pistols of 12 bore and .315 bore with cartridges, a revolver and explosives have been recovered at his instance. Further investigation is being done: SP Kaushambi
Punjab: The 39th anniversary of Operation Blue Staris being observed at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. (ANI)
According to ANI, the mother of two of the victims said,"My two sons were shot. They had no fight with anyone. I didn't see anyone else."
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