Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Singapore’s former premier Goh Chok Tong on Saturday jointly unveiled a plaque to pay tribute at the immersion site of Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes at Clifford Pier in the city-state. Mr. Modi, who is here on the last leg of his three-nation tour, unveiled the plaque on the seafront where some of the Mahatma’s ashes were immersed in 1948. He earlier visited Indonesia and Malaysia.
Uttar Pradesh was hit by another deadly dust storm that claimed 17 lives and left 11 persons injured on Friday evening. A U.P. government spokesperson on Saturday said that most of the deaths were caused due to falling of trees and house collapse. Moradabad bore the maximum brunt of the storm, with as many as seven deaths reported from the district, followed by three deaths from Sambhal, the State government spokesperson said.
The body of another youth was found hanging in West Bengal’s Purulia district on Saturday with the Bhraratiya Janata Party (BJP) claiming that the deceased was their supporter and he was killed for his political affiliation.
Kaiser Bhat, from Srinagar's Fateh-a- Kadal, succumbed to his injuries at SKIMS hospital, according to hospital officials. He came under the wheels of the CRPF vehicle that was negotiating its way through the protesters hurling stones at it outside the mosque after Friday prayers. "He had suffered a serious chest injury and fractures," according to the hospital.
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A tweet by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, celebrating the victory of his party and mocking the defeat of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) in a recent bypoll at Jokihat, triggered a political spat in Bihar on Saturday.
Hindi actor and filmmaker Arbaaz Khan arrived here on Saturday for recording his statement before the police in connection with an alleged IPL betting racket, an official said. The city police on Friday issued summons to the 50-year-old actor-producer for recording his statement on Saturday in connection with the betting racket.
Former media executive Indrani Mukerjea, a key accused in the murder case of her daughter Sheena Bora, was admitted to the J.J. Hospital here last night for “chest pain evaluation”, doctors said on Saturday.
The United States' closest allies attacked the Trump administration on Friday for imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and mounted challenges with the world's top trade body, fouling the mood at a G7 finance leaders meeting.
India’s regular Test wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha has been ruled out of the upcoming one-off Test against Afghanistan in Bengaluru, the BCCI confirmed on Saturday. Dinesh Karthik has been named as the replacement for the Test beginning on June 14.
The United States is willing to work with China on a “results oriented” relationship, but Beijing's actions in the South China Sea were coercive and the Pentagon would “compete vigorously” if needed, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday.