Kiran Bedi, Narayanasamy join hands for car festival, and other news in pictures

Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi and Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy pulling the temple car of Bahour Temple in Puducherry on Tuesday.

Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi and Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy pulling the temple car of Bahour Temple in Puducherry on Tuesday.   | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

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When a chariot brought CM, Lt. Governor together

Putting aside their differences, Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi and Chief Minister V Narayanasamy joined a large number of devotees in dragging the chariot of Moolanathar temple, as part of its annual car festival.

The ancient temple in Bahoor village dates back to 10th century and is protected by Archaeological survey of India (ASI).

- PTI

9.30 am

Former President Bush gets a service dog named 'Sully'

Sully with former Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton, who had been visiting.

Sully with former Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton, who had been visiting. Photo: Twitter/@GeorgeHWBush  

 

Former President George H.W. Bush is welcoming a new member of the family- a yellow Labrador retriever who’ll be his first service dog.

The 94-year-old and his new companion named “Sully” got acquainted Monday at the Bush family compound on the coast of Maine.

The two hit it off.

A photo sent via Twitter shows Sully lounging at the feet of Bush and former President Bill Clinton, who had been visiting on Monday.

Sully can open doors, pick up items and summon help but “more than anything else the dog will be a wonderful companion,” said an aide, Evan Sisley.

- AP

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India gifts Dornier aircraft to Seychelles

Dornier aircraft presented to President of Seychelles, Danny Antoine Rollen Faure by Sushma Swaraj at Palam Technical Area, New Delhi, on Tuesday, June 26, 2018.

Dornier aircraft presented to President of Seychelles, Danny Antoine Rollen Faure by Sushma Swaraj at Palam Technical Area, New Delhi, on Tuesday, June 26, 2018.   | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena

 

Minister for External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, on Tuesday presented a Dornier aricraft to Seychelles President Danny Faure. The aircraft is likely to be displayed on the country's National Day on June 29.

8.30 am

12 children trapped in flooded Thailand cave

Family members and relatives pray at the entrance of Tham Luang cave while rescue personnel conduct operations to find the missing members of the children's football team along with their coach at the cave in Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in Chiang Rai province on June 26, 2018.

Family members and relatives pray at the entrance of Tham Luang cave while rescue personnel conduct operations to find the missing members of the children's football team along with their coach at the cave in Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in Chiang Rai province on June 26, 2018.   | Photo Credit: AFP

 

Hundreds of rescuers were mobilised to save 12 children and their football coach from a flooded cave in northern Thailand, where they have been trapped for two days amid heavy rain and dwindling food supplies.

Divers found bicycles, shoes and footprints in the five kilometer-long (three mile) Tham Luang cave, where the youngsters' football team and their coach have been trapped since Saturday, an official told AFP.