Breaking Highlights, Top Alerts of June 26
Twitter is buzzing with breaking news and news alerts from India and rest of the world. Here is the coverage of all breaking alerts and latest updates from the micro-blogging site on one page:
Breaking News of June 26:
08:01 am: J&K: Colonel JV Mahadik (Corps of Artillery) posted at Station Headquarters, Khundroo succumbed to injuries suffered due to accidental discharge of fire from his personal weapon while travelling in a vehicle yesterday
08:00 am: What you say shows your mindset. I am an entertainer. I am focused on my work. He is a senior man, I don't seek apology: Sapna Chaudhary after BJP MP Ashwini Chopra on Chaudhary supporting Congress said 'Congress must decide what is more important to them, winning polls or 'thumkas'
07:49 am: PM Modi to inaugurate third Annual Meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in Mumbai today; to address programme on Emergency (Read full story)
07:20 am: Sardar Patel was pragmatist & offered Kashmir to Liaquat Ali Khan (then Pak PM). He told him 'don't talk of Hyderabad, talk Kashmir; take Kashmir, but don't talk of Hyderabad' as Khan was preparing for war & Patel wasn't: Saifuddin Soz, Congress during his book launch on Monday (ANI)
07:00 am: Let us always work to make our democratic ethos stronger. Writing, debating, deliberating, questioning are vital aspects of our democracy which we are proud of. No force can ever trample the basic tenets of our Constitution, tweets PM Modi
07:00 am: India remembers the Emergency as a dark period during which every institution was subverted and an atmosphere of fear was created. Not only people but also ideas and artistic freedom were held hostage to power politics, tweets PM Modi
07:00 am: I salute the courage of all those great women and men who steadfastly resisted the Emergency, which was imposed 43 years ago. Their struggles ensured people power prevailed over authoritarianism and the stifling of civil liberties, tweets PM Modi
06:50 am: Tomorrow at 9:30 AM I will interact with beneficiaries of various social security schemes of the Government of India. I look forward to hearing their inspiring experiences and life journeys. Join the interaction via the ‘Narendra Modi Mobile App’, tweets PM Modi
06:50 am: Birthday wishes to Shri @dpradhanbjp, who is energetically working towards transforming the petroleum and skill development sectors. May Almighty bless him with wonderful health and a long life, tweets PM Modi wishes for Dharmendra Pradhan
06:42 am: I'd like to place on record that J&K is an integral & inevitable part of India. No amount of empty rhetoric from Pakistan will change this reality: India during right to reply at UNGA General Debate (Read full story)
06:41 am: 1 delegation has yet again misused the platform to made an unwarranted reference to the Indian state of J&K: India during right to reply at UNGA General Debate on responsibility to Protect and the Prevention of Genocide, War Crimes, Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes against Humanity
04:55 am: 250 mm rainfall was recorded in parts of Mumbai & Palghar while 230 mm rainfall was recorded in Dahanu on June 24 & June 25: India Meteorological Department, Maharashtra (Read full story)
03:00 am: Britain's Parliament approves third runway at Heathrow Airport, reports AP
01:35 am: Fifa World Cup 2018: The Group B match between Spain & Morocco ends in a draw.