Breaking news live: Ministers take oath in Madhya Pradesh

Kathmandu: Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli is not present at the Communist Party Standing Committee meeting that is underway at Baluwatar. (ANI)

Madhya Pradesh: BJP MLA Yashodhara Raje Scindia takes oath as a cabinet minister at Raj Bhawan in Bhopal

Oath taking ceremony of Madhya Pradesh's Cabinet Ministers to take place today in Bhopal

Pakistan violated ceasefire in Shahpur and Kirni sectors of Poonch district at about 0930 hours, today. Indian Army is retaliating, reports ANI

One Assistant Constable lost his life and his parents got injured, after naxals attacked the personnel at his residence in Jangla area last night, reports ANI quoting Kamalochan Kashyap, Superintendent of Police, Bijapur

Rupee rises 10 paise to 75.50 against US dollar in early trade, reports PTI

China names Eric Chan as head of new Hong Kong national security committee, reports Reuters

Yellow alert has been issued for Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada & Udupi districts on July 1,2,4 & 5 as these districts are likely to experience heavy rainfall and orange alert has been issued for these districts on July 3, reports ANI quoting CS Patil, Director, IMD Bengaluru

Sensex surges 301.18 points to 35,715.63 in opening session; Nifty rises 76.50 points to 10,506.55, reports PTI

Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested Bhupinder Singh Dua, former MD of Small Scale Industries Development Corporation Limited (SICOP), Jammu in connection with a disproportionate assets case. Further investigations are going on, reports ANI quoting Anti-Corruption Bureau

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registers FIR against Dr GVK Reddy, Chairman of GVK Group, Mumbai International Airport, officials of Airport Authority of India and others, for alleged irregularities worth more than Rs. 800 crores for development of Mumbai Airport, reports ANI

Police: 24 dead in attack on drug rehab center in Mexico (AP)

Hong Kong's Bar Association warns the broadly worded new security law undermines city's independent judiciary, stifles freedoms. (AFP)

Former Madhya Pradesh CM and Congress leader Kamal Nath has sent a legal notice to BJP's Madhya Pradesh unit chief VD Sharma and BJP leader Prabhat Jha, claiming that they have "spread patently false & baseless statements" against him, reports ANI

Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu) custodial death case: CB-CID arrests 3 more Police officials - Sub Inspector Balakrishnan and constables Muthuraj & Murugan. A total of 4 Police officials have been arrested so far. Sub Inspector Ragu Ganesh, who was in suspension, was arrested yesterday. (ANI)