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Airstrike in Sudan city kills at least 22 people, health officials say, amid fighting between country's rival generals, AP reported.
A Delhi court has acquitted six people accused of rioting, arson, and looting at two properties during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots. Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala passed the order while hearing a case against Sahil, Dinesh, Tinku, Sandeep, Vikas Kashyap and Sonu, who were accused of being a part of a riotous mob that committed trespass and thefts in a shop in Bhagirathi Vihar during the riots on the intervening night of 24th and 25th February 2020, as reported by PTI.
They were also accused of being members of an unlawful assembly that committed arson, trespass and theft in a nearby house around 9 pm on February 24. "I find that charges levelled against the accused persons, in this case, are not proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Hence, all the accused persons are acquitted of all the charges levelled against them in this case," the court said on Thursday.
It noted that a constable and an assistant sub-inspector were the two prosecution witnesses who claimed to have seen the incidents. "If I compare the testimony of both these witnesses, I find a huge gap of timing of the incidents in their statements," the judge said.
BSP chief Mayawati holds a meeting with Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh units of the party, in Delhi, as reported by the news agency ANI.
Traffic movement was temporarily suspended on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway and the Mughal Road here on Saturday following multiple landslides triggered by heavy overnight rainfall, officials said, as reported by PTI. Train service between Banihal and Qazigund stations has also been suspended for the day, they said.
Several landslides struck the national highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, at Mehar, Cafeteria Morh, Keela Morh, Sita Ram Passi and Panthiyal in Ramban, the officials said. They said a portion of the road leading to the Panthiyal tunnel was washed away.
A traffic department official said work was underway to clear the road and repair the affected sections despite the incessant rains. "People are advised not to travel on the highway till the restoration work is completed," he added.
Mughal Road, an alternative link connecting the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri with the Shopian district of south Kashmir, also witnessed several landslides near Rata Chambh in Poonch district.
The conductor of a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus and a woman passenger were injured after their vehicle rammed into a container in Thane city of the state on Saturday morning, officials said, as reported by PTI. The bus was going to Borivali in Mumbai from Thane when it met with the accident opposite a mall on the Mumbai-Nashik highway, they said.
"The MSRTC bus hit the container around 6 am. A 41-year-old woman passenger and the bus conductor, 38, suffered fractures in their legs in the accident and they were admitted to Kalwa civil hospital, where they are being treated," a police official said, as quoted by PTI. Nine passengers, including four women, were traveling in the bus when the accident occurred, chief of Thane Municipal Corporation's Disaster Management Cell, Yasin Tadvi, said.
The Amarnath Yatra was suspended for the second consecutive day on Saturday due to inclement weather conditions as rain continued to lash most parts of Kashmir, officials said, as reported by PTI. The yatra remains suspended from both the Pahalgam and the Baltal routes for the second day due to the inclement weather. No pilgrim was allowed to move towards the holy cave shrine this morning, they said.
According to the officials, fresh batches of pilgrims were not allowed to leave Jammu to embark on their yatra due to closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway.
The highway was blocked due to landslides caused by the rain.
Four people have been reported dead in Karnataka's Dakshin Kannada amid heavy rainfall.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar inaugurated a bust of Swami Vivekananda at the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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PM Modi To Address Rally In Rajasthan's Bikaner Today:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally in Naurangdesar, Rajasthan's Bikaner district, on Saturday, according to the BJP. Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, Rajasthan Assembly Leader Rajendra Rathore, and Deputy Leader of the Opposition Satish Poonia held a review meeting and inspected the rally site on Friday, news agency PTI reported.
During the programme, Modi will lay the groundwork for and inaugurate projects worth more than Rs 2,500 crore, according to a party statement. He will also speak at a public gathering.
According to Meghwal, the rally will draw a large crowd from Bikaner and the surrounding areas.
All Set For Panchayat Polls In West Bengal On Saturday:
Rural West Bengal braces for the crucial three-tier panchayat elections on Saturday, which serve as a litmus test for the 2024 parliamentary elections and have the power to reshape the state's political landscape. Around 5.67 crore voters are expected to cast ballots for nearly 928 seats spread across 22 zilla parishads, 9,730 panchayat samities, and 63,229 gramme panchayats, according to a PTI report.
Since the polls opened on June 8, there has been widespread violence in various parts of the state, resulting in the deaths of over a dozen people, including a teenager.
BRS To 'Boycott' PM's Visit To Telangana On July 8:
BRS Working President K T Rama Rao alleged that the NDA government at the Centre has been "anti-Telangana" for the last nine years, and his party will "boycott" Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state on July 8, news agency PTI reported. Rama Rao, the son of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, claimed that Modi has been anti-Telangana since taking office in 2014.
He claimed that the Centre has broken no promises made to Telangana in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act.
Modi laid the groundwork for a Rs 20,000 crore locomotive coach factory in Dahod, Gujarat, a year ago, but announced a Rs 521 crore waggon manufacturing unit in Warangal, Telangana.
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