Eight Indonesian Islamic preachers, who attended a religious congregation early this month at Nizamuddin, were on Tuesday found staying at a mosque in Bijnor&nbsp;and were picked up by the police. All eight have been sent to an isolation centre in the district. According to the SP of Bijnor, it appears&nbsp;that after attending the religious congregation, they first visited Odisha after which they returned to Bijnor. District Health officials are also now taking steps to sanitise the Bijnor mosque and other places they visited.

Eight Indonesian Islamic preachers, who attended a religious congregation early this month at Nizamuddin, were on Tuesday found staying at a mosque in Bijnor and were picked up by the police. All eight have been sent to an isolation centre in the district. According to the SP of Bijnor, it appears that after attending the religious congregation, they first visited Odisha after which they returned to Bijnor. District Health officials are also now taking steps to sanitise the Bijnor mosque and other places they visited.

Taking a swipe at Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday said she wasn't a national leader but a social media leader. Maurya&nbsp;said he&nbsp;doesn't take her seriously and called her 'Priyanka&nbsp;Twitter Vadra'. 'She only tweets for 2-3 days and the media remains busy and social media shows her as a prominent national leader,' he said. UP's&nbsp;Deputy Chief Minister also said that Priyanka&nbsp;couldn't even ensure victory for her brother in the 2019 polls. Recently,&nbsp;Priyanka&nbsp;has been&nbsp;raised issues faced by migrants workers during the lockdown&nbsp;through Twitter,&nbsp;

A school teacher in Uttar Pradesh has been arrested for fraud of a rather unique kind. Anamika Shukla, a teacher who allegedly worked in 25 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, collected Rs 1 crore in salaries over a period of 13 months, has been arrested by police in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj district. Anamika, a full time science teacher posted at the KGBV in Baghpat district was found working simultaneously in 25 districts after the basic education department started creating a digital database of teachers. The police immediately took her to the local police station and her interrogation is underway. The entire process of attendance and verification of teachers has been made digital for the sake of transparency, an official said.

NDA&nbsp;ally Lok&nbsp;Janshakti&nbsp;Party's president Chirag&nbsp;Paswan&nbsp;has slammed Bihar&nbsp;Chief Minister Nitish&nbsp;Kumar&nbsp;over the migrant crisis and said that the situation could have been handled better. Paswan&nbsp;said that generating employment for labourers who have returned to Bihar&nbsp;should be the govt's top priority. Speaking to new agency PTI, he said that he doesn't doubt Nitish&nbsp;Kumar's intentions but there have been some shortcomings. However, he said&nbsp;that&nbsp;LJP&nbsp;is ready to support Nitish&nbsp;Kumar&nbsp;as NDA's&nbsp;CM candidate for state polls next year. Paswan&nbsp;said that his party would support NDA&nbsp;even if it changes the CM face. The BJP&nbsp;has mooted the idea of changing its CM face and reiterated that Nitish&nbsp;Kumar&nbsp;will remain the CM face.&nbsp;

Indian and Chinese military commanders are meeting today amid heightened&nbsp;tensions on the Line of Actual Control. Delhi and Beijing have scaled up military talks to the level of Lt Generals to de-escalate the situation in Ladakh. Reports said that an Indian proposal for restoration of status quo and de-induction of artillery and tanks by both armies is likely to be on the table. The Indian delegation is led by Lt General Harinder Singh, the general officer commanding of Leh-based 14 Corps, while the Chinese side is headed by the Tibet Military District Commander at the talks in the Border Personnel Meeting Point at Maldo.

Delhi govt has filed an FIR against Sir Ganga&nbsp;Ram Hospital for allegedly violating the Epidemic Diseases Act by not using the app for collecting samples for RT-PCR&nbsp;test. The hospital was issued an order by the Delhi govt on June 3 to stop collecting samples for RT-PCR&nbsp;test of suspected or confirmed Covid-19 cases. The hospital has also been asked to explain why they were not using the app for sample collection.&nbsp;The same day, the Delhi government announced that the 675-bed hospital will have to reserve 80% of its beds for treatment of Covid-19 patients.

The number of coronavirus cases in India rose past 2.36 lakh, taking the country to the sixth spot worldwide above Italy. According to the health ministry data released on Saturday morning, India recorded 9887 new virus cases and 294 deaths in the last 24 hours. This is the biggest single-day jump in cases and fatalities till now. The total number of cases now stand at over 2 lakh and 36 thousand. The number of deaths due to the contagion has gone up to 6642. More than 1 lakh and 14 thousand people have recovered from the infection so far.

Top commanders of Indian and Chinese Armies on Saturday held talks to resolve the month-long standoff in eastern Ladakh. The talks between the two countries were held at&nbsp;Moldo&nbsp;on the Chinese side, which is opposite&nbsp;Chushul&nbsp;sector of Eastern Ladakh. The key agenda of the talks included restoring status quo in Ladakh to what it was in April 2020 and pulling out the&nbsp;armoured&nbsp;and artillery from the forward positions close to the Line of Actual Control. The big focus remained on the north bank of&nbsp;Pangong&nbsp;Tso Lake where the Chinese Army has attempted to change the status quo. Sources told&nbsp;news&nbsp;agency&nbsp;ANI that&nbsp;the Indian delegation led by 14 Corp Commander Lt General Harinder Singh&nbsp;is&nbsp;returning to Leh.&nbsp;

After Twitter temporarily restricted the account of dairy giant Amul, the social media platform is abuzz&nbsp;as many linked it to a recent ad by the company which supported the boycott of Chinese goods. The ad shows the iconic Amul girl, standing up to a Chinese dragon, with the words 'Exit the Dragon'. Many users on twitter showed their support for the ad. Amid the standoff between India and China at the Ladakh border which has been going on for a month now, many groups and individuals,&nbsp;have echoed the sentiment of boycotting Chinese goods. Regarding the controversy, Amul&nbsp;said they had asked the social media platform why the action had been taken, but had received no response from them.&nbsp;

A day ahead of Amit Shah's virtual rally to sound BJP's poll bugle in Bihar, RJD leader&nbsp;Tejashwi&nbsp;Yadav on Saturday said electioneering amidst the coronavirus crisis in the country is nothing but &lsquo;political&nbsp;vulturism&rsquo;. He alleged&nbsp;that the saffron party was only interested in electoral victory even at the cost of human lives. Hitting out at Nitish&nbsp;Kumar, the&nbsp;Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly asserted that the issue of migrants&nbsp;would be a major issue in the assembly polls slated for later this year.&nbsp;Tejashwi&nbsp;said he is hopeful that all like-minded parties who are driven by the ideology of pro-constitutional supremacy and pro-poor would come under one umbrella and fight the &lsquo;divisive and a failed government of 15 years&rsquo; in the state.&nbsp;

As West Bengal deals with the dual impact of the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic and Cyclone Amphan, Trinamool&nbsp;Congress chief Mamata&nbsp;Banerjee has warned her party workers against corruption in ration distribution system. Quoting a TMC&nbsp;MP, the Hindustan Times reported that Bengal CM wants her cadre to leave relief work to the administration and not politicise it. She has also warned that strict action will be taken against anyone involved in corruption. Mamata's&nbsp;comments came at a virtual internal meeting of the TMC&nbsp;which was held on the heels of BJP announcing their&nbsp;campaign for elections in the state next year. The TMC&nbsp;chief has asked her cadre to intensify their political campaign on social media and on the ground highlighting achievements of her govt in the past 9 years.

Six officials of the Enforcement Directorate have tested positive for coronavirus and the headquarters of the probe agency has been sealed for two days, reports said. Over 10 officers who came into contact with the infected officials have been quarantined. Recently, a junior-rank officer at the headquarters had tested positive for the virus. He was on deputation to the investigative agency from a central paramilitary force, news agency PTI reported quoting officials.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the government of destroying the country's economy by not providing cash assistance to the people and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), terming it as&nbsp;demonetisation&nbsp;2.0. Taking to Twitter, the former Congress president said, the government is actively destroying our economy by refusing to give cash support to people and MSMEs. He has also urged the government to provide Rs 7,500 cash assistance to the vulnerable sections for six months across the country.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday capped the charges for Covid-19 treatment in private hospitals across the state. The per day charges for treatment in ICUs have been capped at ₹15,000 and in general wards, for asymptomatic people and those with mild symptoms, the maximum charge is ₹7,500, govt release stated. No fee over and above the fixed slab can be claimed from patients.

Amid reports of hospitals turning away Covid patients in the Capital, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday issued a stern warning to such hospitals. Kejriwal said that while most hospitals are playing a positive role during the pandemic, there are a few that are indulging&nbsp;in black marketing of beds. The CM warned that such hospitals will not be spared.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Odisha on Saturday reported its highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases after 173 more people tested positive for the disease. The total Covid tally in the state has gone up to 2,781, a health department official said. Of the 173 cases, 150 were in quarantine centres, where people returning from different states are staying. Twenty-three others were detected with the infection during contact-tracing exercises.

The Delhi Police Crime Branch has filed an FIR against senior journalist Vinod Dua after a complaint was filed by BJP spokesperson Naveen Kumar. The BJP leader has alleged that Dua &ldquo;misreported on the Delhi riots&rdquo;, &ldquo;did false contextual reporting&rdquo; when Jyotiraditya Scindia joined the BJP. He has also objected to Dua's comments on the &ldquo;Vyapam scam&rdquo;. The complainant refers to one of the episodes of Dua&rsquo;s Youtube show.

The pregnant wild elephant who died in Kerala had major wounds in its oral cavity, most likely after an explosive blast, due to which she could not eat for nearly two weeks leading to her collapse in a river and drowning, according to a post-mortem report. The report said, incapacitating wounds and injuries in the oral cavity caused localised sepsis. This resulted in excruciating pain and distress in the region and prevented the animal from eating and drinking water for nearly two weeks. Severe debility and weakness in turn resulted in the final collapse in water that led to drowning. The report said drowning, followed by inhalation of water leading to lung failure was the immediate cause of death of the elephant.

India might face another attack of crop-munching desert locusts in July, the Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations has warned. India is currently reeling under its worst locust attack that has put at least 16 states on alert, including the worst-affected Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. "Successive waves of swarms will arrive from southern Iran in June and the &ldquo;Horn of Africa&rdquo; peninsula in July," according to FAO.

Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu is very much in the Congress and is not going to the Aam Aadmi Party, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Friday. The CM rubbished the reports that his biggest rival and critic in the party is in talks with Arvind Kejriwal. Amarinder Singh said he had confirmed this with poll strategist Prashant Kishor himself, who is believed to have set up talks between Navjot Sidhu and Arvind Kejriwal. Sidhu&nbsp;has a running feud with Captain and has been sulking for over a year.

TikTok star-turned-BJP leader Sonali Phogat has been caught on camera thrashing a Haryana govt official with slippers. A video of the assault is viral on social media. The incident took place on Friday when Sonali Phogat, who unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Haryana assembly election as a BJP candidate, was inspecting a farmers' market. As she rains blows on the official with a slipper, he is seen pleading with her, saying he was noting her complaints and would address them.

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