The Congress has appointed cricket turned politician Mohd Azharuddin working president of its Telangana unit. The announcement has come amid poll campaign in the state where the Congress is attempting to unseat TRS from power. Azharuddin, who won Moradabad Lok Sabha seat in 2009, lost from Tonk in Rajasthan in 2014. He has reportedly told party that he wants to contest from Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat in Telangana in 2019.

In a major blow to the&nbsp;opposition Congress ahead of the June 19 Rajya Sabha polls for&nbsp;four seats from the state, two party MLAs have resigned as&nbsp;members of the Legislative Assembly.&nbsp;Gujarat Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi said&nbsp;Congress MLAs Akshay Patel and Jitu Chaudhary met him on&nbsp;Wednesday evening and handed over their resignations, which he accepted.&nbsp;The Congress has accused the BJP of trying to break&nbsp;the opposition party to win the Rajya Sabha polls. However,&nbsp;the ruling BJP dismissed the charge, saying MLAs were leaving&nbsp;the Congress as they were &lsquo;unhappy&rsquo; with the party leadership.&nbsp;In the 182-member state Assembly, the ruling BJP has&nbsp;103 MLAs and the opposition Congress now has 66 legislators.&nbsp;Of the four Rajya Sabha seats from the state set to go&nbsp;for polls on June 19, three are currently held by the BJP and&nbsp;one by the Congress.&nbsp;

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday described the comprehensive strategic partnership with India as a 'new level' of bilateral cooperation based on trust. He&nbsp;complemented Prime Minister Narendra Modi for playing an &ldquo;important part&rdquo; in &ldquo;stabilising&rdquo; the Indo-Pacific region during the difficult times.&nbsp;The two leaders during their first virtual bilateral summit discussed a range of issues including trade,&nbsp;defence, education as well as the Covid-19 crisis.&nbsp;The summit was held after Morrison had to cancel his trip to India in&nbsp;January,&nbsp;2020 due to the devastating bushfires season in Australia.&nbsp;

A statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside the Indian Embassy in Washington DC has been vandalized amid the ongoing protests against the custodial death of George Floyd. An investigation has been launched by the United States Park Police, news agency ANI reported. US Ambassador to India Ken Juster in a tweet apologised for the incident. Floyd&rsquo;s death, a case of police brutality, has led to civic unrest across America.

The death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala after it ate a pineapple stuffed with explosives will be investigated by the central government, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday. The minister tweeted that the government had taken "very serious note" of the killing of the elephant and that no stone will left unturned to investigate it properly and nab the culprits. "This is not an Indian culture to feed fire crackers and kill," the minister added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India and Australia share deep and extensive ties based on the shared interest and values between the two nations. The prime minister held his first virtual summit with the Australian PM Scott Morrison on Thursday. The Ministry of External Affairs said that the virtual summit was held as PM Morrison&rsquo;s visit to India could not take place amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The prime minister said that the time is ripe and perfect to further strengthen relations between India and Australia.

With more than 1,500 fresh coroanvirus cases on Wednesday, Delhi's Covid-19 count has breached 23,000. This is the highest number of new cases to emerge in a single day in the national capital. The total number of coronavirus cases in the national capital reached 23,645. The death toll also increased to 606 after nine more fatalities. Spike in Delhi comes at a time when Mumbai, which has been worst hit by the pandemic, has started to see a downward turn in the infections rate.

India has recorded a spike of over 9,000 coronavirus cases and 260 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the health ministry data released on Thursday morning. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country have gone up to 2,16,919. The total number of fatalities from the virus have now crossed 6000. India has been witnessing a sharp spike in cases in the last one week as over 8000 new infections have been reported daily. Silver lining is that recovery rate has improved to over 48% and more than a lakh patients have recovered so far.

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the central government to convene a meeting between the officials from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to end the chaos over Delhi&rsquo;s borders. The apex court has ordered the government to arrive at a consensus with regard to allowing inter-state transport between the Delhi and the neighbouring states of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. The court suggested that a common pass should be recognised all across the NCR.

At least 3 people are reportedly dead in cyclone-related incidents in Maharashtra. Hours after making landfall,&nbsp;with windspeed&nbsp;to 120kmph, in Alibaug, the severe cyclonic storm has now weakened into a deep depression and moved towards Nashik&nbsp;with a&nbsp;reduced windspeed&nbsp;of&nbsp;65-75 kmph. Several houses have been destroyed and power supply disrupted as trees and electric poles were uprooted due to the winds. In Mumbai, traffic was stopped on the Worli sea link as the city braced for the cyclone and flights, trains services were also suspended for hours. Limited damage has been reported from Gujarat as the cyclone changed its path.&nbsp;

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday revoked the controversial Public Safety Act against former IAS officer-turned-politician Shah&nbsp;Faesal&nbsp;and two PDP members, including the maternal uncle of former chief minister&nbsp;Mehbooba&nbsp;Mufti.&nbsp;According to separate orders issued by the Home Department, the PSA against&nbsp;Faesal, who was a 2010-batch IAS topper, Sartaj Madani, uncle of Mufti, and Peer Mansoor, her political advisor during her tenure as chief minister, was revoked "with immediate effect".&nbsp;Faesal, who was under detention after scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir's special status, was booked under the PSA in February this year, with his detention being extended barely hours before it was to come to an end.&nbsp;

61 people have been arrested after migrant workers, who were returning on board a Shramik special train from Mumbai, pulled the emergency chain to jump off the train to avoid the quarantine period. NDTV reported that the train was travelling from Mumbai to Dibrugarh when the migrant workers decided to pull the chain of the Lokmanya Tilak Shramik train near Hojai railway station in Lower Assam on Tuesday midnight.56 of the passengers who got down were arrested by the RPF, rest were arrested by Assam Police.

Following a surge in coronavirus cases amid relaxations in curbs, Delhi govt has made a 7-day home quarantine mandatory for every person arriving in the Capital by train, bus or flight. The govt changed its earlier rule where no quarantine was required. The district administration officials have been tasked with ensuring that the rule is followed. Earlier, the Delhi government had only advised that incoming people should monitor themselves for the next 14 days. Delhi currently over 23,000 Covid-19 cases, adding a daily average of nearly 1,200 cases over the last seven days.

Maharashtra reported the highest single-day spike in coronavirus deaths on Wednesday with 122 fatalities, taking the total number of deaths in the state to 2,587. The total number of positive cases in the state now stands at 74,860. The state has been the worst hit in the country and accounts for over a third of India's total coronavirus cases. Mumbai alone reported 1,276 cases on Wednesday and accounted for 49 of the 122 deaths. The total number of deaths in the financial capital is now 1,417.

The govt on Wednesday eased travel restrictions for a limited section of foreign nationals. As per the new guidelines, foreign nationals in selective categories will be allowed to enter the country. Foreign healthcare professionals, researchers, engineers, and technicians whose services are required in laboratories, factories and other facilities part of the Indian healthcare sector will be allowed to enter the country. To avail of this relaxation, the individual will have to secure a letter of invitation from a recognized and registered healthcare facility, registered pharmaceutical company, or accredited university based in India. Foreign nationals with expertise in engineering, managerial, or design who wish to travel to India on behalf of foreign business entities located in the country will also be permitted to travel to India. Registered business entities in India can also invite foreign technical specialists and engineers for installation, repair and maintenance of foreign-origin machinery and equipment facilities.

Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya is not flying back to India anytime soon. After feverish speculation in the media on Wednesday night that Mallya, who owes Indian banks thousands of crores and lives the high life in London, was to be put on a plane to India, The Times of India reported on Thursday that nothing of that sort was happening. Quoting an officer at the Indian high commission in London, the report said that there is no extradition as of now and media got it all wrong.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan govt in MP may have promised to bring back migrant workers from the state, but a BJP MLA is betting more on actor Sonu Sood to help the stranded labourer. MLA Rajendra Shukla, who is also a former minister, appealed to the actor on twitter to help a group of migrants from MP stranded in Mumbai. He shared their details on twitter. Opposition Congress has attacked CM&nbsp;Shivraj&nbsp;Singh&nbsp;Chouhan&nbsp;saying MLA's appeal is the bitter truth of the BJP govt in the state where its own MLA trusts Sonu Sood more than the CM.

Here are the latest news updates from HT Epaper
Nisarga, the first severe cyclone to impact Mumbai in more than 60 years, largely spared India&rsquo;s financial capital on Wednesday. The severe cyclonic storm weakened after its landfall south of the city, claiming no major damages or loss of life in the region. Four people died as the storm uprooted trees in neighbouring districts, but no major damages were reported.
((Page 2)) The Delhi government on Tuesday changed its Covid testing strategy, which will restrict the access to tests even as the number of cases continue to rise. The change means that direct contacts of infected people that are asymptomatic will be tested only if they have co-morbidities or are senior-citizens between Day 5 and Day 10 of coming in contact with a confirmed Covid-19 case.
((Page 5)) The lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease in India will have a lingering impact on lives, not just livelihoods, a working paper by two prominent economists has said. It has identified violence, starvation, indebtedness and extreme stress as consequences of the shutdown that was in place in the last two months.

Reports say economic offender and fugitive businessman&nbsp;Vijay Mallya&nbsp;may be flown to India.&nbsp;Mallya will be accompanied by CBI and ED officials.&nbsp;If Mallya lands in Mumbai at night, he will have to spend some time at the CBI office in the city.&nbsp;If he lands during the day, he will directly be produced in a court, where the CBI will seek his custody. Later, the ED would also seek his custody, reports quoting sources said. Vijay&nbsp;Mallya will be lodged at Mumbai's Arthur Road jail.&nbsp;Mallya is wanted in India in the Rs 9,000 crore&nbsp;loan default&nbsp;case involving 17 banks. He lost his appeal in the UK top court on May 14 against extradition to India.

Cyclone Nisarga has hit Maharashtra. The severe cyclonic storm made a landfall 95 km from Mumbai near Alibaug. The weather department said that the center of Cyclone Nisarga is very close to Maharashtra coast. Landfall process will be completed during next 3 hours. Trees have been uprooted at places in Raigad district due to gusty winds. The cyclone has brought in a wind speed of up to 120 kmph and heavy rain in parts. At least 40,000 people have been evacuated from low lying areas. High tide is expected in Mumbai as the cyclonic activity intensifies.

At least eight workers were killed&nbsp;due to burn wounds&nbsp;and over 40 were injured when a blast in the broiler of an&nbsp;agro-chemical factory in&nbsp;Bharuch sparked a fire. The blast was so powerful that it was heard up to a three-kilometer radius. The fire soon engulfed the entire factory. Images from the factory showed plumes of smoke billowing from the site of the incident.&nbsp;As a precautionary measure, the&nbsp;authorities have&nbsp;shifted&nbsp;nearly&nbsp;5,000&nbsp;people staying in two&nbsp;neighbouring&nbsp;villages. The factory manufactures 20 types of chemical components.&nbsp;

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