Hours after testing positive for coronavirus, Amitabh Bachchan Mumbai's residence Jalsa was declared a containment zone by BMC on Sunday. The sanitation department arrived at the Bachchans' bungalow in Juhu and sealed it as a containment zone by putting a banner on the gates of the iconic house.&nbsp;Around 20 BMC workers arrived at Jalsa earlier on Sunday to sanitize the property and the area surrounding it.

Hours after testing positive for coronavirus, Amitabh Bachchan Mumbai's residence Jalsa was declared a containment zone by BMC on Sunday. The sanitation department arrived at the Bachchans' bungalow in Juhu and sealed it as a containment zone by putting a banner on the gates of the iconic house. Around 20 BMC workers arrived at Jalsa earlier on Sunday to sanitize the property and the area surrounding it.

Senior Congress leader PL Punia in a slip of tongue declared Rajasthan rebel Sachin Pilot as part of BJP. Speaking to ANI on Monday morning amid political crisis in Rajasthan due to Pilot's rebellion, Punia said: "Sachin Pilot is now in the BJP". He later clarified that it was slip of tongue and he actually meant Jyotiraditya&nbsp;Scindia who has recently defected to the BJP.

CBSE has released class 12 results on its official website. Students can check their result from the board's official result portal, 'cbseresults.nic.in'. Overall 88.7% of students have passed the exam and girls have outshined&nbsp;boys once again. 92% of the girl students have passed the exam as compared to 86% for the boys.&nbsp;The board has followed its revised assessment scheme to prepare CBSE results this year. The board had to revise its assessment scheme after examinations for a few papers were cancelled. CBSE

Amid political crisis in the Rajasthan govt after Sachin Pilot's revolt against Ashok Gehlot, two of CM's aides were raided by tax department on Monday morning. Rajiv Arora, vice president of the party's Rajasthan unit, and another leader Dharmendra Rathore were raided by the tax officials. Reports said that 5 premises linked to the two leaders were raided in Jaipur and Kota over allegations of "tax evasion".

The Supreme Court on Monday sided with the Travancore Royal family for the administration and control of the Padmanabha Swamy temple in Kerala. Settling the nine-year-long dispute, the top court overtuned the 2011 judgment of the Kerala high court which had ruled that the state government should take over the control of the temple from a trust headed by the royal family. &ldquo;Great God&rsquo;s will prevailed," said Princess Gowri Lakshmibai of the erstwhile Travancore royal family soon after the judgemnt.

About 102 Congress&nbsp;MLAs attended the crucial show of strength meeting called by Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot on Monday morning, news reports said. The Congress has claimed that the Gehlot govt is safe as it has the support of over 109 MLAs in the house of 200. The meeting came in the wake of an open revolt by Dy CM Sachin Pilot who claimed that the Gehlot govt is in minority as 30 MLAs are with him. But it appears that he has no more than 10 MLAs&nbsp;on his side. The Congress had earlier on Monday issued a whip to its MLAs for attending the meet called by the CM.&nbsp;Sachin Pilot on Monday said he has the support of 25 MLAs, adding&nbsp;the claim made by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot of having the support of 102 MLAs is wrong.

Rajasthan Deputy CM Sachin Pilot, who has declared an open revolt against the Congress, on Monday said that he is "not joining the BJP". NDTV reported that Pilot scotched speculation of his joining the saffron party amid reports of his likely meeting with BJP chief JP Nadda on Monday. Pilot is camping in Delhi while CM Ashok Gehlot prepared for a big show of strength in Jaipur of Congress MLAs. Pilot has claimed that the Gehlot govt is in minority as 30 MLAs are with him. Congress contested the claim saying 109 MLAs are with Gehlot.

In a shocking incident, a BJP MLA from West Bengal was found hanging in a market near his home on Monday morning. Police said that&nbsp;Debendra Nath Ray, who was MLA from Hemtabad reserved seat in North Dinajpur district, had died due to suicide and a note was found on him. The BJP had earlier&nbsp;claimed that the MLA&nbsp;was killed and hanged later. The party blamed the ruling Trinamool. BJP&nbsp;president JP Nadda&nbsp;tweeted that the killing was proof of gunda raj&nbsp;in Mamata's Bengal.&nbsp;Ray had contested on a CPM ticket but had switched over to the BJP last year after the Lok Sabha elections.

Congress leader Rahul&nbsp;Gandhi on Monday&nbsp;hit&nbsp;back at home minister Amit&nbsp;Shah's statement on Sunday that India is in a good position in fight against Covid-19. The Congress MP tweeted a graph showing India's rising Covid&nbsp;curve with a questioning the home minister's assertion. Gandhi has been consistently attacking the govt on its response to the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic.&nbsp;

Nepal has sent a 'diplomatic note' to India, urging New Delhi to take steps against the broadcast of what it called "fake and abusive" reports on Indian TV channels regarding the country and its leadership, news agency PTI reported. The ill-intentioned "smearing campaign unleashed by a section of Indian media has deeply hurt the feelings of Nepali people and persona of Nepali leadership," the note added. The move came days after Nepal on Thursday stopped the transmission of all Indian private news channels except Doordarshan, accusing them of airing reports hurting the country's national sentiment.

A woman police constable was forced to resign after she was bullied by an MLA's son and his friends whom she questioned for breaking the night curfew rules and not wearing masks. An audio clip of constable Sunita Yadav's heated exchange went viral on social media in which Gujarat Health Minister Kumar Kanani's son Prakash can be heard arguing with the cop and bragging about his power. Following which, Sunita Yadav called her superior, who tried to sweep the matter under the rug and asked her to leave the spot. This apparently frustrated the woman constable and she resigned.

The Congress has issued a whip for all its Rajasthan MLAs to attend the meeting called by CM Ashok Gehlot today. The party has said that disciplinary action will be taken against MLAs who skip the meet. The party also claimed that 109 MLAs have signed a letter expressing their trust and support to the govt led by Ashok Gehlot amid a rebellion by Dy CM Sachin Pilot. Rajasthan Congress in-charge Avinash Pande claimed that more MLAs have pledged support on phone and will attend the meet.

A 26-year-old Vadodara man was arrested on Sunday night following outrage over his video where he could be seen hurling abuses at a female stand-up comedian, police said. Shubham Mishra had on Saturday posted a video on his Instagram account wherein he can be seen passing derogatory remarks against stand-up comedian Agrima Joshua. He threatened her with rape over some jokes on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj&rsquo;s statue in Maharashtra in a year old stand-up act. Mishra&rsquo;s arrest came as the National Commission for Women sought immediate action against him after online outrage.

Rajasthan deputy CM Sachin Pilot, who has rebelled against the Congress leadership triggering a crisis in the state, has refused to attend the meeting of party MLAs called by CM Ashok Gehlot today. Pilot, who has claimed support of 30 MLAs, is reportedly likely to meet BJP president JP Nadda on Monday. Pilot has reportedly told the Congress leadership that the Ashok Gehlot govt is in minority as over 30 party MLAs and some independents are with him. the 42-year-old, who has been engaged in a power struggle with the CM from the beginning has set up a MP like situation in Rajasthan.

In clear signs that the political turmoil in Rajasthan is not dying down soon, Congress leader&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;Pilot has issued a statement saying he will not attend the meeting of party lawmakers called by chief minister Ashok&nbsp;Gehlot&nbsp;on Monday.&nbsp;Deputy chief&nbsp;minister&nbsp;Pilot who is camping in Delhi along with his loyalist MLAs, has said in the statement that&nbsp;Ashok&nbsp;Gehlot&nbsp;government is in the minority and&nbsp;has claimed support of&nbsp;30&nbsp;Congress lawmakers.
Reportedly,&nbsp;Pilot has sought time from the Congress high command for a meeting. News outlets had also reported that&nbsp;Pilot also had an elaborate discussion with Jyotiraditya Scindia, his former party colleague and friend, who recently jumped ship to the BJP.

Sub-inspector KK Sharma, one of the policemen who has been arrested over allegations of tipping off killed gangster Vikas&nbsp;Dubey&nbsp;has moved Supreme Court seeking protection for himself and his family. Sharma&nbsp;in his plea has said he fears that the Special Task Force will gun him down in an encounter. He has been accused of tipping off Vikas&nbsp;Dubey&nbsp;before a police raid that led to 8 policemen being killed in an ambush by the gangster in Uttar&nbsp;Pradesh's&nbsp;Bikru&nbsp;village.&nbsp;

The Congress party is sending a fire fighting team to Jaipur by a chartered plane. Multiple reports quoting sources said that the Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked Ajay&nbsp;Maken, RS&nbsp;Surjewala&nbsp;and&nbsp;Avinash&nbsp;Pande&nbsp;to go to Jaipur and speak with party MLAs. Meanwhile an India Today&nbsp;report quoting sources said that the&nbsp;Gandhis&nbsp;have asked&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;Pilot to return to Jaipur and work under the leadership of Ashok Ghelot.&nbsp;

Former Congress leader&nbsp;Jyotiraditya&nbsp;Scindia, whose rebellion led to the fall of Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh, has backed Rajasthan deputy chief minister&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;Pilot. Backing his erstwhile colleague,&nbsp;Scindia, the BJP Rajya Sabha MP, said&nbsp;that he feels sad that Polit too is being&nbsp;&lsquo;sidelined and persecuted&rsquo; by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.&nbsp;He further said that it shows that&nbsp;&lsquo;talent and capability find little credence&rsquo;&nbsp;in the Congress party.&nbsp; &nbsp;

Stating that the Congress President Sonia Gandhi has been updated about the political developments in Rajasthan,&nbsp;Avinash&nbsp;Pande, the party&rsquo;s general secretary in-charge of the state, has said that all the party lawmakers are in touch with him and the Ashok&nbsp;Ghelot&nbsp;govt will last its full term. Accusing the BJP of trying to&nbsp;destablise&nbsp;the Rajasthan government,&nbsp;Pande&nbsp;said he is trying to&nbsp;reach out to Deputy Chief Minister&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;Pilot and has left a message for him. The Congress general secretary said there is no harm in joining the&nbsp;horse trading&nbsp;probe by the Special Operations Group and everyone should cooperate.&nbsp;A letter asking Pilot to appear for questioning in an investigation into alleged attempts to destabilize his own government is believed to have pushed the Congress to breaking point in the state.&nbsp;&nbsp;

In an apparent show of strength amid speculation over his rift with deputy&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;Pilot, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has summoned Sunday night a meeting of&nbsp;all party&nbsp;MLAs.&nbsp;&nbsp;Several ministers and MLAs visited Gehlot&rsquo;s home during the day while reports said Pilot, who is also the state Congress president, and some MLAs close to him are noayw in Delhi.&nbsp;The meeting at CM&rsquo;s official residence is scheduled to take place on Monday at 10.30am.&nbsp;Independent MLAs&nbsp;supporting the Gehlot government have also been invited.&nbsp;The posturing comes amid allegations by Gehlot that the BJP is trying to lure Congress MLAs to topple the state government.&nbsp;The BJP has dismissed the claim, saying the developments reflect a power struggle between Gehlot and Pilot.&nbsp;

The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a judicial inquiry into the July 3 ambush in&nbsp;Bikru&nbsp;village wherein eight policemen were killed and also the July 10 encounter killing of main accused Vikas Dubey near Kanpur. The probe will be headed by Retired Justice Shashikant Agarwal with its headquarters in Kanpur. The probe report will be submitted within two months.&nbsp;The probe will also cover the encounters of criminals done by police during this period.&nbsp;Six criminals, including Dubey, were killed in these encounters between July 3 and July 10.&nbsp;According to an official release, the judicial commission will also investigate the police-criminals nexus to check recurrence of such incidents in future.&nbsp;The commission has been tasked to suggest measures to stop such nexus from developing.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

Veteran CPI leader and former MP&nbsp;Gurudas Dasgupta died on Thursday following a prolonged&nbsp;illness.&nbsp;He was 83.&nbsp;Dasgupta is survived by his wife and daughter.&nbsp;He was suffering from lung cancer for last several&nbsp;months.&nbsp;Dasgupta, known for his oratory skills, is a veteran&nbsp;trade union leader of AITUC.&nbsp;He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1985. He was also&nbsp;a member of the Lok Sabha from Panskura in 2004 and Ghatal in&nbsp;2009.

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