A look at the headlines right now:
- Delhi court grants P Chidambaram protection from arrest till July 10 in Aircel-Maxis case: The former Union minister is likely to depose before the Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday in connection with the case.
- BSF, Pakistan Rangers agree to hold fire, maintain peace along International Border: The decision came after a commander-level meeting of the two border forces on Monday evening.
- Centre likely to announce Rs 8,000-crore relief package for sugarcane farmers, say reports: A 30-lakh-tonne buffer stock, an increase in ethanol production capacity and higher prices for sugar will be a part of the package.
- Donald Trump will meet Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12, confirms White House: The first round of meeting will tentatively start at 9 am local time, said spokesperson Sarah Sanders.
- People have to act upon laws enacted on pollution, environment matters, says Union minister: Harsh Vardhan said the Green Good Deeds initiative launched by his ministry was worth emulating across the world.
- Fuego volcano eruption toll rises to 62, search for bodies continues in Guatemala: Officials have been able to identify only 13 people so far.
- Meghalaya government forms panel to find ‘permanent solution’ to Shillong unrest: The curfew in the capital continued on Monday while the Army held flag marches in disturbed areas.
- Rajinikanth moves HC against ban on ‘Kaala’ in Karnataka: The actor had demanded that the state obey the Supreme Court’s order to release water from the Cauvery river to Tamil Nadu.
- Sixtieth witness in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case turns hostile: The witness, then an officer at a police station in Rajasthan, is now the state’s deputy superintendent of police.
- Centre proposes to prohibit indecent representation of women through digital means: The Ministry of Women and Child Development made the proposals after inputs from a parliamentary panel formed in 2012 to update the law.
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