Shefali Jariwala Passes Away Live News Updates: Mortal remains of late actor Shefali Jariwala, who passes away at the age of 42, being taken for last rites. Her husband, Parag Tyagi, carries her on the final journey.

Maharashtra: Shefali Jariwala’s mortal remains taken for last rites

PM Modi interacts with Indian astronaut aboard ISS PM Modi has interacted with Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who is aboard the International Space Station

Maharashtra: Actress-model Shefali Jariwala’s body brought to her residence in Mumbai

Ex-SIMI office-bearer Saquib Nachan dies in Delhi hospital Saquib Nachan, a former office-bearer of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), died in a Delhi hospital on Saturday, days after suffering a brain haemorrhage, an official said.

Nachan, a resident of the Padgha area in Maharashtra’s Thane district, had been admitted to a private hospital in the national capital for the last four days, the official said.

In 2023, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had carried out searches at Padgha as part of a nationwide crackdown on the terror outfit ISIS and arrested several persons, including Nachan.

Hikvision says: Strongly disagrees with Canada’s decision to shutter co’s canadian operations and view it with deep concern, as it lacks a factual basis, procedural fairness, and transparency reports Reuters

Senate version of ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ slashes remittance tax to 1%, exempts bank and card transfers One Big Beautiful Bill Act: The updated Senate version significantly changes the remittance transfer provisions that were passed by the House Republicans.

In the latest Senate draft, the remittance transfer tax has been reduced to 1% from earlier 3.5%.

The senate proposal excludes transfers from accounts held at banks and other financial institution and also excludes transfers made via debit and credit cards issued in the United States.

The Kasba incident is condemnable. CM Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee have all said zero tolerance (towards such incidents). Police have been active, and arrests have been made. Rank and file of TMC have said such beasts should be skinned alive – TMC leader Kunal Ghosh on Kolkata student gang-rape case

For the welfare and well-being of the entire society in the country, Baba Saheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar has given India the Constitution. The Congress party, while in power, and now the people of the BJP-led NDA government have never implemented it with full honesty and integrity for the crores of people of the country. Both these parties and their supporters have also made many unnecessary changes in the Constitution from time to time, mostly under their party’s ideology, principles and their political interests… Both the Congress and the BJP are often in collusion with each other – BSP chief Mayawati

Dharamshala, HP: Team of SDRF, NDRF, and Home Guards continues the rescue operation in a flash flood near the Manuni stream

Delhi: Traffic disrupted on PRAT road in Sheikh Sarai towards BRT road in Chirag Delhi as rain lashes parts of national capital | Watch

Preamble of any constitution is its soul. The Preamble of the Indian Constitution is unique… Except for Bharat, the Preambles of any other nation’s Constitution haven’t changed. Preamble is not changeable. Preamble is the basis on which the constitution has grown. It is the seed of the Constitution. But this Preamble for Bharat was changed by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1976, adding words socialist, secular and integrity. – Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar

Neighbourhood specialist, spy craft master Parag Jain appointed new RAW chief: Officials reports PTI

Delhi: Rain lashes parts of the national capital

Parag Jain appointed new RAW chief, to take charge on July 1 for two-year term Centre has appointed Parag Jain, 1989‑batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre, as new Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) chief. He will succeed Ravi Sinha, whose current term concludes on June 30. Jain is set to assume office on July 1, 2025, for a fixed two‑year tenure, according to news agency ANI.

Iranians gave blood, not land; gave their loved ones, not honour; they withstood a thousand-ton rain of bombs, but did not surrender,” Abbas Araghchi said on his Instagram account, adding that Iran does not recognise the word “surrender – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi

Russia takes control of Chervona Zirka in eastern Ukraine, says defence ministry reports Reuters

Israeli army says ‘missile most likely successfully intercepted’ following Houthi attack Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels said they fired a ballistic missile towards Israel on Saturday, in response to Israel’s conduct towards Palestinians during the Gaza war.

The Israeli army confirmed the launch and said the “missile was most likely successfully intercepted”. In a statement, rebel military spokesman Yahya Saree said the Huthis had fired at a “sensitive Israeli enemy target in the occupied area of Beersheba using a Dhu al-Fiqar ballistic missile.”

(reports AFP)

Foreign minister says Iranians gave ‘blood’ not ‘honour’ in war with Israel reports AFP

Kolkata law school rape case: BJP forms a four-member investigation committee to visit the crime scene, investigate and submit their report BJP forms a four-member investigation committee to visit the crime scene, investigate and submit their report to party’s national president Union Minister JP Nadda.

Members of the committee are former Union Ministers Satpal Singh, Meenakshi Lekhi and MPs Biplab Deb and Manan Mishra.

(reports ANI)

Yemen’s Huthi rebels say fired missile at Israel reports AFP

Seven Bangladeshis arrested for illegal stay in Mumbai, Pune Police have arrested seven Bangladeshi nationals, six of them women, from different localities in Mumbai and Pune for staying in the country illegally, an official said on Saturday.

Earlier this week, a team from the MIDC police apprehended Bayajid Khan (24), who had entered India through Guwahati, Assam and was living in Palghar, the official said.

He said Khan, who was employed in the western suburb of Andheri, informed the police that he had facilitated accommodation and employment for six Bangladeshi women in Pune and Mumbai.

Based on the information, police nabbed five women from Pune and one from Mumbai, the official said, adding that a case is also being registered against a man who rented out a flat to the women in Pune.

He said the women were employed in beauty parlours, and some of them worked as maids. The accused persons used a banned application to communicate with their relatives and family members in Bangladesh.

The accused, Bayajid Shaikh (24), Nasrin Begam (38), Rojina Akhtar (39), Kakoli Akhtar (25), Roma Begam (31), Pakhi Hussain (25) and Kohinoor Akhtar (26), have been remanded in judicial custody, the official said.

(reports PTI)

Suicide attack kills 13 soldiers, wounds 29, including civilians, in northwestern Pakistan A suicide attack killed 13 soldiers and wounded 29, including civilians, in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, local government officials and police officers told AFP.

“A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a military convoy. The blast killed 13 soldiers, injured 10 army personnel and 19 civilians,” said a local government official in North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, who asked not to be named because he was not authorised to speak to the media.

“The explosion also caused the roofs of two houses to collapse, injuring six children,” a police officer posted in the district told AFP.

African Union says DR Congo-Rwanda deal important step towards peace The African Union said on Saturday a peace deal signed between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda was a “significant milestone” in bringing peace to the deeply troubled region.

A statement said AU Commission head Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, who witnessed the signing of the deal in Washington on Friday, “welcomed this significant milestone and commended all efforts aimed at advancing peace, stability, & reconciliation in the region”.

(reports AFP)

BJP appoints a committee which will travel to Kolkata to investigate the gang rape of a student at Calcutta Law College reports PTI

13 soldiers killed in a suicide attack in northwest Pakistan: officials reports AFP

BJP is anti-reservation and anti-backwards. This is evident as the government ignores Supreme Court decision of June 25, 2025… During Digvijaya Singh’s tenure, 14% reservation was allocated for backwards classes, with a 27% reservation made in 2003. Neither Uma Bharti nor Shivraj Singh Chouhan implemented it. Later, Kamal Nath issued an ordinance… However, the government changed. Now, Mohan Yadav’s government comes, but they still are not implementing the reservation… In 2022, the Chhattisgarh Assembly unanimously approved a 27% reservation, and Governor Anusuiya Uikey agreed not to oppose it. I directed senior ministers to complete the process, and she said she would study it. Even after a new governor was appointed, the study continued for three years – Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel on reservation

Mediator Qatar sees ‘window of opportunity’ for Gaza truce: spokesman reports AFP

We are only focusing on the current crisis. We are approaching the central government and concerned persons to find an amicable solution and bring peace to the state of Manipur. We are also meeting with the BJP and NDA MLAs to form a government in the state of Manipur. Now peace is being restored, and the central government, under the leadership of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, is working day and night to bring peace – Former Manipur CM N Biren Singh

It is a highly condemnable crime which is taking place on the law campus. It is taking place because of the impunity that these rapists and criminals enjoy under the rule of the TMC government…After the RG Kar Medical College horrendous case, it was very clear that the TMC government is there to patronise these people and protect all those who are involved in it and who created an environment in which rape culture flourish. This is exactly what has happened on the law campus. The man who has been named is a known TMC student leader, and he was given a job by the administration of the campus…The TMC government is singularly responsible for making Bengal one of the most unsafe places in India for women – CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat

Kolkata turning into ‘crime capital’: BJP slams Mamata govt over Law College rape case Senior BJP leaders launched a blistering attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government over the rape of a woman in a Kolkata law college, accusing the ruling party of failing to maintain law and order and protect women in the state.

Reacting sharply to the incident, BJP leader and former Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said, “It is unfortunate that Kolkata is gradually becoming the crime capital. And if the capital of a state turns into a crime capital, and instead of controlling the crimes and criminals there, efforts are being made to justify their actions or provide them protection, then this is a very serious matter in itself.”

A Kolkata-based law college student became a victim of rape within the college premises on June 25 evening.

Echoing the outrage, BJP leader Dilip Jaiswal demanded Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s resignation, citing a complete breakdown in governance.

“The earlier incident at the medical college in West Bengal was serious, and Mamata Banerjee’s government should have learned from it. However, her government has become uncontrollable, and the democratic system has collapsed. Remarks of Kalyan Banerjee (Trinamool Congress MP) on how to speak in such constitutional matters also deserve attention. Therefore, Mamata Banerjee’s government should resign immediately,” he said.

(reports ANI)

Stellantis to recall over 250,000 US vehicles due to improperly sealed air bag, NHTSA says Chrysler parent Stellantis is recalling 250,651 vehicles in the U.S. due to an improperly sealed side curtain air bag, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Saturday.

The recall affects certain 2022-2025 Pacifica and Voyager vehicles.

(reports Reuters)

Preamble of no other constitution has been changed except that of India, says Vice-Prez Dhankhar reports PTI

Preamble of Constitution not changeable: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar reports PTI

Tamil Nadu: Thanjavur farmers hold protest against Centre for alleged plans to tax ground water

Bangladesh pays USD 384 mn to Adani to clear major portion of power dues reports PTI citing sources

New BJP Andhra Pradesh president is going to be elected on July 1, says MP P Venkata Satyanarayana reports PTI

Akzo Nobel India says it received tax demand notices with financial implication of $2.1 million reports Reuters

India is the oldest living culture of the world. We have been immortal for thousands of years because our ideas are immortal, our thoughts are immortal, our philosophy is immortal. The source of this philosophy is our sages, saints and acharyas – PM Modi at centenary celebrations of Acharya Vidyanand Ji Maharaj

Delhi: A youth was stabbed to death in Shahdara’s Geeta colony Shahdara DCP Prashant Gautam says, “Last night around 9:50 PM, we got an information from RS Grover Hospital, Laxmi Nagar, that a 19-year-old boy named Yash has been brought and declared dead. Later on after investigation we got to know that Yash was going on scooty with his cousin when they somehow touched another man named Aman triggering a quarrel. Things later escalated and Aman attacked Yash with a knife on his back. Yash died on the way to hospital. We have arrested three accused and one of them is a juvenile.”

(reports PTI)

Delhi Police has arrested 18 illegal Bangladeshi nationals including 05 transgenders in the area of ​​Ashok Vihar, Delhi Seven smart mobile phones equipped with the banned IMO app have been recovered from them, which were being used to communicate with their families in Bangladesh.

(reports ANI)

Polish President Duda arrives in Kyiv to meet Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy, Duda’s office says reports Reuters

Ludhiana: Ex-Akali Dal MP’s former aide Kuldeep Singh Mundia shot dead; police launch manhunt Ludhiana, Punjab: A man travelling in a car was murdered on Dhandra Road near the Missing Link 2 Highway. The deceased has been identified as Kuldeep Singh Mundia. He was the former PA of Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former MP Jagdev Singh Talwandi. The reason behind the incident is not yet known. Police are conducting raids in search of the accused. The accused will be arrested soon: SHO Avneet Kaur, Sadar Police Station

This day is also special because on 28th June 1987, Acharya Vidyanand Muniraj received the title of ‘Acharya’. It wasn’t just an honour but it was also a ‘pavitra dhaara’ connecting the Jain culture to ideas, restraint and compassion. When we are celebrating his 100th birth anniversary today, it reminds us of that historic moment – PM Modi at centenary celebrations of Acharya Vidyanand Ji Maharaj

Today, we are all witnessing a significant occasion in India’s spiritual tradition. This centenary celebration of Acharya Shri Vidyanand Ji Maharaj, filled with the devotion of his countless followers, has created an extraordinary atmosphere that is truly inspiring for all of us – PM Narendra Modi on the 100th birth anniversary celebrations of Acharya Shri Vidyanand

Kolkata alleged gangrape case | Kolkata police say, “Guard of the Law College, Pinaki Banerjee (55) has also been arrested in the case.”

Delhi: PM Modi releases postage commemorative stamps and coins on the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of Acharya Vidyanand Ji Maharaj

France bans smoking on beaches, in parks and bus shelters: govt reports AFP

TMC’s Derek O’Brien questions timing of Special Intensive Revision of electoral roll, says INDIA bloc parties will take it up in Parliament reports PTI

A sinister move to bring NRC through backdoor: TMC’s Derek O’Brien on Special Intensive Revision of electoral roll ahead of Bihar polls reports PTI

Law and order has deteriorated in West Bengal, says Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal Kolkata Gang Rape Case Live News Updates: On Kolkata alleged gangrape case, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal says, “Law and order has deteriorated in West Bengal. This is further deteriorating due to appeasement politics. You can see the result before you…This is an unfortunate situation for Bengal. This is a taint on Bengal.”

Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the centenary celebrations of Acharya Vidyanand Ji Maharaj | Watch

Remembering Shri PV Narasimha Rao Garu on his birth anniversary. India is grateful to him for his effective leadership during a crucial phase of our development trajectory. His intellect, wisdom and scholarly nature are also widely admired – PM Narendra Modi on X

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar hands over appointment certificates to 21,391 newly appointed police personnel

Kolhapuri chappals inspiration for footwear featured in our Milan show, says luxury fashion house Prada reports PTI

Sri Lanka win second Test against Bangladesh by an innings Sri Lanka won the second Test against Bangladesh by an innings and 78 runs on Saturday, a comfortable victory that saw the hosts clinch the series.

Bangladesh, resuming the day on 115 for six, failed to show any resistance and were shot out for 133 on the fourth day at the match in Colombo.

(reports AFP)

Uttarakhand: Kedarnath Yatra sees surge in pilgrims; police urge caution as landslides block key highways

Delhi records minimum temp of 28.7 deg C; rain, thunderstorm likely The national capital on Saturday recorded a minimum temperature of 28.7 degrees Celsius, 0.8 notch above the season’s average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The IMD has forecast thunderstorms with rain on Saturday and Sunday, with the maximum temperature expected to settle around 37 degrees Celsius.

The relative humidity was recorded at 72 per cent at 8:30 am.

The air quality was in the “satisfactory” category at 10 am on Saturday with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 86, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.

According to the CPCB, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 to 500 ‘severe’.

(reports PTI)

Maharashtra to set up automatic weather stations in every village under Centre’s WINDS project The Maharashtra government has decided to establish automatic weather station (AWS) in every village of the state under the central government’s WINDS project (Weather Information Network Data System Project).

Currently in Maharashtra, automatic weather stations are installed at every revenue circle level. But now the state government has issued a GR (Government Resolution) and announced to install AWS in every village of Maharashtra for accurate weather forecasting and to help the farmers and citizens of Maharashtra.

(reports ANI)

Girls are not safe anywhere in our country, says Samajwadi Party spokesperson Ameeque Jamei on the Kolkata Law College gang-rape case Samajwadi Party spokesperson Ameeque Jamei on the Kolkata Law College gang-rape case says, “Girls are not safe anywhere in our country. There’s a gang rape every hour, rape cases are also coming to light in Delhi.”

(reports PTI)

Iran starts funeral for top brass slain in war with Israel: state TV Iran began a state funeral service Saturday for around 60 people, including its military commanders and nuclear scientists, killed in its war with Israel, state media reported.

“The ceremony to honour the martyrs has officially started,” state TV said, showing footage of people donning black clothes, waving Iranian flags and holding pictures of the slain military commanders.

(reports AFP)

US: Senate republicans aim to end electric vehicle tax credit by end of September, senate budget committee says reports Reuters

After the 5th August (2024), there was a conspiracy because the state did not proceed in accordance with the demand of people, to hold a free, fair and inclusive election. Dr Yunus came to power as an interim government, although there is no provision in the constitution…Ultimately, what happened was that the Chief Adviser went to London, met with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s acting Chairman Tarique Rahman. After the meeting, they made a joint declaration, from which we know that there will be elections in February. But we are not sure because the Election Commission has not yet declared the schedule – Manzill Murshid, President of Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh

Rwanda-DRC peace deal a ‘significant step’ towards peace: UN chief UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed an agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda as “a significant step” towards peace, after the two countries signed a deal to end fighting that has killed thousands.

“This Agreement is a significant step towards de-escalation, peace and stability” in the region, Guterres said in a statement, urging both countries to “honour in full” their commitments taken under the peace deal.

(reports AFP)

Puducherry: Supporters of Adi Dravidar Welfare Minister AK Sai J Saravanan Kumar stage protest after he resigned from Cabinet

Israeli Army says it has identified launch of missile from Yemen, aerial defense systems are operating to intercept the threat reports Reuters

PwC to cut 175 junior auditors amid slowdown reports Financial Times

This is my very first opportunity to witness the Rath Yatra in Puri. Yesterday, we only got the opportunity to have darshan of Lord Jagannath. But today, hopefully Jagannath will be kind, we will be able to pull his chariot as today is the second day – On Rath Yatra, a devotee from West Africa in Puri, Odisha

Three held for murder of 19-year-old Yash; victim died of stab wound, says DCP Shahdara Delhi | DCP Shahdara says, “Three accused, identified as Amaan, Rihan and Lucky, arrested in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old boy, Yash. On 27 June, around 9:41 pm, information was received from Laxmi Nagar hospital that a boy of around 20 years of age was brought dead after a stab injury on the lower back.”

(reports ANI)

Trump says he stopped Israel from killing Iran’s Khamenei US President Donald Trump has said he stopped Israel and American forces from killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the final days of the recent war with Israel. Trump questioned Khamenei’s claim of victory, calling it false and warning Iran about global isolation if it does not return to the “world order”.

“Why would Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran say that he won the war with Israel, when he knows his statement is ‘a lie, it is not so’,” Trump said. He added that he knew where Khamenei was hiding but chose not to allow Israel or US forces to take his life.

“I knew exactly where Khamenei was sheltered, and would not let Israel, or the U.S. Armed Forces, terminate his life,” he said. Trump also claimed he intervened in Israel’s military operation targeting Tehran. “In the final act of the war, I demanded that Israel bring back a very large group of planes, which were heading directly to Tehran,” he said.

Trump further revealed he had worked on easing sanctions to help Iran recover economically. “During the last few days, I was working on the possible removal of sanctions, and other things, which would have given a much better chance to Iran at a recovery,” he said.

He warned Tehran about its isolation if it stays defiant. “Iran has to get back into the world order flow, or things will only get worse for them,” Trump said.

His remarks highlight deep tensions over Iran’s claims of victory, Israel’s strike plans, and Washington’s role in preventing further escalation.

University of Virginia president, pressured over DEI, resigns rather than ‘fight federal government’ The president of the University of Virginia, facing heavy pressure from conservative critics and the Trump administration over the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices, announced Friday that he was resigning rather than “fight the federal government.”

The departure of James Ryan, who had led the school since 2018, represents a dramatic escalation in the Trump administration’s effort to reshape higher education. Doing it at a public university marks a new frontier in a campaign that has almost exclusively targeted Ivy League schools. It also widens the rationale behind the government’s aggressive tactics, focusing on DEI rather than alleged tolerance of antisemitism.

Ryan had faced conservative criticism that he failed to heed federal orders to eliminate DEI policies, and his removal was pushed for by the Justice Department as it investigated the school, according to a person who was not authorized to discuss the matter by name and spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press.

Judge rejects another Trump executive order targeting the legal community A federal judge on Friday struck down another of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ruled that the order against the firm of Susman Godfrey was unconstitutional and must be permanently blocked.

The order was the latest ruling to reject Trump’s efforts to punish law firms for legal work he does not like and for employing attorneys he perceives as his adversaries. Susman Godfrey suggested that it had drawn Trump’s ire at least in part because it represented Dominion Voting Systems in the voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News over false claims surrounding the 2020 presidential election. The suit ended in a massive settlement.

Other judges in recent weeks have blocked similar orders against the firms of Jenner & Block, Perkins Coie and WilmerHale. The orders have sought to impose similar sanctions, including the suspension of security clearances of attorneys and the restriction of access to federal buildings.

California governor files $787 mn defamation suit against Fox News California Governor Gavin Newsom filed a lawsuit Friday against broadcaster Fox News, claiming defamation after alleged purposeful misrepresentation of details of a phone call with US President Donald Trump earlier this month.

The suit seeks $787 million in damages and was filed in a Delaware court, where Fox News is registered as a corporation.

Trump and Newsom spoke on the phone in the early hours of June 7 Washington time, but the pair did not address protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids occurring throughout Los Angeles, according to the lawsuit.

‘Not a god’: arguments end in Combs trial ahead of deliberations Sean “Diddy” Combs’s lawyer aimed Friday to skewer the credibility of the music mogul’s accusers, saying in closing arguments they were out for money while rejecting any notion he led a criminal ring.

But in their rebuttal — the trial’s final stage before jurors are tasked with deciding the verdict — prosecutors tore into the defense, saying Combs’s team had “contorted the facts endlessly.”

Prosecutor Maurene Comey told jurors that by the time Combs — once among the most powerful people in music — had committed his clearest-cut offenses, “he was so far past the line he couldn’t even see it.”

“In his mind he was untouchable,” she told the court. “The defendant never thought that the women he abused would have the courage to speak out loud what he had done to them.”

“That ends in this courtroom,” she said. “The defendant is not a god.”

Canada has ordered Hikvision Canada to cease all operations and close its Canadian business following a national security review, Canada industry minister says.

Canada announces implementation of tariff rate quotas on imports of steel mill products from non-free trade agreement partners, effective from June 27.

“IDF never targets civilians, anyone claiming otherwise is blatantly lying”: Israel responds to remarks by UN Secy Gen Guterres The Foreign Ministry of Israel issued a statement on Saturday in response to the remarks made by the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres on the humanitarian aid to Gaza, and reiterated its stance that the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), does not target civilians.

In its statement posted on X, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said, “Blaming Israel for the UN’s failures and for Hamas’s deeds is a deliberate tactic. The GHF has so far provided more than 46 million meals directly to Palestinian civilians, not to Hamas. Yet the UN is doing everything it can to oppose this effort. In doing so, the UN is aligning itself with Hamas, which is also trying to sabotage the GHF’s humanitarian operations.”

It further added, “The IDF never targets civilians, and anyone claiming otherwise is blatantly lying. It is Hamas that is deliberately targeting and murdering GHF (Gaza Humanitarian Fund) aid workers — a crime the UN has never condemned — and is also targeting civilians who are trying to collect aid from the GHF.”

Trump says he’s ending trade talks with Canada over its ‘egregious’ tax on technology firms President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called “a direct and blatant attack on our country.”

Trump, in a post on his social media network, said Canada had just informed the U.S. that it was sticking to its plan to impose the digital services tax, which applies to Canadian and foreign businesses that engage with online users in Canada. The tax is set to go into effect Monday.

“Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately. We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period,” Trump said in his post.

Iran condemns Trump’s ‘disrespectful and unacceptable’ comments on Khamenei Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned Saturday the “disrespectful and unacceptable” comments from Donald Trump, after the US president claimed to have saved Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from an “ugly and ignominious death”.

“If President Trump is genuine about wanting a deal, he should put aside the disrespectful and unacceptable tone towards Iran’s Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, and stop hurting his millions of heartfelt supporters,” Araghchi posted on his account on social media platform X.

“The Great and Powerful Iranian People, who showed the world that the Israeli regime had NO CHOICE but to RUN to ‘Daddy’ to avoid being flattened by our Missiles, do not take kindly to Threats and Insults,” the foreign minister said.

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel meets BSF Jawans in Rann of Kutch, congratulates them on ‘Operation Sindoor’ success Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel arrived in Kutch late Friday evening ahead of the third day of Shala Praveshotsav 2025, during which he will enroll children at Kuran school located in the remote village of Kutch district.

According to the release, the Chief Minister shared a meal with the soldiers of the BSF’s 85th Battalion, stationed at the international border in the Rann of Kutch. During the 1971 war, the soldiers of this battalion penetrated deep into enemy territory, destroyed a Pakistani military column, and launched a successful attack on the regimental headquarters of the 21st Baloch Regiment, resulting in its destruction.

The 85th Battalion has earned prestigious war trophies such as the Regimental Insignia and Rifle Rack, and its remarkable victory in the 1971 war earned it the title of victorious battalion. Moreover, the battalion also played a crucial role in the success of Operation Sindoor.

“Bengal is not safe for women”: BJP’s Pradeep Bhandari slams TMC on Kolkata rape case BJP National Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Trinamool Congress over the Kolkata alleged gangrape case and said that West Bengal is not safe for women under the Mamata Banerjee government.

“Mamata Banerjee’s government supports the rape of women in Bengal. The accused in the Kasba gangrape is an active member of Mamata Banerjee’s party, Trinamool Congress. Mamata Banerjee runs and protects an army of goons in Bengal for her appeasement politics and political dominance. People of Trinamool Congress commit rape against women, erase evidence and the TMC government makes a one-week case. A person of Trinamool Congress has been found guilty in the Kasba gang rape. Bengal is not safe for women. Despite Mamata Banerjee being a woman chief minister, her thinking is anti-women,” Bhandari told ANI.

“Iran has to get back into world order flow…”: US President Trump US President Donald Trump on Friday reiterated how the nuclear sites in Iran were “obliterated” and said that Iran has to come back to the world order flow or else things could get worse for the country.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “Why would the so-called ‘Supreme Leader,’ Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, of the war-torn Country of Iran, say so blatantly and foolishly that he won the War with Israel, when he knows his statement is a lie? It is not so. As a man of great faith, he is not supposed to lie. His Country was decimated, his three evil Nuclear Sites were OBLITERATED, and I knew EXACTLY where he was sheltered, and would not let Israel, or the U.S. Armed Forces, by far the Greatest and Most Powerful in the World, terminate his life.”

“I SAVED HIM FROM A VERY UGLY AND IGNOMINIOUS DEATH, and he does not have to say, “THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP!” In fact, in the final act of the War, I demanded that Israel bring back a very large group of planes, which were heading directly to Tehran, looking for a big day, perhaps the final knockout! Tremendous damage would have ensued, and many Iranians would have been killed. It was going to be the biggest attack of the War, by far,” he added.

An explosive-laden car rammed into a Pakistani military convoy on Saturday in a town near the Afghan border, killing at least 13 soldiers, sources said.

Four Pakistani intelligence officials and a senior local administrator told Reuters that the convoy was attacked in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan district.

Around 10 other soldiers were wounded, some critically, and they were being airlifted to a military hospital, the sources said.

A statement from the office of the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said it was a suicide bombing, adding it killed eight security officials.

Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur condemned the bombing and offered condolences to the soldiers’ families.

“It was huge, a big bang,” the local administrator told Reuters, adding that residents of the town could see a large amount of smoke billowing from the scene from a great distance.

One resident said that the explosion rattled the windowpanes of nearby houses, and caused some roofs to collapse.

No one has so far claimed responsibility.

The Pakistani military did not respond to a Reuters request for a comment.

The lawless district which sits next to Afghanistan has long served as a safe haven for different Islamist militant groups, who operate on both sides of the border.

Islamabad says the militants run training camps in Afghanistan to launch attacks inside Pakistan, a charge Kabul denies, saying the militancy is Pakistan’s domestic issue.

Pakistani Taliban also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella group of several Islamist militant groups, has long been waging a war against Pakistan in a bid to overthrow the government and replace it with its own Islamic system of governance.

The Pakistani military, which has launched several offensives against the militants, has mostly been their prime target.

The blast killed 13 soldiers, injured 10 army personnel and 19 civilians, a Pakistani govt official said. (Representative/file photo)

At least 13 soldiers were killed and about 20 others injured on Saturday when a suicide bomber in an explosive-laden vehicle crashed into a military convoy in northwest Pakistan, according to a local government official quoted by news agency AFP.

The suicide attack took place in North Waziristan district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The injured persons include at least 10 army personnel and 19 civilians.

At least 13 soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in the northwest part of the country, an AFP report, quoting local government officials and police officials said on Saturday. The report also said that 29 people, including civilians, were injured in the attack.

“A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a military convoy. The blast killed 13 soldiers, injured 10 army personnel and 19 civilians,” said a local government official in North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan.

“The explosion also caused the roofs of two houses to collapse, injuring six children,” a police officer posted in the district told AFP. He said 16 soldiers were killed, raising a previous death toll of 13.

According to the report, the condition of four injured soldiers is critical, an administrative official said.

The attack was claimed by the suicide bomber wing of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur armed group, a faction of the Pakistan Taliban, the report added.

5 children injured in mortar shell explosion At least fourteen people including five children were injured on Saturday as a mortar shell fired from an undisclosed location hit a house in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, according to sources.

The mortar shell exploded in the house in the Kachhi Kamar village of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Kurram district, partially damaging it, news agency PTI reported.

Among the 14 people injured were five children between the ages of 5-11, sources said. Residents of the village rescued the injured from the damaged house and shifted them to a hospital for treatment.

The local authorities have launched an investigation into the incident, the report added.

Past attacks in Pakistan Pakistan has witnessed a sharp rise in violence in its regions bordering Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power in Kabul in 2021, with Islamabad accusing its western neighbour of allowing its soil to be used for attacks against Pakistan – a claim the Taliban denies.

Around 290 people, mostly security officials, have been killed in attacks since the start of the year by armed groups fighting the government in both Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, according to an AFP tally.

US Congressman Bill Huizenga warned on Friday that Afghanistan has again become a “safe haven for terrorist groups,” posing a growing threat to South and Central Asia and beyond, Khaama Press reported.

Speaking at a hearing titled “Assessing the Terrorist Threat Landscape in South and Central Asia and Exploring Opportunities for Cooperation”, Huizenga emphasised that the 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan significantly shifted the regional security balance. He blamed the Biden administration’s exit strategy for allowing terrorist networks to regroup under Taliban control, as reported by Khaama Press.

He specifically expressed concern over the growing activities of groups like ISIS-Khorasan and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Citing Pakistan’s recent surge in violence, he noted a rise in deadly attacks, including the recent assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which he saw as evidence of ongoing insurgency in the region, according to reports in Khama Press.

A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into an army convoy in Khbyer Pakhtunkhwa province, officials say.

More than a dozen soldiers have been killed and dozens of people were wounded in a suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said.

Saturday’s attack was carried out in Khadi Market, Mir Ali, North Waziristan, according to a local media outlet, Khyber Chronicles, which quoted security sources.

Security officials said the attacker detonated explosives near a bomb disposal unit vehicle, killing 13 people.

At least 24 personnel, including 14 civilians, were also injured in the attack, the report said.

“A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a military convoy,” a local government official in North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province told the AFP news agency separately.

Children among the injured

“The explosion also caused the roofs of two houses to collapse, injuring six children,” a police officer posted in the district told AFP.

It was one of the deadliest single-day attacks on security forces in recent months in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

There was no immediate comment from the Pakistani military.

The attack was claimed by the Hafiz Gul Bahadur armed group, a faction of the Pakistan Taliban, or TPP.

Pakistan has witnessed a sharp rise in violence in its regions bordering Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power in Kabul in 2021, with Islamabad accusing its western neighbour of allowing its soil to be used for attacks against Pakistan – a claim the Taliban denies.

About 290 people, mostly security officials, have been killed in attacks since the start of the year by armed groups fighting the government in both Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, according to an AFP tally.