Mumbai: Have you missed any news today? Here are the top national, international headlines of the day.
'Foreigner' Kargil veteran gets bail: The Guwahati High Court granted bail to the retired Indian Army soldier Mohammad Sanaulla who was declared as an illegal immigrant by a tribunal and at present lodged in a detention camp in Goalpara district in Assam. The court also issued notice to the Election Commission, the Assam government, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) authorities and others.
READ: 30-year army veteran detained on charges of being 'foreigner', gets bail
Dr S Jaishankar in Bhutan: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met Bhutan's top leadership, including Prime Minister Lotay Tshering, and discussed important elements of the bilateral ties with emphasis on development partnership and cooperation in the hydropower sector. Jaishankar is in the Buddhist kingdom on a two-day visit, his first overseas trip after assuming charge of the Ministry of External Affairs. He also conveyed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's greetings during his talks with Prime Minister Tshering.
READ: Jaishankar discusses key elements of ties with Bhutan's top leadership
Rahul in Wayanad: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday began his three-day visit to state from Malappuram district in Kerala, to thank the voters after winning Wayanad seat in recently concluded Lok Sabha election.
READ: Rahul Gandhi on 3 day visit to Kerala, first since Lok Sabha polls
Yeddyurappa takes a dig on Nikhil Kumaraswamy's comment: Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa Friday asked the Congress-JD(S) to give up power if it cannot run the government and asserted that his party would govern in case the coalition collapses and would make sure there is no mid-term polls. Yeddyurappa was reacting to a video doing the rounds on social media in which Nikhil can be heard purportedly asking JD(S)workers to prepare themselves for assembly polls, saying one doesn't know when it would come.
READ: Give up power if you can't rule: Yeddyurappa to Cong-JD(S) coalition
Yeddyurappa takes jibe at Karnataka Chief Minister: Calling out the ruling Janata Dal (Secular) over lack of decisive action on acute water crisis in the state, Karnataka BJP Chief BS Yeddyurappa accused Chief Minister Kumaraswamy of doing "political drama".
Read: Kumaraswamy doing political drama amid water crisis, says Yeddyurappa
D-day meeting: During the meeting on Thursday, Trump and Macron asserted that they do not want Iran to acquire nuclear weapons. Trump also said that Iran is failing as a nation after sanctions.
Read: Iran is failing as a nation after sanctions: Trump
Day 5 of search operation: Aircraft P8I equipped with special radars, sensors airborne to search IAF AN-32 the plane which went missing over Arunachal Pradesh
Read: Aircraft P8I equipped with special radars, sensors airborne to search IAF AN-32
BJP minister's brother caught in a controversy: The brother of a former minister in Bihar thrashed a chemist in a medical shop in the town of Bettiah for allegedly not standing up as a mark of respect. The incident took place on June 3 and its video has been widely circulated.
Read: Watch: Ex-Bihar minister brother thrashes chemist for not standing up
Lack of transparency in UN: India has strongly criticised the lack of transparency in the functioning of the UN Security Council's Sanctions Committee which took over a decade to blacklist Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. India's criticism of the UN's top organ came a month after getting Azhar blacklisted as a global terrorist by the world body.
Read: India criticises lack of transparency in functioning of UNSC's Sanctions Committees
ISI plot foiled: A major plot by Pakistani spy agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) to revive militancy in Jammu region has been unearthed with the arrest of six persons from whom photographs and videos of strategic locations have been seized, officials said on Friday. The six spies were in direct contact with their handler, a colonel-level officer at ISI Kashmir cell, identified only by his first name Iftikhar, and with the terrorist group Hizb-ul-Mujahideen across the border.
Read: Major ISI plot to revive militancy in Jammu foiled, 6 arrested
TRS vs Congress in Telangana: The TRS on Friday defended the action of 12 Congress MLAs in joining forces with the ruling party in Telangana, saying they have done so keeping in mind their political future, and blamed the Rahul Gandhi-led organisation for failure to keep its flock together.
Read: TRS defends 12 Congress MLAs joining its ranks in Telangana
Palaniswami on AIADMK-BJP alliance: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has refuted reports of an alleged rift between the ruling AIADMK and its ally BJP.
Read: ‘No change’: TN CM clears air on reports of 'rift' in AIADMK-BJP ties
