GJM protests, Kochi Metro commissioning, Sardar Sarovar dam 'completion', shuttler Srikanth reaches Indonesia Open final, bodies of top LeT militants recovered in Kashmir... and more

Darjeeling violence: GJM says its two supporters killed in police firing

In fresh violence in Darjeeling in West Bengal on June 17, a policeman was critically injured and the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) has claimed that two of its men were killed in a police firing.

As an indefinite shutdown called by the GJM entered the third day, police sources said prohibitory orders were in force and no one was allowed to take out processions.

After 56 years, Sardar Sarovar project officially ‘complete’

Fifty six years after the foundation stone for the Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada was laid, the Gujarat government on June 17, 2017 got permission from the Centre to shut the gates of this controversy-hit structure, marking the “completion” of the project.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off Kochi Metro

Kerala took a big leap in modern urban transport infrastructure development on Saturday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioning the first phase of the Kochi Metro rail service along a 13.2-km stretch between Aluva and Palarivattom.

Bodies of top LeT militants, 2 others recovered from encounter site in Kashmir

Bodies of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) member Junaid Ahmad Mattoo and two others were recovered on Saturday from the encounter site in Arwani village of south Kashmir.

Besides 24-year-old Mattoo alias ‘Jana’, the other two bodies were those of 18-year-old Adil Mushtaq Mir alias ‘Nana’ and 20-year-old Nisar Ahmad Wani.

Srikanth beats World No:1 to reach Indonesia Open final

Indian shuttler K Srikanth dished out a gritty performance to stun World No.1 Korean Son Wan Ho to reach the finals of the USD 1,000,000 Indonesia Super Series Premier on Saturday.

The 24-year-old from Guntur fought ferociously to outclass Son 21—15 18—21 24—22 in an energy-sapping men’s singles match that lasted an hour and 12 minutes.

Google stares at big fine from Brussels on search engine dominance

Accused of manipulating its search engine results to favour its new shopping service, search engine Google may face a record-breaking fine from Brussels of nearly $1.1 billion, media reported on Friday.

According to a report in The Guardian, European Union (EU) officials are expected to announce in the coming weeks that the tech giant has been guilty of abusing its market dominance.

Defer GST rollout , IT network not ready: Assocham to FM

Industry chamber Assocham on Saturday has demanded the postponing GST implementation, saying that taxpayers will find it difficult to comply with the provisions of the new indirect tax regime as the IT network is not yet ready.

In a letter to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Assocham said existing assessees have not yet migrated to the GSTN portal due to reasons like non-familiarity with IT tools as well as registration process.

Policeman killed in Westminster attack honoured by Queen Elizabeth

Police officer Keith Palmer, who died protecting members of the public and parliament during an attack at Westminster, was given a posthumous award for bravery in Queen Elizabeth’s annual birthday honours on Friday, Britain's Cabinet Office said.

Macron’s party on course for a landslide

French President Emmanuel Macron is on course for a landslide victory in parliamentary elections that will complete his overhaul of national politics as the first voters cast their ballots overseas on Saturday.

The election this weekend will see Mr. Macron’s 15-month-old party Republic on the Move (REM) and its allies win an overwhelming majority of 400-470 seats in the 577-seat national assembly, pollsters forecast.

Golden opportunity for Pak. to avenge loss to India: Imran

Former World Cup winning captain, Imran Khan said Pakistan have got a golden opportunity in the Champions Trophy final to avenge its humiliating defeat to India in their first match of the tournament.

“I think we have got a great chance to restore our pride in the final because of the way we lost the first match to India,” he said on “Samaa” television channel.