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The big opposition meet in Patna on June 23 will bring together several parties that have been at loggerheads for years. It will be attended by senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge. They are likely to find themselves face to face with some the party's most vocal critics -- Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal and Akhilesh Yadav. Ms Banerjee will also share the platform with leaders of the Left Front, her bitterest political rivals for decades. Also present will be Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief MK Stalin,his Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren,  Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar, said Janata Dal United National President Rajiv Ranjan. "We believe that our unity and commitment to the purpose of defending democracy is the need of the hour and we will succeed in defeating the divisive forces in power today," Congress's KC Venugopal said in Delhi. Ahead of the June 23 meet, most of the leaders are expected to me

With the flood reaching the rooftops, rescuers raced to save people in Kherson as water from the destroyed Kakhovka dam engulfed the southern Ukrainian city. "We don't have a house anymore. You can't even see the roof," said Dmytro Melnikov, 46, who escaped from his flooded home with his five children. "The whole district is underwater now. It's above the level of ground floors," he said, holding his daughter's hand.  Rescuers used small boats and amphibious vehicles to get to stranded locals, some of whom had to flee with little more than their passports. The Dnipro River that flows through Kherson has risen by more than five metres since the dam upstream was destroyed early Tuesday, and official expected it to keep rising throughout Wednesday. Laura Musiyan, from Kherson's hydrometeorological centre, had bloody knuckles and scratched feet from falling in an open sewer when measuring water levels. "Many people don't evacuate becau

Two children were found dead inside a wooden box from a house in South East Delhi, hours after they went missing, police said on Tuesday. The bodies of two children, Neeraj (8) and Arti (6), were found inside a wooden box in Delhi's Jamia Nagar. "A call was received at Jamia Nagar police station that two bodies of children were found at house No. F2, Joga Bai extension. The children used to live in this house with their father Balbir, who works as a guard on the property," police said. A local inquiry has revealed that the deceased children had lunch at 3 pm today with their parents and went missing at around 3.30 pm. The parents and others started searching for them and later found them in the box, police said. "The crime team has confirmed that there is no injury on the body and seems to be a case of accidental asphyxia," Delhi Police added. Further information is awaited. from NDTV News Search Records Found 1000 https://ift.tt/NzbFGsQ

Bihar Government on Tuesday has given a show cause notice to the construction company after the collapse of the Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bhagalpur on Sunday evening. "A show cause notice is being issued to the construction company, and action will be taken against the contractors and engineers involved in the project who have already been removed. The bridge will be constructed in a time-bound manner as it is a dream project of CM," said Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav. The bridge was constructed to link Bhagalpur and Khagaria districts over the river Ganges.  It involved a cost of over Rs 1,770 crore and was supposed to be completed by 2019. The foundation stone of the structure was laid in February 2014, by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. "When I was in opposition, I had raised the issue regarding pier number 5 of the bridge and at that time minister handed over the investigation to IIT Roorkee and later on the basis of reports from IIT a decision to demolish the p

Dinesh Trivedi, a former Railway Minister and top West Bengal BJP leader, slammed Mamata Banerjee for her "Dal mein kuch kaala hai" comment on the Odisha train accident and said that "Mamata Banerjee is a very senior leader and Chief Minister of West Bengal, and such a statement was not expected from her." West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier on Sunday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government over the Odisha train accident, stating that "Dal mein kuch kaala hai', we want the truth to come out". A train accident in Odisha's Balasore on Friday claimed the lives of 275 people and injured over 1,000. The accident is being described as one of the worst in the country. He advised Mamata Banerjee not to politicize the Odisha train accident and asked her to refrain from "doing politics on the funeral pyre of the people killed in the accident." "When it comes to the security of the country, such ma

The Chinese government will seek to initiate artificial intelligence regulations in its country, billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday after meeting with officials during his recent trip to China. Musk did not elaborate further and made his remarks in a Twitter Space with Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday. "It's worth noting that on my recent trip to China, I went to senior leadership there. I think we had some very productive discussions on artificial intelligence risks, and the need for some oversight and regulation," said Musk, owner of Twitter and Tesla Inc chief executive. "And my understanding from those conversations is that China will be initiating AI regulation in China." Reuters was not immediately able to reach Chinese officials for comment outside of normal business hours. Musk departed Shanghai on Thursday, wrapping up a two-day trip to China in which he met senior Chinese government officials including the highes

Ukraine has enough weapons to begin its counter-offensive against Russia, and the operation will give the country the victory it needs to join NATO, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told Reuters on Monday. Membership of the military alliance would "probably" only be possible for Ukraine after the end of active hostilities, Kuleba said in an interview in Kyiv. Ukraine has for months feted a vast upcoming assault to retake the 18% of its territory still occupied by Russia, using tanks, armoured cars and artillery donated by its Western allies. Ukraine's deputy defence minister said on Monday Kyiv was shifting to "offensive operations" on certain fronts but dismissed an earlier claim from Moscow that a major Ukrainian assault had taken place. Kuleba did not say whether the counter-offensive had started when asked. He answered that the most important thing was not when it started, but that it ended in Ukrainian victory. The minister, who has served in his post si