The big news: Delhi court summons Shashi Tharoor in Sunanda Pushkar case, and 9 other top stories
Other headlines: Petrol prices were reduced by 13 paise and diesel by nine paise, and the ED questioned businessman Raj Kundra in a bitcoin scam case.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Delhi court says Shashi Tharoor will be tried for abetting Sunanda Pushkar’s suicide: The Patiala House Court asked Tharoor to appear before it on July 7.
- Petrol prices cut by 13 paise, diesel by 9 paise: Fuel rates have dropped for the seventh consecutive day on Tuesday.
- Enforcement Directorate questions businessman Raj Kundra in Rs 2,000 crore bitcoin scam, say reports: Amit Bharadwaj, who was accused of duping over 8,000 people of Rs 2,000 crore, was arrested in April.
- Supreme Court allows government to provide reservation in promoting SC/ST employees: The order is effective until the constitution bench disposes of the matter
- US President Donald Trump’s former aide Paul Manafort accused of tampering with witnesses: The president’s former campaign manager had allegedly contacted witnesses by phone and encrypted messages to influence their testimony.
- Tamil Nadu to ban use of plastic from 2019: The state government made the announcement on World Environment Day.
- Pilot dies after Indian Air Force fighter jet crashes in Gujarat’s Mundra town: A court of inquiry has been ordered to investigate the cause of the incident.
- 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.
- Goa archbishop says the Constitution is in danger, asks Christians to be politically active: Father Filipe Neri Ferrao claimed that people were being ‘uprooted’ from their homes and lands in the name of development.
- Next iOS upgrade will make older iPhones run faster, allow group video chat, says Apple: Apple will make iOS 12 available for users as a software update this autumn, the company said.