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direction reversal for trains passing through the station, turned into a life-altering event for passengers in the front and last coaches of the 13174 Agartala-Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express on Monday. The express train was struck from behind by a goods train at Rangapani, near New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. The direction reversal at Lumding in Assam meant that the coaches which were initially at the front became the rear end of the train. A passenger in a sleeper coach located in the middle of the rake said, «The affected coaches were in the front till Lumding.» He explained that after the direction reversal, the affected four coaches — a general seating coach, two parcel vans, and a guard van — were at the rear end. The general seating coach was the most affected, being thrown onto adjacent tracks, he added.

Lutyens' Delhi since the Tilak Marg and Bengali Market underground water reservoirs are receiving less water from the Delhi Jal Board, NDMC officials said on Monday. There is a 40 per cent shortage in supply being received from the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) area, they added. «As informed by DJB that production of potable water from Wazirabad water plant is not running at full capacity due to non-availability of raw water, hence water supply in command area of Tilak Marg underground water reservoir (UGR) and Bengali market UGR will be made available once in a day, preferably in morning time,» the official said. Due to this, water supply will be affected in areas like Bengali Market, Ashoka Road, HC Mathur Lane, Copernicus Marg, Purana Quila Road, Babar Road, Barakhamba Road, K G Marg, Windsor Place, Firozshah Marg, Canning Lane and surrounding areas.

Purvanchal Co-operative Bank, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh as it does not have adequate capital and earning prospects. The Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Uttar Pradesh has also been asked to issue an order for winding up the bank and appoint a liquidator, the RBI said in a statement. On liquidation, every depositor would be entitled to receive deposit insurance claim amount of his/her deposits up to Rs 5 lakh only from Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC). As per the data submitted by the Purvanchal Co-operative Bank, about 99.51 per cent of the depositors are entitled to receive full amount of their deposits from DICGC, the RBI said.

Aaditya Thackeray on Monday claimed the BJP would have won only 40 seats in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha polls if they were held in a free and fair manner. Addressing a press conference here, Thackeray also termed as «fraud» the result of the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha seat where Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Amol Kirtikar lost by 48 votes to rival Ravindra Waikar of the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. «Our victory was snatched away by misusing the official machinery,» the MLA claimed. Thackeray said his party will move court with a petition challenging the Mumbai North West seat poll result.

West Bengal. The exact cause of the accident would be known only after an enquiry, said Bittu who was here on Monday. The minister said he is deeply saddened by the tragic train accident.

Ashwini Vaishnaw today took a bike ride to reach the Kanchenjunga Express train accident site in the Darjeeling district. At least 15 people lost their lives and around 60 others were injured when a goods train collided with the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express near Rangapani station in West Bengal on Monday. The collision caused three rear compartments of the express train to derail, railway officials stated. Rescue operations are in progress at the site, located about 30 km from North Bengal's New Jalpaiguri station, with the injured being transported to nearby hospitals. A senior police officer informed PTI, «At least 15 people have died in the accident till now and 60 suffered injuries.» Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw earlier commented on X, «Unfortunate accident in NFR zone. Rescue operations going on at war footing. Railways, NDRF and SDRF are working in close coordination. Injured are being shifted to the hospital. Senior officials have reached site.»

terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district on Monday, officials said. The gunfight broke out after security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Aragam area of the district on Sunday night following information about the presence of terrorists there, they said. The army's Srinagar-based Chinar Corps said one terrorist has been killed. The operation was in progress till last reports, it said. «Based on specific intelligence input regarding presence of terrorists, a joint operation was launched by the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police on the intervening night of June 16-17 in the general area of Gurihajin, Aragam Bandipora; one terrorist eliminated, operation in progress,» the Chinar Corps posted on X.

BJP national President J P Nadda on Monday announced the leaders in charge and co-incharge for the upcoming Assembly elections in Maharashta, Haryana Jharkhand, and Jammu and Kashmir. The party appointed Bhupender Yadav and Ashwini Vaishnaw as State election incharge and co-incharge for Maharashtra.

Eid prayers on Monday at the historic Jama Masjid in old city for the sixth year time in a row, Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid said here. «After Fajr prayers today, police personnel closed the gates of Jama Masjid in Srinagar and informed the Auqaf that Eid prayers scheduled for 9:00 AM would not be permitted at the mosque,» the management body of 14th century mosque said in a statement. It also claimed that Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who was scheduled to deliver the Eid sermon, was placed under house arrest. The Eid prayers have been barred at Jama Masjid and Eidgah by the authorities since 2019.

NATO is in talks to deploy more nuclear weapons, taking them out of storage and placing them on standby, in the face of a growing threat from Russia and China, the head of the alliance said on Monday. Jens Stoltenberg told Britain's Telegraph newspaper that there were live consultations between members to use transparency around its nuclear arsenal as a deterrent. «I won't go into operational details about how many nuclear warheads should be operational and which should be stored, but we need to consult on these issues. That's exactly what we're doing,» he told the paper.

Union Home Ministry on Monday handed over the probe into the recent terror attack on a bus in Jammu and Kashmir to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), officials said. Nine people, including three women were killed, and 41 injured as a bus carrying pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi plunged into a deep gorge after an ambush by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district on June 9. The terrorists opened fire at the 53-seater bus when it was en route from Shiv Khori temple to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine at Katra. The investigation into the June 9 terror attack on a bus in Jammu and Kashmir has been handed over to the NIA, an official said.

Amarnath Yatra, the quick reaction teams (QRTs) and special operations group (SoG) of the police on Monday conducted a comprehensive mock drill at the base camp of the pilgrimage in Jammu. This comes close on the heels of Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewing the security situation and the preparations for the annual pilgrimage. The 52-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir will start on June 29 and conclude on August 19.

C V Ananda Bose on Monday morning ordered Kolkata Police personnel deployed at the Raj Bhavan to immediately vacate the premises, an official said. Bose is planning to convert the police outpost near the North Gate of the Raj Bhavan into a 'Jan Manch' (public platform), he said.

New Zealand defence force plane flying New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to Japan broke down on Sunday, forcing the Prime Minister to take a commercial flight, his office confirmed on Monday. Luxon is spending four days in Japan, where he is expected to meet with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and spend time promoting New Zealand business.

Nikhil Gupta, who is suspected by the US of involvement in an unsuccessful plot to kill Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil, has been extradited from the Czech Republic, media reports said on Sunday. Gupta, aged 52, was apprehended in the Czech Republic last year following a request from the US government. He faces charges related to a conspiracy to assassinate Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. Gupta is scheduled to appear before a federal court in New York on Monday. Currently, Gupta is held at the federal Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, where he is recorded as an inmate. His extradition was initially reported by The Washington Post

India Inc was less generous with dividends in FY24 than in previous 9 years amid an increase in capital expenditure with average capacity utilisation exceeding the long-term average. The dividend payout ratio was 34% in FY24, down from 43% in FY23 and 37% in FY22. Including buybacks, the payout was 38% in FY24 compared with 44% in FY23 or 41% in FY22. The dividend payout ratio is the proportion of a company's earnings paid to shareholders as dividends. This payout tends to be lower in times when companies spend more on expansion. Companies with a high cash flow in mature industries tend to have higher dividend payout ratios. About 1,300 companies paid ₹4.15 lakh crore in dividends in FY24, compared with their standalone net profit of ₹12.24 lakh crore. Additionally, 41 companies spent around ₹50,750 crore on share buybacks in FY24. The dividends paid in FY23 amounted to ₹4.44 lakh crore, while money spent on share buybacks was ₹21,500 crore.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma has approved the proposal to allot 4,780 hectares of land to set up four solar projects, an official statement said on Sunday. The move is aimed «to make Rajasthan a leader and self-reliant in the field of energy», it said. According to the proposal, 4,780 hectares has been allotted to Rajasthan Solar Park Development Company to set up three solar parks of 2,450 MW in Bikaner district and about 910 hectares to NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd to set up a solar project of 500 MW in Phalodi district. Two solar parks of 1,000 MW each and one of 450 MW will be set up in Bikaner district. Approval has been given for allotment of about 1,881 hectares in village Surasar of Pugal tehsil for the first solar park, as per the statement.

Parliament session after the 2024 general elections, a meeting of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners is likely to take place to discuss the candidate for the Lok Sabha Speaker's post and to ensure better floor coordination among the alliance partners in the Parliament session, sources said. The first Parliament session is scheduled to start from June 24 and conclude on July 3. The election for the Lok Sabha Speaker post is scheduled to be held on June 26.

state government employees to the sitting MPs, party workers working against them, and the false narrative that the Constitution would be changed were among the prominent reasons cited by the BJP's Lok Sabha candidates of Uttar Pradesh for the party's poor performance in their respective seats, sources said. With the BJP managing to win only 33 seats in Uttar Pradesh in the 2024 elections, 29 seats down compared to the 2019 polls, the BJP's state unit has started looking into the reasons for its poor performance and is likely to submit a report to the central leadership by the end of this week. Besides seeking feedback from the candidates in a sealed envelope, the BJP has also formed a task force of 40 leaders to evaluate the party's performance in the 78 seats, sources said.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday inaugurated the newly-constructed 'Prerna Sthal' in the Parliament complex, consisting of statues of leaders and freedom fighters. Prerna Sthal was constructed to install the statues of leaders, including Mahatma Gandhi, at one place inside the Parliament House Complex. For building the Prerna Sthal, the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, which was near the new Parliament building has been shifted to another place inside the Parliament complex. That spot — where the Gandhi statue was moved — was used by the opposition MPs to protest against the government.