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The Trinamool Congress faces fresh turbulence as two former ministers resigned from key posts. TMC leader Jyotipriyo Mallick stepped down from all party responsibilities while Gautam Deb, another ex-minister and Mayor of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation also resigned from his post. The resignations come amid growing signs of cracks within the TMC.

Delhi’s first all-women police station is now operational in the city. Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu inaugurated the station in Sabzi Mandi area on Friday.

Speaking at the event, Sandhu said that empowerment also brings responsibility. He stressed that reducing crimes against women is a shared duty and urged people to speak up or alert the police whenever they witness injustice or violence against women.

He said the new police station would serve as a dedicated platform to directly handle cases involving crimes against women.

Commuters across Mumbai are set to face major inconvenience as employees of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) are on an indefinite strike on Thursday, severely disrupting bus services across the city. According to BEST officials, only 32 buses were operating on city roads. While six buses had initially left depots in the early hours, they were forced to return after incidents of stone-pelting were reported. The strike, led by the BEST Sanyukt Kamgar Kruti Samiti, a joint action committee comprising 12 unions, began at midnight on June 18 after talks with the administration failed to resolve a range of labour and infrastructure-related demands. Among their key demands are the merger of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) ‘C’ budget allocated to BEST with its main ‘A’ budget, payment of pending legal dues to retired employees in a lump sum, reduction in dependence on contractual operators, and absorption of wet-lease workers into the undertaking’s workforce.

Exam conducting agency, NTA has shared a post on X informing that all updates for the upcoming NEET retest to be held on June 21 will be shared through an official Whatsapp channel of the NTA. The agency informed that all updates, including the details of exam centre and issuance of admit cards are being shared through the official Whatsapp channel.

Anand Mohan J in Bhopal reports that a 19-year-old NEET aspirant died after falling from the upper floors of a residential building in Indore on Thursday night. The family members of the NEET aspirant said that she had been under constant stress after multiple attempts to clear the medical entrance examination. Avantika Maurya, daughter of a government doctor from Madhya Pradesh, succumbed to her injuries at MY Hospital.

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking an investigation into alleged irregularities and corruption during the May 13 trust vote in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant said the petition was based on "vague, wild and casual allegations" and lacked credible evidence. On May 13, the C Joseph Vijay-led TVK government won the trust vote with the support of 25 rebel AIADMK MLAs and other allies, securing 120 votes in the 234-member Assembly. The DMK had walked out of the House, while the Opposition alleged horse-trading.

Aditi Raja in Vadodara reports that two pilgrims were killed and five others grievously injured after a massive rockfall struck devotees near Patiyapul on Pavagadh Hill early Friday morning, triggering a major rescue operation at the popular pilgrimage site. The landslide was caused due to heavy rainfall in the region over the past few days and is believed to have increased water flow on the hill. Police officials said that the primary cause of the accident seems to be soil erosion and the sudden collapse of large rocks from the hillside. Several pilgrims who had arrived early for worship at the Kalik Mata temple were caught in the landslide.

Tamil Nadu CM Vijay moved a resolution in the Assembly against the proposal of Karnataka’s government for the construction of Mekedatu dam. He appealed to all members of the House to support the motion unanimously. Congress leader Rakesh Kumar and VCK leader Vanniarasu have extended their support to the move. The resolution says that the construction of the dam would violate existing legal frameworks across the Cauvery river. The Tamil Nadu government is also seeking a directive for the Central Water Commission (CWC) to halt the processing of Karnataka's project report.

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea by Telegram challenging the government's decision to temporarily block the messaging app in India until June 22.

Justice Tejas Karia ruled that the government had taken the least restrictive step by imposing a temporary ban and had provided valid reasons linked to national sovereignty and public order.

The court upheld both the government's June 16 blocking order and the June 18 decision of a review committee under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), which had endorsed the temporary suspension.

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