A day after a 16-year-old girl was brutally killed by her boyfriend, the Delhi Commission for Women has taken suo-moto cognizance of the case and issued a notice to city police seeking action report. In its notice issued to the Station House Officer (SHO) of Shahbad Dairy police station on Monday, the DCW has asked police to provide a copy of FIR registered in the matter.

In a tragic incident, a nine-year-old girl playing on a swing made with saree died from suffocation in Udupi district of Karnataka on Monday. The deceased girl is identified as Manvitha, a resident of Nitte village near Karkala town in Udupi. According to police, preliminary investigations suggested that the incident had taken place when Manvitha, daughter of Lakshmi Poojari, had gone to play at the residence of her paternal uncle. The victim and a girl from the neighbourhood made a swing out of the saree and played.

India successfully put into orbit the first of its second generation navigation satellite NVS-01 on Monday in a copy book style. The 2,232 kg NVS-01 satellite -- part of Indian satellite navigation system NavIC or originally called Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS)-- was carried by Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). Simply put, NavIC is an Indian 'GPS' - Global Positioning System.

Indian rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) on Monday morning blasted off successfully with the first of the second generation navigation satellite code named NVS-01 from the rocket port here. The three staged GSLV rocket standing 51.7 metre tall and weighing 420 ton rose up into the skies at 10.42 a.m. breaking free of the earth's gravitational pull. The rocket carried India's first of India's second generation navigation satellites NVS-01 weighing 2,232kg.

The Border Security Force (BSF) seized 86 heads of Myanmar breed cattle in Tripura on Sunday and arrested 18 people involved in their illegal transportation, officials said. A BSF spokesman said that the personnel acted swiftly on an intelligence input regarding the transportation of Myanmar breed cattle from Shiblong near the Tripura-Mizoram border from Assam by vehicles.

Near a year ahead of the Andhra Pradesh elections, the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Sunday promised several freebies. TDP President and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu announced that if voted to power, TDP will provide financial assistance of R. 20,000 each to farmers every year.

The farmers' protest, taking place at Delhi's Ghazipur border in support of the protesting wrestlers, ended on Sunday evening with Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait announcing that a khap mahapanchayat would be held in Baju village of Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district on June 11 to take further decisions. "We have added the issue of the women wrestlers on the agenda of panchayats and other gatherings. We will discuss the issue in every meeting. We will accept whatever the decision the khap panchayat takes. For now, we are returning to our homes," Tikait said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a meeting with the chief ministers and deputy CMs of the BJP-ruled states in the national capital during which several issues, including the 2024 Lok Sabha elections were discussed. The meeting was held in the BJP headquarters here, after the inauguration of the new Parliament building. BJP President J.P. Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh along with several senior party leaders were present at the meeting.

All women wrestlers and protesters, who were detained on Sunday, have been released, a Delhi Police official said. "Police have released women protestors including Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Sangeeta Phogat," the police official said. Malik had told IANS that they will go to Jantar Mantar and that their fight will go on till justice prevails.