India

Lucknow, Jun 30 (PTI) Isolated places in eastern Uttar Pradesh witnessed light to moderate rain or thunderstorm on Sunday, while some parts in the western region saw light showers, bringing people some relief from the heat wave sweeping the state.

The Meteorological (Met) Department office here said Barabanki received 6 cm rainfall, followed by Karadharighat with 5 cm, Nawabganj 4 cm, Kaiserganj 3 cm, 2 cm each in Katerniaghat and Lucknow, and 1 cm each in Palliakalan, Mahrajganj and Sahswan.

Jammu, Jun 30 (PTI) A peace rally was held in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Sunday, with participants raising slogans that called for maintaining communal harmony.

The rally was organised by the Army and the district administration.

District development commissioner, Angrez Singh Rana; commander of 9 Sector Rashtriya Rifles, Brigadier Vikram Bhan; and SSP Kishtwar, Shakti Kumar Pathak, flagged off the rally from Chowgan Ground, an official spokesperson said.

Bhubaneswar, Jun 30 (PTI) Asserting that the Jammu and Kashmir issue was not just related to law and order or security, the Communist Party of India (CPI) asked the NDA government at the Centre on Sunday to spell out what exactly it wanted to do in that state.

CPI national secretary D Raja also accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of "forcing" the regional parties to toe its line and claimed that the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha was "compelled" to support the saffron party.

Moradabad (UP), Jun 30 (PTI) Cattle should not be seen roaming the streets unsupervised, nor in the fields, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath warned state officials on Sunday.

Adityanath said proper arrangements should be made for cattle, according to an official release here.

Reviewing the development programs in Moradabad division, Adityanath said benefits of central and state schemes should be passed on to the public and any kind of corruption will attract strong action.

Surat, Jun 30 (PTI) A SpiceJet plane Sunday overshot the runway while landing at the Surat Airport, although none of the passengers and crew members on board were hurt in the incident, an airport official said.

The incident, which occurred around 8.15 pm, was a result of heavy rain and wind, the official said.

"A SpiceJet flight from Bhopal to Surat overshot runway at the airport here due to heavy rainfall and wind. All the 43 passengers and four crew members are safe and they are being handled by the SpiceJet officials," Surat airport director S K Panigrahi said.

New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre to earmark and declare Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit as parliamentary seats.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on former RAW official Ram Kumar Yadav for filing the petition and termed it "legally untenable".

Jammu, Jul 1 (PTI) At least 35 people died and over a dozen were injured when an overcrowded bus skidded off a hilly road and fell into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Monday morning, officials said.

The minibus, which was on its way from Keshwan to Kishtwar, skidded off the Keshwan-Thakrai road and rolled down into the deep gorge around 7.30 am, officials said.

MUMBAI, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Indian manufacturing sector lost its growth momentum in June as the Nikkei India Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) went down at 52.1 from a three-month high of 52.7 in the preceding month of May, HIS Markit, a global information provider that compiles the index, said Monday.

A softer increase in new work intakes translated into slower rises in output and employment, while the upturn in quantities of purchases strengthened, the HIS Markit said in a statement.

NEW DELHI, June 30 (Xinhua) -- India has proposed a meeting with Pakistan in the second week of July to finalise modalities and infrastructure requirements to open the Kartarpur corridor, state-run broadcaster -- All India Radio (AIR) said Sunday.

"India has proposed July 11 -- July 14 to Pakistan to hold a fresh round of talks on the Kartarpur corridor," the broadcaster said.

Quoting its sources in foreign ministry, the broadcaster said it shows India's commitment to the corridor.

Kanpur: Fitted with censor and cellular  communication one gadget named as Padmavati water quality has been placed into the zoo lake for monitoring the quality of the water. It is efficient enough to forward the data in half an hour.