Breaking News June 11 Updates: Odisha Gets BJP's Mohan Majhi As New CM; PM Modi Urges People To Drop 'Modi Ka Parivar' Slogan

Welcome to Outlook India's Breaking News Live Blog, through which we bring you real-time updates on major events and developments across the globe. Here’s a look at top events and developments in focus today:

• Follow-ups of the deadly Sunday terrorist attack on a bus in J&K's Reasi,

• New NDA government-related news,

• Weather updates from across the country,

• Missing military plane carrying Malawi vice president,

• Latest in Israel-Hamas war and more.

In case you missed it, here are the key developments from yesterday that hit headlines:

• Portfolios of the members of the new NDA government were revealed - READ FULL STORY

• A massive combing operation was on in J&K's Reasi a day after 9 passengers of a bus died after it was attacked by terrorists - READ FULL STORY

• Mumbai received heavy rain as southwest monsoon entered the Maharashtra city - READ FULL STORY

• Delhi Police ended speculation over 'mystery animal' spotted during swearing-in ceremony of the new NDA government at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday - READ FULL STORY

Stay tuned for continuous updates and in-depth coverage.

A military plane carrying the vice president of Malawi went missing, prompting a massive search operation on Monday, June 10. The plane carrying 51-year-old Vice President Saulos Chilima, former first lady Shanil Dzimbiri and eight others left the southern African nation's capital, Lilongwe, at 9:17 a.m. and was expected to land 45 minutes later at Mzuzu International Airport, about 370 kilometers (230 miles) to the north, according to an AP report.

But air traffic control told it to not attempt a landing and to turn around because of bad weather and poor visibility, Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera said in an address broadcast live on state TV channel MBC. READ FULL STORY

A terrorist attack on a bus in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi killed nine people, including three women and a child, and injured 33 others after the vehicle fell into a gorge following an ambush. The bus was carrying pilgrims from Shiv Khori temple to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine at Katra near Teryath village in the Poni area when it came under attack by terrorists on Sunday evening.

Pakistan-backed The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for the terror attack. In a message, the TRF warned of more such attacks on "tourists and non-locals" and called the Reasi attack only the "beginning of a renewed start", according to reports. READ FULL REPORT

Top ministries - Defence, Finance, Foreign Affairs and Home - saw no change in their ministers while some new faces were allotted big departments as portfolios of the members of the new NDA government were revealed on Monday.

Nirmala Sitharaman, Amit Shah, S Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh retained their ministers - Finance, Home, Foreign Affairs and Defence, respectively, while new Cabinet entrant Shivraj Chouhan was allotted Agriculture and Rural Development Ministries.

The BJP retained most of the strategic ministries driving the government's signature programmes while giving up on a few for allies, especially the TDP and JD(U) which got Civil Aviation, and Panchayati Raj, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying respectively. FULL LIST OF PORTFOLIOS

A short clip from the swearing-in ceremony of the Prime Minister, Cabinet ministers and others from June 9 went viral on social media after it featured a "mysterious animal" roaming around in the halls of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Social media users suspected that it could even be a leopard.

Amid massive buzz, Delhi Police ended the speculation regarding the 'mystery animal' and said, "the animal captured on camera is a common house cat. Please don't adhere to such frivolous rumours." READ FULL STORY

Maharashtra's Mumbai on Monday witnessed heavy rainfall after 7pm, while it got 50 millimetres of rain in a 24-hour period that ended in the morning, officials said. There were no reports of major water-logging due to heavy rains in the evening, the official added.

An India Meteorological Department official said that the Southwest Monsoon arrived in Mumbai on Sunday, June 9, two days ahead of the normal schedule due to favourable conditions along the Maharashtra coast. READ FULL STORY

Delhi will be under an orange alert today for heatwave, a day after logging a high of 43.4 degrees Celsius, 3.5 notches above the season's average.

Delhi's Narela was the hottest at 46.6 degrees Celsius followed by Najafgarh at 46.3 degrees Celsius, Aya Nagar at 44.7 degrees Celsius, Lodhi Road at 43.8 degrees Celsius and Palam at 44.1 degrees, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) data cited in a PTI report.

IMD predicted mainly clear skies with heatwave conditions accompanied by gusty winds at speeds ranging from 25 to 35 km per hour during the day on Tuesday. Delhi will be on 'orange' alert, it said.

The UN Security Council on Monday approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

The vote on the US-sponsored resolution was 14-0, with Russia abstaining.

The resolution welcomes a cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden that the United States says Israel has accepted. It calls on Hamas, which initially said it viewed the proposal “positively”, to accept the three-phase plan.

It urges Israel and Hamas “to fully implement its terms without delay and without condition".

(via AP)

IndiGo aircraft which arrived from Chennai got a water cannon salute at the newly integrated terminal in Tiruchirappalli International Airport which will be operational today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated this integrated terminal in January, this year.

Days after an RSS member levelled allegations of sexual exploitation against him, Bharatiya Janata Party IT Cell chief Amit Malviya sued the former for Rs 10 crore over defamation. In a legal notice, Malviya has reportedly sought the removal of RSS member Santanu Sinha for "false, and derogatory" post from the social media.

"The nature of allegations are extremely offensive in as much as, they falsely allege sexual misconduct purportedly committed by my client. The same is fatally injurious to the dignity and reputation of my client who, by virtue of his professional profile, is a public figure," the notice read. READ FULL STORY

In view of severe heatwave conditions, the Bihar education department on Monday ordered the closure of all government-run schools till June 15, 2024. “Given the intense heatwave conditions prevailing in the state and the further warning issued by the IMD, the department has ordered the closure of all government-run schools in the state from June 11 to June 15. Since schools will remain closed, holidays will be declared for teachers as well until June 15,” the order of the education department said.

Portfolios of the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government ministers were revealed on Monday, June 10, with the top four ministries seeing no change and new Cabinet entrants such as Shivraj Singh Chouhan and TDP's Rammohan Naidu getting big departments.

Signalling continuity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government '3.0' on Monday retained Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar in charge of the four high-profile ministries - Home, Defence, Finance and External Affairs - respectively. READ FULL REPORT

Dr S Jaishankar and other ministers began taking charge of their ministries a day after portfolios were revealed. External Affairs Ministers S Jaishankar, who retained his portfolio, was seen at his office on Tueday.

Ashwini Vaishnaw also reached the Railways Ministry to take charge as the Minister of Railways.

S Jaishankar, who retook charge as External Affairs Minister on Tuesday, spoke about India's relationship with Pakistan and China for the next five years. EAM Dr S Jaishankar said, "In any country and especially in a democracy, it is a very big deal for a government to get elected three times in a row. So the world will definitely feel that today there is a lot of political stability in India..."

"As far as Pakistan and China are concerned, the relations with those countries are different, and the problems there are also different. Our focus with regard to China will be on finding a solution for the border issues and with Pakistan, we would want to find a solution to the issue of years-old cross-border terrorism...," he told news agency ANI.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supporter Gourinath Chowdary died after he was attacked with knives and axes in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district, reports said.

Chowdary was allegedly attacked by workers from the Opposition YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), an indiatoday.in report said.

The incident took place in Bommirreddipalle village where the attackers were believed to be led by YSRCP workers Pamayya, Ramakrishna and others.

A fresh petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday to recall the National Entrance cum Eligibility Test - Under Graduate (NEET-UG) 2024 results and re-conduct fresh examination citing discrepancies in the declared results.

The petition was filed by Abdullah Mohammed Faiz and Dr Shaik Roshan Mohiddin, natives of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh who work for students in the states.

They alleged discrepancies in grant of grace marks, saying the high marks of 718 and 719 are statistically impossible.

The NTA, which conducts the NEET, on Saturday said the education ministry has set up a four-member panel to review the grace marks awarded to more than 1,500 candidates. The move came amid allegations of inflation of marks leading to 67 candidates sharing the first rank in the NEET-UG medical entrance exam.

The Southwest Monsoon is advancing and the IMD has predicted a heavy to very heavy rains and isolated extremely heavy rainfall in parts of Karnataka and Maharashtra.

"Associated with this monsoon onset in advance, we are seeing heavy to very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall, mainly over Maharashtra and parts of coastal Karnataka during the last 2-3 days. We are expecting very heavy rainfall [which is] likely to continue over this region, that is south and Central Maharashtra, that is Marathwada, South Madhya Maharashtra, Konkan as well as Coastal Karnataka and in parts of North interior Karnataka, very heavy rainfall is likely to continue today and then [there will be] gradual reduction," news agency PTI quoted Dr Soma Sen Roy, Senior Scientist, IMD, as saying.

A fire broke out at a factory in Saravali MIDC in Bhiwandi taluka. Bhiwandi Fire Brigade Officer, Pramod Kakade said, "The fire broke out in a factory situated in Saravali village... The incident happened at 3:00 AM. The efforts to douse the fire are underway. Once the fire is doused, then we will be able to calculate the loss."

Ahead of the International Day of Yoga on June 21, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called upon people to reiterate their commitment to making yoga an integral part of their lives and also encourage others to do the same.

In 10 days from now, the world will mark the 10th International Day of Yoga, celebrating a timeless practice that celebrates oneness and harmony, he said on 'X'.

Yoga has transcended cultural and geographical boundaries, uniting millions around the globe in the pursuit of holistic well-being, PM Modi said.

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat's first speech after the 2024 general elections has gone viral. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Chief addressed a series of issues ranging from peace in Manipur to what makes a "true sevak".

During his speech, the RSS Chief also added that the decorum of the polls was not maintained during the seven phase elections. READ FULL STORY

Janasena party MLAs on Tuesday elected party chief Pawan Kalyan as the floor leader in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly. The move came ahead of NDA legislators’ meeting to elect TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu as their leader in the House.

Janasena Tenali legislator N Manohar proposed Pawan Kalyan's name as the floor leader in the Assembly, which was unanimously supported by other members, the party sources said.

Andhra Pradesh News LIVE:

Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Kamran Akmal has issued an unconditional apology on his social media account to Harbhajan Singh for his "inappropriate and disrespectful" comments he made on India pacer Arshdeep Singh and his religion during the India vs Pakistan, T20 World Cup tie on Sunday, June 9.

Akmal was 'truly sorry' for his comments on the Sikh community, that angered Harbhajan who posted a furious response on his X account. READ FULL STORY

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams and the eight other crew members on board the International Space Station (ISS) residing there with a multi-drug resistant "superbug", sparking concerns of respiratory problems that the bacteria may cause.

Sunita Williams and her colleague Astronaut Barry Eugene "Butch" Wilmore reached the ISS on board the new Boeing Starliner spacecraft on June 6, 2024, and are likely to spend over a week in the low earth orbiting laboratory before returning to Earth after testing the new spacecraft.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought seeks response of National Testing Agency on plea seeking fresh NEET-UG, 2024 on grounds of 'paper leak' and other 'malpractices'. A fresh petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday to recall the National Entrance cum Eligibility Test - Under Graduate (NEET-UG) 2024 results and re-conduct fresh examination citing discrepancies in the declared results. READ FULL STORY

The Sikkim government approved a proposal to hike dearness allowance by four per cent for its employees and pensioners with retrospective effect from July 1, 2023, officials said on Tuesday.

The decision was taken during the first cabinet meeting of the second Sikkim Krantikari Morcha government on Monday evening, they said.

With the four per cent hike, the dearness allowance for government employees and pensioners has gone up to 46 per cent, the officials said.

TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu said on Tuesday that all MLAs of BJP, Janasena and his own party have given their consent for him to become Andhra Pradesh's next chief minister of NDA government.

TDP defeated YSRCP in the recently concluded Andhra Pradesh assembly elections.

Heavy rains lash several areas in Mumbai on Tuesday. Southwest Monsoon arrived in Mumbai on Sunday, two days ahead of the normal schedule, due to favourable conditions along the Maharashtra coast, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

A fire broke out at a restaurant in Park Street area of West Bengal's Kolkata on Tuesday. Several fire tenders reached the spot to extinguish the fire.

More details are awaited.

New Civil Aviation Minister of India, Ram Mohan Naidu, said on Tuesday: "PM Modi has entrusted me with a very big responsibility...The portfolio has huge scope and potential...The pride of India at the international level is connected with the portfolio...PM Modi gave us a direction to work in the ministry...We will ensure that the progress continues..."

Union Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday took charge as Minister of Cooperation and as Minister of Home Affairs. Amit Shah is among the BJP leaders who retained his portfolio of the previous NDA government.

A special 8-day Parliament session is reportedly on cards from June 24-July 3, during which new Lok Sabha speaker will be named while new ,Ps will also take oath, sources cited in an indiatoday.in report said.

At least 10 cars were gutted in a fire at an automobile workshop in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Tuesday morning. No one was injured in the incident, an official from the fire brigade said.

The FIRE broke out at an automobile workshop-cum-showroom near the Palasia square, where 55 vehicles were parked, news agency PTI quoted assistant sub-inspector Sushil Dubey as saying.

Kolkata-based lawyer Santanu Sinha, who levelled allegations of sexual exploitation on BJP's Amit Malviya and was later sued by the latter, on Tuesday claimed that his statements were “misinterpreted”.

Amit Malviya reportedly sought the removal of Sinha, who reportedly also is an RSS member, for "false, and derogatory" post from the social media. He was served a legal notice by Malviya.

Sinha also said he was not withdrawing the social media post but expressed “heartfelt sorrow” if it hurt Malviya. "If my post hurts Mr Malviya and/or undermines my party for such misinterpretation and edited version, I do express my heartfelt sorrow for the same. Since I have not written anything untoward in my post, with the mission to malign, I am not withdrawing the post, the bone of contention,” he said in a Facebook post.

(with PTI inputs)

Odisha: Union Ministers and BJP central observers Rajnath Singh and Bhupender Yadav reached Bhubaneswar on Tuesday to elect Legislature Party Leader. The BJP, which won the recently concluded Odisha Assembly election, is yet to name the chief minister.

Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said that Amaravati would be the capital of Andhra Pradesh. He added the Visakhapatnam will be developed as the economic capital and an advanced special city.

"Amaravati will be our capital. We will pursue constructive politics, and not politics of vendetta. Visakhapatnam will be the commercial capital of the state. We will not play games with people like trying to have three capitals and such devious activities. Visakhapatnam has given a full mandate. We will develop Rayalaseema to give us a resounding mandate," an indiatoday.in report quoted Chandrababu Naidu as saying.

Chandrababu Naidu is expected to take oath as Andhra Pradesh chief minister on June 12.

Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa aka Darshan has been arrested by Bengaluru police in connection with a murder case on Tuesday, June 11, as per reports. Darshan was reportedly picked up from his farmhouse in Mysore. Later, he was shifted to Bengaluru for further questioning. As per a report in Times of India, City police commissioner B Dayananda confirmed the detention of Darshan. He said, "The victim has been identified as S Renuka Swamy, 33, of Chitradurga. The body was recovered from the drain in Kamakshipalya, the western part of city''. The deceased who was married recently was an assistant in a medical shop at Chitadurga, as per the same report. READ FULL STORY

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a phone call on Tuesday from the Sultan of Oman, Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik, who extended his heartfelt congratulations on his reappointment as PM for a third term following the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.

PMO said the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to further deepen and strengthen India-Oman partnership for the mutual benefit of both countries. The PM also extended warm greetings to His Majesty and the people of Oman on the upcoming Eid Al Adha festival, PMO said.

BJP leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad and Tarun Chugh have been appointed as party's central observers for the election of its leader in the Arunachal Pradesh assembly. The elected leader will be the state's next chief minister.

The UN human rights office has cited possible war crimes by Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in connection with a deadly raid by the former that freed four hostages over the weekend.

Office spokesman Jeremy Laurence expressed concerns about possible violations of rules of proportionality, distinction and precaution by the Israeli forces in Saturday's raid at the urban Nuseirat refugee camp, an AP report said.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) released the first merit list for its post-graduation programs offered in the academic year 2024-25. Candiadtes can check the list at the official website.

Read full report

A major power outage has been reported in several parts of Delhi owing to due to a fire at sub-station of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) in Mandola, Delhi minister Atishi said.

According to the minister, Delhi receives 1200 MW of power from the Mandola sub-station, and therefore many parts of Delhi have been affected. The power restoration process has begun and electricity is now gradually returning to different areas.

But this major failure in the national power grid is extremely worrying. I am seeking time with the Central Power Minister and the Chairman of PGCIL, to ensure that such a situation is not repeated.

Read report here.

Malawi's vice president and 9 others have died in a plane crash, the president says, reports AP. Earlier today, an aircraft carrying Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other officials had gone missing.

As per an official statement from the president's office, the defence force aircraft "went under the radar" after it left the capital on Monday morning.

Full article here

The just-concluded general election has created as many as 10 vacancies in the Rajya Sabha after its members were elected to the Lok Sabha.

The Rajya Sabha secretariat has now notified the vacancies, which includes two each in Assam, Bihar and Maharashtra, and one each in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Tripura.

In its notification giving details of the vacation of seats, the Rajya Sabha secretariat said, "In pursuance of the provision of sub-section (2) of Section 69 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 read with Section 67A and sub-section (4) of Section 68 of that Act, the following have ceased to be Members of Rajya Sabha from the date of their being chosen as members of the 18th Lok Sabha, i.e., the 4th of June, 2024."

(PTI Inputs)

A migrant boat sinks off the coast of Yemen, leaving at least 49 dead and 140 missing, says UN agency.

BJP MLA Mohan Majhi new chief minister of Odisha, said Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida to be the Deputy Chief Ministers. Read full article here.

Delhi Water Minister Atishi on Tuesday slammed the Haryana government and alleged that it was “deliberately” and “illegally” halting the water supply to the capital.

In a press conference here, Atishi alleged that the Haryana government was releasing less water to the city because of which Delhi is unable to meet the daily water requirement.

Citing an affidavit submitted by the Haryana government in the Supreme Court, the minister said, “The Haryana government has been lying that they have released adequate supply water to Delhi. Their affidavit filed in the Supreme Court presents the data on actual discharge of water which has exposed their lie.”

(Via PTI)

Thanking the people of India for their strong support in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that everyone who added the slogan 'Modi Ka Parivar' in their social media profiles, can drop it now.

"Through the election campaign, people across India added 'Modi Ka Parivar' to their social media as a mark of affection towards me. I derived a lot of strength from it. The people of India have given the NDA a majority for the third consecutive time, a record of sorts, and have given us the mandate to keep working for the betterment of our nation", Modi said.

"With the message of all of us being one family having been effectively conveyed, I would once again thank the people of India and request that you may now remove 'Modi Ka Parivar' from your social media properties. The display name may change, but our bond as one Parivar striving for India's progress remains strong and unbroken", the prime minister further added.

Pakistan won the toss and opted to bowl against Canada in their must-win T20 World Cup match in New York.