Balasore (Odisha) ∙ Death toll rises to 280 in Balasore train accident in Odisha. More than 900 people were injured.The rescue mission is complete. The Railways has informed that steps have been taken to restore traffic.The high-level meeting is being held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Prime Minister will visit the accident site.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation. However, initial reports suggest that the goods train derailed due to a technical fault. The Indian Railways has ordered a high-level inquiry into the accident.

Franco Mulakkal resigned from the post of Bishop of Jalandhar.  Franco’s resignation was accepted by the Pope.  The Vatican ambassador in India said that this is not a disciplinary action.  Earlier, the court had acquitted Franco Mulakkal in the case of torturing a nun.  Franco will now be known as Bishop Emeritus.  Franco Mulakkal said that the resignation is for the good of the Jalandhar Diocese and to appoint a new bishop.  

 Franco was earlier arrested in the case of torturing a nun.  The nun complained that Franco, who was the bishop of Jalandhar, raped her 13 times from 2014 to 2016.  The Kumilangad police registered a case against Bishop Franco on a complaint filed by a nun who is a member of the Missionaries of Jesus Sanyas Church and an inmate of St. Francis Mission Home in Kumilangad.

 Earlier in September 2018, Pope Francis had temporarily removed the bishop from the duties of the diocese after he was accused in the rape case.  The resignation comes while the appeal court is considering the acquittal of the accused Franco Mulakkal in the case of raping a nun by the Kottayam Additional Sessions Court.

Bengaluru: Cabinet expanded by including twenty four members  When the division is completed in Piccha Karnataka, finance  Chief Minister S. Siddaramaiah has the main portfolios.  Irrigation and Bangalore Development to Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar  and  Even though senior leader G. Parameswara was given the Home Department.  The Chief Minister of Intelligence took control of him.  KJ George, a Malayalee, received power.  Lakshmi Hebbalkar, the only woman in the cabinet, has been given Women and Child Development. 

 It has been a week since 10 people took oath including Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar.  Recently, 24 more members were included.  Yesterday Governor Tawarchand Gehlot took oath before 23  Name MLAs.  

New Delhi: The police said that the complaint of the wrestlers against the President of the Wrestling Federation of India, Brij Bhushan Saran Singh, is of a serious nature.  Delhi Police submitted a report to the Rose Avenue Court on a sexual complaint.  The court directed the complainants to provide a copy of the status report.  The case will be heard again on June 27.

 The police recorded the statement of the female wrestlers who complained of sexual harassment.

 The investigation team submitted the report before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal as per the direction of the court.  The report is submitted in a sealed cover.

 On an application filed by the lawyer, the court directed the police to provide a copy of the status report to the complainants.  Earlier, the police had informed the court that a special team had been appointed to investigate the allegations against Brij Bhushan.  Meanwhile, the wrestlers complained that the police were stopping those who came to the women’s panchayat.

New Delhi:  Rahul Gandhi can get a new passport, Subramanian Swamy’s plea rejected. The court granted NOC for three years. Rahul Gandhi, who lost his diplomatic passport after being disqualified as an MP, had applied for a regular passport. However, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy had filed a petition in Delhi’s Rose Avenue court demanding that the passport not be granted as he is an accused in the National Herald case. But the court rejected the petition.

After three years, Rahul has to approach the court again to renew his passport. Rahul’s demand was to give NOC for 10 years.

Rahul had surrendered his diplomatic passport after losing his Lok Sabha membership. Instead, Rahul approached the court seeking a NOC to get a normal passport. This is because the National Herald case against Rahul is pending. Rahul’s counsel argued that there was no provision related to passport while granting bail earlier in the case and therefore there was no obstacle to granting NOC.