Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked the Centre over the surge in the cases of novel coronavirus cases in the country.

On Twitter, Gandhi, referring to the country having the highest number of COVID-19 cases after the US, Brazil, and Russia, stated, India is firmly on it`s way to winning the wrong race. A horrific tragedy, resulting from a lethal blend of arrogance and incompetence.

In one more successful anti-terror operation, the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) police said that two terrorists have been killed in an encounter that broke between security forces and terrorists in the Nipora area of the Kulgam district in south Kashmir, earlier in the morning.

#NiporaKulgamEncounterUpdate: 02 unidentified #terrorists killed. Search going on. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice Kashmir zone police tweeted.

Former Prime Minister and JD(S) chief HD Deve Gowda, as well as the former leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, were among the four candidates for Rajya Sabha from Karanataka who were on Friday declared elected unopposed.

The state's ruling BJP sent to Parliament two MPs - Ashok Gasti and Eranna Kadadi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be holding extensive talks with all the Chief Ministers of states and Union Territories (UTs) on June 16 and 17.

This will be Modi first interaction with the Chief Ministers ever since 'Unlock1' was declared. He earlier had rounds of discussions with the Chief Ministers.

Amid mystery surrounding the firing by Nepal border guards in which one Indian national was killed, the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), which mans the border on the Indian side, said it was a completely local issue that has emerged from a local altercation.

Rajesh Chandra, Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), said a factual report that has been formed on the basis of preliminary findings has been submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Friday decided to waive off fees for late filing returns between July 2017 to January this year in a bid to minimise the impact of COVID-19 crisis on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

Due to the countrywide lockdown stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, a lot of return filing has been pending and revenue collections have been depressed.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday slammed the BJP and said that the Rajya Sabha elections could have been conducted two months back, but were postponed for no reason but to let BJP complete the horse-trading.

The Congress has accused the BJP of trying to poach ruling party MLAs ahead of the June 19 Rajya Sabha polls.

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Friday reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 3,255.02 crore for the January-March quarter of financial year 2019-2020.

In the January-March period of 2018-19, the company had posted a net profit of Rs 969.25 crore.

M&M said in a regulatory filing that revenue from operations declined to Rs 9,004.72 crore during the fourth quarter compared with Rs 13,807.88 crore in the same period of corresponding fiscal.

HCL's 24x7, Integrated Control Centre for Covid-19 in Gautam Buddha Nagar has responded to close to 250,000 citizen queries since its launch in April, and majority of the calls it received were related to food.

The all-in-one control room, which can be reached on toll free number 18004192211, was set up by HCL at one of its facilities in Noida, with support from the GB Nagar district administration, the police, the health department and both Noida Authority and Greater Noida Authority.

With a daily increase of 10,996 in total cases, India’s tally has risen from 286,579 to 297,535, an increase of 3.8 per cent, listing India as the fourth-most-affected nation by number of coronavirus cases.

Death toll has reached 8,498 with 396 new fatalities, the most ever in a day.

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