— Lightning alert issued across 17 Districts in Odisha today.

— PM Modi interacted with BJP MPs from Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

— Reserve Bank of India cuts policy rate by 0.25% to 6% with immediate effect.

— Rajya Sabha adjourned till tomorrow after Opposition ruckus over IT raids in Bengaluru.

— Madhya Pradesh: 12 school children injured & driver died as the auto-rickshaw overturned in Morena.

— Congress moves Supreme Court against NOTA option in Rajya Sabha polls, hearing tomorrow.

— Tamil Nadu farmers continue to protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi as no step being taken by Govt yet.

— MoS Nirmala Sitharaman attends 7th Meeting of BRICS Trade Ministers in Shanghai.

— World Bank says India can construct hydroelectric power plants under Indus Waters Treaty.

— By The News Insight