LeT hand suspected in Shujaat Bukhari killing, Mumbai plane crash, and other top stories of June 28, 2018

June 28, 2018 08:21 pm | Updated 08:21 pm IST

LeT behind Shujaat Bukhari killing: police

The Lashkar-e-Taiba hatched a conspiracy to kill Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari, the police said. The police released four pictures of the accused and termed the killing a ‘terror attack’.

Indian money in Swiss banks rise 50% to over ₹7000 crore

The surge comes as a surprise given India’s continuing clampdown on suspected black money stashed abroad.

Mapped: When social media rumours on child abduction trigger mob lynchings

Rumours spread like wildfire on instant messaging platforms such as WhatsApp about children being kidnapped from neighbouring villages and killed for organ harvesting, leading to mob violence in many parts of the country.

2+2 dialogue postponement not linked to trade, Iran sanctions: U.S.

Sources familiar with the developments said, the cancellation of the dialogue is linked to the fast movement in U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to have a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin-Trump summit in Helsinki on July 16

Moscow and Washington announced the time and place of the meeting simultaneously. The two countries struck a deal on June 27 to hold a summit soon.

Cannot tolerate Pakistan becoming haven for terror groups: Nikki Haley

“We cannot turn a blind eye to those harbouring terrorists... Communicating to Pakistan that this cannot be tolerated,” she said while delivering a lecture at a think tank in New Delhi.

5 killed as private aircraft crashes into building under construction in Mumbai

The aircraft, which was on a scheduled "local flying" trip to and from Juhu, had two pilots and two aircraft maintenance engineers on board.

At Kabir’s mausoleum, Modi hits out at 'opportunistic' Opposition unity

The Prime Minister said such was the “greed for power” that those who imposed the Emergency and those who opposed it were now walking shoulder to shoulder.

Vijay Goel meets Manmohan Singh, seeks Congress support for monsoon session

Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Vijay Goel on Thursday met former Prime Minister and senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh to seek his party’s support to make the monsoon session constructive.

‘India most dangerous for women’: Shashi Tharoor dismisses survey as 'sweeping statement'

Mr. Tharoor’s remarks came after a Thomson Reuters Foundation survey ranked India as the world’s “most dangerous” country for women based on a survey of about 550 experts on women’s issues.

FIFA 2018: Germany sift through wreckage of World Cup debacle

In one of the competition's biggest ever shocks, Germany failed to reach the knockout stage of a World Cup for the first time for 80 years, but it was the meek manner of their capitulation against South Korea in their final game that really stung.

FIFA World Cup 2018: Track all the updates

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