- Monday, May 05, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
HERE are top news in brief about India for Monday, July 4, 2022:
Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde wins trust vote: Eknath Shinde, the current chief minister of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, on Monday (4) overcame a major hurdle by proving his government’s majority in the legislative assembly. He got the backing of 164 legislators while 99 went against him. The development capped two weeks of political drama which split the Shiv Sena, Shinde’s party, and brought down the government of Uddhav Thackeray, the Sena supremo who was challenged by Shinde and his loyalists.
Indian opposition members release black hydrogen balloons in PM Modi’s helicopter path, 4 arrested: Four workers of the opposition India National Congress were arrested for releasing black balloons after India PM Narendra Modi’s helicopter took off from Gannavaram Airport near Vijaywada in the south-eastern state of Andhra Pradesh. Police said there was no security breach on his arrival amid Congress protest and balloons were released five minutes after the helicopter left and arrests have been made.
At least 15, including schoolchildren, killed as bus falls into gorge in Himachal Pradesh: At least 15 people, many of whom were schoolchildren, were killed after a bus fell into a gorge in Kullu in India’s Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh on Monday (4) morning. Many were injured. The death toll was expected to rise more. The Indian prime minister’s office tweeted that the kin of those killed in the accident would be given a compensation of Rs 2 lakh (£2,089) each.
NIA chief holds meeting with Amit Shah on Udaipur, Amravati murders: Days after the Indian home ministry directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the probe of the brutal killings in Udaipur in the state of Rajasthan and Amravati in Maharashtra, NIA chief Dinkar Gupta on Monday held a meeting with the country’s home minister Amit Shah at his office in New Delhi. On June 28, a tailor Kanhaiyalal Kumar was beheaded by two Muslim men inside his shop in Udaipur in the broad daylight, while chemist shop owner Umesh Kolhe was killed by several men in Amravati on June 21, allegedly for posting social media posts supporting former Bharatiya Janata Party member Nupur Sharma.
Indian High Commission in Canada urges the country’s authorities to withdraw material disrespecting Hindu gods: Indian High Commission in Canada on Monday urged its authorities to withdraw the disrespectful depiction of Hindu gods showcased as part of the ‘Under the Tent’ project at the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto. “We urge the Canadian authorities and the event organizers to withdraw all such provocative material,” the high commission said in a press release. A poster for a documentary directed by Indian filmmaker Leena Manimekalai has been slammed on social media for hurting Hindu religious sentiments with a depiction of Goddess Kali.
