HERE are some news in brief about India for Thursday, July 7, 2022:
Uttarakhand High Court allows animal slaughter in Haridwar for Eid: The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday stayed a notification by the state’s Hindu right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government declaring the entire district of Haridwar as a “slaughter-free area” and allowed the slaughter of animals for Eid al-Adha on July 10 at a slaughterhouse in the district’s Manglaur municipality, The Indian Express reported.
Companies who operate in India need to follow the land’s law, Indian foreign ministry says on Vivo case: India’s ministry of external affairs on Thursday said that companies who operate in India should follow the law of the land. It said this in connection to the ongoing investigation related to Vivo Mobile Communications and some other firms from China.
Eknath Shinde formally takes charge of Maharashtra chief minister’s office: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday formally took charge of the chief minister's office in the presence of deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. Shinde on Monday won the floor test in the state legislative assembly.
PM Modi interacts with schoolchildren in his constituency Varanasi: Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to participate in an event called Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam on Thursday, interacted with school children and encouraged them to develop their talent.
CBI arrests senior Power Grid official, five others in corruption case: India’s Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday said that it has arrested an executive director of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, and five employees of Tata Projects Limited in a bribery case.
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann gets married for second time: Bhagwant Mann, the first Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief minister of the northern Indian state of Punjab, got married to Gurpreet Kaur, a doctor, in what was his second wedding. AAP leader and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal congratulated Mann on his marriage.
A 1996 photo of rapper Tupac Shakur (L) and Marion "Suge" Knight is shown on screens during closing arguments in the Duane Davis murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 31, 2026. Getty Images
A rescuer assists a resident through heavy mud following flash floods on August 27, 2026 in Trishuli, Nepal. A sudden flood swept through the Bhote Koshi River basin in northern Rasuwa on August 26, damaging settlements, roads and energy infrastructure as rescue teams searched for residents and foreign travellers reported out of contact. Hundreds were reported missing, as the death toll started to climb.Getty Images
Rescue personnel provide medical treatment to a child at an army rescue camp in Trishuli Batar, Nepal, on August 27, 2026. A sudden flood swept through the Bhote Koshi River basin in northern Rasuwa on August 26, damaging settlements, roads and energy infrastructure, as rescue teams searched for residents and foreign travellers reported out of contact. Hundreds were reported missing as the death toll began to climb. Getty Ima
Family members of missing flood victims react at the emergency ward of the Maharajgunj Medical Campus, part of the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, on August 28, 2026 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Authorities said the flash floods were triggered after a mass of ice, mud and rock collapsed into a Himalayan river near the Nepal-China border, leaving hundreds dead or missing and causing widespread damage in affected districts. Authorities continued the gruelling search for victims, many buried under metres of mud, as both China and Nepal issued fresh flooding alerts.Getty Images