<br>17 killed as Delhi-bound bus falls into gorge in Almora</br> <br>As many as 17 persons were killed and 22 injured when a Delhi-bound public bus from Pithoragarh fell into a deep gorge in Almora district this afternoon. The Uttarakhand Roadways bus, carrying nearly 40 passengers, fell into a 100-ft deep gorge at Dhyari, nearly 65 kms from Almora, killing 17 persons on the spot and leaving 22 injured, Almora Superintendent of Police K S Nagniyal said over phone from the scene of the accident. The accident took place around 1 PM. All the bodies have been recovered and the survivors rescued, Nagniyal, who supervised the rescue operations, said. 23 persons who sustained injuries in the accident were first rushed to Dhauladevi primary health centre from where three were referred to a hospital in Haldwani and seven to Almora. The cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained, the police officer said. (20/06/2015) (Representational image: PTI)</br> 
<br>Operations at Mumbai International Airport hit, flights affected</br> <br>Operations at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) here were hit this evening following a snag in radar. "The air traffic control's radar is down since 1730 hours and flight departures are having issues," an airport spokesperson said. Arrivals of flights which have taken off from other airports for the city are still on, she said, adding that arrivals and departures are taking place, but the operations have slowed down. However, details like if departures from the other airports into the city have been stopped or cancelled were not immediately available. Yesterday, heavy rains in the city had disrupted flights by up to 45 minutes and resulted in four diversions. (20/06/2015) (PTI)</br> -
In an indirect attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was being controlled by 'intolerant non-state actor'. (PTI)
<br>International Yoga Day, shameless attempt by Modi govt to usurp yoga, says Congress</br> <br>On the eve of International Yoga Day, Congress today accused the Narendra Modi government of making "brazen and shameless attempts at usurping" the ancient Indian heritage of yoga and turning it into a "propaganda and public relation exercise." The All India Congress Committee (AICC) also released a photograph of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru doing yoga, along with a picture and a maxim by Mahatma Gandhi, saying one should expect from others anything only after practising it oneself. The Modi dispensation is all geared up to mark the day tomorrow with a grand event on the capital's Rajpath, where thousands of health enthusiasts are expected to converge to perform yoga. The government has been promoting the June 21 event citing health benefits of yoga. Alleging "sheer hollowness" in the government's claim of propagating yoga for health benefits, Congress questioned the "cutting of the health budget by a whopping 17 per cent and reducing budgetary allocation of the yoga". He said that the Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) has reduced the budget of yoga from Rs 1,069 crore in 2013-14 to a meagre Rs 318 crore this year. (20/06/2015) (PTI)</br> 
<br>I will not speak to media for 6 months: Parrikar</br> <br>Often in news for his off-the-cuff and controversial statements which have invited criticism and ridicule, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said he will not speak to the media for six months. "I will not speak to the media for six months," he shot back at a journalist, who sought his comments on some defence-related issues. Parrikar, a former Goa Chief Minister who was appointed Defence Minister in November last year, was here to lay foundation stone of a hospital building. The Defence Minister refused to entertain any question related to his portfolio, including his recent reported statement that the Indian Army's importance has diminished because the country hasn't gone to war in the past 40 to 50 years. (20/06/2015) (PTI)</br> 
<br>Heavy rains in Mumbai abate, city limps back to normalcy</br> <br>After heavy downpour and subsequent flooding threw life out of gear, Mumbai returned to normalcy today with train services being restored and water levels receding though most parts of the city continued to receive steady but mild rains. However, the city braced for more trouble as the met department has forecast heavy rains in the next 24 hours. All train services, suburban and long-distance, which were badly hit yesterday due to flooding of tracks, resumed to the great relief of the commuters in the country's financial capital. Ignoring drizzle, men and women streamed to suburban stations around the Metro to head for their offices and other places of work which had remained shut yesterday. "Water levels have receded. There is no water logging on railway tracks and suburban services are running normally," a Railway official said. Schools and colleges in the city and neighbouring Thane district remained closed today on direction from the state government. Heavy rains pummeled the sprawling city and suburbs during which two persons were electrocuted. Altogether 283 mm of rain, a quantum normally recorded in 10 days, was received in just 24 hours yesterday.(20/06/2015) (PTI)</br> 
<br>BJP attacks AAP govt for 'spending crore' on advertisement</br> <br>The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi today came under attack from BJP for spending "crores of public money" in advertisements for political gains. BJP yesterday threatened to approach the apex court if the TV commercial was not withdrawn soon. Today, BJP said the Arvind Kejriwal regime was following previous Sheila Dikshit dispensation in the matter of advertisements. The opposition party also took potshots at the state government for keeping 21 Parliamentary Secretaries out of the purview of "office of profit" clause terming it as "theatrics". BJP slammed AAP-led Delhi Government for allegedly spending "crores" of public money promoting itself for "political gains". (20/06/2015) (PTI)</br> 
<br>Bihar EC puts temporary stay on Nitish's 'Bihar@2025' campaign</br> <br>The Bihar Election Commission today put a temporary stay on Nitish Kumar government's 'Bihar@2025' campaign, aimed at informing people about work done in the last decade and preparing a vision document of development for next 10 years in consultation with the people. "We have put a temporary stay on 'Bihar@2025' campaign till further orders from Central Election Commission," Bihar Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ajay V Naik said. BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi and Opposition leader Nand Kishore Yadav had on Thursday met Naik and submitted a memorandum alleging that the state government had violated the model code of conduct by launching 'Bihar@2025' campaign in the wake of Legislative Council polls on 24 seats on July 7. The campaign, being run by Bihar's Information and Public Relations Department, aims at reaching out to four crore people, engaging more than 10,000 government and civil society members for next 8 to 10 weeks. The stay has come as a jolt to Nitish Kumar government. (20/06/2015) (PTI)</br> 
<br>AAP govt's amendments to Education Act no use, says BJP</br> <br>Terming Delhi government's proposed amendments to the Education Act as a "mere eyewash", BJP today said steps being planned by the Arvind Kejriwal dispensation to curb exploitation of parents by schools charging hefty fees are of "no use". The party demanded that instead of introducing complaint redressal forum for parents through amendments to the Delhi School Education Act, 1973, a law should be brought in which will enable government to regulate fees ending woes of public. “They claim they are going to curb such fleecing. It (proposed amendments) is not going to stop fleecing," Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta told reporters. Gupta said setting up a complaint redressal forum will mean taking note of only those cases in which parents register grievances, while in the rest cases, even if there is exploitation taking places, schools will go scot-free, making the exercise futile. (20/06/2015) (PTI)</br> -
"All financial agencies are most welcome to audit any aspect of the college…I welcome them whole-heartedly…to have its account audited by not one but all agencies is in interest of the institution," Thampu told PTI.
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