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-- One person was killed in a rain-induced landslide in Assam even as the flood situation in the state deteriorated on Saturday with downpours inundating new areas in 10 districts and affecting over 37,000 people, an official bulletin said.

-- According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) report, Muktar Ali was killed in a landslide in the Dhirenpara area of Kamrup Metropolitan district.

-- Local officials said that Ali was killed when the boundary wall of a residential complex collapsed and fell on his residence, with the debris crushing him to death.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet against 13 persons, including Lankan nationals, in the India-Sri Lanka illegal drugs and arms trade case relating to attempts to revive the LTTE in India and Sri Lanka.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to the leaders of the G20 nations proposing that the African Union be given full membership of the grouping at its upcoming summit in India, official sources said on Saturday. The prime minister has taken a "bold step" to enhance Africa's voice on the international stage and in shaping the future of "our shared world", they said. The African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of 55 member states.

Teachers in England will strike on July 5 and July 7, the National Education Union (NEU) said on Saturday, staging further industrial action over a pay and funding dispute with the government. The new dates announced by Britain's largest education union come on top of at least six days of walk-outs by teachers in England from February to May. Teachers rejected a government pay offer for an average rise of 4.5% plus a 1,000 pound one-off payment in April. The union is now holding another ballot on more strikes for this Autumn.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who conducted an aerial survey of the cyclone-affected regions today, said: “Not a single life lost… Gujarat faced Cyclone Biparjoy with minimum loss.”

Statements of more than 30 students and staff members of coaching institutes have been recorded in connection with the fire at a building in northwest Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar area housing coaching centres, police said.

According to them, the students claimed that new batches had started recently and they had no idea about the fire-fighting equipment in the building.

The fire at Bhandari House in Mukherjee Nagar's Batra Complex on Thursday jeopardised the lives of scores of students taking coaching classes there, raising concerns about the fire safety standards at buildings in the thickly populated area where there are coaching centres in just about every nook and corner.

-- A former Panchayat pradhan and TMC leader Mustafa Sheikh was murdered in Sujapur, Malda.

-- His family alleged that local Congress leaders murdered him.

-- The 48-year-old accused Abdul Mannan has been detained. Further investigation is underway, Malda Police informed.

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-- Nigerian health agency -- National Agency For Food And Drugs Administration And Control (NAFDAC) –notifies the public of suspension of substandard Para Clear Suspension 125.

-- One batch of the medicine was tested in the laboratory and found to contain toxins that may be fatal to humans.

-- The paracetamol suspension is made by SyneCare Mumbai.

Our priority is restoration of electricity, water supply and sending people who are in shelters to their homes, says Amit Shah.

Electricity will be restored in the entire cyclone-affected area by June 20, says Amit Shah.

“Controversy over the renaming (of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library) is needless. When the work of 15 Prime Ministers is being recognised there & the museum is for all 15, how can it be named after Jawaharlal Nehru now?... when we try to create a controversy in his name, we only diminish his memory,” Naresh Gujral, son of former PM Inder Kumar Gujral & Shiromani Akali Dal leader

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday conducted an aerial survey of areas affected by cyclone Biparjoy in Gujarat's Kutch district. He met injured people at a hospital in Mandvi town and also interacted with farmers and personnel of NDRF and BSF. Shah landed at Kutch district headquarters Bhuj in a chopper and conducted an aerial survey of Jakhau, which bore the brunt of the powerful cyclone on Thursday night. He was accompanied by Gujarat chief minister Bhupendera Patel.