India News: PM Modi to undertake his first-ever bilateral visit to Ghana during his 5-nation tour starting July 2

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a visit to Ghana from July 02-03, 2025.

This will be Prime Minister’s first-ever bilateral visit to Ghana. This Prime Ministerial visit from India to Ghana is taking place after three decades. During the visit, Prime Minister will hold talks with the President of Ghana to review the strong bilateral partnership and discuss further avenues to enhance it through economic, energy, and defence collaboration, and development cooperation partnership.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted a total of seven accused, of whom three are still absconding, in the December 2024 case related to the Punjab's Gurdaspur Police Station grenade attack by Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorists: NIA

Jharkhand: A large number of devotees participate in Lord Jagannath #RathYatra in Ranchi. Chariots will be pulled after the offering of prayers and aarti.

National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo moto cognizance of a shocking incident reported from Kolkata, where a law student was allegedly gang-raped within the college premises by two current students and a former student: NCW

"Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar has written to the Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, expressing deep concern and directing immediate, time-bound investigation under relevant provisions of BNS. She has also stressed the need to extend full medical, psychological, and legal assistance to the victim, along with compensation under Section 396 of BNSS. The Commission has sought a detailed action-taken report within 3 days."

Search and rescue operation to look for six missing people following cloudbursts and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh resumed on Friday morning, PTI reported. As per the report, these people are feared to have been swept away following cloudbursts and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra and Kullu districts on Wednesday.

The mother of jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria and another person accompanying her died after being shot at by unidentified bike-borne people in Punjab's Batala, police said on Friday, PTI reported. Harjit Kaur was critically injured after the incident on Thursday late evening and was referred to a hospital in Amritsar, but she succumbed to the bullet injuries, a senior police official from Batala said over the phone.

A massive blaze erupted at a factory in the Bawana industrial area in the early hours of Friday, PTI reported. At least 22 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to bring the fire under control, an official was quoted by PTI as saying. The cause of fire is yet to be ascertained.

During his visit to China for the SCO Defence Ministers' Meet, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh presented a Madhubani painting from Bihar, to his Chinese counterpart.

This painting has its origins in the Mithila region of Bihar. It is also known as Mithila or Madhubani art. It is characterised by line drawings filled in with bright colours and contrasts or patterns. These paintings are popular because of their tribal motifs and use of bright earthy colours.

Odisha: Devotees gather in large numbers at Puri's Jagannath Temple for the annual Rath Yatra, which is set to begin today.

A massive fire broke out in Noida’s Sector 2 on Friday morning, sending thick plumes of smoke billowing into the sky, which were visible from several nearby sectors. According to initial reports, multiple fire tenders have been deployed to the site, and dousing operations are currently underway.