Top headlines from India: June 16

• Shubham
• 16 June, 2022

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By: Shubham Ghosh

Here are the top headlines from India on Thursday, June 16, 2022.

General
• Protests break out against many parts of North India against the Narendra Modi government’s new recruitment plan for the armed forces; public property destroyed.

• Demolishing Muslim properties: India’s Supreme Court asks Uttar Pradesh government to follow due process of law.

• 89 per cent of India’s adult population fully vaccinated against Covid-19, says health minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

• Ten people killed in 3 road accidents in MP

Political
• Ruckus in Delhi after supporters of the Indian National Congress protest seeking action against “police highhandedness” at its headquarters on June 15. Protest was also on over the summoning of party leader Rahul Gandhi by the Enforcement Directorate in connection to the National Herald corruption case.

• The BJP wants to erase memories of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, says Shiv Sena.

Business

• CBI charge sheet against Hanung Toys, promoters in Rs 2,040 crore (£251 million) bank-loan fraud

Sport
• KL Rahul set to miss England tour, to go to Germany for treatment.

Foreign
• India, ASEAN agree to work towards comprehensive strategic partnership.

• Europe’s biggest start-up conference VivaTech 2022 recognises India as ‘country of the year’.