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A scuffle has led to the death of a CISF personnel and two Airport Authority of India officials injured. Earlier reports had suggested that the scuffle began after an AAI staff resisted the CISF officer's attempts at a body search. The CISF personnel's gun accidentally went off during the scuffle, killing him. In a fresh twist in the case, CISF sources have alleged it to be a pre-planned murder because the AAI staff were not happy with regular security checks.

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Oman opened the scoring goal within the first twenty seconds of the game, but courtesy a Sunil Chhetri wonderstrike, India equalized. Oman went ahead again through a penalty, but when India equalized in the second half, the linesman ruled it out for offside.

It always seems like a story of heartbreak when the Indian Football team takes on a higher ranked opponent, where the opposing team just edges the game despite India's best efforts to equalize. However, the team can be proud of its efforts, and the players certainly gave it their all on the pitch. India will now proceed to play Iran, Guam and Turkmenistan in the coming group matches.

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The long awaited poll tie-up announcement between BJP and Mahadalit leader Jitan Ram Manjhi was finally made on Thursday. It was Manjhi, the former Bihar Chief Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) supremo, who made the announcement on Thursday after a half-hour-long meeting with BJP chief Amit Shah. The critical question of chief ministership was left unanswered, however broad consensus on seat sharing seems to have been achieved.

More details have come out of the 26-page complaint that the wife of AAP leader Somnath Bharti - Lipika Mitra - has levelled against her husband. According to the complaint made to Delhi Commission for Women, Bharti set dogs on his wife when she was seven months pregnant. Bharti has been asked to appear before the commission on 26 June.

Indian Army's special operation against insurgents deep inside Myanmar's territory may have led to lesser casualties than what has been projected so far, a report in the Indian Express has pointed out.

Quoting sources, the report says only seven bodies have been recovered and less than a dozen insurgents injured. Moreover, the targets did not hit insurgents believed to be behind the 4 June ambush in Manipur in which 18 Army personnel were killed. Meanwhile, a fear of possible retaliatory strikes by insurgent groups has also been reported, prompting the Centre to put Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam on alert.

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Two people are also reported to have died in the 500-plus flood-hit villages across 13 districts of Assam. Early monsoon rains have swelled the Brahmaputra river so much that even Arunachal Pradesh has been cut off from the rest of the country. The water and landslides have broken the road links in at least eight districts of the state, leading to a shortage of essential items like foodgrains.

India has seen the strongest growth among world economies, according to a new Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculation methodology developed by Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The list includes a mix of developed and developing economies of the G-20.

The OECD website reported that growth is expected due to the government's insistence on 'ease of doing business' and the Make in India campaign. The think-tank has also predicted that exports could see a dip due to currency numbers.

The global economy saw a downfall in the GDP by 0.1%, with the North American countries, South Africa, China, Indonesia and Brazil, among others seeing a visible low. On the other hand, a surprise name on the list, Turkey, which saw a political storm brew in the last quarter in the run-up to its elections in June, contributed to save falling numbers. Other countries that helped cushion the fall are south-Asian powerhouses Japan and South Korea.

Nestle has told the Bombay High Court that the Food Safety Standard Authority of India's (FSSAI) order of banning it across the country was arbitrary. The court was hearing the company's petition against FSSAI. Nestle also said that the samples tested in Kolkata had excess lead because they had passed their expiry date.The company clarified that it didn't discriminate against third-world countries.

The company had sought a judicial review of the order dated 5 June passed by the FSSAI and against the order dated 5 June by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Maharashtra. FSSAI had earlier directed Nestle India to withdraw nine varieties of Maggi noodles as they were found unsafe. The food regulator also asked the company to stop production and sale of all variants of the popular noodle brand.