One person was killed and another seriously injured after a group of Jats allegedly attacked Scheduled Caste (SCs) families in Dharodi village of Jind district. The Jats also set a Haryana Roadways bus on fire and beat up women and children. The violence happened when the Jind administration tried to give possession of 146 plots on panchayat land to Below Poverty Line SC families under the Indira Awas Yojna. People who were in illegal possession of the land, however, refused to vacate it and allegedly attacked policemen, the village sarpanch, panchayat officials and others. District authorities are holding a meeting with both communities to restore peace in the village.

Greek banks will finally re-open on Monday after facing a closure of nearly three weeks. However, withdrawal limits will continue to be in place and people will not be able to transfer money into foreign accounts. Also, no new accounts will be opened up. The banks will be able to start functioning after the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to unblock emergency funding for the severely crippled Greek banks. The ECB funding comes after the country agreed to a tough package of bailout reforms, which has already caused fissures in the ruling party.

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation's Director-General, Irina Bokova has called on the Indian authorities to investigate the mysterious death of TV reporter Akshay Singh, who had mysteriously died while covering the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh. She said that such crimes against journalists must not go unpunished. Bokova said: "It is essential for rule of law and for society's right to be kept informed, that the authorities do all they can to clarify the cause of Singh's death. Reporters must be able to carry out their professional duties in a safe environment and crimes against them must not go unpunished."

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a preliminary enquiry (PE) into the 'unnatural' deaths of nine people associated with the Vyapam scam. The nine people whose deaths the CBI has taken cognisance of are Anand Singh, Ashutosh Tiwari, Gyan Singh, Anant Ram Tagore, Ravendra Prakash Singh, Premlata Pandey, Vikas Pandey, Rajendra Arya and Sanjay Kumar Yadav. The CBI says that the state police did not probe these nine deaths. It has already initiated a murder investigation into the deaths of medical student Namrata Damor and journalist Akshay Singh. Untill now, the CBI has registered 12 cases and two PEs into the multi-crore recruitment scam.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meet of all NDA constituents on the eve of the Monsoon session of Parliament to work out a strategy to tackle the Opposition. A combative Opposition is planning to take on the government over several issues - the Vyapam scam, the Lalit Modi row and the land bill. This is the first time the prime minister has called a meeting of the ruling alliance since he came to power in May 2014. The Shiv Sena, which is the largest BJP ally, has been demanding a meeting of NDA constituents to be able to put together a consolidated front in the parliament.