An article in RSS mouthpiece Organiser, has alleged that prestigious institutes like IITs were being turned into places for 'anti-India and anti-Hindu' activities. It also said that faculties with low morals are misguiding students at these prestigious institutes and such activities either don't come to the notice of the board of governors or are being ignored. Giving examples, the article claimed that non-vegetarian food began to be served at IIT-Roorkee in the holy city of Haridwar and students at NIT, Rourkela, were stopped from holding Puja in the community hall, both under the UPA rule. This article comes after an Organiser article termed protests against Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as FTII chairman as 'anti-Hindu'.

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BSP MLA from Mughalsarai, Babban Singh Chauhan, and Sheikh Kayamuddin, husband of the local councillor Murshida Begum, were tied up with ropes and held hostage by villagers in the Alinagar ward of Mughalsarai in Uttar Pradesh. The two had gone to pacify the villagers who were protesting against power cuts and water problems. A transformer in the area had reportedly malfunctioned which led to power cuts for over a week. Despite repeated complaints to the electricity department, the transformer was not replaced. The police rushed to the spot and rescued the duo.

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A sign board for a planned temple in the US state of North Carolina was fired at, leaving more than 60 holes, prompting authorities to probe the incident. The Sheriff's office found empty shell casings near the sign and has begun investigations. The Om Hindu Organisation of North Carolina is planning to build a 3,600-square-foot temple in Clemmons and has bought 7.6 acres of land. The incident comes at the heels of reports of vandalising of North Texas Hindu Mandir in Dallas in April and vandalising of two Hindu temples in Seattle metropolitan area of Washington State in February last.

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Monday will go as a historic day in international diplomacy as the US and Cuba will restore diplomatic ties in over 50 years by upgrading their respective embassies. US secretary of state John Kerry will also formally receive his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez for talks. US President Barack Obama and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro had agreed on 17 December to end the estrangement between their countries. However, the two countries do not see eye to eye on many issues including American property seized by Cuba, the US economic embargo against Cuba and the return of American fugitives.

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In a first-of-its-kind apology by a Japanese company, Mitsubishi corporation has apologised for using US prisoners of war as forced labour during World War Two. Hikaru Kimura of Mitsubishi expressed remorse that prisoners had been put to work in mines operated by the firm. It is said that about 500 American POWs were forced to work in the mines from among the thousands of allied, Philippine, Korean and Chinese prisoners who were pushed into slave labour by the Japanese. The Japanese government officially apologised to American former POWs five years ago.Source: BBC

Tota Singh, Minister for NRI Affairs in the Punjab Government, came under attack in New York after hundreds of Sikhs threw stones and hurled a shoe at him in Queens borough on Sunday. Tota Singh, along with other Akali leaders, was scheduled to address a meeting at Richmond Hill when people began shouting slogans demanding conviction of police personnel for extra-judicial killings in Punjab. The minister is leading a delegation to the US and Canada to garner support of the Punjabi diaspora for the 2017 state Assembly elections. In a statement in Chandigarh, the Shiromani Akali Dal said that the attack was an act of "frustration by some vested interests."

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With a view to transforming all government-run employment exchanges, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the National Career Counselling Portal on 20 July. India has about 982 employment exchanges and the government plans to modernise and transform 100 of these in the initial phase. The employment exchanges will also serve as counselling centres. Candidates will be able to not only search and apply for jobs on this portal, they will be able to avail information related to careers either by visiting these centres or through helpline numbers.

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The Mumbai Police registered an FIR against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Ramesh Kadam for corruption and misappropriation of funds in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the Lokshahir Annabhau Sathe Development Corporation (LASDC). The alleged scam involves fraudulent disbursal of loans taken from district cooperative and national banks to serve the needy and backward sections. Kadam was the chairman of the corporation between 2010 and 2014, when the alleged irregularities, involving up to Rs 350 crore took place. The corporation also faces allegations of appointing employees without following procedures.

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With the Opposition firming up its position on issues like Vyapam scam and the Lalit Modi row, the NDA has decided to counter the onslaught in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament. In a meeting at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence, the BJP has decided against being defensive over the controversies related to minister Sushma Swaraj and chief ministers Vasundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Two chief ministers in the line of fire - Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan were in Delhi on Sunday to attend BJP's strategy sessions.

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Greek banks are re-opening after three weeks of closure, almost a week after the acceptance of bailout terms in lieu of reforms. However, many restrictions still remain for people - weekly withdrawals are capped at 420 euros, cheques still banned and foreign money transfers still not possible. From today, the Greeks will also have to pay more for goods and services as VAT has gone up from 13 to 23 per cent. Acceptance of the bailout has meant a split in Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' party with former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis telling the BBC that the economic programme imposed on Greece was "going to fail".