Union Minister Munde dies in car crash
Suffers internal injuries, cardiac arrest in 
Delhi accident
State funeral in Maharashtra today
New Delhi, June 3
Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde today died of multiple internal injuries and cardiac arrest following a road accident early this morning.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi consoles the family of Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday. Mukesh Aggarwal

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RBI keeps key rates unchanged
New Delhi, June 3
As expected, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept interest rates unchanged in continuation to its stance on controlling inflation but also sent out a pro-growth signal by allowing more liquidity to banks which will help them to finance more projects and loans. The repo rate, at which the Reserve Bank of India lends to banks, has been retained at 8 per cent, while the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) for banks has been cut by 0.5 per cent to 22.5 per cent with effect from June 14.

‘fake’ encounter
Charges framed against Punjab DGP Sharma
Ropar, June 3
A local court today framed kidnapping and murder charges against Punjab Director General of Police (HRD) SK Sharma and three other police officers in a 24-year-old ‘fake’ encounter case.

Punjab DGP (HRD) SK Sharma comes out of a Ropar court.

No relief for Campa Cola residents
New Delhi, June 3
The Supreme Court today refused to stay either the eviction of 140 families or demolition of their illegally constructed flats in Campa Cola Housing Society in Mumbai.

Modi govt hosts Oman FM as its first foreign guest
New Delhi, June 3
Oman Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah today became the first top foreign dignitary to visit India after the installation of the Narendra Modi government.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with special envoy of the Sultan of Oman, Foreign Minister Yosuf Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah in New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI

Yashwant sent to jail in assault case
Hazaribagh, June 3
Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha and 54 others were remanded in judicial custody by a local court today after they refused to seek bail in a case of alleged assault on a Jharkhand State Electricity Board official.