Delhi Police Lodges FIR in Swati Maliwal Assault Case: Live News Updates Today

Mumbai, May 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address back-to-back rallies in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday and Friday, said the party spokesman. He will be holding rallies in Jaunpur and Azamgarh on Thursday. While the Jaunpur rally will also cover the Machhlishahr parliamentary seat, the one in Azamgarh will aim to consolidate the party's position in Azamgarh and Lalganj seats. On May 15, PM Modi took a dig at the Congress party, saying it would lose elections badly and couldn't claim the Opposition title. Addressing a poll rally in Maharashtra's Pimpalgaon Baswant, Prime Minister Modi said that serving the people is his life's biggest objective.

AAP MP Sanjay Singh on Wednesday went to Swati Maliwal's residence amid a row over her complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's assistant Vibhav Kumar, who she said assaulted her at the CM's residence on Monday. On Tuesday, Sanjay Singh admitted the incident and said the party would take appropriate action. Swati Maliwal has not issued any statement on the incident yet.

The Indian Army has set up two high-altitude tank repair facilities in the eastern Ladakh region, in another step towards strengthening the military infrastructure and tank operations along the borders with China in Eastern Ladakh. The southwest monsoon is expected to set in over Kerala around May 31, marking the onset of the rainy season, as per the current climatic predictors, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced on Wednesday. The weather department said the actual onset could happen between May 27 and June 4. The southwest monsoon normally sets in over Kerala on June 1 with a standard deviation of about seven days.

The onset of Monsoon 2024 in Kerala will bring major respite for people as most of India suffers from scorching heat conditions. This year, anticyclonic conditions and the El Nino effect combined to create intense heatwave conditions in several parts of eastern and southern India, and people are waiting for Monsoon 2024 to get some relief from the tough weather.

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico is in a “life-threatening condition” after being injured in a shooting on Wednesday. Fico, 59, was hit in the stomach after four shots were fired outside the House of Culture in the town of Handlova, where the leader was meeting with supporters, as per local media report. A video from the spot shows security guards escorting the injured Slovak Prime Minister into a car.

US President Joe Biden and Donald J Trump agreed to two debates on June 27 on CNN and September 10 on ABC News, the first onstage clashes between the former president and his successor in over three years.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on May 16, 2024 07:00 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).