NEWS 1- Congress seeks Ashwini Vaishnaw’s resignation
Congress leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday demanded resignation of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in the wake of triple train tragedy in Odisha in which 261 people died. He said that the report of the inquiry should be made public.

NEWS 2- Bomb call near Golden Temple puts Punjab police on alert
A hoax bomb call near the Golden Temple past Friday midnight put the Punjab Police on alert.
A bomb disposal squad was rushed to the area and it was scanned.

NEWS 3-BJP national president set to visit Tripura on June 18
BJP All India President JP Nadda is coming to the state on June 18. On the occasion of the completion of 9 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tenure, various programs are going on in the state as well as across the country under the initiative of the BJP.

NEWS 4-PM Modi visits Balasore to oversee rescue operation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached the spot where the gruesome accident that involved three trains took place in the Balasore district of Odisha. He was accompanied by railway minister Ashwani Vaishnav and union minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

NEWS 5- Pakistan opens barter trade with Afghanistan, Iran & Russia
In another step to release pressures on dwindling foreign exchange reserves, Pakistan has opened up barter trade with Afghanistan, Iran and Russia for certain items including petroleum, LNG, coal, wheat, pulses, minerals, metals, and several food items.

NEWS 6-MGNREGA adopts Aadhaar-based payment system to avoid wage failures
MGNREGA beneficiaries will now get their wage payments through the Aadhaar Based Payment Bridge System (ABPS) to ensure there are no failures in receipt of wages due to frequent changes of bank accounts by beneficiaries, or non-updating of such changes by concerned officers.