07 Jul, 21:30 (IST)

England have qualified for the semi-final of FIFA World Cup 2018 after the gap of 28 years. They beat Sweden 2-0.

07 Jul, 19:57 (IST)

Terming the increase in minimum support price (MSP) of kharif crops "historic" and "unprecedented", the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday announced that it will organize a 'thanksgiving rally' for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Punjab next week, as reported by IANS.

07 Jul, 16:11 (IST)

Sanjeev Kumar Singhal, ADG Bihar has said that six accused have been arrested and an SIT has been formed to nab other accused. He added that investigation is underway in the case of a student of a private school in Saran district alleging that she was raped by the school Principal, teachers and fellow students for the last 7 months:

07 Jul, 15:52 (IST)

National Testing Agency to Conduct Computer-based NEET, JEE, UGC NET And CMAT Exams on Multiple Dates now said Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar. The NEET, JEE, UGC NET and CMAT exams are currently being organised by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). While the NEET and JEE exams will be conducted twice a year, the best score will be considered for admissions, Javadekar said.

07 Jul, 15:50 (IST)

A 9 year-old-girl was allegedly raped by a 15-year-old in Zafarabad's Kalyanpur village; Case registered under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and POCSO Act, victim currently under treatment at district hospital.

07 Jul, 15:39 (IST)

Madhya Pradesh: Fire breaks out in the basement of a restaurant in Bhopal's MP Nagar; fire tenders on the spot.

07 Jul, 13:45 (IST)

"Chief Minister (HD Kumaraswamy) will give all necessary details and reply on the budget on the floor of the House, then the whole cloud of doubt will be cleared", said Former PM HD Deve Gowda on Congress leader HK Patil's letter to Karnataka CM criticizing the budget:

07 Jul, 10:33 (IST)

Delhi's Patiala House Court has granted bail to Shashi Tharoor in the Sunanda Pushkar Death Case. The court has also asked him not to leave the country without permission. Delhi Police has opposed Tharoor's plea."There is nothing on record to suggest that accused has tried to influence any witnesses or tamper with evidence. Contrarily he has joined the investigation as and when called," judge Kumar said in his statement.

07 Jul, 09:52 (IST)

An MOU was signed on Friday between UP Police & ADRIN (Advanced Data Processing Research Institute) ISRO, for crime mapping analytics & predictive systems, as per news agency ANI:

07 Jul, 08:52 (IST)

Nand Kumar Chauhan,a BJP MP from Khandawa constituency in Madhya Pradesh, blamed smartphones for crime against women and said that "I think youngsters these days have easy access to internet & smartphones,they watch obscene content on it, this has a negative impact on their innocent minds. All these facts have been reported in media as well."

The Centre on Friday said that it would not be lawful to decide for once and for all about the handing over of the Services to the Delhi government as the Supreme Court is yet to rule specifically on who gets the authority to decide on the services. The remark by Centre came after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal  alleged that the Centre and Lt Governor were not paying heed to the Supreme Court judgement delivered by the apex court on Wednesday and also said that the Union Government refused to give control of the services to Delhi government.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was sentenced 10 years of jail in one of the cases in the Panama Papers Row. Sharif's daughter and co-accused in the case, Maryam, was also convicted by the anti-graft case and she was handed a 7-years jail term. This is a huge blow for Sharif's party as the Pakistan General Elections are slated for 25 July, 2018. Sharif said that he was paying the price for trying to alter the 70-year-old history of Pakistan.

2018 FIFA World Cup continues to amaze and surprise. The Quarterfinal clash between France and Uruguay proved to be a stunning display of France's defense as they won the game by 2-0. France are through to the semi-final. In the other quarter final, Belgium surprised the five-time World Champions Brazil and knocked them out of the tournament. Belgium won the game 2-1.

In the 2nd T20I played between India and England, England won the match by 5 wickets, Chasing 148 set by India, England chased down the target in 19.4 overs as Alex Hales scored 58 not out of 41 balls.

Some big developments that are expected to happen today are:

The power tussle between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Centre is expected to play out in the open today as well as AAP refuses to budge. The Aam Aadmi Party has said that the Supreme Court has clearly stated that except Land, Law & Order and Police, all other rights fall within the Chief Minister's ambit.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup Semi-final line up will be decided today as Sweden take on England and Russia faces Croatia to book a berth in the semis. Expect a cracker of a contest between both the teams as Russia will look to create history.

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