Deeptiman Tiwary reports that Union Home Minister Amit Shah held talks with US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, with both sides focusing on strengthening security cooperation between the two countries.

According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the discussions covered a range of issues of mutual interest, including counter-terrorism, narcotics control, border security and law-enforcement cooperation.

On rebellion in Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress leader Nana Patole hits out at Sanjay Raut, who has been publicly calling against defection.

Akram M in Bengaluru reports that the Congress party secured an easy victory in the Legislative Council biennial polls, winning five of the seven seats.

The party benefitted from alleged cross voting by BJP and JD(S) legislators.

While Congress received 151 first preference votes—surpassing its assembly strength—both the JD(S) and BJP faced internal challenges as their candidates underperformed compared to expected vote counts.

Notable figures like BK Hariprasad were re-elected for the Congress, and while the exact identities of those who cross-voted remain unconfirmed, speculation points to various opposition rebels.

Sujit Bisoyi in Bhubaneswar reports that the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) in Odisha is facing criticism after 1,678 errors—ranging from factual inaccuracies to grammatical mistakes—were discovered across 55 newly published textbooks for classes 1 to 8.

Officials attribute the widespread negligence to a rushed, six-month production timeline that compromised essential proofreading and review processes, compounded by an over-reliance on NCERT content during desktop publishing.

A view of The Westin Mumbai Garden City hotel is seen where Shiv Sena-Shinde faction is believed to have booked several rooms to accommodate the rebel MPs from UBT faction ahead of Sena's foundation day anniversary tomorrow, at Goregaon in Mumbai on 18 June 2026.

Police personnel and firefighters appeal to a a supporter of farmer leader Ravikant Tupkar to come down safely after he climbed a tree near Mantralaya during a protest, as authorities worked to defuse the situation and maintain law and order.