As the schools for the current academic year would being from May 28, the Education department has directed the teachers and staff to make it a celebration by distributing sweets to the students on the first day and tying festoons to the schools.

Archana Sharma confirmed that at the call of All India Congress Committee (AICC), the Congress workers in Rajasthan would observe Betrayal Day at all district headquarters "to protest the BJP's anti-people policies" as it had betrayed the trust of innocent people including farmers, women, common men and youth.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday appointed BJP leaders Ganeshi Lal and Kummanam Rajasekharan, both long associated with the RSS, as Governors of Odisha and Mizoram respectively, as per an official statement.

Fifteen persons suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out following a leak from a cooking gas cylinder in east Delhi's Shahdara, police said on Friday.

As per "Stayfree", a report by Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) 2011-12 states that only 38 per cent menstruating girls in India spoke to their mothers about menstruation while a 2015 survey by the Education Ministry found that in 63 per cent schools in villages, teachers never discussed menstruation and how to deal with it in a hygienic manner. 

Former minister DK Shivakumar said that Opposition Leader and BJP State president BS Yeddyurappa has insulted the democracy by walking out of the Assembly Session before the floor test.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that a nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could still take place as scheduled on June 12, just one day after he cancelled it.

KR Ramesh Kumar who was elected as the Speaker of the Assembly here on Friday, hailed the Siddaramaiah government and its governance.