The lone gunman who killed 49 and wounded 53 at a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, did pledge allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) and tried to negotiate with police during the attack, said Orlando Police Chief John Mina at a morning news briefing on Monday. ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said development was the panacea for all ills afflicting Uttar Pradesh and appealed to the voters to bring the BJP to power in the state in the 2017 assembly elections. ...

Orlando Police have revealed how Omar Mateen, the Florida gunman who killed 50 people in a shooting spree inside a gay nightclub, was finally killed as police officers cornered him and then gunned him down as he was trying to flee from a bathroom at the Pulse club....
A day after the BJP raked up the Mathura violence to flay his government, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said the opposition party was homing in on such incidents since it had "no real issue" to focus on before the 2017 assembly elections....
Pope Francis on Monday criticised as a "paradox" the multiple bureaucratic, political and economic obstacles to the distribution of food aid to the hungry while weapons flow freely around the world....
A likely meeting between Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata this month may formalise issue-based coordination between the two parties, sources in the BJP said here on Monday. ...
Microsoft on Monday announced to acquire professional networking website LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in an all-cash deal billed as one of the largest such acquisitions in the social media space....
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the Bombay High Court's ruling in the 'Udta Punjab' case was a "tight slap" on the Modi government's intolerance. ...

Congress president Sonia Gandhi, her daughter Priyanka Vadra and her grandchildren reached Shimla on Monday for a three-day private visit, officials said. ...
India's retail inflation rose for the second straight month in May to 5.76 per cent from 5.47 per cent in the month before, due to a sharp spike in food prices, as per data on consumer price index released on Monday. ...