News brief: Big stories of the day

News brief: Big stories of the day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) chief Imran Khan, 65, attacked India on the last day of campaigning accusing the country's neighbour of "spreading conspiracies" that the July 25th elections was being "rigged".

Two more suspects have been arrested by the Special Investigation Team from Hubbali, in north Karnataka, on Monday in the Gauri Lankesh murder case and will be in probe for 15 days, reports said. 

North Korea appears to have begun dismantling part of a key rocket launch site in the country’s north-west, marking a first step towards fulfilling a pledge made to US President Donald Trump at a June summit.

More than 20 people died in flames as the worst Greek forest fire in a decade engulfed an area close to Athens on Monday, news agencies AFP reported.

India extended $200 million lines of credit to Rwanda as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks with President Paul Kagame and discussed measures to boost the bilateral strategic ties by strengthening cooperation in defence, trade and agriculture sectors.