News brief: Big stories of the day

Yediyurappa was administered oath by Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru. He will have to prove the majority of his government in state Assembly by July 31.

After protesters lay siege to Hong Kong's airportchanting ant-China slogans, China's foreign ministry said Hong Kong belongs to China and it will not allow foreign forces to interfere.

Sweden on Friday dismissed an angry outburst fromUnited StatesPresident Donald Trump after prosecutors charged US rapper A$AP Rocky with assault, saying the country's judicial system was independent of political interference.

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and several states on a plea seeking proper implementation of the court's 2018 judgement laying down guidelines to preventmob lynching.

As many as 17 opposition members have written toRajya SabhaChairman M Venkaiah Naidu raising serious concerns over how the Central government is "hurriedly"passing legislationwithout any scrutiny by the Standing or Select Committees of Parliament.