Morning Digest: Donald Trump injured in shooting at rally; INDIA bloc wins 10 of 13 seats in Assembly bypolls, and more

The Hindu’s Morning Digest on July 14, 2024, gives a select list of stories to start the day

INDIA bloc wins 10 of 13 seats in Assembly bypolls; BJP gets 2

INDIA bloc parties won 10 out of 13 Assembly seats where bypolls were held, while the BJP managed to wrest only two, the Election Commission declared on July 13. The results of the July 10 Assembly bypolls, which were held just over a month after the general election, were encouraging for the Opposition coalition, which had restricted the BJP to 240 seats in the Lok Sabha.

Donald Trump evacuated from stage after shooting at rally, campaign says he is ‘fine’

Donald Trump's campaign said in a statement that the former president was “fine” after a shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. A local prosecutor says the suspected gunman and at least one attendee are dead. “President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act,” spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement. “He is fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility. More details will follow.”

Congress and J&K parties oppose expanding administrative role of L-G

A day after The Hindu reported that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has widened the ambit of administrative role of the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir by amending the Transaction of Business Rules, sources clarified that the J&K Legislative Assembly may make laws with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the State List except “Police” and “Public Order” and the Concurrent List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The Opposition parties attacked the government for the unabated betrayal of J&K saying the notification was yet another example of an attack on the Constitution of India.

More migrant workers assaulted in Meghalaya