Jun 2, 2025 07:23 IST First published on: Jun 2, 2025 at 07:20 ISTShareMaharashtra Chief Minister Vasantrao Patil resigned following the party high command’s decision to appoint Prabha Rao as the MPCC (I) chief. When asked about his successor, Patil said it was for the high command to decide. The four AICC (I) observers failed to dissuade him from submitting his resignation. Patil maintained that he could not work with Rao, who had criticised Indira Gandhi.‘Bluestar Week’Prayers and “akhand paths’ held in gurdwaras by the Akali Dal to observe ‘Operation Bluestar Week’ passed off peacefully on the first day in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh amid tight security arrangements. Three jawans — two of the Punjab Armed Police and one of the CRPF — were injured in an exchange of fire between them at Ferozepur, while the Amritsar police arrested three Pakistani nationals in three different places in border areas.Pak attacks LadakhAdvertisementPakistani troops have renewed their attacks on Indian positions in the north of the Nubra Valley in Ladakh. According to sources , the Indian security forces, guarding the strategic glacial region, have repulsed the Pakistani attacks. Pakistan air force planes also repeatedly intruded into the area but they were chased away.Tornado In USAt least 84 people were killed and more than 30 reported missing after tornados yesterday swept across Pennsylvania, Ohio, and northwestern New York state. At least 18 others died in Canada and hundreds were wounded, according to an incomplete count by officials in Ontario. With winds blowing up to 150 km per hour, the twister razed thousands of homes, crushing bodies in the debris and flattening entire villages.