June 4  

 June 4 marks the date of the ghastly Tiananmen Square incident in which helpless protesting students were butchered mercilessly in a somewhat similar but much more nightmarish fashion to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. This incident is not a one-off outlier story of murderous revenge against any form of dissent in a communist regime but it is the hallmark of all red revolution clad utopian dreams across the dimensions of time and space, writes Sudhakar Upadhyay, TISS Mumbai
 

A Delhi court ordered that Unnao rape accused Kuldeep Singh Sengar be shifted from Sitapur prison to Tihar jail
 

After spending 47 days in hospital, a 23-year-old youth who had contracted the Nipah virus will be discharged on Tuesday. He was diagnosed with having contracted the Nipah Virus by Pune's National Institute of Virology on June 4.
 

Accept my resignation from the post of JD(S) state president or I will resign as Hunasur MLA, threatened AH Vishwanath. Here is why he spoke to media instead of talking to party leaders.

On June 4, Pune’s National Institute of Virology had confirmed that the Kerala youth, who was admitted to a private hospital in Ernakulam with high fever for 10 days, had contracted Nipah virus
 

Havaldar Manzoor Ahmad Beigh was unarmed and on a 12-day leave from June 4 to celebrate Eid with his family. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. All ranks of Chinar Corps offered their heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family

According to the reports, the additional session judge, west session division Basar on June 4 sentenced Bagra to rigorous life imprisonment for shooting Kenjum Kamsi dead outside hotel West in Aalo, the headquarters of West Siang district on March 26, 2017

Southampton: Injury-hit South Africa have only 14 players to choose from and may have to alter their game plan for India contest at the ICC World Cup 2019, said captain Faf du Plessis as he spoke to the media on Tuesday (June 4). The skipper touched up on various issues as they find themselves in a must-win situation after two straight losses. He said they won't have their 'strongest 11' to take on India. Dale Steyn was ruled out of the entire tournament due to shoulder injury while Lungi Ngidi will not play on June 5 against India due to hamstring injury.

Cardiff: Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib reflected on the team’s 34-run loss to Sri Lanka on Tuesday (June 4). The match was curtailed due to rain and the Afghans failed to chase the revised target of 187 after bowling out Sri Lanka for 201. The contest was reduced to 41 overs per side. Naib said they did not bowl well in the opening 10 overs where Sri Lanka scored 79/0. But despite this good start, the Afghans restricted the opposition.

Virat Kohli said leading India at the ICC World Cup 2019 will be the toughest job of his captaincy career so far. He spoke to the media ahead of India's first game against South Africa in Southampton. Here is the full transcript of Kohli's interaction with the media on Tuesday (June 4)

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The United States marked the occasion by hailing the "heroic" movement of 1989 and denouncing a "new wave of abuses" in China.

Kerala Health Minister KK Shylaja on Tuesday (June 4) said that the test results of a 23-year-old engineering student in Ernakulam, who was admitted at a Kochi private hospital with high fever, has confirmed the presence of Nipah virus. 
 

Cardiff: After being humiliated by 10 wickets in their ICC World Cup 2019 match against New Zealand, Sri Lanka will look to bounce back when they face Afghanistan on Tuesday (June 4) in Cardiff. On the eve of the match, senior bowler Lasith Malinga admitted that they were under pressure but expressed confidence of doing well.