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In a tragic incident, a man and his wife allegedly committed suicide, hours after the woman was gang-raped in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Basti district. An FIR has been filed over the incident and two men have been arrested in connection with the matter. Basti Superintendent of Police (SP), Gopal Krishana, said that the husband died on Friday night while his wife died at a hospital in Gorakhpur.

According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority on June 17, nine additional people perished in Assam as a result of the flood, bringing the death toll to 54. The flood catastrophe has affected 18.94 lakh people in 28 districts. There are presently 2,930 villages under water. Flood waters have inundated 43338.39 hectares of farmland in flood-affected regions. The water level of a few rivers has risen over the danger limit. 

Another lynching incident was reported in Tripura village, on March 29. Two people allegedly thrashed a 26-year-old Litan Miah, after they suspected him to be a cattle lifter for smuggling. Soon, locals also joined the two accused, identified as Sentu Debnath (40), and Amal Chandra (50). The police rushed to the spot and took seriously injured Litan to hospital, where he died. Police arrested the accused and launched an investigation.

A Karnataka farmer Manjunath Kambar wrote to the Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) seeking suicide permission, which has been acknowledged and approved. Farmers committing suicide due to debt is not new, but asking for permission is bizzare. In Karnataka's Mangaluru village of Koppala district Kambar built a pond for his farm issues and demanded funds under the MGNREGA scheme. However, the PDO Veeresh G asked Rs 15,000 bribe. 

Anushka Kumari (21) created history as she became the youngest sarpanch in Bihar. Reportedly, she won from Kushahar Panchayat of Sheohar block. Anushka said that she contested in the local panchayat elections as her village faces various problems, and she wants to "end corruption". Furthermore, she said, "I will never break the trust of the people of the panchayat." Besides, she owns a Bachelor's degree in History Honors from Bengaluru.