News Dabba for 05 June 2026: Five stories for a balanced news diet

Indie Journal brings you the daily updates that the internet is talking about through various news websites. Here's a glance through some of the National and International news updates, from the violence in Manipur's Kuki village, Hezbollah rejecting truce as Israel continues attacks, to K Annamalai's exit from the BJP.

Delhi HC refuses urgent hearing on crowd-control plea

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to urgently hear a petition seeking directions to authorities to deploy crowd-control measures at all entry corridors to the national capital ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) proposed protest on Saturday, Hindustan Times reports. The plea, filed by NGO Save India Foundation, was mentioned before a vacation bench of Justices Saurabh Banerjee and Amit Sharma. The report says that the petitioner's counsel urged the court to take up the matter on an urgent basis, citing concerns over possible disruption due to the planned demonstration. However, the bench declined to grant an urgent hearing. Read the full report here.

Homes set ablaze in attack on Kuki village in Manipur, Indian Express

Three people, including a couple, were killed on Friday morning in an attack on a Kuki-Zo village in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district, Indian Express reports, amidst continuing tensions in the state’s hills. A senior police official confirmed that an attack by “unidentified gunmen” took place on Loibol Khullen village in Kangpokpi on Friday morning and that three bodies have been recovered from there. Kuki-Zo groups in the district have identified those killed as Letkhongam Haokip (34), his wife Tinmary Haokip (30), and Jangminlan Haokip (34). The report says that they have also reported that seven homes were set ablaze. Read the full report here.

Hezbollah rejects truce as Israel continues Lebanon strikes, Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera reports that Israel’s deadly strikes continue across Lebanon despite the announcement of a new US-brokered ceasefire agreed between Lebanese and Israeli officials in Washington, DC. At least 3,526 people have now been killed and 10,733 injured in Israeli strikes on Lebanon since March 2, the country’s Health Ministry said. Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem has rejected the ceasefire deal as a “farce”, warning that northern Israel will remain a target for fighters as long as Israel continues to bomb Lebanon, the report says. Read the full report here.

K Annamalai quits Tamil Nadu BJP, NDTV reports

NDTV reports that K Annamalai, BJP's most recognisable face in Tamil Nadu, has quit BJP, ending days of suspense. "The National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Hon'ble Shri Nitin Nabin, has accepted the resignation submitted by the Tamil Nadu Ex. State President, Shri K. Annamalai from the primary membership of the Party," the BJP said in a statement today. The report adds that the development comes just hours before Annamalai, the former Tamil Nadu BJP chief, was to hold an "open, heart-to-heart conversation" with the public on social media at noon. Read the full report here.

Zelensky proposes face-to-face talks in open letter to Putin, BBC reports

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for a face-to-face meeting between himself and Vladimir Putin in a renewed bid to end the war, BBC reports. In an open letter to the Russian president, the Ukrainian leader said it would be "wrong to simply wait" until the war in Europe becomes the focus of the US's attention once more, adding peace could only come "through direct engagement between" Ukraine and Russia. The report adds that he also called for a full ceasefire for the duration of proposed negotiations - something Putin ruled out earlier on Thursday. Read the full report here.