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The first cabinet meeting of the Narendra Modi government is scheduled for Monday evening. The Jharkhand High Court is seeking the Enforcement Directorate’s response to former Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s bail plea in a money laundering case. The Telangana High Court is set to hear a land dispute concerning the historic Amravati Theatre. Legal proceedings continue in Karnataka as Prajwal Revanna’s custody is extended in a sexual harassment case, while his mother, Bhavani Revanna, receives anticipatory bail in a connected kidnapping case. Additionally, the second phase of Mumbai’s Coastal Road will open for public use on June 10.

Shrikant Shinde, the Shiv Sena MP from Kalyan Lok Sabha seat, has decided not to join the Narendra Modi-led government. Speaking to PTI, Shinde stated that his focus is on strengthening the party at the grassroots level. He emphasized that the party’s workers need justice, a task being handled by his father, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Shinde’s decision comes despite demands from party workers for him to become a minister. The Shiv Sena MP defeated Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) candidate Vaishali Darekar in the Kalyan constituency by over 2 lakh votes. He recently expressed his disinterest in becoming a central minister, suggesting that other long-serving party MPs should get the opportunity.

Surjit Bhalla, former India executive director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has claimed that an unprecedented number of jobs have been created under the Narendra Modi government, averaging around 10 million over the last 7-8 years. He highlighted that the Modi government’s job creation record is the highest on record in Indian history, while the least number of jobs were created during the UPA government period from 2004 to 2013. The report also noted that the share of unemployed youths in India’s total unemployed population was nearly 83% in 2022, with frictional unemployment being higher among the youth worldwide.