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1. Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old priest-activist arrested under an anti-terror law in the Elgar Parishad case last year, dies on Monday in the middle of his fight for bail on health grounds. The Jesuit priest had been on a ventilator since yesterday when his health took a sharp turn for the worse. 2. BJP activists clashes with police during their march to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation headquarters here to protest the fake vaccination racket in the city. BJP workers and leaders had taken out rallies from the BJP state headquarters and Hind Cinema despite the police denying them permission for the programmes. 3. Reported talks between the Shiv Sena and the BJP, which could lead to a realignment in Maharashtra, are believed to be a factor in holding up Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet expansion, expected any day now. According to reports, a possible deal in discussion is for Devendra Fadnavis (considered the main rival to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray) to move to Delhi as a minister in PM Modi's cabinet and for Uddhav Thackeray to continue as Chief Minister with two deputies from the BJP. But BJP sources deny this, claiming the delays in the cabinet expansion are not linked to the Maharashtra developments. 4. Two more big markets, including Lajpat Nagar's famous Central market, have been shut in Delhi for violation of Covid norms a day after two others were closed till July 6. 5. Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress raises the pitch on Monday on its demand for the removal of Solicitor Genral Tushar Mehta over his alleged meeting with Narada scam accused Suvendu Adhikari, with petitions to President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A party delegation visited the President -- formerly an advocate at the Supreme Court -- to submit a letter in which they spoke of the impropriety of such a meeting. 6. Former president Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee on Monday joins the Trinamool Congress, ending weeks of speculation and denial by him.