The Biggest Stories of June 18, 2014

40 Indians have been kidnapped in Iraq's Mosul and a senior envoy has been sent to facilitate the return of other Indians who are stranded in the volatile country; Minister of State Nihal Chand Meghwal, named as an accused in a rape case, remained defiant and ruled out resigning from the Union Cabinet; 60 children have died of encephalitis in Bihar in one week and the outbreak is spreading. All this and more in the news wrap up of the day.