A look at the headlines right now:
- Red Cross offers Irom Sharmila shelter after Manipur citizens leave her with no place to stay: The organisation said she was welcome on their premises ‘on humanitarian grounds’.
- US supports India's military help to Afghanistan, says top NATO commander: General John Nicholson said the United States has been increasingly pressuring Pakistan to do more to contain jihadists.
- Accident victim bleeds to death on Delhi road, passer-by steals his phone: The incident took place when security Matibul was walking home near Tihar village.
- Indian Navy divers find wreckage of two state buses that went missing after the Mahad bridge collapse: The vehicles were located under nearly six metres of water, about 200 metres away from the site of the mishap.
- At least 10 injured after blast targets security vehicle in Quetta: The roadside explosion aimed at the Anti-Terrorism Force took place near Al Khair Hospital in the Balochistan capital.
- House of soldier who died in Pathankot attack faces demolition threat in Bengaluru: The civic body, which is carrying out a clearance drive for encroachment on storm water drains, has marked a pillar of Niranjan Kumar's family home for razing.
- Dalit man accused of stealing watches is killed after he reveals his caste in Uttar Pradesh: The police have arrested two shopkeepers and are on the lookout for two others who thrashed the 22-year-old.
- Cabinet relaxes FDI norms for non-banking financial companies: The changes allow the inflow of foreign funds through the automatic route for financial services that are monitored by regulators such as the RBI and SEBI.
- Kashmir government orders youth's body to be exhumed for autopsy after SC seeks report: The case pertains to allegations that a senior police officer killed a 26-year-old in his house, while the police maintain that he was taking part in protests.
- Two men hold teen captive, rape her in a Delhi flat for two days: In another incident in the area, a school bus attendant molested a four-year-old girl while she was on her way back home.
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