A look at the headlines right now:
- At least 50 killed, 94 injured after bomb attack at wedding in Turkey: The country’s Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said the incident appeared ‘to be a suicide attack’, but it was too soon to say which group was behind it.
- Punjab Gau Raksha Dal chief Satish Kumar arrested for assault, abduction and looting: An FIR was filed against him earlier this month after a video purportedly showed the group beating people up, and he was also charged for sodomy and extortion.
- Donald Trump-owned companies at least $650 million in debt: New York Times: The report said the Republican Party nominee for United States President owes money to financial institutions he criticised during campaign speeches.
- Would be ‘idiotic’ to criticise new RBI governor for being from Kenya, says Subramanian Swamy: The BJP legislator had launched an attack on the current governor, Raghuram Rajan, for allegedly trying to ‘wreck the Indian economy’.
- FIR filed against Stalin, DMK legislators for agitating outside Tamil Nadu Assembly: They agitated on Friday after Speaker P Dhanapal suspended them for a week for causing an uproar in the House.
- At least 27 killed as rains, floods affect Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand: The Meteorological Department has predicted heavy showers for districts in these states even as the Army and Indian Air Force conduct rescue operations.
- Indians should treat the cow like their mother, says Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das: However, he said there should be no violence in the name of cow vigilantism, and said that such aggression will ‘not be tolerated’.
- Jammu and Kashmir opposition parties meet with Pranab Mukherjee over ongoing crisis in state: The opposition delegation, led by former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, urged the president to call for a 'meaningful process of political dialogue'.
- Brother of bloodied Syrian child in iconic video dies of injuries: The 10-year-old sibling of Omran Daqneesh died from wounds inflicted in an air strike at Aleppo last week.
- PV Sindhu to get Rs 1 crore from the Telangana government after clinching Olympics silver: The 21-year-old shuttler will also receive a BMW, and Rs 50 lakh each from the Badminton Association of India and the Madhya Pradesh government.
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