A look at the headlines right now:

  1. India offers Vietnam $5m grant for software park, $500m credit line for defence cooperation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed 12 agreements with his counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc in areas ranging from health to defence and space research.
  2. All-party meeting on Kashmir ends, Rajnath Singh says delegation to meet again after visit: Home Ministry officials said the minister had also approved the use of chilli-based PAVA shells for crowd control in the state.
  3. CBI raids Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s house in connection with Gurugram land acquisition case: The investigating agency also searched the premises belonging to two personal secretaries of the former chief minister and a serving IAS official.
  4. ED attaches Vijay Mallya's properties and shares worth Rs 6,600 crore: A Bengaluru apartment, a mall under construction and a farmhouse in Maharashtra were among the properties attached by the agency.
  5. AAP suspends former minister Sandeep Kumar from party for CD with 'objectionable' videos: The Delhi Police Crime Branch has set up a team to look into the authenticity of the content which shows the leader in a compromising position with two women.
  6. Ahead of G20 summit, China ratifies Paris climate change agreement: The proposal to adopt the accord suggested that the step will help Beijing play a ‘bigger role in global climate governance’.
  7. Odisha man carries daughter's body after ambulance leaves them stranded on knowing she has died: Local administration arranged another vehicle for them after they were approached by residents who saw the family in Malkangiri district.
  8. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declares ‘state of lawlessness’ in country after Davao blast: The head of the state, however, clarified that he was not declaring martial law in the country following the attack that killed 14 civilians.
  9. ‘Anachronistic land law’ to be blamed for the method adopted to acquire land in Singur, says CPM: The Left party said ‘the administrative and political mistakes in this regard proved costly’.
  10. Self-appointed guardians threatened by NDA's commitment to work for Dalits, says Narendra Modi: About UP polls, the prime minister said the poison of casteism and communal vote bank politics has done enough damage, hence BJP will focus only on development.