A look at the headlines right now:
- Opposition party leaders arrested during Tamil Nadu bandh called over Cauvery dispute: A youth died after setting himself on fire during the agitation, while protesting against the attacks on Tamilians in Karnataka.
- Congress loses Arunachal Pradesh again as Chief Minister Pema Khandu leads 42 MLA exodus to BJP ally: This is the second time in seven months that the Peoples Party of Arunachal will form a government in the state.
- Mulayam Singh Yadav insists SP is united, Akhilesh says he will make his father happy: The chief minister rejected his uncle Shivpal Yadav's resignation from government posts.
- Exiled Baloch leader Brahumdagh Bugti to get Indian citizenship soon, reports Geo News: The Pakistani channel said negotiations began much before Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue of violations in Balochistan during an official address.
- People cannot call agitations against court orders, become a law unto themselves, says SC: Those who have issues with rulings can approach the judiciary, a bench of the apex court said, while hearing a petition on the Cauvery dispute.
- Kashmiri rights activist Khurram Parvez detained a day after he was stopped from flying to UN meet: The police did not provide a reason for taking him into custody, and no charges against him have been made public yet.
- Five men gangrape two teenagers in a field in outer Delhi after beating up their friends: The police have arrested four of them and are verifying if they are juveniles.
- Delhi HC allows DU shop to photocopy textbooks, saying 'copyright is not a divine right': The bench dismissed a petition filed by a group of international publishers against a bookseller in the University's north campus.
- Hillary Clinton back on campaign trail as Donald Trump catches up on opinion polls: ‘I had to admit that maybe a few days of rest would do me good’, the Democratic presidential candidate said.
- Two men assaulted in Delhi for carrying remains of animals sacrificed on Bakr-Eid: The police have arrested four people, and are investigating whether they belong to a gau rakshak committee.
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