A look at the headlines right now:
- Stop offering Pakistan advice, find solutions to end militant attacks, Mayawati tells Narendra Modi: The BSP chief accused the prime minister of trying to divert the public's attention from his government's shortfalls by making speeches targeting Islamabad.
- India will ratify Paris climate change agreement on October 2, says Narendra Modi: The prime minister's announcement comes weeks after Arvind Panagariya had said the country would not ratify the accord this year.
- Six arrested in Gujarat after assaulting pregnant Dalit woman, family 'for not picking up cow carcass': The group belonged to the dominant Darbar community, the police complaint said.
- Pakistan-born actor Marc Anwar sacked from 'Coronation Street' after racist attacks on Indians: The 45-year-old described Indians as "b*****ds" on Twitter and urged Pakistani actors to stop working in the country.
- Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar shot dead minutes before trial over controversial cartoon: The prominent author was arrested in August for sharing a caricature on Facebook that was deemed offensive to Islam.
- Reconsider stance on triple talaq, minorities panel chief tells Muslim personal law body: The practice is a 'huge social problem' that could lead to the imposition of a uniform civil code, Abid Rasool Khan of Andhra and Telangana's commission said.
- India six wickets away from winning first Test against New Zealand at Kanpur: Left with a record target of 434, the Kiwis got off to a rocky start with Ravichandran Ashwin sending the three openers back to the pavilion early in the day.
- Home Ministry registers case with Delhi Police in connection with missing Ishrat Jahan files: Officials say the investigation under Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code will establish whether the documents were deliberately removed from the ministry.
- African elephant population sees worst decline in 25 years, poaching the primary cause, finds IUCN report: The destruction of their habitat is another reason for the loss of 1,11,000 of the mammals in the continent over the past decade.
- CBI to investigate murder of 1993 Mumbai blasts-accused, files case against Chhota Rajan: Hanif Kadawala, who is believed to have transported the weapons used in the explosions, was allegedly killed by the gangster in 2001, according to the police.
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